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HISTORY 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY 



1 861-1 865. 



BY 



EDWARD P. TOBIE 



PUBLISHED BY THE FIRST MAINE CAVALRY ASSOCIATION. 




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BOSTON: 
PRESS OF EMERY & HUGHES, 

No. 146 Oliver Street. 



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PREFACE. 

Comrades : — Halt a moment with me before you advance through 
the ensuing pages. Years ago, at the first gathering of the surviv- 
ing comrades of the grand old regiment after the muster-out, you 
did me the honor to select me as historian. After all these years 
I take pleasure in presenting the history for your inspection, feeling 
that if it pleases you, I can ask no greater reward. The committee 
a2:)pointed by you at the reunion at Skowhegan, 1886, to print the 
history, have done their work, and I fancy I can hear you say as 
with one voice, " They have done well." 

My work has been long continued. Often have I met with 
discouragement so strong as to stop active operations for months, 
and again with such encouragement that labor was but jileasant 
pastime. The work has been done during the irregularly occurring 
spare moments of a busy life on a morning and evening newspa})er, 
and if there be here and there a " touch of the newspaper," or if 
you now and then see evidences of haste in preparation, wonder 
not, but attribute it to the circumstances by which I have been 
surrounded ; and if you find errors, as you doubtless will, do not 
be sur])rised. The work I have enjoyed. It has been a pleasant 
change from daily duties, which I have welcomed ; it has served 
to keep bright the memories of those stirring days until they have 
become a part of my very existence, without which I should be 
lonesome, indeed ; it has, by being a change, served as a rest, even 
though it were of the same nature as my usual work ; it has kept 
bright, also, memories of you, personally, and I have enjoyed the 
thought that I was striving to put on record the deeds of the brave 
men, my comrades — deeds which are a part of the history of the 
good old state of Maine and of our loved country. 

The personal incidents, the stories of gallant deeds, you, com- 



VI PREFACE. 

racles, well know, are but a small portion of such that might be 
related of our regiment — that would have been related had they 
come to my knowledge. But they serve as illustrations of the life 
and %\mit of the Union soldier and of the First Maine Cavalry man 
— as samples of the deeds and incidents of the service — and will, in 
the minds of each of you, call up memories of other incidents, of 
other deeds of heroism, of other noble sacrifices, which are now 
well-nigh forgotten, but which should be revived and their memory 
ever kept bright. If such incidents seem to come more often from 
certain companies, look upon this as not making these comjianies 
prominent, but as putting on record those things which are most 
familiar. I should have been glad to tell of other such deeds, had 
the storehouses of the comrade's memories been still more unlocked 
for me. 

To you, comrades, and there are many of you, who have rendered 
assistance and encouragement, by forwarding pajDers and documents, 
by relating experiences, and by kind words, is due a good deal of 
whatever merit the history may have, and without your aid it 
would have been devoid of much of its life. To all, from the com- 
rade who prepared the foundation for more than half of the com- 
pany rosters, or sent me the muster-out roll of his company, or the 
monthly returns of the regiment, or furnished the completed roster 
of his company, to the comrade who gave me a single story of 
camp, or field, or prison experience, or the list of casualties in his 
company in some little skirmish, or his own record, or merely called 
to mind some almost forgotten incident of the service, — to each 
and all, I can only say I thank you, and all the comrades will thank 
you as I do, though they know not your names. 

As you gaze on the old familiar faces, scattered all through the 
book, and the sight of them calls up memories which have long 
lain dormant, return your thanks to the first comrade to enlist in 
the regiment, the first man to be wounded, and, we hope, the last 
man to be finally mustered out, for it is through his contagious 
enthusiasm and untiring efforts, which laughed at discouragement 
and denial, that these have been collected, and that you are enabled 



PREFACE. VU 

to look upon a panorama of your old comrades of the years of 
war. 

As you glance doAyn the roster of your company and lind there 
names you had not thought of for years in the hurry and bustle of 
every day life, and as these bring up the old scenes once more, 
thank the comrades of your company who assisted in their prepara- 
tion, who kindly hunted u}) the old rolls and diaries, and brought 
memory to bear ujion them until they awoke to new life, and after 
the facts were gathered and arranged, kindly revised the rosters, 
that they might be made as correct and complete as possible after 
all these years. 

As you look upon the fields of Upperyille and of Dinwiddle, and 
liye oyer again those terrible days, remember kindly the comrades 
through whose efforts and generosity they are here presented to 
you. 

Comrades, you may now proceed to inspect the work. If you 
take as much pleasure in reading your own history as I haye in 
preparing it, I shall be more than satisfied. 

God bless each and eyery comrade of the gallant First Maine 

Cavalry. 

EDWARD P. TOBIE. 
Pawtucket, R. I., September, 1877. 



INTRODUCTION. 

TwEXTY-six years ago, our country was at the brink of ruin. 
One portion of it, misguided by sectional hatred and impelled l)y 
violent passions, openly and defiantly denounced the government 
and disregarded its authority. The other section contemplated the 
threatening situation in divided councils, but always with appalling 
apprehensions and bated breath. At length, the south, crazed l)y its 
solicitude for the safety of slavery, resolved to destroy the govern- 
ment, even though it should inevitably destroy itself at the same 
time, and in fulfilment of that resolve, fired the fatal shot at Sumter. 
Then divided councils in the north disappeared. " Sustain the Gov- 
ernment ! " " Preserve the Union ! " w^ere the spontaneous exclama- 
tions of all. A zeal born only of upright intentions and reliance upon 
a just cause, took possession of and inspired our whole people. Men 
everywhere flew to arms, and women helped them to buckle on their 
armor. The cheering promise of a sacred prophecy became reversed, 
inasmuch as it may be said that they beat their ploughshares into 
swords, and their pruning hooks into spears ; neither did men leai-n 
})eace any more. 

In the midst of that loyal uprising, twelve hundred citizens of 
Maine took the oath to serve the United States of America honestly 
and faithfully against all its enemies whatsoever, and organized 
themselves into the First Maine Cavalry. In their patriotic zeal, 
they gave no heed to their pending sacrifices of home comforts and 
luxuries for the anny blanket and the changeless army ration, nor, 
above all, to the surrender of their rights of independent speech and 
action, by their oath to obey the orders of their appointed superiors. 
They fulfilled the obligations of their oaths in full measure. They 
served as a regiment through the war, and did their full share to 
restore union and peace to the country. In the discharge of that 
duty, the life of the regiment was told in more than fourscore 
encounters with the enemy, and our loyal state of Maine filled 
vacancies as they occurred, until the roll w\as lengthened to nearly 
three times twelve hundred names. The regiment contained men of 
nearly every age and position in life. Many of them were smooth- 
faced schoolboys, who, as a rule, made the best soldiers. A larger 



X IN TROD UCTION. 

number were middle-aged men in their full strength, who generally 
adapted themselves to their new duties and conditions less readily 
and successfully than their younger comj^anions. There were also 
not a few, who, in that patriotic hour, disregarded not only old age, 
but even other infirmities that would have exempted them from 
bearing arms. 

Among the boy soldiers referred to, there was one whose patri- 
otism was equalled only by his pluck. He was one of the first to enlist 
and the last to be mustered out. He shared every duty and honored 
every position that an enlisted soldier has a right to. He exj^eri- 
enced in turn the allurements of army hospitals and the eager hos^^i- 
tality of rebel prisons. But he did not die — the only blemish upon 
his heroic record. In taste and appearance he was better fitted for 
an editor's chair or an author's study than to fill a trooper's saddle. 
He used a facile j^encil, and with it combined the taste of the indi- 
vidual with the daily duties of the soldier. By the light of the camp- 
fire, after the day was done, he wrote out the incidents of camp life, 
campaigns, marches, and battles. Thus, as the days of four long 
years of war wore themselves out one by one, so the pages of his 
faithful diary gathered events of that eventful time, and folded them 
up one by one for future use. 

At last the war ended, and the surviving remnant of the regiment 
was mustered out of service. Then to many there came another 
change in their habits of life hardly less severe than the former one. 
Some, indeed, have never recovered from the interruption of their 
business habits and pursuits, caused by those four years of war. 
During the first decade of peace, therefore, the soldiers of the war 
had to struggle for a living, and found but little time in which to 
talk over their war experiences. Those matters, by common con- 
sent, became the special theme of statesmen. 

But at last, after twenty-two years of work and reflection in the 
enjoyment of peace, the author of that diary has found time to break 
its seal, and the stories therein contained are told by him in this 
volume. Any book of this character must necessarily suggest a 
great deal more than it can express. The victories of the war may 
be enumerated, but their grand results are immeasurable and inex- 
pressible. The expansion of free republican government on this 
continent, and the increase of population of our own country by 
tens of millions, and its wealth by thousands of millions, since the 
war, are facts that in themselves tax the imagination to properly 



INTR OD UCTION. xi 

conceive of. But immeasurably greater than these things are the 
sacred truths that bondmen were set free, the poor were lifted up, 
treason was rebuked, and the principles of the government estab- 
lished by our fathers were vindicated. On the other hand, the 
graves filled by the war may also be counted. But the jiromises and 
hopes and secrets that were buried in them, and the broken hearts 
and disa])pointm('nts and sighs and sorrows that hover about them, 
can never be told or known. 

To the living of our dear old regiment, this history Avill l)e like 
a perpetual reunion. The rea))pearance of many faces that were 
familiar in the war, will cause us to forget for the moment the 
inroads of wrinkles and gray hairs wrought by nearly a quarter of 
a century that has elapsed. The delineations of deeds of gallantry, 
daring, and heroism, will rekindle the old war s})irit that was in us. 
But more impressive than all else, the names of all, the dead and the 
living, marshalled in companies and battalions, will pass before us in 
silent but grand review. 

The history will unquestionably possess interest for the general 
reader ; but comrades of the First Maine Cavalry, I think it has been 
prepared more especially for ourselves and our children, wherever 
they may be scattered throughoiit the world. In recognition of that 
purpose, and as an exi^resssion of our appreciation, esteem, and 
regard for the author, I call for three cheers, in the spirit and with 
the ring of Auld Lang Syne, for Tobie. 

C. H. SMITH. 
FOKT Claek, Texas, July 16, 1887. 



CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER I. 

THE WIXTEE IN MAINE. 

Okganization of the Kegimext. — Character of its Men. — The 
First Man. — The First Letter from Camp. — Roster of Offi- 
cers AND Make-up of the Eegiment at the Muster-in. — The 
Winter at Camp Penobscot. — Camp Rumoiis. — Life in Tents 
DURING A Maine Winter. — Sanitary Condition of the Men. — 
Funeral Processions. — That "Extra Blanket." — The Horses 
AND Their Care. — Drill, Mounted and Dismounted. — The 
" Sailor on Horseback." — The Rations. — Pay-Day. — The 
Twenty-Two Dollars Bounty. — Moiial Tone of the Regi- 
ment. — The Profanity and Temperance Orders. — Discipline. 
— Running Guard. — Pleasant Memories. — Changes in the 
Officers. — On the Way to Washington. — Arrival at the 
National Capital. — In Camp on Capitol Hill. — The Fikst 
Detail. — Armed and Equipped I 



CHAPTER II. 

THE CAMPAIGN IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. 

GuAiiDiNG THE Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. — Incidents at 
Martinsburg. — The "Intoxication of Poaver." — Under Gen. 
Banks. — The First Duty in Presence of the Enemy. — The 
First Skirmish and the First Charge. — Skirmish near Stras- 
burg. — Banks' Retreat. — Preparing to Fight. — "I came 
Here to Fight, Captain." — An Important Scouting Expedi- 
tion. — Stubborn Resistance to Ashby's Force. — Valuable 
Services of the First Maine Battalion. — The First Casu- 
alty. — "The Middletown Disaster." — A Fearful Charge. 

— Escape op the Battalion. — Battle of Winchester. — Re- 
treat across the Potomac. — Experiences of the First 
Wounded Man. — A Prison Experience. — Incidents of the 
Disaster. — The Return up the Valley. — INIore Skii!misiiing. 

— The Battalion Rejoins the Regiment 2S 



XIV CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER III. 
FIRST CAMPAIGN" WITH THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. 

PAGE 

Departuke fkom WASHl^■c;TON. — First Impkessioxs of Virginia. 

— Fairfax Court House. — War Scenes along the March. — 
The First Bivouac. — A Rough Introduction to Campaigning. 

— The First Expedition. — First Experiences in Foraging. — 
A Midnight Reconnoissance. — A Ride in a Pelting Rain. — 
The First Religious Services at the Front. — A Queer Taste 
TO Meat and Milk. — Virginia Thunder Storms. — The First 
Burial in the "Sacred Soil." — Successful Raid on Cul- 
pepper. — "Camp Stanton." — Health of the Men. — The 
March to Fredericksburg. — In Camp at Falmouth. — Review 
BY Pres. Lincoln, — Shelter Tents. — On the March again. — 
In the Shenandoah Valley. — Charge into Winchester, and 
Surprise of the Rebels. — Back to Manassas. — Cherries! 
Cherries! — At Weaverville. — On the Road to Freedom. — 
Fourth of July. — Arrival of Lieut. Col. Douty's Battalion. 

— At Warrenton. — "Not a Godly Good Man." — Picketing, 
Scouting, etc. — The Stay at Waterloo 49 

CHAPTER IV. 

THE CAMPAIGiN" UNDER POPE. 

The Army of Virginia. — Gen. Pope's Famous Orders. — His Plans. 
— The Boys Learning to Take Care of Themselves. — De- 
cidedly Unpleasant Sensations. — Decrease in the Numbers 
OF the Regiment. — Review by Gen. Pope. — "Forward !" — At 
Culpepper. — Battle of Cedar Mountain. — Under Fire for 
the First Time. — Magnificent Artillery Duel. — A Trying 
Experience. — Bivouac on the Field op Battle. — Artillery 
Fire in the Night, — Pope's Retreat. — The Regiment Rear 
Guard for the Retreating Army. — First Brandy Station 
Fight, — The Fight at Waterloo. — A Skirmish in a Thunder 
Storm. — The Raid on Catlett's Station, — Backing and Fill- 
ing. — Second Battle of Bull Run. — Scouting and Picketing 
DURING the Battle. — Bivouac at Centreville. — A Cool 
Ammunition Teamster. — Back toward Washington. — Suffer- 
ings OF the Boys during the Retreat. — An English Opinion 
OF THE Regiment. — Muster-out of tuk Band 75 

CHAPTER V, 

THE CAMPAIGN IN MARYLAND, 

Lee's Advance into Maryland. — Gen. McClellan again in Com- 
mand OF THE Army. — The Regimp:nt at Alexandria. — A 
Reconnoissance to Fairfax, -^ The Wounded on the Battle- 



CONTENTS. XV 

PAG IS 

FIELD OF Bull Ein. — Back ackoss tiii; Potomac. — A Hot, 
DusTV Makcii into Makylakd. — Heavy Details fkom tiik 
Regiment. — CAMPAiGNiNCr ajiong Friends. — A Skikmisii with 
Fitz IIuoii Lee. — Ciiakge into and Occupation of Fhedeij- 
ICK. — Col. Allen Appointed Militaky Goveunou of the City 
AND Capt. Smith Puovost Maijsual. — On Dut-' in the City. — 
Arrival op Recruits. — Duties of Military Governor and 
Provost Marshal. — Importunities of Rebel Women to Aid 
REr,EL Prisoners. — The Maine Boys at Prayer Meeting. — 
Co. G at South Mountain. — Cos. H and M at Antietam. — 
Death of Gen. Reno. — Co. G at Burnside's Headquarteijs . 00 

CHAPTER VI. 
THE CAMPAIGN UNDER BURNSIDE. 

Gen. McClellan Relieved by Gen. Burnside. — Resignation of 
Col. Allen. — Crossing the Potomac on Pontoons. — "On to 
Richmond" again. — Co. L on Detail. — Co. F in a Skirmish. — 
Once More at Warrenton. — At Sulphur Springs. — Foraging 
a Fine Art. — At Rappahannock Station. — "• Greased Heel." 

— For Fredericksburg. — Campaigning in a Cold Storm. — 
Short Rations and Forage. — Co. K on a Reconnoissance. — 
Brooks' Station. — Cold Snow Storm. — Falmouth. — Cold 
Weather and Scanty Clothing. — Barefooted Boys. — The 
Battle of Fredericksburg. — Supporting a Battery. — Biv- 
ouac under Fire. — Death of Gen. Bayard. — In "Winter 
Quarters" 91) 

CHAPTER YU. 

THE WINTER AT CAMP BAYARD. 

Winter Quarters. — Unpleasant Surroundings. — Winter Duties 
in the Field. — Military Method of Doing Work. -*■ Picket 
Duty on the Rappahannock. — A Visitor from the Ninth 
Virginia Cavalry. — Rebel Deserters, Contrabands, etc. 

— Pleasures of Picket Duty. — Fatigue Duty at Belle 
Plain. — Cajip Duty. — Organization of the Mule Train. — 
Excellent Rations. — Boxes from Home. — Deserters Pun- 
ished. — Foraging Expedition on a Large Scale. — Review 
BY the President. — Care of the Horses. — Health and 
Spirits of the Men. .• 107 

CHAPTER VIII. 

THE CAMPAIGN UNDER GEN. HOOKER. 

Organization of the Cavalry Corps. — Roster of Officers at 
THE Opening of the Spring Campaign, 1863. — First Practical 
Use of the Cavalry Force. — Stoneman's Raid. — Charge into 



XVI CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Louisa Coukt House. — Cos. B axd I Meet the Exemy. — De- 
stroying Pkopekty. — Successful, Stkatagem. — Actual, Work 
OF the Kaid Begun. — Expedition to Burn a Bridge. — Gal- 
lant AND Successful Exploit. — On the Back Track. — Gloomy 
Night Rides. — Swimming the Rappahannock. — Scouting and 
Picketing against Guerillas. — The Fight at Brandy Station. 

— First Cavalry Charge of the Regiment. — Reorganization 
of the Brigade. — A Race for Maryland. — Battle at Aldie. 

— Death of Col. Douty and Capt. Summat. — Battle at Mid- 
DLEiiURG. — Adventure of Capt. Chadbourne. — Battle at 
Upperville.' — Again IN Maryland. — In Pennsylvania . . .122 



CHAPTER IX. 

THE CAMPAIGN UNDER MEADE. 

Lee's Army in Northern States. — Change of Commanders Army 
OF Potomac. — Valuable Services of the Cavalry. — Gettys- 
burg. — Across the Potomac again. — Skirmish at Chaeles- 
town. — The Fight at Shepardstown. — Again Southwaiu) 
Bound. — Once More on the Back Track. — Covering the 
Retreat. — Reconnoissance to Little Washington and Sper- 
RYViLLE. — Another Fight at Bull Run. — Southward again. 
— Skirmish at Rappahannock Station. — Picketing the Rap- 
pahannock. — Pleasant Campaigning. — The Campaign in the 
Wilderness. — Skirmish with the Second Corps. — Attack in 
the Rear. — End of the Wilderness Campaign. — Covering 
the Retreat. — Duties of Orderlies 176 

CHAPTER X. 

THE WINTER OF 18G3-4. 

Building Winter Quarters at Bealton. — Re-enlistments. — Ex- 
pedition TO LuRAY. — Crossing the Blue Ridge. — A Splendid 
Picture. — Snow on the Mountains. — At Luray. — Destruc- 
tion. — Over the Mountains again. — Destruction at Sperry- 
viLLE. — Another Expedition. — Severe Cold, Bad Roads, 
AND Intense Suffering. — Capt. Taylor's Encounter with 
Moseby's Men. — Winter Quarters in Earnest. — Comfort- 
able Habitations. — Duties of the Winter. — Reconnois- 
sance to Piedmont. — Veteran Furloughs. — Recruits. — 
Guerillas. — The " Dahlgren Raid.'" — Inside the Fortifi- 
cations of Richmond. — The Attack. — First Maine to the 
Rescue. — Brilliant Charge of Co. F. —Fighting in the 
Dark. — Death of Col. Dahlgren. — A Night in the Swamp. 

— Surrounded. — Another Charge. — Kilpatrick's Assault 
on Richmond. — The Bivouac within Six Miles of Richmond. 

— Half an Hour's Fighting by the Light of the Camp- 
fires. — Driven out op Camp. — Charge of Cos. A and E at 



CONTENTS. XVll 

I'AU E 

Old Church. — Inside Ouii Links again. — At Yorktown. — 
Results of the Expedition'. — A Minor Expedition. — Hack 
TO Camp. — " Good-by " Winter Quarters 221 

CHAPTER XT. 

FIKST CAMPAIGN UNDER SHERIDAN. 

Change in Commanders. — Who Is Gkn. Sheridan? — Roster op 

Officers at the Opening op the Spring Campaign, 18G4. — The 

Campaign Commenced. — Gen. Meade's Address to the Army. 

— A Few Days on the Left of the Army of the Potomac. — 
In THE "Wilderness'' again. — Skirmishing. — Fight at Todd's 
Tavern. — Successful Charge upon Infantry. — Sheridan's 
Raid to Richmond. — The Fight at Beaver Dam Station. — 
Lieut. Col. Boothby Fatally' Wounded. — Fight at Ground 
Squirrel Bridge. — Inside the Fortifications of Richmond. 

— Heaven's Artillery Joins in the Fray. — Fighting Home 
Guards. — Out of the Trap. — Gp^tting Acquainted with Sheri- 
dan. — The Sounds of Shells from Union Gunboats. — Bridge 
Building. — "At Home" again. — Gen. Grant's Report of the 
Raid. — Services of a Separate Detachment of the Regi- 
ment in May 247 

CHAPTER XII. 

SECOND CAMPAIGN UNDER SHERIDAN. 

On the Advance again. — The Fight at Hawes' Shop. — Mail 
Delivered on the Battle-field. — The Fight at Coal Harbor. 

— Death of Chaplain Babtlett. — Sheridan's Raid toward 

GORDONSVILLE. — FORAGING ON FoOT. — ThE FiGHT AT TrEVIL- 

LiAN Station. — A Lively Artillery"^ Duel. — Visit to Louisa 
Court House. — On the Back Track. — A Week of Hot, Dusty, 
Tiresome Marching. — Spottsylvania Court House a Month 
after the Battle. — Fight at White House Landing. — First 
Day''s Rest for Nearly Two Months. — The Fight at St. 
Mary's Church. — Intense Heat. — The Day with the Led 
Horses. — "At Home" again 275 

CHAPTER XIII. 

FIRST CAMPAIGN AROUND PETERSBURG. 

Trip to the Blackwater to assist Kautz. — Light House Point. 

— On Picket at the Gurley Farm. — Picket Skirmish. — A 
Feint on the Right. — A Trip across the AppoJiattox and 

' the James. — Skirmishes at Malvern Hill. — Another Move- 
ment ON THE Right. — A Funny Little Fight. — A Mail on the 
Skirmish Line. — The Fight at Deep Bottom. — Col. Gregg 
Wounded. — A Serious Fight on Picket. — Return of Col. Smith. 

— Back across the River. — Skirmish by Moonlight. — The 
Fight at Reams' Station. — A Couple of Weeks of Picket. — 
Arrival of the First District of Columbia Men 801 



XVI 11 CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER XIV. 
CAMPAIGNS OF THE FIRST DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CAVALRY. 

l'A(iK 

"Bakek's Cavalry." — Its Origin. —Regimental Organization. — 
IIenky's Riples. — Kautz's First Raid. —Fight at Nottawav 
Bridge. — Return to City Point. — Another Raid. — Assigned 
TO Gen. Butler's Department. — To Bermuda Hundred. — In, 
Fortifications. — Under Artillery Fire. — An Attack and a 
Repulse. — Advance on Petersburg. — Mounted at Last. — 
Second Advance on Petersburg. — Wilson's Raid. — Fight at 
Roanoke Bihdge. — Figmt at Stony Creek. — Fight at Reams' 
Station.— Fight at Sycamore Church. —Transfer to the First 
Maine Cavalry -'^O 

CHAPTER XV. 

SECOND CAMPAIGN AROUND PETERSBURG. 

The New Brigade, Gen. Smith Commanding. —Lieut. Col. Cilley 
(Commanding the Regiment. — Departure of the Original 
Men for Home. — The Fight on the Boydton Plank Road, 
or the "Bull Pen." — Drilling, Picketing, and Reconnoi- 
tring. — Voting for President. — In Winter Quarters on the 
Jerusalem Plank Road. — The Fight at Stony Creek. — The 
Raid to Bellefield. — The Chapel. — The Reconnoissance 
to Hatcher's Run, and the Fight. — A Decidedly Disagree- 
able Night. — The Prompt Advance of Gen. Grant's Rail- 
road.— Six or Seven Weeks of Quiet Life. — The Attack on 
Fort Steadman 358 

CHAPTER XVI. 
THE LAST GRAND CAMPAIGN. 

Roster of Officers, March 29, 1865. — Lea ving Winter Quarters. 

— Welcome Back to Sheridan. — The Fight at Dinwiddie 
Court House. —A Day- or Two of Comparative Rest. — 
Across the South Side Railroad. — Petersburg Captured, 
Richmond Evacuated, and the Rebel Army Fleeing. — The 
Pursuit. — At Jettersville.— First Charge on Lee's Train. 

— Fight at Sailor's Creek. —Second and Successful Charge 
on Lee's Train. —Skirmish at Briery Creek. — Charge into 
Farmville. —Foraging Made Easy'. —The Night before Appo- 
mattox. —The Morning at Appomattox. — Surrender of Gen. 
Lee. — On the Back Track.— Death of President Lincoln.— 
In Camp near Petersburg. — Last Expedition of the First 
Maine Cavalry. —Honors to Gallant Officers. —Last Camp 
OF THE First Maine Cavalry. — Taking Care of the People. 

— Cavalry Men Turned Schoolmasters. — Muster-out. — The 
Return Home. — Conclusion 



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CONTENTS. 



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ROSTEi; OF THE REGIMENT 



Field and Staff 

Company A 

Company B 

Company C 

Company D 

Company E 

Company' F 

Company' G 

Company' II 

Company' I 

Company' K 

Company' L 

company'^ m 

Gkand Recapitulation 

First District of Columbia 



451 
465 
481 
500 
513 
526 
541 
558 
578 
594 
611 
631 
644 
659 
660 



LIST OF CASUALTIES. 



1862 

1863 

1864 

First District of Columbia 

1865 

Recapitulation 



669 
671 
675 
682 
680 
688 



THE BATTLE-FLAG . 
General Order No. 10 



693 
695 



INDEX TO ROSTER 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 



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733 



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FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



CHAl'TKR I. 

THE AVIXTEK IX MAINE. 

OlUiAXIZATlON OF THE ReGIMEXT. — CUAIJACTER OF ITS MeN^. — ThE P'IKST 

Max. — The Fikst Letter from Camp. — Roster of Officp:rs and 
Make-ltp of the Regimext at tue Mcster-ix. — The WiXTEit at 
Camp Penobscot. — Camp Rumors. — Life in Texts during a Maine 
Winter. — Sanitary Condition of the Men. — Funeral Proces- 
sions. — That "Extra Blanket." — The Horses and Their Care. — 
Drill, Mounted and Dismounted. — The " Sailor on Horseback." — 
The Rations. — Pav-Day. — The T^VENTY-Two Dollars Bounty. — 
Moral Tone of the Regiment. — The Profanity and Temperance 
Orders. — Discipline. — Running Guard. — Pleasant Memories. — 
Changes in the Officers. — Ox the Way- to Washington. — Akri- 
val at the National Capital. — In Camp on Capitoi> Hill. — The 
First Detail. — Armed and Equipped. 

THE First Maine Cavalry was organized in the fall of 1861, 
nnder authority I'roiii the War Department. The first 
ten regiments of infantry, recruited under an act of 
the Legislature passed a1^ a special session, on the twenty- 
tifth of the preceding A})ril, were organized, or nearly so, and 
the greater portion of them had already gone to the front, 
when there came from Washington authority to enlist five more 
regiments of infantry, a regiment of cavalry, a company of sharp- 
shooters, and six batteries of light artillery, to serve three years, 
or during the war. Up to this time the War Department seemed 
to have little faith in cavalry, which afterwards proved to be so 
important and useful a branch of the service, and offers of 
mounted troops, and of light artillery, also, had been refused. 



I FIRST MAINE CAVALEV. 

This authority was received about the first of September, but 
not till the eleventh was the order for recruiting the new regi- 
ments issued by the state authorities, and it was some days later 
than that, that the necessary i)apers for enlisting tlie regiment of 
cavalry were put into the hands of parties in different sections 
of the state. Recruiting went forward rapidly. By the first of 
October the men began to rendezvous at Augusta; on the nine- 
teenth five companies were mustered into service, and in tlie early 
part of November the regiment of twelve companies was full and 
the organization complete, the regiment having been raised in a 
shorter time than any similar organization in au}^ other state. 

The men composing the regiment were of the best class that 
went from the state, which their record proves, and for several 
reasons. At that time the war of the rebellion had begun to 
be considered as likely to be a long and a bloody war. The 
idea, so fondly indulged in at first, that it would end in sixty, 
or at most ninety days, had been thoroughly dispelled. Bull 
Run, with all its disasters, Avas then a matter of sad, humili- 
ating history. That the south meant fight to the bitter end 
was certain, and that its army had the advantage in organiza- 
tion and in military discipline, if not in numbers, as well as 
in the prestige of success and the benefit of being on the 
defensive, was also certain. The battle of Bull Run had waked 
up the north as nothing else could have done. A lai'ge propor- 
tion of the men who enlisted subsequent to that time did so 
from purely patriotic motives and after calmly thinking over 
the matter, because they felt that the country really needed 
them and they must go, cost what it might. They had had 
opportunities to learn from the experiences of those already in 
the field something of what the service really was, and had 
weighed carefully all sides of the question. They knew full 
well that if they enlisted they surrendered their freedom, their 
personality, in a great measure, their very thoughts and convic- 
tions, almost, into other hands, which to many was worse than 
facing death itself ; and they were willing to make all that sac- 
rifice. They felt that they were to encounter hardship, and 
suffering, and danger, beyond anything they then could imagine ; 
yet they were willing, for country's sake, to brave all. With 



en AR ACT Ell OF THE MEN. 3 

tliis underslaiulino. ,,f what (hoy Avere about tc d,,, and „f u'liat 
it entailed ui)on them, tliey enlisted. 

And there were reasons wliy tliis regiment secured the very 
best of the superior ehiss of men that enUstcd at that time. In 
tlie iirst phxce, it was announced that a l)etter ch.ss „f men was 
required for this service, as the grade was liiglu'r, and only men 
of superior intelligence were wanted. Jiecruiting officers were 
instructed to enlist -uoiu^ but sound, ablc-lx.died men in all 
respects, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years of 
correct morals and temperate habits, active, intelligent, vigorous 
mid hardy, Aveighing uot less than one hundred and twenty- 
hve or more than one hundred and sixty pounds." These 
. requirements were generally answered, and many men were 
refused by the recruiting officer and the medical examiner, who 
enlisted and were accepted in other regiments almost immedi- 
ately afterwards. Recruiting officers were given large fields to 
select from, and thus could, in a great measure, take their pick 
of the men offered, the regiment being apportioned amono- the 
several counties of the state -four companies to be recruited 
from two counties each, and the remaining eight, each from 
a different county. This plan was carried out as far as prac- 
ticable, and thus the regiment was more completely a state 
regiment than any other, being made up from all parts of the 
state Then many of the men, having looked into the matter 
carefully, had concluded that one great source of the dissatis- 
faction with the service on the part of those already in the field 
arose from the fact of being obliged to lie almost idle in camp 
day after day, relieved only by the dull routine of guard duty 
which bred uneasiness, homesickness, and even disease, and 
they concluded, that in the cavalry service there would be more 
to keep them busy; there were the horses to be care.l for 
always, and there was, as they thought, a prospect of more duty 
m scouting, etc. Then the idea of long and forced marches on 
foot led many who feared they w,udd not be able to endure 
this portion of the service to prefer a service in which they 
could ride. Then there hung about the cavalrv service a dash 
and an excitement which attracted those men who had read and 
remembered the glorious achievenu'uts of -JJoht Ilorso Harry" 



4 FIRST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

and his brigade, and of " Morgan's Men " in the revolutionary- 
war, or Avho had devoured the story of " Charles O'Malley," 
and similar works. In short, men who had read much in his- 
tory or in fiction, preferred the cavalry service. The Lewis- 
ton Journal of January 24, 1862, in a correspondence from 
Augusta, gives another reason for this fact, and also compliments 
the men of the regiment in these words : " We could not avoid 
noticiiifr the noble bearing and almost universal indications of 
intelligence of a high order in the faces of the members of the 
cavalry, as they rode through the streets on their chargers a few 
days since. It may be, as intimated l)y the Professor in the 
Atlantic, that it makes common men look dignified and impe- 
rious to sit on a horse. This is probably so, and may furnish 
the explanation why the cavalry service — certainly much 
harder than the infantry — has been sought after by so many 
men of means. Men — and sometimes women — -like to rule, 
and if it is only a horse, it yields some satisfaction. The con- 
querors of the world are always represented on horseback, and 
from Marcus Aurelius in Roman bronze down to the ' man on 
horseback ' in Gen. Cushing's prophetic speech, the saddle has 
been the true seat of empire." 

John Goddard, of Cape Elizabeth, a man well-known through- 
out the state, was selected by the state authorities as colonel of 
the regiment at the earliest inception of its organization, and 
the remaining field and staff officers soon after, and all went 
actively at work. The first name borne on the rolls of the regi- 
ment was that of Jonathan P. Cilley, of Thomaston (afterwards 
lieutenant colonel and brevet brigadier general), who had, i)re- 
vious to this time, recruited men for a battery of light artillery, 
which the state refused to accept. Receiving an intimation that 
a cavalry regiment was to be raised in the state, he at once 
telegraphed to Gov. Washburn for authority to enlist men, and 
received a telegram dated September third, to commence. lie 
immediately made out a roll, signed his name at the head, and 
secured several names before he received the regular enlisting 
papers, which was not till some days afterwards, when the 
enlistment was done over again according to the form prescribed 
in the army regulations. He went to Augusta with twenty-six 




Col, JOHN GODDARD. 



THE EARLY J) AYS IN CAMP. O 

men on the tliirtictli of September, — the lirst scpiad tliat 
arrived there for tlie re^'iiaent. This squad, in tlie immediate 
charge of Melvilk' B. Cook, afterwards sergeant, eamped on the 
parade-ground in front of tlic State House that night, and in a 
day or two went into eanij) in the eneh)sure of the State Fair 
Association, which was destined to be tlie cam])-ground of the 
regiment for the coming winter — afterwards named '■'-Cam)) 
Penobscot." A squad of men from Penobscot county arrived on 
the ground the next day, and a day or two hiter, October third, 
a squad from Androscoggin county. The state of affairs there 
at this time, together with the spirit of the men, are indicated 
in a letter, one of the first, if not the first letter, written in the 
camp of the First Maine Cavalry, wdiich is given verbatim^ with 
such explanations in brackets as are necessary : — 

In a Horse-Stall ox the Aguici'ltural Fair Grounds, 
Nearly opposite the Capitol, 

Augusta, Maine, October 4, 1861. 

Dear Fatheh: — Here I am, all rislit, sitting on the bed, and using an 
inverted nail cask for a table. We arrived here yesterday, at about the usual 
time for the afternoon train. We were filed out of the car, and marched u\^ 
to the State House, when each of us was presented with a bed-tick and a 
towel, and admonished to be careful of them. Then we were marched 
down to the fair-ground, and found no tents. The five that were sent over 
the day before had done their work well, and got everything fixed but tents; 
but those not being in town, couldn't be very handily put up. We broke 
ranks and were shown where the straw was quartered, and a gentle hint 
given that we could sleep better if our ticks were filled. We took the hint, 
ivnd in a short time our bOys might have been seen straggling along, each 
with a straw bed on his shoulder. We were ordered to put them into the 
borse-stalls, as those were to be our quarters for the night. These stalls 
are decently well built and quite warm, being boarded up all round, and 
well covered. I happened to get into a good one, and lay last night on a 
shelf. Cook came along and said supper was ready. Sorter hungry, and 
had no trouble in finding the table. It was our first camp meal, and we had 
plenty of sport. It was a good supper, too, and if we get half as good right 
along, I won't grumble at all. We had cold salt beef (good), meat hash 
(good), hard and soft bread (good), boiled I'ice (can't say whether or no it 
was good, never having formed a friendship for the article), and some tip- 
top coffee, sweetened with molasses, but good. We had a merry time, and 
ate plenty. We were somewhat amused by hearing one inquiring, " AVhere 
is the butter?" and many other such expressions. After supper we went 
to the State House and got some good, large, warm blankets, and then 
started for a stroll down town. We got back about half-past seven, and 



6 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

having nothing special to do, tinned into our quarters. We had four in this 
stall, and after fixing ourselves comfortably, we lay down to sleep. But no 
sleep at present. We were most all green at camping out, and it was sport 
for us to listen to the various remarks, good, bad. and indiiferent, of the 
several new sojers. The partitions between the stiills are not made clear 
up, so we could hear all that was going on. We had no light, so we 
detailed a man to find one, who soon came back with couple inches of candle,^ 
wliich he stuck into a potato, and then nailed the jjotato to the side of the 
house. We lay listening till some after nine, after which I have no recollec- 
tion till about three o'clock, when I woke up and fomid the same noise I 
left. I soon got over that, and the next I knew I heard the cook getting 
breakfast. We got up, went down to the spring and washed and combed 
up, and then breakfast was ready. We had baked beans (very good), hard 
and soft bread, cold meat, rice, etc., and milk for our coffee. A nice break- 
fast. While we were eating, our colonel came along on horseback, took a. 
keen glance along the table, and passed on to the other companies. Break- 
fast over, most of the boys strolled off, while I staid in the quarters and 
marked my bed, blanket, etc. That done, I went up to the State House ta 
see the sights, and found most of our boys at the top. They had been down 
to the city and purchased a foot ball and a base ball, by contributii n, and 
were on the way lack. We kicked the foot ball round a spell, and then 
"fell in" for drill. We were drilled by Lieut. Col. Height, or Haight 
[Hight], who forces his words out in this way: " Fokwakd, Houcii! " Avhich 
caused us some little sport, though we dared not show it. Tlien volunteers 
were called for to go to work on the stables, and I was one of the respon- 
dents, and for about four hovirs I was a carjjenter. Liked it pretty well. 
It seems I. W., Jr. [Gov. Washburn] said the horses must stay in tjie 
open air; but our colonel said the horses must be taken care of if the men 
were not; and so the sojers are being carpenters by turns. Our boys 
like the appearance of the colonel very much, and this forenoon one of 
them was feeling awful good by the thought that the colonel spoke to hini 
privately. On being questioned, however, as to what he said, he replied: 
"He told me to ' hvish vip.' " No more brag there. The boys are kicking- 
tlie foot ball now, and, judging by the noise they make, are having a good 
time. I shall help them soon. 

There are about three luuidred on the ground noAV. The Penobscot com- 
pany came day before yesterday with full ranks, and there is quite a strong^ 
delegation from Lincoln county [Knox and Waldo]. About fifty from Han- 
cock county came in this afternoon, and I think they will fare rather slim 
to-night. The Eleventh Infantry are camped by our side, and directly 
opposite the Capitol. Part of a company of sharp-shooters are also in camp 
there. The infantry have got a tip-top camp-ground, but if the man was 
here that told me the fair-gromid was a beautiful place for camping, I 
think I could convince him in a few minutes that he was mistaken. The 
race-track is very good for parade, but the inside was sown down to oats 
this season, and the stubble now sticks up promiscuously, and in case of 
rain it will be horrible. We don't care, though, as we are Uncle Sam's men. 
We have had a good time so far, and all are in tip-top spirits. We have a 
good cook, and everything for him to work with. Potatoes at every meal. 



THE OUCAMZATION COMPLETE. I 

so far. Xo riot lias yet oc-ovirrcd, Imf I lu'ard several sweariii*;- last iiif^lit 
that if that "fellow don't stop thumbin<; on that guitar, I'll lireak it 
to-morrow." The snitar is well so far. AVe don't know liow lono; we shall 
play horses, but our tents are expected every day. I feel tip-toj), and think 
I am jioin,!;- to like it. Slept well last nijjht, and waked up this morning 
without lieiiit;' called, fei'ling- as clear as a (jnill. 

From this time tlio state fair-o-round ra])i(lly assumed the 
appearance of a eamp, as one sqnad after another arrived and 
began a new line of tents inside the race-track. The several 
companies retained their origiiud cam})ing-g-round, and when 
the regiment was completed, the companies were in the follow- 
ing order : Co. B on the right, and then A, F, I, M, K, E, L, G, 
H, D, C. The " jndges' stand" was taken for a hospital, and 
the barn at the entrance to the gronnds for a guard-house. At 
the further end of the grounds six stables, substantially made 
and comfortable in arrangement, were constructed, mainly by 
the enlisted men, of sufficient size and length to accommodate 
the horses of two companies each. The horses also soon began 
to arrive, and ncAV men were coming in daily. During the 
month of October considerable dismounted drill was indulged 
in, some guard duty and much fatigue duty were performed, 
and the men made themselves comfortable in their tents, etc., 
but on the whole the month may be said to have been spent in 
organizing, and on the fifth day of November the last company 
was mustered in, and the organization was completed, as fol- 
lows : — 



FIELD AND STAFF. 

(Mustered October 31.) 

Colonel, JOHN GODDARD, Cape Elizalieth. 

Lieutenant Colonel, THOMAS HIGHT, U. S. Army. 

f SAMUEL H. ALLEN, Thomaston. 
Ma.jors, \ DAVID P. STOWELL, Canton. 

i CALVIN S. DOUTY, Dover. 
Adjutant, BENJAMIN F. TUCKER, U. S. Army. 

QuARTf:RMASTEK, EDWARD M. PATTEN, Portland. 

Surgeon, ■ GEORGE W. COLBY, Richnnrnd. 

Assistant Surgeon, GEORGE D. HALEY, Eastport. 

Chaplain, BENJAMIN F. TEFT, Ban^r,,!-. 



FIB ST MAINE CAVALIiY. 



NoN-CojM:MissroNED Staff. 

Sehgeant Major, ADDISON P. RUSSELL, Houlton. 

QuAKTEiniASTEK Sekgeant, EUSTIS C. BIGELOW, Portland. 

Commissary Sergeant. CHAELES S. CROSBY, Bangor. 

Hospital Steward, SAMUEL C. LOVE.JOY, Rockland. 

( ARTEMAS D. BICKFORD, Houlton. 
L Pkincii'ai, Musicians, i t t n»T t t.^^t^ tt iV 

( WILLIAM L. BOYD, Houlton. ; 



Company A. — Penobscot County. 

(INIustered in October 19.) 

Captain, WARREN L. WHITNEY, Newburg. 

First Lieutenant, SIDNEY W. THAXTER, Bangor. 

Second Lieutenant, JOSEPH C. HILL, Kennebunk. 

Six sergeants, eiglit corporals, two buglers, two farriers, seventy-two 
privates. 

Company B. — Knox and Waldo Counties. 

(Mustered in October 19.) 

Captain, JONATHAN P. CILLEY, Tbomaston. 

FmsT Lieutenant, WILLIAM P. COLEMAN, Lincolnville. 

Second Lieutenant, FRANK M. CUTLER, Union. 

Six sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, two farriers, one wagoner, one 
saddler, seventy-three privates. 

Company C. — Kennebec County. 

[(Mustered in October 20.) 

Uaptain, ROBERT F. DYER, Augusta. 

First Lieutenanj', DUDLEY L. HAINES, Readlield. 

Second Lieutenant, GEORGE S. KIMBALL, Gardiner. 

Six sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, two farriers, one wagoner, one 
:saddler, seventy-five privates. 

Company I). — Washington and Hancock Countiks. 

(Mustered in October 19.) 

Captain, CHARLES H. SMITH, Eastport. 

First Lieutenant, ANDREW B. SPURLING, Orland. 

Second Lieutenant, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, Orland. 

Six sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, two farriers, two wagoners, 
one saddler, seventy-three privates. 



liosTKii OF TiiK ufa;imkm\ 9 

Company PI — Aroostook County. 

(Mustered in October 19.) 

Captaix, black hawk PUTNAM. Iluiilt,.n. 

FiKST Lieutenant, J0H\ K. GODDARD, Portland. 

Second Lieutenant, OSCAll S. ELLIS, Lincoln. 

Six serfjeants, ei^ht corporals, one l)ut;lcr, one wagoner, one saddler, 
seventy-four jirivates. 

Company F. — Cumberland County. 

(Mustered in October 19.) 

Captain, NATHAN" MAYHEW, Portland. 

First Lieutenant, STEPHEN BOOTHBY, Portland. 

Second Lieutenant, JARVIS C. STEVENS, Portland. 

Six sergeants, eigbt corporals, two buglers, two farriers, one wagoner, one 
saddler, seventy-three privates. 

Company G. — Androscoggin and Oxford Counties. 

(Mustered in October 31.) 

€aptain, AUGUSTUS J. BURBANK. Lewiston. 

FiBST Lieutenant, ZEBULON B. BLETHEN, Lewiston. 

Second Lieutenant, ISAAC G. VIRGIN, Dixfield. 

Six sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, two farriers, one wagoner, one 
saddler, seventy-three privates. 

Company H. — Somerset County. 

(Mustered in November .5.) 

Captain, GEORGE J. SUMMAT. U. S. Army. 

First Lieutenant, CHARLES H. BAKER, Skowhegaii. 

Second Lieutenant, JOHN R. WEBB. St. Albans. 

Six sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, two farriers, one wagoner, one 
saddler, seventy-three privates. 

Company I. — York County'. 

(Mustered in October 31.) 

Captain, LOUIS O. COWAN, Biddeford. 

First Lieutenant, PAUL CHADBOURNE, AVaterboro. 

Second Lieutenant, FRANK W. PRAY, Shapleigh. 

Seven sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, one wagoner, seventy-five 
privates. 



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CojNiPANY K. — Sagadahoc, Aroostook, and Lincoln 

Counties. 

(Mustered in November 2.) 

Captaix, GEORGE PRINCE, Bath. 

First Lieutexant, GEORGE CAKY, Houlton. 

Second Lieutenant, JOHN D. MYRICK, Augusta. 

Six sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, two farriers, one wagoner^ 
seventy-two privates. 

Company L. — Franklin County, 

(Mustered in November 1.) 

Captain, REUBEN B. JENNINGS, Farmington. 

First Lieutenant, CONSTANTINE TAYLOR, U. S. Army. 

Second Lieutenant, GEORGE WESTON, Oldtown. 

Six sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians, two farriers, one wagoner, 
two saddlers, seventy-six privates. 

Company M. — Piscataquis, Penobscot, and Hancock 

Counties. 

(Mustered in October 31.) 

Captain, GEORGE M. BROWN, Bangor. 

First Lieutenant, JOHN C. C. BOWEN, Boston, Mass. 

Second Lieutenant, EVAN S. PILLSBURY, Guilford. 

Six sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, two farriers, one wagoner, one 
saddler, sixty-eight privates. 

The history of the regiment from its organization until the 
next spring, contains no scenes of excitement or danger, and no 
record of daring deeds or of battle-fiehls, yet 'tis a part of the 
whole, and during that time the men learned something of ser- 
vice, something of discipline, something of drill, something of 
suffering — all preparatory for what Avas to follow. At first, it 
was expected the regiment would go to Washington before cold 
weather set in ; then 'twas changed to go to New York for the 
winter; then came thick and fast rumors of going; of being 
disbanded, and the men mustered out ; of joining Butler's ex- 
pedition ; of marching to Harrisburg, Pa., and thence going by 
cars to Washington ; of marching through New England, any 



A LMOST nisJiA NDET). 



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^va y ; of niarchiii*;' to Port land, and there taking' traiis]ioi-ts i'or 
South Carolina: of inai'ehino' to Provi(h'i)('e, K. 1.. and there 
taking transports for Annapolis, j\ld.; of going- to 'I'exas ; of the 
horses being taken away and the men mustered out; and of 
most everything else exeei>t what actually oeenrred. namely, 
the regiment remained in Augusta all winter, and a cold winter 
it was, too, the meu living in tents. So fast were different 
stories circulated and contradicted, that everything was in 
a state of uncertainty ; and when the regiment was actually 
ordered to the front, few even then believed it would ever leave 
Augusta. 

Tliat there was reason for some of these rumors there is no 
doubt. Hon. James G. Blaine, in a speech at the regimental 
reunion held in Augusta, in 1878, said: — 

About the time the regiment was ready to move there was a clirn'^e in 
the War Department, Mr. Cameron going out and Mr. Stanton coming in; 
and there was a feeling at that time that Secretary Cameron had been 
extravagant, especially in the enlistment of cavalry ; and a general order 
went out to disband all the volunteer cavalry regiments in the country at 
that time. It happened that Gov. Washburn — because I was personally 
acquainted with the new Secretary of War, Stanton — asked me to go to 
Washington. I happened at that time to be Speaker of the House of 
Representatives of Maine, and I left the chair, a speaker pro tern, being 
appointed, and went to Washington, to represent that if every other cavalry 
regiment should be disbanded, the Union could never be saved unless the 
First Maine went out. And I went on that mission, and I had sundry and 
divers interviews with Mr. Stanton, who seemed to be utterly implactable. 
I had the great aid of Vice President Hamlin, whose kinsman I am glad to 
see among our guests this evening; of our great senator, Mr. Fessenden; of 
his great associate, Mr. Morrill. But with all this able influence that was 
brought to bear, I think it would have been ineffectual, had it not turned 
out that a regular army officer, who had been down here on some sort of 
duty, came to the War Department, and with a good, round, square cavalry 
oath, if there is such a thing, told Stanton that there never had been such a 
regiment mounted in the United States as that, and he could not afford to 
disband it. Accordingly the regiment was moved within three weeks from 
this time. 

These extracts from '' Rebellion Kecord " point in the same 
direction : — 

Hd. Qiis. OF DEP'r OF New England, 
Boston, Feb. 12, 1802. 
The Hox. Sec'y of Waij: — I must again call attention to the Maine 
cavalry regiment, if I am to have the horses. If not. I must purchase 



12 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

others for battery and transportation purposes. I would most strongly 
advise the dismounting of that regiment, both in an economical and military 

point of view. 

Most truly and resp'y your obt. servt., 

BEX.I. F. Bt^TLEK, ^r(l.i■ "I'll- Com. 

It is desirable that the First Maine Cavalry be dismounted, the men being 
given the option either to be transferred to the regular dragoons, or to 
enlist in any other arm of the service, either volunteers or regulars, or be 
discharged, the officers mustered out of service, and the horses taken either 
to mount the artillery or for transportation service. 

B. r. BUTLER, Mdj. Gen. Com. 

So it seems that there came very near being no history of 
the First Maine Cavalry to write. It is evident that the War 
Department tried hard, but was unable to make an advantage- 
ous disposition of the regiment in the field that winter, and so 
it remained where it was. This was very severe on the men. 
The hospital was quickly filled up, and " Winthrop Hall " was 
taken for hospital purposes for the sick of the several regiments 
and batteries in camp at Augusta, and many of the comrades 
of this regiment were in that hospital. The reports of the sur- 
geons of the different regiments of Thursday, January twent}^- 
eighth, show that out of 1,160 men then in camp belonging to 
the cavalry, 261 were in the hospital ; of the 960 men in camp 
belonging to the Thirteenth Infantry, 163 were on the sick-list; 
of the 957 men of the Fourteenth Infantry then in camp, 120 
were sick ; of the 933 men of the Fifteenth Infantry then in 
camp, 158 were in the hospital; total, 4,010 men in cani}), of 
whom 702 were on the sick-list. 

The first death in the regiment was that of Thomas Hollis, 
Co. L, of Dead River Plantation, who died January third. (One 
of the band died earlier, but he was not mustered in. and his 
death does not appear upon the records.) During the winter 
there were several deaths, hardly a company escaping the loss 
of one or more of its members, while some of them lost two or 
three, and several who were left there sick when the regiment 
departed in the spring, died shortly after. The impression left 
by those sad funeral processions, with none but the comrades 
as mourners, with the horse of deceased loaded with his arms 



THE WISTKirs UMihsllirs. 13 

and eqiii]mu'iits, and \\\{\\ liis lidrsf led in the line ^itli his Ixiots 
reversed in the saddU", with an ahscncc of cNrrytliin^- jicitainino- 
to such occasions that the men had before been in the liabit of 
seeing", and the remembrance of their feelings as they thus fol- 
lowed their comrade to his last home, ^\•ill never l)e effaced. 

It was estimated by good authority that the regiment lost 
that winter more than two hundred men, by death and disabil- 
ity, on account of the cold weather and the insufticient means 
oi })rotection. The condition of the troops in camp attracted 
tlie attention of some of the members of the Legislature, and 
a liill was introduced to give each man an extra blanket, at the 
expense of the state ; but, after some discussion, it was so 
amended as to authorize the governor to give one to such as he 
thought deserved it ; and with this amendment the bill passed. 
This regiment, at least, got no extra blankets, the knowledge 
that every man had a horse blanket, and that many liad quilts, 
comforter^ and bhmkets furnished from home, being generally 
understood to be the reason why. The last of November or 
the first of December, sheet-iron stoves were put in each tent, 
attached to a hollow iron tent-})ole, which served as a chimney. 
But the heat thus obtained Avas, from the nature of the case, 
irregular, and many took colds by the sudden changes in the 
temperature, from which they never recovered. The weather 
was extremely C(dd, even for Maine, and " big snow storms " 
were the rule rather than the exception. Add to all these the 
fact that portions of the uniform were not received till the last 
of November or first of December, and that many of the men 
were up to that time insufficiently clothed for such a mode of 
life in such a climate, and it will be seen that the boys of the 
First Maine Cavalry early learned to meet hardships, or, as 
they themselves expressed it, to " stand grief." That the men 
suffered severely, and needlessly, too, that winter, is sim])ly a. 
matter of fact. 

The horses were nearly or quite all received by the first of 
November. On the eighth of that month the regiment spent a 
whole day in counting them, when they were all taken out on 
the track. They were counted over and over again, and at the 
close of the daj-'s work the quartermaster was not (juiti' sure 



14 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

whether there were one thousand and thirty-five or one tliou- 
sand and tliirty-six government horses on the ground. It was 
conceded on all hands that a better lot of horses were never 
collected together. Col. Goddard from the first took an active 
interest in the care of the horses, and succeeded in infusing 
this sjnrit into the officers of the regiment. Indeed, it was a 
common remark around camp that the horses were of more 
account than the men, as they cost money, and the men 
didn't ; and those who remember getting up long befin-e light 
those cold mornings, crawling out of those overheated tents 
into the cold morning air, putting on their white stable frocks, 
and after shivering through roll-call, marching to the stables 
and there remaining half or three-quarters of an hour while 
the horses ate their early breakfast, and repeating the oper- 
ation at eight o'clock in the evening, or standing " switch 
guard " through the long, cold nights, or leading the horses 
down that slippery hill through the woods to water t»vice a day, 
whether they wovilcl drink or no, 'rain or shine, cold or warm, 
sick or well, perhaps may consider that they have a right to 
tliink so. The adjutant general of the state, in his annual 
re})ort for that year, says : "■ The saving to the government in 
the lives of horses, from the rigid enforcement of Col. God- 
clard's rules in this respect, must be several thousand dollars." 
The erection of stables was commenced with the arrival of the 
first squad of men at the camp, and they were ready for occu- 
pancy by the time the horses began to arrive, and the animals 
had quarters that winter more comfortable than did the men, 
in com})arison with the usual accommodations for man and 
beast. They soon got used to sleeping without lying down, and 
a})peared to suffer no ill effects from so doing. They were fed 
with grain, groomed, and watered twice a day, and given hay 
in ample quantities for lunch. On occasions Avhen the weather 
did not allow of mounted drills for several days, they were 
taken out and exercised. It is safe to say they never, l)efore 
nor since, got better care than they did in Camp Penobscot. 
They were assigned to the several companies according to their 
color, three companies being given bay horses, two brown, two 
sorrel, two black, and one each being given gray, roan, and 



THE Fin ST MOUNTED DlilLLS. 15 

oliestuut horses ; and this an^aiij^'ciiient Avas inaiutaiiicd as far 
as was practicable, as long as the regiment j'eiiiained in the 
service. 

Dismounted drill commenced at an early day. T.ieut. Col. 
Ilig'ht and ^Vdjt. Tucker, both excellent and (illicient drill 
masters, and both from the regular army, although doing a 
hirge amount of Avork in organizing, found time to attend to 
this matter, and these two gave the greater porticni of the 
enlisted men of the original regiment their first lessons in 
cavalry drill. The horse eciuipments were not received till late 
in November, and not all till the middle of December, when the 
men at once commenced to learn to drill on horseback. Those 
first mounted drills — will they ever be forgotten, so long as 
one lives who saw them ? Most of the horses had never before 
been ridden on the back, and most of the men knew as little 
about it as did the horses. There was kicking and rearing, 
and running and jumping, and lying down and falling down, 
on the part of the horses, and swearing and yelling, and get- 
ting thrown and being kicked, and getting hurt and sore in 
various ways, by the men. There was crowding in the ranks, 
and getting out of i)lace and striving to get back into 2)lace, 
and pushing forward and hanging back, and going backwards 
and sideways, and all ways but the right way, and all sorts of 
haps and mishaps, which, though amusing to look back upon 
now, and amusing at the time to all but the unfortunate ones, 
were anything but pleasant then to those immediately con- 
cerned. These difficulties, however, were rapidly overcome, 
and but few of the horses proved unfit for the cavalry service, 
and such as did were made to do duty as draught horses. 

During these first lessons as troojjers many incidents oc- 
curred worthy of record, could they only be recovered from 
the storehouse of memory. Among thean is one which illus- 
trates the unpleasantness of the situation, and shows some of 
the stuff American volunteers were made of. A "-sailor on 
horseback " has been from time immemorial the butt of ridi- 
■cule, yet Company K was largely composed of sea-faring men, 
and Capt. Prince was himself an old sea captain. On the 
occasion of a review of the regiment by Gov. Washburn, Joe 



16 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Gatchell of this company found himself and horse crowded 
out of his pkice in the line, and his best efforts failed to 
navigate the horse back into place. Capt. Prince noticed his 
situation, and forgetting his military in his anxiety that his 
company should present a correct appearance before His Excel- 
lency, he called out in the old quarter-deck tone and manner, 
"Come up there! what in hell are you falling astern for?" 
This put Joe in sailing trim at once, and quicker than thought 
he rei)lied, '' Why, captain, I can't get the damn thing in stays ! " 
" Well, give her«inore headway, then ! " was the reply. Another 
sailor, on climbing to the horse's back for the first time, re- 
marked that he should have to have " a lanyard to keep him 
from falling off." 

For some time the regiment was taught the old, douljle- 
rank cavalry drill, in which it made slow progress, and it 
seemed as if anything like perfection never could be attained. 
Finally the single-rank drill of Gen. Philip St. George Cooke 
was adopted, and from the first morning that the men were 
ordered to form in single rank, the regiment advanced rapidly 
in tactics. And it may be stated here that the efficiency of 
the regiment in the field and the excellent reputation it won 
are due, partially, at least, to the use of these tactics, from the 
facility with which a regiment can be handled and can change 
its position under them. Few regiments m the service, cer- 
tainly no one with Avhich this was brigaded, drilled in this 
manner. Indeed, such was the prejudice against the single- 
rank drill, that several times the commander of the regiment 
was ordered to form his men in double ranks, which he per- 
sistently neglected to do, though by a skilful make-up of his 
reo-imental line he conveyed the idea to the casual observer 
that he had obeyed the command. Drill was the daily order 
when the weather permitted, by squadron and by regiment, 
while dress parades, reviews, and parades through the streets of 
Augusta were of frequent occurrence, and 'tis but just to say 
that the regiment made a fine appearance on the parade-ground 
or on the street. The band, the members of which had been 
enlisted for that purpose, in a short time acquired a good degree 
of proficiency with their daily practice, and learned to play 



iroo/;/<;.v sajiuks. 



17 



AvliiK' iiKiiiiitcd, ;iii(l on all parades they I'ode at the head of the 
regiment, on llieir gray horses, a novel as Avell as pleasing sight 
to the thousands of ])eo])le who watehed the evolutions of the 
regiment that winter. How (^uiekly horses may be trained is 
shown by the faet that the members of the band received their 
saddles one morning, immediately began })ractice mounted, and 
succeeded so far that at dress ])arade that same evening they 
"beat off" mounted, and did it wonderfully well, for tlie time 
the horses had been under drill with the music. 

Nor was dismounted drill neglected, though it occuj)ied a 
place of secondary importance. Some time during the winter 
laths were procured, for the purpose of learning and practising 
the sabre exercise. These Avere made into swords of the nu)st 
grotesque shape by the men, and the exercise was looked iq)()n 
very generally as a farce, was laughed at by outsiders, and was 
discontinued after a very short time; yet there is no doubt that 
the rudiments of the use of the sabre learned with the aid of 
those wooden swords w^ere never forgotten, and proved to be of 
advantage wdien the real sabre was put into the hands of the 
men. . No arms were furnished, except a few old muskets for 
use on guard duty, till the regiment arrived at Washington. 

The men for the most part acquired the drill readily, and, 
although they couldn't quite see what dress pai'ade, and " right 
dresS," and "on iirst squadron form close column!" and march- 
ing through the city, and drill, generally, liad to do with fight- 
ing, and had already begun to learn the soldiers' prerogative of 
growling, yet they took an interest in it, and only growled when 
these interfered with their own private arrangements, or when 
the tents were more comfortable than the parade-ground. The 
officers, or at least those who meant business, made themselves 
thoroughly acquainted with the tactics, so far as related to their 
several duties, and those who did not — who enlisted for show, 
merely, or were commissioned to serve political ends or for per- 
sonal reasons, without regard to capability or patriotism, and 
such were comparatively few in number — made but a short 
stay with the regiment after it got into the field, if, indeed, they 
did not leave it before that time. 

Of the rations furnished the regiment that winter, but little 



18 FIRST MAINE CAVA LBV. 

need be said. At first, when they were snpplied by contract, 
they were good enough, and gave general satisfaction to all but 
chronic growlers. But soon after the muster-in the matter Avas 
taken in hand by the regimental quartermaster, and from that 
time, government furnished the rations. The first morning after 
this arrangement went into operation the air was filled with flying 
loaves of soft bread (and it was rumored the colonel was struck 
by one of these loaves), which the men claimed was not good, 
and which they refused to eat. This ebullition on the part of 
the men had the effect to cut off the supply of soft bread for 
the winter, and they had to do the best they could on hardtack, 
while their comrades in the field were drawing their daily 
rations of soft bread. The rations supplied were sufficient, such 
as they were, but the men could not help feeling that they were 
ill-treated, to which the fact that they were so treated at the 
capital of their own state, did not have a mollifying effect. But 
they made the best of it, and by trading what they drew for 
what they wanted, and buying what they could, they managed 
to live through it. Some companies traded the government 
rations for beans, — government having for some reason cut off 
the supply of this home production, — thus securing a good hot 
dish of baked beans, baked in the ground, every morning, wliich, 
with as good a supper as they could get from what was left in 
the morning, or from hardtack soaked and fried in pork fat and 
sugar, lasted till the next morning. The rations received after- 
wards in the field may have been no better than those furnished 
at Augusta, but they were certainly, as a general thing, more 
satisfactory, while at Augusta there was no apparent necessity 
for such treatment. 

The regiment was paid off the last of January by Maj. 
Usher, and the money was very welcome, as it allowed the men 
to purchase tobacco, articles of food and clothing, and many 
other luxuries and necessaries, of which they had till then been 
deprived. The men were paid from the date of enlistment up 
to the last day of December, and this was the only money they 
received from government during that winter. And this was 
not wasted. Very many sent a large portion of their pay home 
to wives and families, keeping for their own use only what was 



THE TWENTY-TWO DOJ.LAHS norXTV: 1*) 

absolutely iieeessary. An expri'ss oTiicc avus opened on the 
ground, \\liicli \\as liUerally ])atroiiized. Many availed them- 
selves of the allotment system, which was strongly recommended 
by the state otheials and others, and allotted a certain amount 
of their niontlily ])ay to tlicir families, which, they were told, 
woidd be forwarded to their families every two months, and 
woidd be a most excellent arrangement in case a man was sick 
in the hos])ital, or ;i j)risoner, or was by any means nnal)le to l)e 
present and receive his i)ay with his company, as his family 
would get it regularly, and thus be ])revented from suffering. 
Upon this showing, many allotted certain amounts, tlie whole 
amount allotted in the regiment being -19,041.50 per month, 
only to find afterwards that the system worked, practically, 
directly opposite to what was intended ; for, if a man was absent 
from his company when it was paid off, the allotted money was 
not forwarded to his family until he himself had signed the pay- 
rolls, while the man in the company found his allotted money 
going home as regularly as he was paid off, which was as irreg- 
ularly as })ossible, six, and even eight months, sometimes inter- 
vening between payments. It was also found, in ])ractice, that 
if a man, for any reason, wished to discontinue his allotment, 
it was almost as much trouble to do so as the money was worth. 
Four private soldiers of the regiment were detailed to assist the 
paymaster and his clerk in completing the pay-rolls and prepar- 
ing them for the payment ; and when the work was done the 
payinaster complimented them very highly on the excellence 
and accnracy of their work, saying it was done vastly better 
than by the men detailed from another cavalry regiment for the 
same purpose a week or two previous, and better than by many 
of the troops which he had paid. 

There was a project in the Legislature that winter to pay the 
men of this regiment and the others in camp at Augusta, the 
twenty-two dollars advance bounty paid to the men of the first 
ten regiments raised in the state, on the ground that all the 
volunteers should be treated alike. In opposition it was argued 
" that the bounty was only offered as a s])ecial inducement for 
enlistments at the commencement of the war, Avhen the greatest 
haste was demanded by the public exigencies ; that since that 



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FIIiST MAINE CAVALUY. 



time two dollars, and additional rations, equal to two dollars, 
more, have been added to the monthly pay of privates ; that a 
bounty of one hundred dollars at the end of the war has since 
then been secured to volunteers ; that the volunteers have 
remained at home during the summer season, and have received 
the large wages of tliat season, wliile the earlier volunteers have 
been in the field ; that the late volunteers have six months less 
time to serve in the war than their brethren ; that to j)ay this 
would recjuire nearly -$200,000, a sum which the state would be 
obliged to obtain by a new loan; that it Avould be injustice to 
the tax-payers to pay out so large an amount, and that as this, 
bounty was offered to the first ten regiments only, the men had 
not been promised it." How ridiculous the most of these argu- 
ments appear in the light of subsequent events ! It is true the 
men were not legally promised this bounty, but they were led 
to expect it before they enlisted, and it would have been very 
welcome during that winter, when money w^s so scarce, and 
when so much comfort could have been derived, so many real 
needs supplied, by the aid of the small sum of twenty-two dol-. 
lars each. This action a})pears all the more unjust when it is 
considered that in less than six months after it the state was 
l)aying three hundred dollars Ijounty, in addition to the govern- 
ment bounty of one hundred, for men to eidist. 

The moral tone of the men and of the camp was on the 
whole good, comparing favorably- with that of any other regi- 
ment. Soon after the men began to arrive, the different squads 
were drawn up in line on the camp-ground, when an order was 
read to them by the colonel, announcing, among other things, 
that he would allow no profanity by officers or men. For a day 
or two afterward '^ Gen. Jackson " was used as an expletive,, 
and could be heard flying round camp in all directions and at 
all times, the boys having caught it up in a spirit of fun, from 
hearing the adjutant use it on drill the morning after the order 
was read, when he himself came very near violating it. But 
this soon died out, and it is safe to say that no camp was ever 
more free from this needless vice than was Camp Penobscot, 
though the boys were by no means saints, all of them. It is a 
fact that tliere were men in the regiment, and they w^ere not 



THE TEMPEUANCE PLEDdE. 21 

few, wliosc lips an oath never i)asse(l, in llie serviee or ont of it. 
The e\ani])le and preeejit of tliese, ])ael<e(l ))y the eohincl's 
order, liad the effeet to make those who were in the habit of 
swearino- more careful, at least, so it cannot be said the order 
was productive of no o'ood. 

Soon after this there was issued another order by the colonel, 
stating' that he Avould recommend for commission in the regi- 
ment no man, or I'ccognize as such any non-commissioned ofhcer 
Avlio did not sign a regimental temperance pledge. This was 
readily comiilied with, for a large majority of the men had 
never ac(;[uired intem])ei'ate habits, and more than that, they did 
not mean to. Having been brought under tlie teaehings of the 
"^Nlaine Licjuor Law." they had no idea of going back on them. 
Indeed, temperance pledges, drawn up l)y the men, had been 
circulated in some of the companies days before this order was 
l)romulgated, and in one company, at least, such a pledge was 
signed by every man on the ground. And it is a fact that many 
a man went through the whole term of service of the reo'iment 
without once tasting intoxicating liquor, though their o-pi)ortn- 
nities were ample after they got into the field and foraging 
became a necessity, and they did not all sign the regimental 
pledge, either. It is of cour,se true that there were men in the 
regiment wlio were in the habit of drinking liquors, and wdio 
did not renounce the habit, but such were in a decided minor- 
ity. There is no doubt tliat the promulgation of this order, 
and the signing of the temperance i)ledge which it enforced, did 
a vast amount of good, as it gave many, for the first time away 
from home and home influences, the jxiwer to say '' No ! " and 
to mean it, when tempted by comrades or by well-meaning 
friends, to drink and forget their sufferings and hardshi^js. 
That the pledge then signed Avas faithfully kept by very manv, 
and that the influence of the example of the officers and non- 
commissioned oflicers was felt by the men, no one will doubt. 
That some did not keep its provisions is also true, but they 
were so few in number as to make almost exceptional cases ; 
and many a temperance society in civil life has more of its 
members prove recreant to their vows during any four years, 
than did tlie First Maine Cavalry tem])erance organization. 



22 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

While treating of the moral tone of the regiment, it should 
be stated that one of the first things done by one squad, after 
their arrival on the cainp-ground, was to institute a weekly- 
prayer meeting, and many pleasant and profitable prayer meet- 
ings were held in different company tents during that winter. 
There were also members who made a practice of attending 
Sunday services and prayer and conference meetings at Augusta 
and Hallowell, whenever they could obtain leave to do so, as 
well as the meetings, held on the ground or elsewhere, under 
the direction of Chaplain Teft, and others previous to his 
appointment as chaplain. 

The discipline of the camp was strict. Perhaps not too 
strict, in a military sense, but the men considered it needlessly 
so. They had enlisted to obey orders, to conform to military 
rules, the Army Kegulations, and the Articles of War, fully real- 
izing what that meant, — and their subsequent record proves 
how well they carried out that intention, — but they could 
hardly see the need of being obliged to remain so closely in 
that uncomfortable camp after the day's duty was done, when 
there were opportunities of comfort and enjoyment outside. 
Nor could they understand the necessity of their being kept 
so near home,, without the privilege of going home occasionally, 
when such going, as they could see, would be no disadvantage 
to the service, and might be the last time they ever would see 
their homes and their loved ones. Especially was this a hard- 
ship in the case of men who were sick. And the discipline, or 
rather the regulations of the camp, were unequal and irregular. 
At times, the restrictions were partially removed, and passes 
and furloughs were more free and more easily obtained, and 
then they would be shut off altogether. The consequence was, 
runningfguard was largel}^ and, on the whole, quite successfully 
practised, and many were the stories of narrow escapes from 
arrest related that winter, till it was almost an honor to have 
narrowly escaped captvire — certainly a matter of pride — and 
simply running guard was considered nothing worthy of telling. 
Occasionally, a patrol would be sent down town, to pick up 
runaways ; but the victims of this system were comparatively 
few. As a matter of course, the best men suffered most. 



nUNNING GUARD. 23 

'Iliose of a rccklesss (lis|)()siti(»ii, who luid not yet IcanuMl that 
the first duty of the sohlier ^vas to obey Avitliout question, or, 
as they })ut it themselves, who "dared to run guard," did so, 
and secured all the enjoyment of so doing ; while those wlio 
were actuated by a spirit of honor, who would do nothing they 
ct)uld not do openly, — and there Avere very many such, — stayed 
in camp and made the best of it, though they could not lielp 
feeling that injustice was done them. Good and true men, liv- 
ing but a few miles from Augusta, were not allowed to, and did 
not, visit their homes after first going into camp, while others 
paid stolen visits, more than once, and enjoyed them all the 
more because they were stolen. It is no discredit, really, to 
those who ran guard that they did so. For the most part, 
they performed their duty faithfully and cheerfully while in 
camp, obeyed orders promptly, and were good soldiers ; and it 
is not to be wondered at, that they should take the risk of dis- 
covery and punishment, for the sake of seeing their friends once 
more, or for the pleasures of civil life, when it was almost 
certain that in a short time these pleasures would be beyond 
their reach. Instead of being blamed, should they not, rather, 
now that it is all past, be considered fortunate, in that they did 
have the courage to take the risk ? Punishment was severe for 
such, as for all breaches of discipline, and several wore the ball 
and chain for absenting themselves from camp, only to repeat 
the operation as soon as possible after the fetters were removed. 
Drunkenness was also severely punished, but the cases that 
came to the knowledge of the officers, or, in fact, that occurred 
at all, were comparatively few. 

The orders of the camp, with the exception of those in 
regard to leaving it, were generally acquiesced in as cheerfully 
as could be expected, under the circumstances, and the camp 
always presented a quiet, orderly, neat apjoearance, barring the 
snow, and ice, and slosh, and mud, witli which it was aiHicted. 
The various calls were answered prom})tly, no matter what the 
weather ; and if now and then there was growling, it was not 
strange, and it was the right of the soldier from time immemo- 
rial. The men learned, while in Cam}) Penobscot, to obey, in 
so far as thev could do so without violating; their own sense of 



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FIBST MAIXE CAVALRY. 



justice and necessity. It was not until they got into real service, 
and the presence of actual danger, that they carried this lesson 
to the fullest extent, and obeyed all orders, at whatever personal 
cost. They learned, while in Camp Penobscot, to respect their 
officers (as was natural they should do), only so far as the 
officers merited it by their conduct, or they were forced to by 
the Army Regulations. In the lield, they respected those 
whose ability and courage won their respect, and none others, 
though they obeyed all, and treated all with the necessary out- 
ward respect. The lessons taught at Augusta, though not then 
fully learned, had a direct and powerful intiuence for good over 
the whole career of the regiment. It lias been said that the 
regiment would not have Avon the proiul position which it did, 
but for the severity of the disci})line of the five months in 
Augusta. Referring to all necessary discipline, there is no 
doubt of the truth of the statement. 

But it was not all discomfort and discontent at Camp Penob- 
scot. The men had many things to comfort them, and make 
them happy. There were visits from friends to cheer them, and 
to start them anew in their service life. There were excursions 
from Portland, Lewiston, and elsewhere, to take up their atten- 
tion, and vary the monotony of the weary routine. There was 
a good dinner Thanksgiving Day, furnished by the friends of 
the men and of the regiment, in such abundant measure, that 
the taste of hardtack was unknown for two or three days after- 
ward. And, above all, there were cheering letters from kind 
friends at home, from wives, mothers, sisters, sweethearts, 
fathers, and brothers, the reading of which did them good, — 
more than the writers knew, — and made their situation not only 
bearable, but even pleasant, and a source of pride. Then there 
were papers, and other reading matter, sent to the men in large 
quantities, which filled u}) pleasantly and profitably many an 
otherwise lonesome hour, and were borrowed, and lent, and 
read, by this one and that one, till literally read to pieces. An 
arrangement was early made to have the mails brought to and 
carried from the regiment daily, which proved to be a great 
blessing, and for which the men could not then, nor can they 
now, be too thankful. Then there was fun in abundance in 




3DIS0N P. RUSSELL, Co. C. 

Killed Sept. 20, 64. 
Shenandoah Valley, Va. 




\ 



Ijt. JARVIS C. STEVENS. 
Deceased. 




^ 



Lieut. HENRY A. WILLIS, Co. I. 
Thomaston. 





Lieut. WILLIAM H. BRADMAN, Co. M. 
Died July 30, '64. 



Col. SAMUEL H. ALLEN, 
Thomaston. 



r-' 




IS 







Capt. WALSTEIN PHILLIPS Co. F. 

Killed June 24, '64, 

St. Mary's Church, Va. 



Lieut. JOHN H. GODDARD, Co. E. 



Oh'DKUKI) TO THE FllONT. 



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cam]), with soii!:;', and story, aiid jcsl, and dance, and with striv- 
ing to live n]» to the idea, as tar as was jjossible, uniU'r which 
they enlisted; viz., to make the best of everything, and to be 
jolly under all circumstances. Some of those evenings in the 
tents, with the '' wart on the tent-pole," as the stoves were 
facetiously called, sending out a glowing heat, and tlic men 
clustered around, telling stories, or joking, or reading, or sing- 
ing, or ])laying eiudnv, or other games, will never be lV)rgotten, 
and now hohl a ])lace in tlie pleasautest of nu^mory's corners. 
Then there Avas the consciousness of doing one's duty, of 
serving his loved country, though in a humbler and a different 
way from what was anticipated, yet serving it all the same, and 
all the time fitting for a more efficient, a nobler, a more glorious 
service by-and-by. All these, together with an occasional pass 
"doAvn town," or a short furlougli, served to keep the men in 
good spirits, in spite of surroundings which would have caused 
less })atriotic and less noble men to surrender to circumstances 
and lie down to die. 

During the winter some changes were made among the 
officers of the regiment. Col. Goddard, finding that his own 
business was suffering in his absence, felt compelled to resign, 
and did so, to take effect on INIarch first, at wliich time he called 
the regiment together at his headquarters, and' made a farewell 
address. Maj. Allen was commissioned cohuiel, Capt. Whitney 
of Co. A was commissioned major, in ])lace of JNlaj. Allen, 
and Lieut. Thaxter of Co. A was commissioned captain, in place 
of Capt. Whitney. Lieut. Col. Hight resigned on being super- 
seded by Maj. Allen, and returned to tlie command of his 
company, in the LTnited States dragoons, but the vacancy 
caused by his resignation was not filled at that time. There 
were also a few changes among the line officers. 

The first of March orders Avere received for the regiment to 
be transported to Washington by rail, a battalion of four compa- 
nies to go at a time, and the first battalion to start on the tenth. 
So many times had rumors been floating about the camp to a 
like effect, that not much confidence was placed in this order. It 
was generally considered too good news to be true ; and as the 
departure was postponed from day to day, for different assigned 



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FIEST MAINE CAVALRY 



reasons, till the fourteenth, confidence grew less. Finally, 
on the morning of Friday, the fourteenth, after Cos. A, D, E, 
and F, had struck their tents, and were packed up, in spite of 
the fact that orders were received not to start just yet, — and 
these orders were repeated three or four times during the day, 
according to rumors, — Col. Allen concluded, as all was ready, 
to start ; and these companies started. Eight horses and their 
riders were put into each box freight car, with a bale of hay for 
feed ; the horses were stalled, four in each end of the car, facing 
inwards, with the hay in the centre ; and the men stayed between 
the two rows of horses, to take care of them. The train started 
about dark, but had not gone more than a dozen miles before 
the rear portion became unshackled, and the two rear cars, con- 
taining men and horses belonging to Co. E, were tipped over. 
Fortunately, no one was hurt ; the rest of the train was stopped, 
half the wrecked men went on in the train, and the others, with 
the horses, returned to camp, to go with the next squad. This 
battalion reached the National capital in due season, having 
left Col. Allen in New York, suffering from illness. 

The second battalion, composed of Cos. B, H, I, and M, was 
ordered to start on the sixteenth, but a heavy snow storm set 
in, — the heaviest of the season, — which delayed their departure 
till the twentieth, when they also started, luider command of 
Maj. Douty, and arrived in Washington without accident, on 
the twenty-fourth. On this last-named date the remaining 
battalion, comprising Cos. C, G, K, and L, under command of 
Maj. S to well, also took their departure, Co. G, the last com- 
pany to bid farewell to Camp Penobscot, giving the camp three 
rousing cheers as they marched out, with three more for the 
good old state of INIaine, as they marched by the State House. 
Soon after starting, Quartermaster Sergt. Mclntire, of Co. G, 
while attem[)ting to soothe a nervous horse, was thrown from 
the car and severely injured ; he was taken back to Augusta, 
and rejoined the regiment in a few weeks. The route taken 
was to New York by box cars, as already stated, thence by 
steam ferry to Elizabeth City, N. J., and thence, the liorses in 
cattle cars, and the men in ])assenger cars, I'ia Harrisburg, to 
Baltimore and Washington. The third battalion arrived in 



AT WASHINGTON. 27 

Wa.sliiiigtoii the luoniino- ,,f (he Iweiity-eiglitli, luiving g,,t a 
good square meal at the rooms of the ''Uiuon Relief Associa- 
tion " at Baltimore, just after midnight. The men tried to take 
breakfast at the ''Soldiers' Retreat," but the "retreat" was so 
iilthy, the rations were served in such a slovenly manner, and 
the general surroundings were so gloomy, that they could eat 
but little, and there was a feeling of homesickness and despon- 
dency, more general, probably, than at any other time in the 
history of the regiment. The forenoon was spent at the " Sol- 
diers' Rest," a place no more pleasant or inviting than the 
" retreat," and in waiting by the side of the railroad, a mile or 
more from the station, for the train with the horses, which 
arrived about noon ; and before night this battalion liad joined 
the remainder of the regiment, in camp on Capitol Hill. As it 
reached there at a late hour, but few of the men i)itched tents, 
the remainder sleeping that night in some old buildings, Avhere 
they suffered more from cold than they had done amid the cold 
and snows of their native state, at Camp Penobscot. 

The next day, twenty-ninth, tents were pitched, and the boys 
made themselves as comfortable as possible, though a down east 
acquaintance, in the form of a cold snow storm, paid them a visit 
which lasted a couple of days. Previous to this time (nine- 
teenth), a detail from Co. D, under command of Capt. Smith 
and Lieuts. Goddard and Stevens, had been sent to Upton's 
Hill, Va., to guard a large amount of government property, left 
there when the Army of the Potomac left its winter quarters, 
early in the month,— the first detail from the regiment,— and 
now a relief was sent out there. During the day sabres and 
pistols were issued to the last battalion (the other two bat- 
talions had already been supplied), and the boys began to feel 
that they were soldiers in fact, as w^ell as in name. Rumors 
were current in camp that Gens. Fremont and Banks had 
both made application for this regiment, as soon as they learned 
it had left ]\laine ; however this may be, orders were received 
on this day for five companies to proceed to Harper's Ferry, to 
serve under Gen. Banks. And thus the First Maine Cavalry, 
on the twenty-ninth of March, 1862, five months after its organ- 
ization, was at Washington, armed and equipped, and a jxirtion 
of it under marchino" orders. 



♦ CHAPTER II. 

THE CAMPAICxX IX THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. 

GUARDIXG THE BALTIMORE AXD OHIO EaII.ROAI). — INCIDENTS AT MaR- 

TiNSBURG. — The "Intoxication of Power." — Under Gen. Banks. — 
The First Duty in Presence of the Enemy. — The First Skirmish 
and the First Charge. — Skirmish near Strasburg. — Banks' 
Retreat. — Preparing to Fight. — "I came Here to Fight, Cap- 
tain." — An Important Scouting Expedition. — Stubborn Resist- 
ance to Ashby's Force. — Valuable Services of the First Maine 
Battalion. — The First Casualty. — "The Middletown Disas- 
ter." — A Fearful Charge. — Escape of the Battalion. — Battle 
OF Winchester. — Retijeat across the Potomac. — Experiences of 
THE First Wounded Man. — A Prison Experience. — Incidents of 
the Disaster. — The Return up the Valley. — More Skirmishing. 
— The Battalion Rejoins the Regiment. 

SUNDAY morning, March tliirtietli, in accordance with the 
orders received the day previous, Cos. A, B, E, H, and M, 
nnder command of Maj. Douty, started to march to 
Harper's Ferry, by way of Frederick. As this battalion was 
destined to first meet the enemy in combat, it is proper that its 
fortunes should be first followed. On arriving at Harper's Ferry 
it was joined to what was known as the "■ Railroad Brigade," 
commanded by Col. JVIiles, the duty of which was to guard the 
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and prevent squads of the enemy, 
guerillas, or southern sympathizers, from making raids on the 
road, burning bridges, tearing up the track, or otlierwise injur- 
ing the road (which would do serious damage to the Union 
cause), and to scout around the country in search of the enemy 
in whatever guise. This duty was for the most part arduous 
and tiresome, for the simple reason that guard duty was the 
hardest portion of the service, being dull, as well as hard and 
constant work. The several companies were separated, and 
assigned to duty at different points along the road, Co. A being 

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Tiih: Tiioriu.Ki) (LOCK. 29 

statioiuHl at jNlartiiishurL;-, Co. 1> at Great ('acai'.dii l{i\i'i-. Co. K 
at Black River Ciet'k, Co. II at Hancock, and Co. JNI at Har- 
per's Ferr}', Co. li being I'urtliest west. There was little to 
relieve the tedium of the duty, after the first novelty of eamj) 
life in active service wore off; an occasional scout after gue- 
rillas or to " feel " some noisy secessionist, some of which trips 
were ver}^ pleasant, being the only variety the boys enjoyed, 
except such as they found for themselves. 

This story is told of two Co. A boys, while at ]\Iart ins- 
burg : — 

Co. A had been in camp at Maitinsburg but a few days, when Sergt. ('. 
and a comrade obtained a pass to visit the town, to return by two o'clock 
that afternoon. They busied themselves very pleasantly aliout the streets 
until nearly noon, and were growino- hungry and considering the matter of 
dinner, when a neatly-attired, middle-aged woman came out from a store, 
and started up the street, ahead of them. As she noticed the old tiag (at 
the i^rovost marshal's oftice) waving above her, she gracefully bounded over 
the curbstone into the gutter, where mud and water were flowing ankle 
deep, and waded there a few steps before again taking the sidewalk, rather 
than pass under the "hated rag." The sergeant, his ire a bit roused, 
quietly remarked, "There; where she lives we'll dine to-day." "Agreed," 
replied his comrade; and, unnoticed, they followed her, until she entered a 
nice-looking brick dwelling. They were quickly at the bell-pull, which was 
answered by a tidy-looking little colored girl, who ran into the sitting-room 
with fright, the Maine boys following her. The mistress of the house was 
much surprised at their audacity, but they apologized to her for their rude- 
ness, with all the grace they could command, and seated themselves before 
the fire. After a long time waiting, one of the comrades asked the woman 
the time of day, to which she replied that she did not know, as there was 
some trouble with her clock, and it did not go. " Why, sergeant," said the 
other, a happy thought striking him, " perhaps you might repair it for her; 
you used to do such work, when you were at home." At this her sullen 
features wore a look of gladness, as she asked, " Are you a jeweler ? " 

"That was my business, before I came here," replied the sergeant, with 
an air of indifference. 

"I would give almost anything if you woxdd repair it, for I miss it so 
niucli, I hardly know what to do without it." 

"I should be pleased to examine your clock, and, if possible, to put it in 
order for you; but our time must be nearly up, and we have had no dinner 
yet." 

"Come right into the dining-room; dinner is all ready, and on the table, 
and you shall be as welcome as you arc kind and generous," said the now 
thoroughly gracious woman. 

They did not require a second invitation, and it is needless to say they did 
no discredit to the soldiers' traditional excellent appetite. When they were 



30 



FIBSr MAINE CAVALRY. 



satisfied, tliey proceeded to examine tlie troubled clock, an ancient time- 
piece, standing in the corner of the room. The sergeant looked at it witli 
as professional an air as he could assume, never having seen the inside of a 
clock before, and then called for a screw-driver and hammer, which were 

. brought to him. He carefully took the clock to pieces, and examined the 
works long and critically, all the time wondering how he was to get out of 
the scrape, while the woman stood by, anxious to see her clock once more 
in rimning order. Finally, he told her that he had found the cause of the 
trouble — " tlie chit-wheel was gone." The use of this important wheel he 
eloquently explained to her, and then saying a new one could be procured, 
he cut out a paper pattern, the like of which was never before seen, and 
sent his comrade down town to get one as quick as he could, as they had 
already stayed over their time. The comrade departed, and the sergeant 
waited patiently for a while, still carefully scrutinizing the dissected clock, 

. and then bade the woman good-by, leaving the works scattered about the 
table, saying he feared his comrade had been captured by the provost guard, 
and that he would also get into trouble, if he did not retiu-n. Tlie boys re- 
turned to camp, reported to their commanding officer, and saved a reprimand 
by telling their little story. The story was not long in getting through the 
camp, and the " chit-wheel" was a source of merriment for many a day, the 
boys long remembering tlie woman wading in the gutter, the nice, warm 
dinner, and the old, troubled clock; and even now, they sometimes wonder 
" how the old thing works." 

When Co. A left Martinsbiirg, Corp. Sidney W. Clark was 
detailed to remain there a fe^v days, to take care of the sick, 
who were distributed around at private houses, as the hospital 
was broken up, and he was the only Union soldier in the town. 
Among others left there sick was his brother, Private Prentice 
M. Clark. One day, as the corporal and his brother were riding 
through the streets, the latter saw a rebel flag flying from a 
window of one of the houses, and, as he called the corporal's 
attention to it, they were greeted with a shower of stones and 
brick-bats, from thirty or forty 3'elling old men and boys. 
They rode along, without paying any attention to this salute ; 
but when they returned, and were again stoned, the corporal 
suddenly turned his horse upon the crowd, at full speed, when 
they retired. Reining his horse upon the sidewalk to the win- 
dow, he pulled down the flag and took it away with him, and, 
after that, was not molested while he remained there. 

An incident that occurred to Capt. Cilley, while his com- 
pany (B) was on the way to Great Cacapon River, by rail, 
gives a good bit of human nature, and illustrates the ''intoxi- 





Sergt. ANDREW J. LUFKIN, Co. A. 

Capt. 4th U. S. Col. Regt. 

Shernnan Mills. 



CHARLES D, FURBUSH, Co. A. 
Garland. 



Sergt. SIDNEY W. CLARK, Co. A. 
Masardis. 





LEWIS C. CROSS, Co. A. 
Cornish. 





JAMES B. PEAKES, Co. A. 
Santa Cruz, Cal. 



Sergt. P. M. CLARK, Co. A. 
died in Asdersonville, Sept. 8, £4. 




ABNER D. GRANT, Co. A. 
Harrington. 



DANIEL BUDGE, Co. A. 
Springfield. 



wrni r;i':x. baxks. 31 

cation"" of tlu' |)oN\('r ot" coniiiiaiKl. Ii\\as cvidciil the train 
would not reac'li the station till near niidnio'lit, and Cajjt. 
Cilley felt some anxiety in rej^'ard to unloadill^■ tlie horses in 
tlie dark. So strong did this anxiety become, that at one of 
the stations he went forward, to see the conductor, Avho was 
Avitli the engineer on the engine, and very meekly suggested 
that it would be difficult and dangerous to unload horses from 
the cars at night. To his surprise, the conductor turned to 
him, and as meekly replied. '' Sir, the train is under your com- 
mand." Sto])})ing a monuMit, to drink in the pleasant dissipa- 
tit)n of his anxiety, and tlie delicious feeling of authority, in 
an entirel}' different tone and manner, the captain gave orders 
to the conductor: "You will go to the nearest turn-out in 
the vicinity of Great Cacapon, and wait on the turn-out till 
morning, when you will proceed to Great Cacapon, and notify 
me of your readiness to unload." The order Avas obeyed. 

After a short time of guard and scouting duty, during Avhich 
a number of guerillas and a quantity of arms Avere captured 
(one scouting party of tAventy being gone four days, and ca])- 
turing eight prisoners and seven horses), Co. B Avas ordered to 
Berkley Hot Springs, Bath, Avhere tAvo large stables furnished 
quarters for the horses, and the celebrated hot springs and 
marble baths excellent bathing opportunities for the men. 

The seA^eral companies remained on duty as stated, till the 
ninth of May, when orders Avere received, at night, to join the 
forces under Gen. Banks; and on the tAvelfth the battalion Avas 
together at NcAvmarket, and attached to the cavalry brigade 
commanded by Gen. Hatch. During this march the battalion 
lost three horses, apparently by ])oisoning. From here all bag- 
gage Avas sent to the rear, except Avhat could be carried in the 
saddle-bags and on the horses, Avhich began to look like " hot 
work " in prospect, an idea Avhich did not lose force from the 
rumors that prcA^ailed, that Stonewall Jackson's force Avas near 
by. A fcAV days later, it moved up the valley beyond Stras- 
burg, and performed its first })icket duty and scouting in the 
vicinity of the enemy's forces. Nothing of imjiortance trans- 
pired till the twentieth, when Cos. B, H, and M, under com- 
mand of l^ieut. Col. Douty (avIio had been promoted from 



32 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

major, on the tenth, in phice of Lieut. CoL Hight) made a 
reconnoissance to Woodstock, where they found the rebels, 
and had a smart skirmish with them, ending in a charge by a 
j)ortion of Co. B, under command of Lieut. Cutler, which 
drove the enemy through tlie village, and our little force took 
temi)orary possession of it. On the twenty-second, Cos. H 
and M, under command of Capt. Brown, had a skirmish beyond 
Strasburg. These skirmishes, in which the men gave evidence 
that they had in them such stuff as cavaliers are made of, were 
good training for what was so soon coming. 

Gen. Banks had possession of the valley of the Shenan- 
doah, with a force of but seven thousand men. Gen. Shields' 
division of ten thousand having been sent to other fields. Of 
this force, about four thousand were at Strasburg, where were 
the general's headquarters, two thousand were guarding rail- 
roads at distant points, and one regiment, the First Maryland 
Cavalry, together with a small force of infantry and one sec- 
tion of artillery, — in all about one thousand men, all under 
command of Col. Kenley, of the First Maryland, — Avas at Front 
Royal, nearly a dozen miles away. The withdrawal of Shields' 
division opened the door for an attempt by Stonewall Jackson 
to capture the whole of Banks' force, for he aimed at nothing 
less, and regain possession of the valley. With his usual 
rapidity of action, his force, full twenty-five thousand strong, 
was set in motion ; and on the twenty-third of May he attacked 
the force at Front Royal, and almost entirely destroyed it, 
though the men fought like heroes. Litelligence of this, and 
also of the advance of the enemy in the direction of Strasburg, 
and his strength, reached Gen. Banks the same evening. There 
could be but one interpretation of the movement, which was, 
that Jackson intended to get between Banks' force and Win- 
chester, thus intercepting supplies and re-enforcements, and 
cut off all i)ossibility of retreat. Listant decision and action 
were necessary on the part of Gen. lianks. Three courses 
Avere left to him, as he says, in his oflicial report, — first, to 
retreat across Little North Mountain to the Potomac River on 
the west ; second, an attack upon the enemy's flanks on the 
Front Royal road ; third, a rapid movement direct upon Win- 



STOXEU'ALL JACKSON'S ]VAY. 33 

Chester, Avitli a view to anticipate the enemy's occupation of the 
town by seizing- it hhnself, tlins placing his command in com- 
munication with its original base of operations, in the line of 
re-enforcements by Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, and secur- 
ing a safe retreat, in case of disaster. To remain at Strasburg 
was to be surrounded ; to move over the mountains was to 
abandon the train at the outset, and subject the command to 
tlank attacks, without possibility of succor ; and to attack, the 
enemy being in such overwhelndng force, could only result in 
certain destruction. It was therefore determined to enter the 
lists with the enemy in a race or a battle, as the latter should 
choose, for the possession of Winchester, the key of the valley, 
and to Gen. Banks the position of safety. 

Preparations were at once made to carry out this idea, though 
it was after nine o'clock the next morning, Saturday, the twenty- 
fourth, before the column was on the march toward Winchester, 
the cavalry under Gen. Hatch being left at Strasburg as rear 
guard for the army, with orders to remain there as long as pos- 
sible, and keep the enemy in check, the attack being expected 
in that direction. But to attack there was not Stonewall Jack- 
son's way ; he had sent Ewell along the pike from Front lloyal 
to Winchester, to reach the latter place before Banks, if possi- 
ble, and Ewell had started several hours before Banks. The 
two armies were now marching on the two sides of an equilat- 
eral triangle, of which the road from Strasburg to Front Royal 
was the base, and the pikes from both these places toward Win- 
chester the two sides. There was little difference between the 
distances on either road, and Ewell, with a larger force than 
Banks, had some hours the start, and a good prospect of reach- 
ing Winchester and choosing his own position before Banks' 
dilatory force should arrive. Then Jackson, after Ewell was 
well on the way, sent a large force of cavalry, infantry, and 
artillery, under command of Gen. Asliby, of cavalry fame, 
across to Middletown, seven miles from Strasburg, and four 
from Newtown, where the two pikes intersected, by a dirt road, 
to strike Banks in the rear, and bring him between the two 
forces, thus compelling him to surrender. A force of the enemy 
arrived at Middletown before the advance of Banks' column. 



34 FIBST MAINE CAVALliV. 

and was driven off after a sharp skirmish and a change in the 
formation of the column. 

When Col. Douty's battalion, which had left its camp beyond 
Strasburg during the night before in the darkness and rain, 
arrived at INliddletown, it was prepared for hard marching and 
fighting by sending all sick men and disabled horses to the 
rear. An incident which occurred here will serve to illustrate 
the sort of stuff of which the Maine cavaliers Avas composed. 
As Capt. Cilley passed down the line of his company (B) to 
cull out disabled men and horses, he saw in the ranks Charles 
A. Mclntyi'e, of Warren, Avith both sides of his face terribly 
swollen, and suffering severely with the mumps. He Avas 
ordered by the captain to fall out, to which he replied : " I 
came here to fight, captain ; this is the first chance we have 
had ; I want to go in." He went in. When these preparations 
were completed, it was learned that Col. Douty, with his bat- 
talion and two companies of the Vermont cavalry, had been 
ordered to reconnoitre along the dirt road to the Front Royal 
pike, to ascertain if the enemy Avas in force in that vicinity, 
gain all possible information of his movements, report often, 
and, if he met the enemy advancing, to hold him in check as 
long as possible. The little force proceeded a fcAv miles Avhen 
it encountered Ashby's force, consisting of some three thou- 
sand caA^alry and a battery, and Avhicli Avas en route for Middle- 
toAvn by this very road. Ashb}^ found a determined foe in the 
little force under Col. Douty, "stubborn as mules," he after- 
wards expressed it, Avho held him in check gallantly for some 
hours, and was driA'en very sloAvly back to MiddletoAvn only by 
the guns of the batter}^, sustaining no loss. The persistence 
Avitli Avhich the men resisted his advance, and the skill Avith 
which tliey were handled, led Ashby, as he afterwards said, to 
believe that there were plenty of troops behind the little force, 
and gave Jackson an idea that Banks might, perhaps, have been 
re-enforced b}^ McDoavcU. At any rate, it Avas best to be on 
his guard, so he hastily sent dispatches to Ewell, who was well 
on his Avay to Winchester, to halt his column and Avait further 
orders, causing him some delay, and materially changing his 
plans, to the great advantage of Gen. Banks. The benefit of 



COL. DOUTY'S DELAY OF JACKSOX. 35 

this delay and cdiange of movenient on the part of .Jarkson 
will bo evident, when it is considered that, had he luarehed 
directly forward on the Front Royal pike, and left only an 
equal force to meet Col. Donty's battalion, he would have 
struck Banks at the junction of the two ])ikes at NeAvtown, in 
advance of the wagon train, and P>anks' inferior force would 
have been oblio-ed to form for battle with their own immense 
wagon train and impedimenta betAveen them and the enemy, 
and confusion would have been the result. As it was, the 
eneni}" reached Newtown in season to bring on a severe engage- 
ment there, which lasted till after dark, and which necessitated 
sending troops back to check them; but the trains were, by 
that time, safe and out of the way, while EavcH's force, which 
arrived in the vicinity of Winchester before the force of 
Banks, did not, owing to the loss of time by the halt spoken 
of, reach there in time to secure the town, or so good a position 
as it otherwise would have done. Gen. Ashby afterwards told 
Surgeon Haley, of the regiment, who was captured later on the 
same day, that the delay of Jackson, in going through the 
mud road instead of pressing on through the pike, saved 
Banks' army. 

Fighting stubbornly for every inch of ground, Col. Doutj-'s 
force finally reached Middletown, having delayed Ashby for 
hours, and having lost no men and but one horse. Here they 
found Gen. Hatch, with the whole cavalry force, or rear guard, 
waiting for the Fifth New York and a jiortion of the First 
Vermont Cavalry, which had been cut off at Cedar Creek, and 
who were compelled to save themselves by a detour and a 
forced march to Martinsburg, by a road near the mountains. 
Gen. Hatch, who was momentarily expecting the arrival of 
these regiments, his rear guard, and did not like to proceed 
without them, kept Col. Douty's battalion on the skirmish line 
in front of the village, where it had a lively time. In the 
meantime, the enemy, quietly and without being perceived, 
moved a large force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery to the 
pike, thus getting in front of Gen. Hatch's force, and between 
him and the main column. The enemy also brought up addi- 
tional guns, and was making hot work for the skirmishers, 



36 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY^ 

when Gen. Hatcli, seeing his danger, remarked to Col. Doiity : 
"We must cut our way through." To assist in carrying out 
this intention, the battalion left the skirmish line, to take posi- 
tion on the pike for a charge. 

In making this change, Capt. Cilley, who was riding at the 
head of his company (B), near an orchard, through the trees 
in which tlie shells were crashing, assuring his men that the 
sound of shell and canister was much Avorse than the actual 
danger, was hit by a shell, and fell from his horse in much 
the same deliberate manner in which a squirrel falls to the 
ofround when shot. This was the first shot that had taken 
effect in the regiment, and the first sight of a man wounded 
and apparently dead, caused some confusion in the ranks, 
which was fortunate for Co. B, as the delay occasioned by 
it prevented the compan}^ from joining in the disastrous charge 
on the pike which followed. It is reported that the orderly 
sergeant of the company at this time took shelter in rear of a 
brick church near by, and, when asked what he was doing 
there, replied frankly that he didn't knoAV what else to do. 

The order Avas given to advance; Gen. Hatch, who Avith his 
staff and escort Avas at the head of the column, some distance in 
advance of Col. Douty's battalion, seeing a battery of the enemy 
Avith a strong support in the road, Avhicli at that point Av^as 
narroAV, Avith a high Avall on each side, turned off on a road 
leading to the left, and passing along a parallel road, after sca^- 
eral ineffectual attempts joined the main column. A blinding 
cloud of dust hid this sudden movement from Col. Douty's 
vicAV, and at the same time prevented him from seeing tlie 
obstruction in his front until too late to avert Avhat is knoAvn as 
the " MiddletoAvn Disaster." Rushing forAvard in rear of the tAvo 
companies of the First Vermont Cavalry then in Col. Douty's 
command, at a rapid rate of speed, in column of " fours," and 
supposing they Avere following the general, the battalion, Avith 
the exception of Co. B, came suddenly upon this battery before 
they Avere aAvare of its presence, and in a narrow road Avhere 
manoeuvering Avas out of the question. The consequences Avere 
frightful ; the head of the column Avas instantly stopped, and 
the men next, unable to halt their horses in season, and in 



THE MIDDLKTOWN DISASTF.l!. 37 

turn piislied forward by the liorscs in the rear, rushed on, till 
men and animals -were piled up in a mixed mass of humanity, 
liorse-fiesh and cavalry arms and equipments, in the utmost 
confusion ; some of the men were wounded by the drawn sabres 
of their comrades, others were crushed by the horses and unable 
to extricate themselves. 

But few could escape, and the loss to Cos. A, E, and M was 
severe, a large number of men being wounded or taken pris- 
oners, while the loss in horses was equally large. (It is a 
remarkable fact that but two luen of this battalion Avere killed 
or mortally wounded.) Cos. A, E, and M were terribly cut up. 
When Co. A arrived at Winchester it had but eighteen men, 
though thirty or more succeeded in escaping capture or eluding 
their guards, and rejoined the company in a day or two ; and 
the same i;? true of the other companies. Cos. B and II lost 
but few men. Capt. Cilley (who had been commissioned major 
vice ]\Iaj. Douty promoted, but was still serving with his ccun- 
pany, not having been mustered into his new grade), was left 
on the field Avounded, and taken jorisoner. Surgeon Haley, 
who remained with Capt. Cilley, Avas also taken prisoner, as 
Avere tAvo men left Avith the captain ; Capt. Putnam of Co. E 
Avas Avounded, and Lieut. Estes of Co. A Avas taken prisoner. 
The Avagon belonging to Co. E, Avith the company books and 
p)apers, and the private effects of the officers, fell into the hands 
of the enemy. 

Escaping from his perilous position, Ccd. Douty with his 
battalion, uoav reduced to a mere handful of men, fell back on 
the })ike, and by taking an intersecting road, and making a 
detour to the left, after a hard march, rejoined the main column 
early the next morning, and Avas immediately ordered to sup- 
port a battery. The terrible Avork of the day before had greatly 
exhausted the feAV men Avho Avere left, but orders Avere impera- 
tive, and, after a single hour's rest, they Avere aroused at five 
o'clock in the morning by the rattle of musketry, and the roar 
of cannon, to bear their part in the battle of Winchester, Avhere 
Banks decided to test the enemy's strength, and for some time 
by hard lighting, held in check Jackson's Avhole force. But 
further retreat Avas incA^table, and it was continued throuo-li 



38 FIBST MAINE C'AVALEV. 

Martmsbiirg and across tlie Potomac to Williamsburg, Col. 
Doiit3""s battalion acting a portion of the time as rear guard, 
and Cos. B and H winning new laurels while covering the 
retreat of the Tenth Maine Infantry at Winchester, by keeping 
a formidable regiment of cavalry at bay. 

The official account of this days' work, as found on the annual 
return of the regiment for 1862, on file in the adjutant general's 
office in Augusta, says : — 

On the morning of the twenty-fourth of May, Lieut. Col. C. S. Douty, 
with his command, was ordered hy Gen. Banks to proceed, witli two days' 
rations, from Strasliurg, Va., across towards Front Eoyal, on the dirt road 
intersecting from Middletown the pike from Front Royal to Winchester, 
to ascertain if the rebels were in any force near the Front Koyal and 
Winchester pike, to learn what was possible in regard to their movements^ 
and to send frequent messengers back with all the information gained. 
(The distance from Middletown across to the Front Royal aifd Winchester 
pike on this dirt road was seven and one-half miles. The dirt road inter- 
sects the Front Royal and Winchester pike about one and one-half miles 
from Front Royal, and runs nearly southeast from Middletown. The Stras- 
burg and Winchester pike and the Front Royal and Winchester pike run 
north in the form of a triangle, forming a junction at Winchester. The 
distance from Strasburg to Winchester is nineteen miles, and the distance 
from Front Royal to Winchester is eighteen miles.) Col. Douty accordingly 
moved his command across on this dirt road to within one and one-half 
miles of its intersection with the Front Royal and Winchester pike, when 
he met the advance guard of the rebel Gen. Jackson's army, which he 
drove back, following them to within a half mile of the pike, where he was 
met by an old woman who entreated him to turn back, informing him that 
rebel Gen. Ewell with a strong force had passed along the pike towards 
Winchester, and that Jackson was coming across on the dirt road to get in 
rear of Gen. Banks, and that his (Col. Douty's) command would be captured 
unless he turned back to Middletown. (Jackson's object evidently was to 
send Ewell on to Winchester with ten thousand men, to arrive there in 
advance of Gen. Banks, who was retreating on the Strasburg and Winches- 
ter pike, while he — Jackson — would march his force across on this dirt 
road and get in rear of Gen. Banks' command.) Col. Douty told the old 
woman not to be alarmed for his safety; that he had forty thousand Yan- 
kees to back him. He then drew up his command — about four hun- 
dred cavalry — in line of battle in front of a large belt of timber which 
extended on both sides of the dirt road, sending out his skirmishers, who 
met the advance of Jackson's army (a portion of Ashby's cavalry), and 
attacking it, drove it back, checking the advance of the rebels. Jackson 
and Ashby, having come up within sight of the line of battle, and having 
received the communication from the old woman in regard to the "forty 
thousand Yankees," an order was immediately forwarded to Ewell, who 
turned his force to rejoin Jackson. Ashby, immediately bringing up his 



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39 



t'orro of three thousaiul eavnlry ami a li^iit battery, began to reconnoitre 
with his cavalry in the vicinity of Col. Donty's line of skirmishers, who 
shot two of the enemy, cansing them to be very cautious in their maimer of 
approaching. In th6 meantime the battery had taken its position and 
began shelling the line of battle and the timber in its rear, thinking, per- 
haps, to annoy the "forty thousand Yankees" that Jackson supposed were 
supporting the line, which was forced to fall back " inch by inch only as it 
was shelled" (as Gen. Ashby afterwards stated to one of Col. Douty's 
officers who was taken prisoner), but improving every advantageous spot 
of ground in checking the advance of the entire rebel force on the <lirt road 
to Middletown. This force was held in check at intervals for four hours, 
which gave ahnost the entire train of Gen. Banks time to pass through 
Middletown towards Winchester in advance of the rebel force. Col. Douty 
with his command fell back to Middletown (with only the loss of one 
horse) where he met Brig. Gen. Hatch, commanding the cavalry brigade, 
wdio ordered him to " remain in line of battle at Middletown until Maj. Gen. 
Banks passed through," he not being aware that Gen. Banks had already 
passed through. Col. Douty remained here with his command until it was 
cut off by the rebels, who then commanded the pike leading towards Win- 
chester with infantry and artillery, when an order was given to charge. 
Supposing this order to have originated from Gen. Hatch, Col. Douty with 
his command immediately charged towards the enemy's line, receiving 
several volleys of musketry from the rebel infantry, who arose from behind 
the stone walls that lined the pike, while the shells from the rebel artillery 
broke in and about their ranks, killing fifteen horses and wounding many 
more, men and horses falling in a mass. The command succeeded in charg- 
ing through the line and joining the main body of Gen. Banks' force, near 
Newtown, with a loss of sixty-four men, wounded and prisoners, and one 
himdred horses killed and captured. At Xew-town the command remained 
supporting a battery, until being ordered to fall back it proceeded to 
Winchester. Had Ewell not been turned back by Jackson's order in conse- 
quence of the intelligence of the "forty thousand Yankees," which the old 
woman conveyed to Jackson, he would have arrived at Winchester at least 
four hours in advance of Gen. Banks' force, and Gen. Banks' whole com- 
mand would have been cut off. 

On the morning of the twenty-fifth of ]May the command was in line of 
battle Ijelow Winchester, and was ordered to charge back and forth through 
the city for the purpose of keeping back a scattered rebel force which was 
harassing our force. This was accomplished under the musketry of the 
rebels from the window^s of the houses without any loss. The command 
thus covered the retreat of Gen. Banks' command until it arrived at 
Williamsport. 

Gen. Cille}^ in an address at the grave of Col. Douty, in 
Dover, on the occasion of the regimental reunion in that town, 
in 1881, thus speaks of this engagement : — 

The problem presented to Banks was, who should reach Winchester first. 
A broad highway, or macadamized pike, led from either army, and found a 



40 



FIBST MAINE CAYALBY. 



junction near Winchester. A dirt road from Middletown connected the two 
pikes, and with their lines formed a triangle. On this road, in the early 
morn of May 24, 1862, Lieut. Col. Douty, with five companies of the First 
Maine and two companies of the First Vermont Cavalry, advanced tlirough 
fields and oak groves, as peaceful in their verdure as a dream-day in May. 
Capt. Summat, with his company, was detached to our right to watch a ford 
of the Shenandonh, while the remaining six companies pressed on to the 
Front Royal pike. As we neared the pike, a few shots in front caused the 
colonel to deploy his force. In the brief interval required to make knovni 
the proximity of two hostile forces. Col. Douty, with quick activity, im- 
proved by drawing from citizens information of the movement and number 
of Jackson's army, very adroitly left the impression that he was the advance 
of Banks' army, which was following to attack the flanks of the rebel force. 
None of this cavalry were armed with carbines, pistols and sabres being 
their only weapons. Frequent belts of wood, with fields intervening, 
afforded opportunity for skirmishing, but prevented mounted charges and 
use of sabre and pistol. Powerless to attack with advantage, Douty' s only 
course was to amuse the enemy, deceive them in regard to the numbers 
opposing them, and delay them as much as possible. Wisely and well he 
performed this part. Jackson halted his army on the Front Royal pike, and 
sent all his cavalry, one battery, and a portion of his infantry, over to the 
dirt road, to repel Douty' s attack and ascertain his strength. In front of 
this force Douty manosuvred his men, and drew the enemy slowly after him. 
Co. H, under Capt. Suinmat, rejoining on our right flank, made a charge 
with perfect aligmnent. It was brilliant and inspiring, but for what object 
made I never understood, except to show the enemy we were drilled 
horsemen. Slowly back toward Middletown Douty drew his men. Ashby's 
cavalry with artillery and foot followed. Douty's object was efl'ected. 
Jackson was halted, and waited information on the Front Royal pike, and 
his cavalry, diverted from the direct road to Winchester, and obliged to 
march around two sides of the triangle, thus lost much valuable time. No 
more timely service could Gen. Banks require, or any officer render. We 
claim it saved Banks' army from' an attack on its flanks before it could 
reach Winchester, an attack on an army encumbered with its baggage and 
drawn out in a straggling manner on the Strasburg pike. This claim is 
fully substantiated by Jackson's bitter denunciations on the absence of his 
cavalry. Gen. Dick Taylor, in his sketches of the Valley Campaign, reverts 
again and again to the fact that Ashby and his cavalry were in the rear when 
Jackson approached Winchester. Ashby himself said to our surgeon, 
Haley, "I could only drive your cavalry step by step by my artillery." The 
First Maine, under Douty, occupied his entire attention, and kept him 
employed. The blood spilled in the streets of Middletown was a vicarious 
sacrifice for the rest of Banks' army — a tribute to Dovity's leadershi}) and 
to his military honor. Of the disastrous charge at Middletown 1 have little 
to say; it was not ordered, or in any way directed by Douty. The two 
companies of the First Vermont Cavalry charged down the pike without 
orders. The First Maine followed in the attending clouds of dust like fellow 
champions, and were involved in their ruin as they fell on the obstructions 
and the enemy's guns occupying the road itself. Nothing could have been 



MAJ. CILLKVS EXrKlUKM'K. 



41 



inoie uii'cly wr()Uj;'lit than the woik of the iiioniiuj;' uj) to tliis cliarjiv. The 
full credit of the work was clue to Douty's hand and Douty's leadership, hut 
that hand was for a moment withheld, that leadership a moment diverted 
for a wounded comrade's sake, and tlie disaster itself shows its previous 
vahu> and true quality. 

In Gen. Banks' official report of this retreat lie s])eaks in the 
highest terms of the services of the whole cavalry force, saying : 
"By confession of friend and foe it was e(|nal, if not superior, 
to the best of the enemy's long trained mounted troops." 

The experience of Maj. Cilley, the first man to be wounded 
in the regiment, as he ANas the first man enlisted in the regi- 
ment, is thus told : — 

Personally he knew nothing about heing hit, or of any pain. His first 
consciousness was two or three days afterwards, when the knowledge came 
to him that he was lying on a lounge, with inability to move, and that he 
could now and then hear the steps of a woman crossing the room. His 
first idea of the feeling of his wounded arm was an indefinite impression 
that the arm felt as though it looked green, and seemed something foreign 
to him. On his return to consciousness, the doctor considered it his duty 
to inform him that he could not recover; but, reluctant to break the 
unpleasant tidings, the doctor sought the lady of the house, who, however, 
was not attracted to the task, so at last he applied to the major's orderly, 
Isaac B. Harris, who had been detailed to remain and take care of him. 
Harris thereupon went to Maj. Cilley, and annovuiced: " Captain, do you 
know that you are mortally wounded, and cannot recover?" The orderly 
was somewhat astonished when the major replied: "Thunder! I am not 
going to die — what do you mean?" Harris stammered: "The — the doctor 
— told me so." "Well, the doctor doesn't know as much about it as I do — 
I intend to see this war finished," was the answer. When this was reported 
to the doctor, he had increased hopes of the major's recovery. An assist- 
ant surgeon of the First Vermont Cavalry, who had been left at Straslmrg, 
hearing of Maj. Cilley' s wound, went to the house where he was with a 
common handsaw and a butcher knife, and insisted that the arm should be 
amputated, alleging as his best reason and as a clincher to his other argu- 
ments, that he had "been in the service six months, and had not seen a 
single amputation performed." Archibald Spauldiug, sent by Gov. Washburn 
to attend to the wounded Maine soldiers, from the best reports he could 
obtain, informed the governoi- that Maj. Cilley had been mortally woimded, 
and died immediately after being taken prisoner, and the major had the 
unusual experience of reading his own obituary. ]Maj. Cilley always felt 
that he owed his recovery to being carried immediately to the dwelling 
of John W. Wright, a merchant of Middletown, and receiving there the 
motherly care and nursing of his wife, Mrs. Wright. Indeed, his comrades 
attributed his chivalrous esteem of the women of Virginia to Mrs. Wriglit's 
kindness, as he was inclined to damn the men of that state, especially when 



42 FIRST MAIXE CAVALRY. 

near any portion of Wise's command. Nearly three months he lay at 
Middletown, unable to he moved, and then was carried by easy stages to the 
Union lines at Winchester, and thence to Washington, where he received 
leave of absence to visit Maine. In December following he was again car- 
ried to Washington, with his wound still unhealed, and had an operation 
performed on it at Armory Square Hospital by Dr. Bliss, under whose 
treatment he remained till the April following. Diiring this time of suffer- 
ing and weakness at AVashington, he formed the acquaintance and won the 
friendship of the lady Avho, after the war, became his wife. More than 
forty pieces of bone were taken from his arm in different surgical opera- 
tions, and it did not heal till September, 1863. One of the last times his 
wound was dressed was when Gen. Meade fell back from the Kapidan to 
Centreville, and while a part of the brigade was under fire in front of 
Culpepper Court House. 

Sergt. Alanson M. Warren, of Co. M, who was taken prisoner 
in this engagement, and went to Richmond with forty-one 
others of this regiment (though these were not all of the regi- 
ment that were captured on that day), furnishes these extracts 
from his diary : — 

We were captured on the afternoon of the twenty-fourth, and a portion 
marched to Front Eoyal, where we remained until the twenty-sixth, during- 
which time we had only one small ration of bread. 

May twenty-sixth. — Marched to Winchester, nineteen miles, Avithout 
anything to eat. Here we joined another squad of prisoners, making in 
all about 1,100. Eemained here till May thirty-first, our numbers increasing, 
until there were about 1,800. 

May twenty-seventh. — Received one ration. 

May thirty-first. — On the road for Ljaichburg. Marched as far as Stras- 
hurg. Nothing to eat. 

June first. — Marched to Woodstock. This is the second day without a 
mouthful to cat. and no water, except such as we could get from the puddles 
in the road. 

June second. — Forward to Mount Jackson. One ration. 

June third. — To Newmarket. One ration. Camped on the ground, with 
no shelter, in a heavy fall of rain. 

June fourth. — On to Harrisonburg. Nothing to eat, and still raining. 

June fifth. — The citizens of Harrisonburg provided rations for one day, 
for which they received only the good will and hearty cheers of the prisoners. 
Thomas Knight, of Co. M, escaped last night by crawling under the floor of 
the meeting-house, in which part of the prisoners lodged. Marched twenty- 
one miles to-day. 

June sixth. — Marched to Waynesl>orough, encamped on a hill near a 
depot, waiting for a train to convey us to Lynchburg. 

June seventh. — Eeceived one ration of flour, which we were obliged to 
cook in the ashes, amidst a drenching rain. This is one hundred and 
eighteen miles from Winchester. 




■^i\t 



^ V'' 



JOHN G. HERRING, 
Sergt. Co. M. 
Guilford. ' 



JEREMIAH S, DOUGLAS 

Sergt. Co. M. 

Portland. 




Corp, GEO, A. BARTLETT, Co, M, 
Cambridge, Mass, 





ALANSON M. WARREN, 

Sergt. Co. M. 

Dover. 



JOHN B, HAZEN, 

Ser?t. Co. M, 

Norway. 




HIRAM T, COOK, ALBERT C. DAM, ALBERT G. WATT 
Sergt, Co. M. Sergt. Ma]. Sergt, Co, K. 

Portland, Portlnn^i 



GEORGE G, PATTEN, Co M 
Sullivan, 





REUEL W, PORTER, Co, M. 
Detroit, 



JESSE BARBER Co, M. 
Abbott, 



THE PlilSONEHS AT BELLE ISLE. 43 

June ei<>lith. — ^Mavohod six miles in tlie afternoon. 

June ninth. — Ilavinji' only half a breakfast, niarehed fourteen miles over 
the mountains. 

June tenth, — I.ayinft- over to-day. waitinj;- for the ears at Charlottesville. 

June eleventh. — C'tmveyed hy rail to Lynehburg. Nothing;' to eat, and so, 
of course, can eat nothing. 

June twelfth. — Camped near Lynclibur-;-. Kxi:eetin<;- to be paroled. 
Eations, three crackers and a small piece of salt beef. 

June fifteenth. — Weather so hot that we w^ere obliged to make shelters 
of our blankets; and we have so few of them that we have to stow snugly, 

June seventeenth. — Moved up to the fair-orounds. Some of the prisoners 
have sheds for shelter. Receive daily rations of tiour and \wov bacon. 

July sixteenth. — Levi Delano, of Co. M, died. 

August second. — George A. Dockham, Co, M, died. 

August eighth, — Left Lynchburg, on the cars, for l»iclimond. 

August ninth. — Arrived at Richmond, and quartered on Belle Island. 
Rations, small piece of bread per day, very small piece of meat once in 
three days. 

September thirteenth. — Paroled and marched twelve miles to meet trans- 
ports. 

September fourteenth. — On board transports, under the old flag. Hurrah 
for home ! 

Sergt. Warren also gives these incidents of prison life : — 

As we marched by the guard, on our arrival at Belle Isle, we were 
counted into squads of one hundred, and each squad placed in charge of 
one of the sergeants. It happened to be my lot to have charge of one 
of these squafls. During the march we were hustled along like a flock of 
sheej), so that when we were counted off, each squad was composed of men 
from every state. On or about the sixth of September, the several sergeants 
in command received orders, just at night, to muster their men and await 
their turn to march to the otficers' headquarters, and sign the parole papers. 
This created great excitement in camp, and when the order came to " Fall 
in," every man who could walk, and some who could not, were eager to join 
the ranks, I remember one man (I think he belonged in Ohio) succeeded, 
with the help of his comrades, in getting from his tent to the ranks, I saw 
at a glance that he could not, even with the aid of his comrades (who were 
themselves weak), reach our transports. As I supposed we were to march 
that night, and as it was generally understood that the sick were to be car- 
ried to Richmond, and from there forwarded in ambulances, I begged of 
him to return to his tent. He would not; and, by the ad\dce of his friends, 
I ordered him to do so. He obeyed. God only knows my feelings at that 
moment. We were leaving him to, we knew not what, while we were going 
home. We marched out, signed the parole, and were marched back. Ere 
the sun rose the next morning, I was called to witness his death. And in 
less than one hour, two more of my squad were dead. 

During the night of the twelfth of September we again received orders to 
inarch to headquarters, this time to answer to our names as they were 



44 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

called from the parole. Since the iii^ht on which we signed the parole, one 
of my comrades had been sent over from the hospital at Richmond, conse- 
quently his name was not on the rolls. I told him to fall in and I would try 
and have his name put on. On arriving at lica<l(|uarters we found only a 
little red-tape clerk from the office of Uen. Winder (then in command of 
Richmond) to receive our report. After reporting, I said: " There is a man 
in my squad whose name is not on these papers. Can it not he put on '? " 

Clerk. " Why was it not put on ? " 

Sergt. " He was in the hospital at the time we signed." 

Clerk. " He has been returned since ?"' 

Sergt. " Yes; can you let him sign ? " 

Clerk. " No; I have not the authority." 

Sergt. "Can I not ask the officer of the day ? '" (then asleep in the room.) 

CZer/t (angrily). "No." 

Sergt. " Can I not speak to the commander of the post ".^ " (also asleep in 
the room.) 

Clerk. "No; he has no more authority than I have." 

Sergt. " Is there no way that he can be allowed to sign his name ? He is 
very anxious to go home with us." 

Clerk (very angry). " No. And if you say any more your own name shall 
be struck from the roll." 

However, when we passed the guard the next morning the man went with 
us, and returned to his regiment without being obliged to sign a parole. 

On the twelfth of June one of Fremont's scouts was placed in our midst, 
chained to a Union citizen. It was reported that he was to be tried as a spy. 
During the following night the boys in my company cut him loose, shaved 
him, and furnished him with a uniform, by one giving him a jacket, another 
pants, a third a hat, and so on. We took him into our company and gave him 
the name of Thomas Knight (one of our company who escaped at Harrison- 
burg). They searched our ranks for him, but his disguise was complete and 
he could not be detected. He was reported at all times under his assumed 
name, and was finally paroled under that name. 

Of the manj personal incidents of this disaster, the following 
have been preserved: Dr. Haley had a very excellent set of 
surgical instruments, which he patriotically, if not wisely, took 
with him into the field, instead of obtaining a set from the War 
Department, When he was taken prisoner the beauty of these 
instruments attracted the attention of one of Jackson's sur- 
geons, who was so much pleased with them that he appropriated 
them to his own use ; the loss of his instruments was ever after 
a standing joke upon the surgeon by his fellow officers. 

A dozen or so of the boys who lost their horses in the fearful 
charge in Middletown, — among whom was Sergt. Horace M. 
White, of Co. E, — managed to elude capture by taking to the 



I'EBSONAL INCIDKXTS. 45 

woods and mountains, where tliey remained concealed till 
dark, when, keeping together, they struck out for the Potomac, 
and the Union army. They wandered all that night, ke])t out 
of sight the next day, Sunday, and that night again started. 
Being by this time extremely hungry, they made bold to apply 
at a lone house for food, where, to their great surprise, they 
were cordially welcomed, and hospitably treated by an old 
Scotchman and his wife, and sent on their way refreshed and 
rejoieing. jNIonday night they reached the l*otomac, Avhen 
Sergt. White, being an old I'enobscot River driver, crossed the 
river on a rude raft, confiscated the use of a ferry-boat, and 
carried it back, and the whole party was ferried over, and in 
due time arrived safely within the Union lines. 

Robert Nutter, a private of Co. E, was taken prisoner, but 
managed to escape at Mount Jackson ; he returned to the regi- 
ment, bringing with him two rebel infantry men with their 
arms. He stated that he met them on the way, and " took 
them })risoners," and related the circumstance as seriously as 
though there was nothing amusing in the idea of an unarmed 
man compelling two armed men to surrender themselves as 
prisoners. This Avas not at the time considered a flattering 
demonstration of the rebel boast that '' one Southerner was as 
good as five Yankees." 

Lieut. Joseph C. Hill, Co. A, acting quartermaster of the 
battalion, was captured with his teams, and as he was seated 
upon a wagon a prisoner, his Yankee curiosity got the better of 
him, and he began a sly search to see what the wagon contained. 
He was so fortunate as to tind a loaded revolver, which he at 
once took possession of, and, jumping from the team, he shot 
his guard, took his horse, and recapturing his own and some 
other teams, he took them back into the Union lines. 

The battalion remained in the vicinity of Williamsport, refit- 
ting and remounting, scouting, picketing, etc., till June twelfth, 
when, the enemy having retreated, it moved with the army up 
the valley again, Cos. A and B stopping at Winchester, Co. H 
at Strasburg, and Cos. E and IVI proceeding to Front Royal ; on 
this march Co. E bivouacked one rainy night near a church at 
Kerrtown, and the boys made a liberal informal recpiisition upon 



46 FIRST MAINE CAYALBY. 

the white oak fence rails in the vicinity for fuel. This soon 
brought out the owner of the estate, who, with an extremely 
long face, and in a pitiful tone, remonstrated against this 
destruction of his property. " These rails," said he " are more 
than one hundi-ed years old." " A hundred years I " replied 
one of the boys, " that's old enough ; 'tis time they were burned." 
" I guess they are well seasoned, then," said another, throwing 
one on to the roaring fire, "• they burn well." The boys would 
all have gladly spared the poor man's feelings, but they could 
not spare the rails ; these had served him and his ancestors for 
more than a century, and they closed a long and useful career by 
doing good service for the boys of Co. E that night, who rever- 
ently, as they reaped the benefit of the glowing fire, pronounced 
the benediction, " Peace to your ashes." 

While at Winchester on this visit, Co. A was camped some 
three miles from the town, and the officers took up their quar- 
ters in the house of an old rebel, somewhat against his wishes ; 
his wife was much of a lad}^, and endeavored to make matters 
as comfortable as possible for her guests ; but the most interest- 
ing feature of this household Avas a niece of vinegar aspect, who 
made herself miserable by endeavoring to show her disgust for 
the officers and men. She did not speak to one of them while 
they were there, nor did her features once throw away their 
rebel look or relapse into a smile. 

On the twentieth Cos. A and B moved from Winchester to 
Front Royal, when the whole battalion was placed in Brig. Gen. 
Crawford's command. While here the duties consisted chiefly 
of scouting in various directions, in order to learn if the enemy 
was in the valley in an}^ force, and some long and hard marches 
were made ; but the camp-ground was a very fine one, sur- 
rounded by mountains, the air was cool, and the boys had no 
reason to find fault. 

An incident which occurred at that time, showing how 
adventuresome spirits sometimes amused themselves, in spite 
of stringent orders, is thus related by Corp. Cook of Co. B : — 

I was one afternoon sitting in front of my tent cleaning my revolver, 
when a sergeant of the Tenth Maine Infantry passed by, and seeing the pis- 
tol, inquired if I would take a tramp that night after roll-call. I replied that 



FoiiAaixr; Foi; u<>m:y. 47 

1 would, and lie said, "Then meet me over by that tree, and lirinj; your 
revolver," and passed on. I posted myself beside the desif^nated tree at the 
appointed time, and \vas soon joined by the sergeant and live members 
of his company, armed with water-pails instead of rifles. A column was 
formed, the sergeant taking the advance, carrying a pepper-box revolver at 
an angle of forty-five degrees, and myself bringing up the rear, ready to 
repel an attack from that quarter if necessary; and we at once took up a line 
of march into the deep forest, over hills, through valleys, sloughs and under- 
brush, vmtil my legs almost failed me, and I began to envy the foot-pads, 
who, to my oft-made inquiry, "Where are we going, and are we not most 
there ? " replied, " Only on a lark to see a rebel,'" and trudged along appar- 
ently as fresh as ever. At last, after innumeiable hair-breadth escapes from 
pitfalls, swamps, jirecipices and rebels, we arrived at a clearing, where the 
inevitable Virginia dog warned us that we were near a habitation, and I 
learned that the bee-hives of this estate were the prize to repay the danger 
and hardships we had incurred. The dog was quickly silenced, the owner 
of the place aroused, and a sui:)per of the best in the house ordered. As we 
entered the house a small boy slipped almost unperceived out of the back 
door, but no notice was taken of it at the time. Supper was long in coming, 
the man in answer to all inquiries as to when it would be ready, replying 
"immediately," in a surly manner and with a sinister glance at the back 
door. Finally a good meal of nice bread, new milk, and honey (a marked 
improvement over government rations, we thought), was obtained and dis- 
posed of, and we proceeded to business. Five bee-hives were taken from 
their resting-places to the front of the house, we, at the earnest persuasion 
of the old man, leaving the sixth hive, "to pay for our supper." A fire of 
hay and straw served to drive away the bees, and also served as a beacon to 
any stray rebel or Union patrol, either of which was alike to be dreaded. 
The pails were well filled with the sweet spoils, and we were resting around 
the fire to gather strength for the long tramp before us, when we heard the 
clang of sabres and the sound of tearing down fences, which caused us to 
"get" as fast as possible. We ran into the woods on the opposite side of 
the clearing from the sounds, and formed a line of battle in the shade, the 
infantry boys, armed with fence rails, taking the position of ' ' charge bayonets, ' ' 
each with the right foot resting on a pail of honey, as if to defend that with 
their lives, while the officers of the command got their revolvers ready. In 
a few moments there entered the clearing seven mounted men guided by the 
small boy (on foot), whom we now remembered seeing leave the house as 
we first entered, and who had evidently been sent by the old man to notify 
the guerillas of this visit of the Union soldiers. Fortunately we were not 
discovered, and after the enemy was out of sight we took a roundabout way 
to the camp, and had made quite a circuit of the woods, when we heard the 
exclamation, "There they are!" and found we had almost run into the arms 
of our pursuers. An immediate and prolonged silence quelled suspicion, 
and after a long spell of listening the patrol moved away, and we again 
cautiously wended our way vmtil we arrived at a long open plain that lay 
between vis and camj), which must be crossed before we were safe. We 
remained in the edge of the woods for some time, considering the matter, 
but as daylight was beginning to ai^pear, we found we must make a run for 



48 J<7/.'.S2' MAINE CAVALRY. 

our camp or be caught by our own comrades. We made a dash, but had not 
gone one-fourth the distance before the mounted patrol was in hot pursuit, 
and bullets were hissing after us lively. At last we reached the ditch that 
separated us from camp, and as we crossed the fallen tree that served as a 
bridge we felt at home, and opened on the patrol with our revolvers, the 
sergeant not forgetting to empty his i^epper-box at them, which caused them 
to retreat as fast as they had advanced. After some crawling around I 
arrived in camp in safety, and found the horses all saddled and the men 
standing "to horse," cursing Stonewall Jackson for routing them out so 
early in the morning. Next day a large pan of honey graced tlie mess-table 
at regimental headquarters, and as it was presented there Lieut. Col. Douty, 
who was passing, looked up and inquired, "Was that the cause of last 
night's muster?" at which I made my salute in due form, and without 
stopping to answer came away. 

On the second of July Cos. A and M, and two companies of 
the Michigan cavahy, under command of Capt. Thaxter, had a 
skirmish with the enemy's pickets at Milford, thirteen miles 
from Front Royal, in which the Michiganders lost one man 
taken prisoner. On the fifth Cos. A and B, under the same 
commander, had a skirmish at Sperryville, and on the sixth the 
whole brigade, the battalion being under command of Capt. 
Summat, made a reconnoissance to Luray, where another skir- 
mish took place, two companies of the Vermont cavalry and 
Co. A of this regiment charging through the town and driving 
a force of Ashby's cavalry a mile beyond, when the pursuit was 
stopped and the brigade returned to Front Royal. The most 
of the time, from the twentieth of June till the tenth of July, 
was spent in scouting and performing a large amount of like 
service, and on July tenth the battalion rejoined the remainder 
of the regiment, then at Warrenton. 




Lieut. EVANS S. PILLSBURY, Co. M. 

San Francisco, Cal. 



CHAPTEU III. 

FIRST CAMPAKiN WITH THE ARMY OF THE FOTOMAC. 

Depahtxtke from Washington. — Fikst Impressions of Virginia. — 
Fairfax Court House. — War Scenes along the March. — The 
First Bivouac. — A Rough Introduction to Campaigning. — The 
First Expedition. — First Experiences in Foraging. — A Midnight 
Reconnoissance. — A Ride in a Pelting Rain. — The First Relk;- 
lous Services at the Front. — A Queer Taste to Meat and Milk. 
— Virginia Thunder Storms. — The First Burial in the " Sacred 
Soil." — Successful Raid on Culpepper. — "Camp Stanton." — 
Health of the Men. — The March to Fredericksburg. — In Camp 
at Falmouth. — Review by Pres. Lincoln. — Shelter Tents. — 
On the March again. — In the Shenandoah Valley. — Charge 
INTO Winchester, and Surprise of the Rebels. — Back to Ma- 
nassas. — Cherries ! Cherries ! — At Weaverville. — On the Road 
TO Freedom. — Fourth of JuL^^ — Arrival of Lieut. Col. Douty's 
Battalion. — At Warrenton. — "Not a Godly Good Man." — 
Picketing, Scouting, etc. — Thp: Stay at Waterloo. 

THAT portion of the regiment left in camp on Capitol 
Hill, Washington, when Maj. Douty's battalion departed 
for Harper's Ferry, which was considered the regiment 
proper and is so designated, remained there nearly a week, 
during which the time was spent in drill, mounted and dis- 
mounted, and in the manual of arms, and in generally j^rej^ar- 
ing for active service. On the second of April orders were 
received to commence a march for Warrenton Junction, Va., 
on the fourth, but, for some reason, the departure was post- 
poned for one day. On the night of the fourth the regiment 
was assembled on foot, when stirring addresses were made by 
Chaplain Teft and by Gen. Fremont's chaplain, and the " Ked, 
White, and Blue," and other songs, patriotic and otherwise, 
were sung by some Maine ladies, then residing in Washington, 
as a cheering " send-off " to the boys. 

At noon Saturday, April fifth, the regiment, under command 

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of Maj. Stowell, broke camp, and after a inarcli througli the 
" city of magnificent distances," accompanied by a baggage 
train long enough for a Avhole corps later in the war, crossed 
the famous " Long Bridge," trod the sacred soil of Virginia for 
the first time, and were on the way to the front and to active 
service. At this time Gen. McClellan had changed his plan of 
operations, and, Avith the greater portion of the Army of the 
Potomac, was en route for Yorktown, to 0})erate on Richmond 
from that direction, and commence what is known as the 
Peninsula campaign, leaving but a small force, under connnand 
of Gen. McDowell, in the direct front of Washington ; and to 
join this latter force the regiment was ordered. Gen. Banks 
also had a force in the Shenandoah valley, and Gen. Fremont 
in Western Virginia. 

The first impressions of \'irginia were not very favorable. 
The roads were muddy and in bad order, and houses were few, 
far between, not particularly good, even before the war, and 
now presenting a dilapidated, tumble-doAAu appearance. The 
whole country wore a deserted, unhealthy look, to which the 
earth-works, abandoned camp-grounds, and the waste and de- 
struction which accompany an army, even when not in active 
operation, added an extra gloom. There was an indescribable 
feeling of sadness on the part of the boys, as the}' were intro- 
duced to and began to learn what the devastation of war 
meant, which the exhilaration of being at last on the way 
to the front, — on their first actual march, — could hardly 
overcome. 

The regiment reached Bailey's cross-roads about three o'clock, 
where a short rest was taken, and at dark halted for the night 
at Fairfax Court House, a place of interest to the boys just 
then, from the fact that a short time before a dashing and suc- 
cessful cavalry charge had been made into the village. The 
county buildings here, famous in the history of Virginia and 
of the country, were deserted, and had been sadly desecrated. 
From top to bottom the walls were defaced, while record-books, 
deeds, bonds, wills, inventories, mortgages, and papers of all 
kinds were scattered about the floors, with every appearance 
of having^ been t)verhauled time and ajjain, not that Avhat was 



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really valuable miglit be saved, but for curiosities, to be i)re- 
served as war relics : and of course tliey bad to be looked 
over again now, and probably again and again after that, till 
not a leaf of the records was left. Tbe ]iorses were picketed 
in the yards, and a ])()rtion of the boys were quartered in the 
buildings, and the remainder outside. There was a novelty 
about tlie situation, wliich, added to the crowded, uncomfort- 
1 able quarters, prevented much very good sleep that night. 

"I'he next morning the regiment was on the march at nine 
o'clock, and hy noon Centre ville was reached, where a halt was 
made, during which the boys thoroughly inspected the rebel 
earth-works, and the quarters occupied by the rebel army the 
2)revious Avinter, all which were of much interest as civing- new 
ideas of war. Some of the rebel " quaker guns," manned 
with stuffed gunners crowned with old hats, were still in posi- 
tion, to mockingly warn approaching Union men to come no 
farther. Bull Run was crossed during the afternoon (over a 
half-built bridge, the old bridge having been destroyed by the 
rebels in their flight), some two miles from the battle-field that 
bears its name — a small stream, not so large as the Little 
Androscoggin. Dead horses strewed the way on tlie day's 
marcli, filling the air with that peculiar stench which after- 
wards became familiar to all soldiers. Many a soldier's grave 
by the roadside, with its rude head-board and ruder inscription, 
or no head-board at all, even though the grave of an enemy, 
sent a thrill to the hearts of the Maine boys, and told them, 
jilainer than words could do, more of what war really was. 
Everything that day told of war in a new aspect ; and the boys 
were better soldiers that night than they had been in the morn- 
ing, in that they were more familiar with some of its scenes, 
and knew better what the service entailed. 

At dark the regiment went into camp at Manassas Junction, 
the horses were picketed by the side of the road, and no tents 
being pitched (there were none then except the large, un- 
wieldly Sibley tents carried from Augusta), the boys had their 
first experience in sleeping out-of-doors. The weather was fair, 
the boys, though tired, were in good spirits, and inclined to 
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52 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

getting to bed. The best places were picked out, there being a 
general desire to get under the shelter of the wagons. Many 
a man went to sleep that night laughing at advice flying round 
freely^ such as, '■'- Leave the windoAv up a little way, to have 
plenty of fresh air," etc. 

Next morning, April seventh, the boys waked up in good 
spirits, and the regiment was soon on the move. Shortly after 
starting a mixed storm commenced — drizzle and rain, then 
rain, drizzle, drizzle and snow, and then snow ; and the march- 
ing was made more uncomfortable by the condition of the roads, 
which fast grew muddy and rough. In the afternoon creeks 
came in the way so often that it was considered there was but 
one, and that so crooked that the regiment landed on the same 
side every time it forded it. A warlike appearance was given 
to the country b}^ the presence along the road of several infan- 
try regiments, of which the First California was generally con- 
sidered to be the best looking. The boys got cold, wet, hungry 
and cross before night, and considered soldiering a little rough. 
The last time the creek was forded it was very deep, having 
been swollen by the storm ; the shores were steep, the landing 
bad, and several of the boys managed to get thrown into the 
water, which made fun for others, if not for themselves. A few 
miles farther on the regiment was drawn up in some woods near 
Warrenton Junction, and ordered to dismount and go into 
camp. 

But " go into camp " was a mere form of words. The horses 
were hitched u}), and that is about all that was done. It was 
soon learned that the wagons were the other side of the creek, 
five miles away, stuck in the mud or unable to cross the swollen 
stream ; consequently the regiment was without rations, forage, 
tents, axes, cooking utensils, dishes, or an3'-thing else needed for 
comfort, these being in the wagons, and was in the woods where 
the ground was fast growing softer and muddier, with the snow 
falling like Maine. The boys thought this decidedly rough, but 
the experience was a good instructor, and they were not caught 
again in the same way, — they did not leave everything in the 
wagons after that, — and if they had they would have known 
better how to take care of themselves. Housing fires were 



.1 noraii welcomi-: to viuaisiA. 



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built, and what comfort could be <;-ot out of tlicm was extracted ; 
a few barrels of liard bread were jjrocured froui the New 
Eughuid Cavalry (a regmient from l^hode Island and New 
Hampshire, who were cam])ed near by, and who had named the 
locality " Camp Mud,") which the boys ate without coffee or 
accompaniments, with what relish they could. A portion of the 
boys wandered oiT and found shelter in some of the few houses 
in the vicinity, others found friends in the New England Cav- 
alry and in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Massachusetts Infantry 
regiments, camped close by, and quartered with them ; but the 
nuijority remained on the ground and lived through it, they 
never knew \\o\\. Shed roofs were constructed as well as pf)s- 
sible of ihe horse blankets, drawn over poles cut with axes 
borrowed from the other regiments, while leaves were scraped 
together for beds. Under this insufficient shelter they tried to 
sleep, the rain and snow still falling, and many of them waked 
in the night to be driven out by finding themselves lying in nice 
little puddles of dirty water, the " soft beds " of leaves assisting 
in this wonderfully ; and all that night could have been seen men 
who had been driven from their beds or wdio had not had any, 
sitting or standing on logs by the fire, trying to keep comfort- 
able. Many a man spoiled a good pair of boots that night by 
standing too near the fire, in his fruitless endeavors to kee}) 
warm and somewhere near dry ; but all stood it nobl3% comfort- 
inof themselves Avith the thoufyht that " there never was but one 
storm that didn't come to an end, and this is the one," and with 
the fact that the boys in the other regiments, Avho had been 
lonofer in Yiro-inia, said this was unusuallv bad weather. 

The morning brought no change for the better, except day- 
light ; the storm of rain and drizzle still c(uitinued in all its 
force, and lasted all day, and there was no prospect of the 
wagons coming up at present. The half-starved horses looked 
cold and sj)iritless, and the best that could be done for their 
encouragement was to take tliem out of the " mud pots " they 
had made during the night and hitch them in dryer spots, only 
to have them make new " mud pots " in a few minutes. Some 
beef was obtained, killed by the carbines of the New England 
Cavalrv (the First INIaine had no carbines till some tune later). 



54 



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which was sliced and toasted over the fire on the end of a stick, 
reminding the boys of the ])ictiire in the old geography of 
Napoleon's troo})S in bivouac, and they made as merry over it as 
they could, and when toasted, ate the meat without pepper, 
salt, or bread. Later in the day two days' rations of pork and 
hard bread were issued, procured from somewhere ; but there 
was no way to cook the pork except as the beef, a la Napoleon. 
Just at night about half a feed of grain was obtained by some 
means and given to the horses. Comfort was hardly to be sought 
after; a few hung round the fires and horses all day, "suffer- 
ing comfort," as they termed it, at a hearty rate, but the most 
Avandered off for the best shelter they could find ; quite a party 
took refuge in a deserted blacksmith shop made of logs, a mile 
or more from the regiment, which with a big fire in the forge, 
though leaky, they were willing, under the circumstances, to 
call " bully quarters." There was plenty of beef in 'the vicinity 
Avhich Rhode Island carbines killed, and it was cooked in various 
])rimitive waj^s, one quarter being hung up over the fire in the 
forge at night and allowed to roast, being turned round occa- 
sionally, as someone waked and thought to do so, furnishing 
them with plenty of roast beef the next morning. Thus passed 
the first day at Warrenton Junction; and the second night was 
about like the first, only more had found shelter. 

The next day it still stormed, the air was colder, the mud 
was deeper, and the boys passed the time much the same as the 
day before ; viz., working hard to keep somewhere near comfort- 
able. They would have blessed a sutler then, but the few in 
the vicinity had nothing to eat. However, they made the best 
of it, and as a whole did no discredit to the spirit of being jolly 
under all circumstances ; there was singing, and joking, and 
story telling, and good spirits, almost beyond belief when looked 
back upon. About noon the horses were saddled, and the regi- 
ment marched about a mile to Cedar Creek, the railroad bridge 
over which had been destroyed by the rebels on their departure 
from this vicinity. Workmen were engaged in rebuilding the 
bridge, but it had not sufficiently progressed to be passable, and 
on the uncertain footing formed by the ruins of the former 
bridge the men crossed the swollen creek on foot and proceeded 



STILL '• SUFFKRIXa COMFOUT: 



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t()~Catlett"s Station, on tlie ()niiiox' iind Alexandi-ia liailroad, 
where a train had arrivcHl hi'inging' forage, rations, and sutlers' 
supplies. Hay and grain, about enough for two feeds, were 
issued to the regiment, which the boys '•'sole-earted " to and 
across the creek ; and then mounting, each with his bundle, they 
marched back to the woods and gave the half-starved horses a 
good square meal, much to the satisfaction of both men and 
horses. That was all the variety of that day, and the night was 
as the one before. 

A severe joke was played in the old blacksmith shop that 
night, which somewhat relieved the monotony. All the corners 
large eiu^ugh to sleej) in were tilled with the tired-out, hungry 
men, and several were obliged to stand, oi' at best sit, and sleep 
jso if they could. About midnight a happy thought struek one 
who had been trying in vain to sleep standing, and giving those 
similarly situated the hint, he waked the quiet sleepers, and 
suggested they better be ready for emergencies — that he had 
heard someone prowling around outside the shop, and if the 
rebels should come they could easily capture the whole party 
unless they were ready for them. At this there was a general 
rush to put on their arms (for most of them had carelessly 
taken off their belts that they might rest easier, showing a good 
degree of ignorance oi the art of war) and an examination of 
revolvers ; and when they would again lie doAvn they found 
their places occupied by those who had created the scare. The 
joke was taken in good i)art, especiall}' by those who thus got 
a good resting-place. 

The third morning the enjoyment of the romance of the situ- 
ation began to grow somewhat stale, as the men found the 
ground covered with an inch or more of snow, and very little, 
if anything, to eat, and some of them began to get discouraged 
and even blue. Still there were some who maintained their 
jollity throughout, to the surprise of themselves as well as of 
their comrades, but these grew less in number on this day. In 
the afternoon rations were drawn, both from the commissary 
and from the cattle roaming in the woods, which had a salutary 
effect ; but the men were not really happy when they lay down 
to sleep that night in their different quai-ters. though the storm 



56 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

had ceased, and there Avas a prospect of better weather for the 
morrow. 

The fourth morning, Friday, April eleventh, matters brioht- 
ened. The weather was fine, and camp was moved a mile or 
more away to dry ground in some fine, clean woods, where 
there was some prospect for comfort ; a good supply of forage 
was procured from Catlett's Station, and there was an end to 
the rough introduction to Virginia, which had consisted, besides 
the last day's dreary and uncomfortable march, of three days of 
rain, snow, wind and cold, with hardly anything for men or 
horses to eat ; nothing in which to cook wliat little the men did 
have ; no shelter, the horses standing in six to twelve inches of 
mud all the time, and the men the same most of the time, and 
the men wet through and through incessantly. In a sanitary 
point of view the men stood it well, which was due, in a great 
measure, to superior phj^sique and to the abundance of cheerful 
dispositions. 

This night the first expedition from the regiment was sent 
out, Avhich consisted of Cos. D, F and G, under command of 
Maj. Whitney. One day's rations were taken in the haversacks, 
and twelve rounds of ammunition were issued ; the command 
reported to Col. Robert B. Lawton, of the New England Cav- 
alry, Avho was in readiness with seven companies of his own 
regiment, and the whole force started just before dark, and 
rode to the pretty little village of Warrenton, ten miles away, 
it having been reported that the famous Black Horse Cavalry 
had visited the village the previous night. Nothing was found 
there, and the ex[)edition returned, arriving at camp the next 
morning, having V)een in the saddle just twelve hours. This 
night ride was an entirel}^ new and novel experience to the boys, 
and they entered into the spirit of the occasion, and enjoyed it 
much. It was as if they liad suddenly entered upon a new 
existence, so thoroughly different was it from anything they 
had previously known of, except by reading. A private letter, 
Avritten on the thirteenth, two days after, will give some idea 
of how the expedition was regarded by the men at the time : — 

Last Friday Cos. D, F, and G of this regiment, and seven companies of 
tlie Ne-sv England regiment of cavalry, were ordered to be in readiness to 



^■'Sl^^p^ir' 




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EXPEDITION TO WAlUiENTOX. -^7 

start off at six o'clock in the eveniiif;', with one day's rations in their luiver- 
sacks, under sealed orders. We packed up our saddles, and when we }>ot 
ready twelve rounds of cartridfjes were dealt out to each man, and the secret 
leaked out. We were going to Warrenton, some ten or twelve miles, where 
it was reported the Black Horse Cavalry had heen the night before. Wt; 
were in the saddle at six, but did not get fairly started until about seven. 
The orders W'erc to keep cpiiet as possible, and no loud talking. We soon 
struck into the woods, and then commenced the finest ride ever known. 
There we were, on a bright mooidight night, in a fine stretch of woods, rid- 
ing horseback — now through nuid to the horses' knees, now in water to 
their bellies, now trotting over and through places that would have made us 
shudder to walk over by daylight, now getting a switch in the face from 
overhanging limbs, now losing a cap by the same means, now taking a good 
smart gallop over a smooth place, now over a stump and round trees, now in 
a ditcli and now over a fence, now jumping a gully — frogs singing, sabres 
clashing, stars shining — pleasant scenery all Ihe way — with just excitement 
enough to make us fearless. Didn't I enjoy it ? I let myself out to the full 
enjoyment of it, and drank to the full of the wild scene ; for one I did not 
■wish to talk. I was happy enough — talk would have destroyed the spell. 
Then I had compensation to the full extent for the drag of last winter, and 
blessed the day that I chose cavalry instead of infantry. •' John C. Fre- 
mont" was sure footed, not a stumble during the trip. That ride was worth 
a great deal to me, and I have heard many of the boys say that they never 
were so happy before as on that ride. There's where one lives. .Such a ride 
gives one a taste of life not to be found elsewiiere. On we went until about 
half-past ten, when we halted. Orders passed along the line in a low tone: 
"Let every man have his revolver ready — keep quiet as possible." We 
were put in single file and went on at a walk. We heard the town clock 
sti'ike eleven in the distance, and "the barking of dogs. Our greatest fear 
was that the barking might give to the rebels notice of our coming. We 
followed a path round the town, through fields and over fences, no noise but 
the tread of the horses on the soft ground. I rode about an hour with my 
hand on the handle of my revolver, but getting tired of that, and beginning 
to think w^e never should get there, I left it in the holster, ready for instant 
use. Soon we halted, and then learned we had got the town entirely sur- 
rounded, while one company had gone through the town to reconnoitre, and 
they were to blow the "assembly" when they met with any trouble. We 
sat on our horses listening for the bugle, while the clock struck twelve, and 
then one, but no bugle. Then we moved on, formed "two's," and soon 
found ourselves facing — the town clock. The rebels had not been there 
that night, and all was quiet. After a little consultation between the com- 
manders, it was decided to come right Ijack. At ten minutes past two the 
column started, and I was again surprised. At Centreville, Manassas, and 
all the places I had seen in Virginia, there was no place at all, but now we 
were passing through the prettiest village I ever saw, just after midnight. 
A New England look of tidiness dwelt over everything, neat, substantial 
buildings, mostly brick, wide streets lined with trees, green lawns and plenty 
of trees, and a quiet, cosy look. We passed through only one street, but 
could see four churches and a couit house that will favorably compare, 



58 FIESr MAINE CAVALRY. 

outside, with that at Auburn. I was then glad we liad had no brush with 
the rebels, for it seemed too bad to destroy so pretty a place. As you may 
suppose, we hardly wanted to come right back, being somewhat tired as 
soon as the excitement w^as over, and I was afraid the ride back would drag 
heavily, knowing we must go slow ; but after getting fairly started we began 
to " go it" again, and had a fine ride back, though by no means equal to the 
one of the night before — that cannot be surpassed — seldom equalled. 

We got back here about sunrise, and a pretty looking set we were. If 
Falstaff's army had been as dirty as they were ragged, they might have been 
compared to us yesterday morning. Horses and men were all covered with 
the red sacred soil of Virginia. One good thing, it only sticks till it is dry, 
and then almost drops off. We were in the saddle twelve hours without 
stirring from it, and could have ridden some farther had occasion required. 
There is not a man in the company but will ride better and with more confi- 
dence in himself and horse since then. If for nothing else, our going down 
there did us much gxxxl in that way. 

The boys made themselves as comfortable as they could 
in the new camp, and succeeded admirably till Sunday, when 
the trains arrived, tents were pitched, and all was serene. 
Rations and forage were getting short, the facilities for transpor- 
tation to Washington not being sufficient to supply the troops 
in camp here, so on this day a foraging party was sent out 
under command of Lieut. Myrick, of Co. K, which returned in 
the evening, having been highly successful. At this time 
receipts were given for the forage taken, on the supposition 
that government Avould pay for the same at the close of the 
war, if the parties holding such receipts could prove their 
loyalty. 

Monday, April fourteenth, the First Maine Cavalry, the New 
England Cavalry, Twelfth and Thirteenth Massachusetts Infan- 
try regiments. Ninth New York State Militia, and a battery, 
some six thousand troops in all, were reviewed by Brig. Gen. 
Abercrombie, commanding; and it became generally known 
that the regiment had been assigned to Gen. Abercrombie's 
brigade. Gen. Ord's division, and Co. I was detailed as provost 
guard at the general's headquarters. 

Early on the morning of the fifteenth most of the regiment, 
accompanied by a squadron of the New England Cavalry, and 
a company of the Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, went on a for- 
aging expedition for the brigade, and returned at night, having 
been gone twelve hours, nine of which the men passed in the 



TIIK TWICE CONFISCATi:!) IlKAXS. T)!) 

saddle, hiiuoiiio' with llu-iii MiiLi'diis loaded with hams, coi-ii, 
hay, poultry, honey, hutter. meaU Hour, eggs, aud the good 
things of the laud, and two prisoners. A little cam]) incident 
grew out of this expedition, which created great amusement 
among the boys of Co. G, and wonder among the officers of the 
regiment except one, who took liis witli different emotions. 
During the day some of Co. G's boys contiscated a small lot of 
beans, and returned to camp elated with antici])ations of tasting 
once more the good old New England dish, and of again having 
a good s(|uare meal, something they could not conscientiously 
say they had had since leaving Maine. The ca])tain heard of 
this, and in turn coidiscated the beans. Of course the boys 
could say nothing against this effectively, but the sequel will 
slioAv they were not without redress. The captain had his man 
pre})are the beans for baking, and then, knowing they would 
taste good to all, sent a polite note to the officers of the regi- 
ment, inviting them, with his compliments, to breakfast with 
him the next morning. This was generally accepted, and 
anticipation ran -high at the various headquarters that night ; 
but alas ! Along towards morning the boys of Co. G were 
quietly waked by the switch guard, and after silently enjoying 
the expected good square meal, which was relished all the more 
in view of the circumstances under which it was eaten, as 
quietly returned to bed. Daylight discovered the fact to the 
astonished and would-l)e hospitable captain that his oven had 
been desecrated, and not a bean was left. Again was his bov 
obliged to visit the several officers with a })olite note, this time 
begging, with compliments, to be excused from their company 
at breakfast that morning. He never was certain who was the 
j)erson most to blame in the matter, but his manner toward one 
of the boys ever after showed that he had suspicions, which 
the boys knew were correct. 

The night of Wednesday, sixteenth, Cos. G and K, with four 
companies of the New England Cavalry, made a reconnoissance, 
under command of Lieut. Col. Willard Sayles of the New 
England Cavalry, starting at nine o'clock, doing considerable 
marching in all sorts of directions, considerable sitting still 
wliile houses were being searched, and arriving back at camj) 



60 FinST MAINE CAVALliV. 

next morning, bringing one prisoner, said to be a spy. The 
boys were thoronghly tired out, the trip having been most 
tedious, — as they thought needlessly so. 

The next Saturday a cold rain storm set in, which lasted for 
four days, the weatlier being more uncomfortable than during 
a northeast storm in Maine. Monday Co. G was sent to Beal- 
ton Station, about six miles away, the rain pouring at the time, 
to see if the station had been burned the night before, as was 
reported. The station was all right, and the boys, not knowing 
how often they were in the next two 3-ears to be in that locality, 
did not stop to reconnoitre much, but went back as fast as pos- 
sible. They arrived in camp wet through, and were given a 
ration of whiskey and quinine to prevent catching cold, which, 
however, but few took, and there was no perceptible difference 
in the health of those who did take it and those who did not. 

Col. Allen rejoined the regiment on Tuesday, twenty-second, 
but did not take active command at once, as he was still suffering 
from illness, and on Sunday, twenty-seventh, the first reUgious 
services in Virginia were held by the chaplain. 

The regiment remained in this camp, occasionally sending 
out a foraging party, doing some picket duty, and drilling in 
the manual of arms, the charge, and in leaping ditches, when 
the weather would permit, till the twenty-eighth, when the 
camp was moved a short distance into an open field and laid 
out according to tactics, the company tents being in one contin- 
uous line, with comi)any headquarters in the rear of their respec- 
tive companies, and regimental headquarters in rear of all. 
About this time the boys noticed a queer and decidedly 
unpleasant taste to the fresh meat, and to the milk, whenever 
they were so fortunate as to get any. It was like onions, some- 
what, but stronger and harsher. It was found that all around, 
for miles, there sprang up in the spring with the grass, but 
more rapid in growth, a species of garlic, which the cattle, in 
their anxiety for something green, ate with the grass, and which 
infected not only the milk of the cows, but the flesh of all cattle 
so thoroughly that it was almost impossible to eat it, and large 
quantities of meat were thrown away by the boys for this reason. 
It was said the meat was eatable if one held a raw onion in one 



liECONNOISSANCK TO (T LPEri'FAi. t)l 

hand for an occasional bite, bnt few could eat it unless half 
starved, without such accompaniment, and onions were not on 
the list of army rations. This peculiarity was noticed every 
spring when the regiment was in this locality, and disappeared 
later in the season, as the grass grew stronger and more plenti- 
ful.^ Tuesday night, twenty-ninth, the first dress parade in 
Virginia was held, Col. Allen being in command. 

About the hrst of May Gen. Hartsuff took command of 
the brigade (second brigade, first division, fifth corps). Gen. 
Abercrombie being assigned to other service. The second of 
May the boys had an introduction to a Virginia thunder storm. 
It came xvp suddenly, giving hardly warning enough to allow 
the men to scamper in from the field, where the regiment had- 
formed for dress })arade. It was one incessant flash and roar, 
while, as was said at the time, " the rain came down in sheets, 
with hail between the sheets," and it was impossible to see an 
object a dozen feet away. Tents were but little protection, the 
water driving through them quite freely, and although the 
shower was of short duration, at its close the camp-ground was 
covered with water like one great pond. At six o'clock the 
same evening the regiment attended the funeral of David Sen- 
nett, of Co. D, who died of diphtheria, — the first death in the 
regiment after leaving Augusta. 

On the afternoon of Sunday, May fourth, divine service was 
commenced by Chaplain Teft (his second in Virginia), but 
his opening prayer was interrupted by an order for the regi- 
ment to get ready to move immediately, with three days' rations. 
The meeting was unceremoniously adjourned, and preparations 
were at once made for moving. 

About five o'clock the regiment started, under command of 
Maj. Stowell, Col. Allen being too ill to go, to make a recon- 
noissance to Culpepper Court House. The Rappahannock 
River was reached about midnight, and as the ford was in bad 
condition, the water running swiftly and to the tops of the sad- 
dles, some time was spent in crossing, and some of the boys, not 

' This garlic is said to be f)ne of the legacies of the Revolutionary war. The Hessians 
brought the garlic, of which they were very fond, with them from Germany, and from 
that it sprung up wild, and is found the most plentiful in this region, and round about, 
where the Hessian troops were in camp. 



62 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

satisfied with having the lower part of the body wet, left their 
horses and got wet all over alike. Considerable sport was made 
during the passage of the ford at the expense of the unfortunate 
ones, and this, together with the shouts of the officers to their 
men to " Keep tlie horse's head up stream ! " " Keep further to 
the right ! " etc., and the exploits of the various riders on the 
passage, made up a combination of strange sights and sounds 
which was extremely novel then, and which will never be for- 
gotten by those who were there. Never again did the regiment 
make such a fuss crossing a stream. After crossing, the regiment 
halted for half an hour or so, when boots were emptied of water, 
clothes wrung out, saddle-bags and haversacks drained, and all 
the water got rid of as far as it was possible to do so. A short 
ride l)rought the regiment to the plantation of Richard H. 
Cunningham (known as " Elkwood Plantation, Farley Hill "), 
who, by the way, was not at home, where the horses were pick- 
eted on the spacious grounds, and the boys, except the necessary 
pickets, slept in the magnificently furnished but now deserted 
mansion, in the best places they could find, many of them 
luxuriating on feather beds with wet clothes, boots, and arms 
all on. 

Early in the morning the regiment was again on the move, 
having thrown out advance and rear guards and flankers, and 
proceeding "at a walk." The advance guard, Co. L, Capt. 
Taylor, arrived in the vicinity of Brandy Station in advance of 
the main column, Avhen Lieut. Vaughn, who was in command 
of the extreme advance, consisting of fifteen men, discovered a 
force of rebel cavalry in line but a few yards distant. Hastily 
formino- his men in line of battle, the lieutenant charged this 
force, which immediatel}^ retreated without firing a shot, and 
he followed them to and through Culpepper, capturing eight 
prisoners. Capt. Taylor, with the rest of the company, followed 
his advance. The regiment kept on, halting half a mile from 
the village, and Co. D, Capt. Smith, and Co. G, Capt. Bur- 
bank, were ordered to adA'ance. Galloping into the village 
(receiving a welcome from a few ladies with waving handker- 
chiefs) these companies halted in front of the court house, 
while scouts were sent out in various directions. The men of 



TlIK KXl'KDiriOX Sl'((^ESSFri.. 63 

the village were sour-lookiiig and reserved, l)ut the negroes and 
boys were free in giving information, and from them it was 
learned that a force of some fifty cavalry left there about lialf 
an hour before, when they learned of the approach of the regi- 
ment. An old negro woman created some amusement by occa- 
sionally peeping out from behind a door, saying a few woids, 
and then dodging back, as if fearful of ])eing seen by someone 
who would inform her master that she was communicating with 
the Yankee soldiers. But the information gained from lier 
proved to be true. After remaining there a short time, tlie 
result of the exjiedition being accomplished, the tAvo com])anies 
withdre^^' from the village, and drew up in line outside, to pro- 
tect Ca|)t. Ta}lor and his command in their Avithdrawal. Capt. 
Taylor in due time joined these companies, when the return 
march was commenced, Co. G serving as rear guard. A few 
miles from the village there was a brief halt to bait the horses 
and allow the men to eat a small ration. Then the march was 
resumed without molestation, though there were one or two 
scares, as was but natural at that time ; the liappahannock was 
crossed just before dark, with less trouble than on the previous 
night, and camp was reached about midnight, after a tedious 
march, the men being thoroughly tired out with their thirty or 
fort}' mile ride that day. This reconnoissance was a very suc- 
cessful one. It was a bold push for the regiment, which was 
thus the first force to cross the Rappahannock. It was the 
furthest advance into Virginia that had at that time been made 
by Union troops in that direction, and imjxirtant information 
was gained. So the boys of the First jNIaine Cavalry were the 
first Union troops the Culpepperians ever saw. They saw tlie 
regiment many times after this, though. 

The prisoners captured, if they were not soldiers, were Avith 
the rebel troops, and armed, and evidently thought to get clear 
by being in citizen's dress. Two of them were recognized as 
men that had visited the camp a few days previous, pretending 
to look for horses. One of them, an old man armed with an 
umbrella, was sworn and let go when the command arrived at 
the river that night, there being no prospect of his being of any 
service to the enemy. A year later, as the j)risoners taken from 



64 Fin ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

the regiment at the fight at Brandy Station reached Culpepper, 
they were welcomed by the same old man, whose joy at seeing 
so many Yankee prisoners was unbounded. Then they wished 
he had not been released. 

A day or two after this the brigade was moved a short dis- 
tance across Cedar Creek, and went into camp near Catlett's 
Station. This camp, which Avas named '•' Camp Stanton," was 
in a o-ood locality, and with pleasant surroundings, and had the 
boys been allowed the privileges they afterwards were, they 
would have enjoyed the time spent here very much. But at 
this time " private property must be respected," though the boys 
could not really see why. The regiment chose an excellent 
position near the mansion of the owner of the plantation (in 
which were brigade headquarters), in a beautiful field fenced 
from the other grounds by the traditional zig-zag Virginia fence, 
built of superb rails, which the boys had already learned made 
just the best fire-wood in the world, and as they viewed their 
new camp-ground in the beauty of the sj^ring verdure, the 
expressive army word "bully" was brought into general requisi- 
tion. But they soon found that they had no privileges at all 
there. Not a rail must be taken from the fences, and the 
visions of cozy fires disappeared in the twinkling of an eye. 
The grounds must be kept clean and neat. To such an extent 
was this " protection of private property " carried that life on 
the splendid camp-ground became an intolerable bore. Fortu- 
nately the regiment remained there but a short time ; and when 
it returned the next spring but little of the glory of the place 
was left, a new order of things having taken place, the comfort 
and health of our own soldiers having come to be considered 
of more importance than the wishes of wealthy rebels. 

On the ninth of INIay the regiment was paid for the months 
of January, February, March and April (a large part of the 
money received being sent home), and on the eleventh was 
reviewed with the brigade. 

At noon of the twelth the regiment, with the brigade, started 
on the march to Fredericksburg, Cos. D, K, and L being the 
advance guard and flankers, and the remainder of the regi- 
ment in rear of the column. Several who were too ill to march 



77/ A' M Alien TO FM.Morrii. 65 

but not enough so, or who had too uiiich j)liu'.k to go to the 
hospital, rode in tlie wagons on tlie baggage, which was not 
the pleasantest mode of transportation, as may well be imagined, 
while quite a nnmbei- were sent to Washington for hospital 
treatment, the change of climate and water, and the exposuic 
to the weather and the irregularity of .diet during the first week 
in Virginia having told severely on the health of the regiment. 
Diarrluea had been and then was very prevalent, a large major- 
ity of the men liaving been affected with it more or less, some 
of them seriously, and there were also a few cases of typlioid 
fever, and some suffering from other ailments. 

After a march of six or eight miles the advance went into 
cam]) at live o'clock, but the rear did not arrive till half-past 
nine. Next morning reveille sounded at four o'clock, and at 
half-past six the companies in the rear the previous day, which 
now took the advance, were on the way, while the others, now 
in the rear, did not get started till two hours later. The march 
was a long one, twenty miles or more, the heat almost insuffer- 
able, and at times the dust so dense that one could hardly see 
the horses in front of him. The cavalry men called it an exceed- 
ingly hard march, and the infantry suffered terribly. The line 
was strung along for miles, the men straggling badly, and the 
teams pulling along as if on their own hook. The advance 
went into camp about two o'clock in the afternoon, while the 
rear did not arrive till half-past six, and the infantry straggled 
in all through the night, not more than one-third of any regi- 
ment coming in together. One regiment arrived at camp with 
but eight men in one company, and one officer and one man in 
another. Many of them were passed by the rear guard, resting 
and even sleeping by the wayside, singly and in squads, or 
crawling along as best they could. Some of the cavalry boys 
kindly gave up their horses to the tired infantry men and took a 
walk, thereby resting themselves as well as their less favored 
brothers-in-arms. The country through which the march was 
made was a hue one, not having yet been devastated by the 
ravages of war, and the fine plantations, grand mansions, clean- 
looking white oak groves, and large fields, looking so fresh in 
their beautiful spring green, would have made the ride one of 



66 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

real pleasure but for the beat and dust. Tbe rear guard 
encountered large numbers of contrabands during tbe day, 
with whom they talked freely, and some amusing incidents 
occurred. One woman, wbo appeared to be quite intelligent, 
said her mistress told her the Yankees would sell the negroes 
to make money, but she, didn't believe it. She was very well 
posted on the events of the war, its causes, and on the rebel 
successes and defeats. The negroes appeared to be happy at 
seeing our troops, and expressed their joy in hundreds of 
extravagant ways. 

Next morning the march was resumed at seven o'clock, Cos. 
D, K, and L again in the advance and the remainder in the rear; 
before eight it began to rain, and continued to do so all day. 
During the afternoon the brigade reached Falmouth, on the 
opposite side of the Rappahannock from Fredericksburg, which 
was occupied by a portion of McDowell's forces; and after any 
quantity of marching back and forth, a camp-ground for the 
regiment was finally decided upon, and tlien there was nothing 
to do but for the advance to wait patiently in the rain for the 
trains to come up, to get their tents to pitch, while the rear, 
which did not reach camp till after dai-k, had their waiting to 
do along the road. 

The regiment remained in camp here till Sunday, eighteenth, 
when it was moved a short distance to a better location. The 
next Tuesday the brigade, together with liickett's brigade 
(the two forming Gen. Ord's division), was reviewed by Gen. 
McDowell, and three days later, Friday, May twenty-third, 
McDowell's whole force was reviewed by President Lincoln, 
accompanied by Secretary of War Stanton, M. Mercier, the 
French Minister, and other distinguished gentlemen, as well as 
by Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Stanton, and other ladies. 

While here the tents which were brought from Augusta were 
taken from the regiment, and shelter tents (named by the boys 
" dog kennels ") were supi)lied. These were made of two square 
pieces of cloth, say six feet square, fitted with guys and loops 
for fastening to the tent-pins, and with buttons and button- 
holes all round, so that two or any number could be buttoned 
together, and a tent of any size formed. It was the intention 





Bugler WM. MALOON Co. G. 
Auburn. 




RILEY L. JONES, Co. G 
East Saginaw, Mich. 



LEVI W. V^HEELER,-Co. G. 
Paw Paw, III. " 




GEO. E REED, Co. G 
Killed at Reanns' Station, Aug. 25. '64 



r- 



Sergt. CYRUS T. REED, Co. G-. 
Milwaukee, Wis. 



Corp, WM. F, FULLER: Co. G. 
Deceased. 



rilK SHEI/rElt TENTS. 67 

that each man should cari'v (tne jjici-c, or oiie-lialf of a tent, it 
being- very light, and thus every two men woidd always he sup- 
plied with a tent anij)le for the pui'i)ose,s of shelter. 'J\'nt-j)oles, 
in sections, were also furnished, hut the hoys sooner learned to 
cut poles in the woods or split them from rails than they did 
to carry these without losing them. The jjoys were at first 
inclined to look upon these tents with derision, hut they event- 
ually prov(Ml to he the hest tent for active campaigning in the 
history of wars. 

Sunday, May t^^'ent3'-fif th, the i-egiment was ordered to march 
to Alexandria, accompanied by three batteries, under command 
of Col. Allen, the infantry having gone to Aquia Creek to take 
transports for the same place. The command was in motion at 
six o'clock in the evening, and after a tedious march went into 
bivouac in the road at half-past eleven, having made five miles 
in as many hours, owing to continuous delays caused by the 
artillery and wagons getting stuck in the nuid. 

The regiment left at Falmouth thirty-four sick men in a little 
old l)uilding which had been used as a hospital; some of them 
very ill, but the majority suffering from diarrluea. Among the 
number was Corp. Cyrus T. Reed, of Co. G, who was sunstruck 
while waiting in the hot sun for the column to start. These 
thirty-four men, with a surgeon who Avas too sick to be of much 
service, with no nurses or waiters, no medicine except quinine 
and salts, and with nothing left for them to eat but some hard 
bread, remained there three days, when they were sent to Wash- 
ington, by rail to Aquia Creek and thence by steamer, where 
they were distributed among the hospitals, the worst eases 
being taken to the hospitals in that city, and the remainder 
going to the hospital at Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria. 
The surgeon did the best he could, — flat on his back, — direct- 
ing those in the best condition -what to do for those requir- 
ing care, but Avas unable to procure medicine, or any relief, 
although he made frequent applications to medical directors 
in Fredericksburg, till the third day. The boys thought they 
had indeed got into a tight place, left alone in that way ; but 
by the aid of some negroes living near, who cooked biscuit, hoe 
cake, gruel, etc., for pay, they managed to live through it. 



68 FinST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

Monday the inarch was resumed early in the morning, the 
regiment acting as advance and rear guard. Marching was 
better than on the day before, and the route was enlivened by 
fine views of the country and of the Potomac, with numerous 
vessels sailing up and down. The command went into camp at 
about ten o'clock in the evening, near Dumfries, having stopped 
near Aquia Creek for dinner, and marched about seventeen 
miles The next day, passed through Dumfries, and marched 
about twenty miles, bivouacking at Occoquan. During the 
day a courier arrived from Gen. McDowell bearing despatches 
altering the destination of the command, on account of the 
movements of the rebels, who were reported to be in consider- 
able force near Centreville, and the route was changed toward 
Manassas, Avhere the command arrived at noon of the twenty- 
eighth, and joined the remainder of McDowell's corps, camping 
there that night. The next morning the whole force, with the 
First Maine in the advance, took up the line of march for Front 
lloyal, in the Shenandoah valley, up which Stonewall Jackson's 
force was returning after driving Banks. The regiment (leav- 
ing Capt. Cowan, of Co. I, very ill in a house by the roadside) 
passed through Thoroughfare Gap and camped that night on 
the other side of the Blue Ridge ; the next day went fifteen 
miles further and camped on the estate of the late Chief Justice 
Marshall, and the third day, thirty-first, reached Front Royal at 
(lark, after a long day's march in the rain, and camped just 
outside the village on the Manassas Gap road. 

The regiment remained in the vicinity of Front Ro3'al till the 
eighteenth of June, picketing, patroling, scouting, etc. On the 
second the camp was moved across the Shenandoah, and on the 
fourth the troops were all ordered back again. In the mean- 
time a heavy storm of rain visited that locality, causing the 
river to rise very rapidly (twenty feet in as many hours), and 
the morning of the fifth all the bridges were swept away, with 
the exception of one which the enemy had destroyed a day or 
two before, by floating huge trunks of trees and rafts down the 
rapid current against it. Three companies of cavalry and con- 
siderable infantry were thus cut off and imprisoned for a few 
days, but finally recrossed by ferry. 



A DA Sir INTO WTN('ITKSTKH. 69 

On the second of June Cos. C and I), under command of 
Maj. Whitney, were sent out by order of Gen. McDowell to 
comnuinicate with Gen. Banks, then at Williamsjiort. They 
started late in the afternoon, and just at daik halted in tlu; 
woods a couple of miles from Winchester, which was then in 
})Ossession of the enemy, where they remained that nii^ht in a 
diviu'hino- rain without lircs, as the lio'ht of tliem would indi- 
cate their presence to the enemy, without shelter, cold, wet, and 
decidedly uncomfortable, the men gettino' what consolation they 
could from the fact that the storm and darkness were advanta- 
geous to the success of their dangerous enterprise, and that 
there was no loss without some gain. Early next morning they 
dashed into the town, creating a complete surprise to the rebel 
soldiery, about three hundred strong, who were guarding a large 
number of Union prisoners captured during Banks' retreat a 

• few daj^s before, and fearing no attack from that direction, had 
no pickets out. The consternation and frightened looks and 
actions of soldiers and citizens, as well as the joyous surprise of 
the prisoners, were vastly amusing to the Maine cavaliers, and 
many laughable incidents occurred. The rebels, supposing this 
was the advance of a large force, were ready to surrender at 
discretion, and some of them threw down their arms in dismay, 
while others took to flight. Prisoners leaped from their beds, 
and running over their guard, made a bold push for freedom, 
and a few of them, among whom were some captured from 
Lieut. Col. Douty's battalion at Middletown, escaped. In fact 
they all might have been released with ease, had not the little 
force other work to do. So complete Avas the surprise, that 
when Lieut. Montgomery, of Co. D, rode up alone to a small 
squad of rebels who were on guard over some prisoners, and 
demanded of one of them his gun, the thoroughly frightened 
rebel gave it up without a word, and gazed after the retreating 
form of the lieutenant in blank astonishment. The orders being 
simply to communicate with Gen. Banks, and not stop to tight, 
the command made no stay here, but pushed on. INLaj. Wliit- 

"Tiey had that morning found a guide, who stated that a rebel 
force was in camp just beyond Winchester, and the major fully 
expected to find such a force ; but instead, after marching a few 



70 FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 

miles he found Gen. Banks' pickets, and soon reached the gen- 
eral's headquarters, delivered his orders and received new ones, 
and starting on the return, rejoined the regiment on the next 
day, having pushed through a city held by the rebels. 

While encamped here a few memljers of the regiment, when 
returning from a scouting expedition, met a negro some five 
miles from camp, who informed them that they were inside the 
rebel pickets. They laughed at this, but soon one of the party 
who had fallen a short distance in rear of the remainder, saw 
three or four soldiers in gray in a clump of bushes by the side 
of the road, one of whom had his musket aimed at him. He at 
once threw himself on the opposite side of his horse, when there 
was a report of a musket, and a bullet whizzed over the saddle. 
The rel)els rushed forward with a shout, evidently expecting to 
pick him up, but by the time they got where he was supposed 
to be lying, he was well out of danger. The next day a recon- • 
noissance was made in this direction, but no signs of the enemy 
were discovered. 

On the afternoon of the seventeenth Cos. K, G, and I, under 
command of Maj. Stowell, again started for Manassas Junction, 
which they reached the next day just after sunset, having 
marched forty-two miles the second day, and two days later the 
other four squadrons arrived there, as escort for the trains. 
This march will long be remembered, for the weather w as clear 
and cool, and never before or since did the boys feast so heartily 
on cherries. They had found a few in the vicinity of Front 
Royal, but it was dangerous going far from the camp for them 
there. The whole route was literally lined with cherry-trees, 
from a medium to an immense size, all hanging full of large^ 
ripe, luscious cherries. At first the orders were to let them 
alone, but such orders were ineffective, and when the surgeon 
pronounced them excellent in a sanitary point of view, the 
colonel, finding that the men would eat them any way, and 
having due regard for the orders not to take any property 
belonging to the enemy, applied to the general connnanding for 
permission for his men to pick a few. He was told, " Let them 
eat all they want." Then another difficulty suggested itself. 
For the boys to stop and eat cherries, all they wanted, would 



THE FEAST OF < 11 Eh' HIES. 



71 



delay the march and demoralize the line, so he asked permission 
for the men to hreak off small branches to save time, to which 
he received the reply : " Let them break off as large branches as 
they choose — whole trees, if they like." Gen. Hartsnff stock 
went nj) with the boys then, and they gladl}^ obeyed his injunc- 
tion. Now there was a feast on cherries. As a tree loomed up 
by the roadside, scores of the boys would leave the line and go 
for it, and quicker than it takes to tell it, they were in the tree, 
loaded with branches, and down and in the line again. At 
times the regiment l)ore the appearance of a travelling cherry 
orchard, as the men rode along, each one with a liberal branch, 
from wliich lie was eating as fast as possible. Bushels and 
bushels were picked and eaten, and they proved to be, as recom- 
mended by the surgeon, excellent in a sanitary point of view. 
And the boys did not go without cherries for a week or more, 
while the memory thereof was ever afterwards a red letter in 
the reminiscences of that summer's campaign. 

After remaining at Manassas a coviple of da3^s the regiment 
moved on the twenty-second to near Bristersburg, and on the 
next day took the back track a few miles to Weaverville, where 
it remained, drilling a bit now and then, and doing picket and 
patrol duty, scouting, etc., and for the most of the time grazing 
the horses in the beautiful clover fields, till July fifth, living 
all the time on cherries. 

Private Emery T. Gatchell, of Co. K (afterwards hospital 
steward), relates this incident, which occurred while tlie regi- 
ment was in tliis vicinity: 

About sunset one night I received an order to report to Gen. Hartsuff for 
duty as orderly, and upon inquiring of the orderly sergeant if it was neces- 
sary for me to report at the general's headquarters, then near Manassas, 
that night, was told that it was not. But something seemed to say to me 
that it was, and I started. After riding some six miles I reached a deso- 
late, gloomy piece of woods, through which progress was cheerless and 
slow, on account of the depth of the mud. When part way through tliis 
dismal region, I noticed some halting on the part of my horse, as if it 
heard an unusual sound. I listened carefully, not feeling sure that I was 
out of the reach of guerillas, but could at first hear nothing. Still the 
liorse acted strangely, and at last I halted it, when I heard what seemed 
to be the cries of a woman in distress. Wondering what a woman could be 
doing ill such a place, I lost no time in hastening in the direction from 



72 Fin ST MAINE CAVALliV. 

which the soiiiul came. I soon discovered a youiipj colored woman, who 
informed me that her husband was a few feet distant, as she siii^posed, 
dying. I at once dismounted, and was guided by the woman to a small 
clump of bushes, where she had improvised a hut and fixed a sort of bed, 
on which her husband was lying, apparently in great misery. Upon making 
inquiries, I judged (and rightly it proved) cramp colic to be the trouble; 
and procuring a cloth wet with water, I commenced rubbing the stomach 
and bowels of the sick man in a, lively manner, and in a short time had the 
satisfaction of seeing him much relieved, when I prepared to pursue my 
journey. Before going, however, I inquired how it happened that these 
people were in such a dreary place at that time of night, and learned that 
they were runaway slaves, on their way to Alexandria and to liberty, taking 
with tliem their only child, a six months' old babe. I left, pondering as I 
went what influence it was that caused me to start for the general's head- 
quarters that night, in spite of the sergeant's opinion, and thus he instru- 
mental in saving human life, where it would have been fearfully sad for the 
mother and child to be left without husband and father. It was a touching 
sight to see these poor beings travelling, they knew not where, but to some 
far-otf promised land, where the word freedom had to them a significant 
meaning; and the thought that I was able to be of service to them was 
always one of great satisfaction. 

On the second of July the regiment was attaclied to Gen. 
Duiyea's brigade, Gen. Kickett's division. 

The Fourth of July was duly observed. A day or two 
previous a meeting of the officers was held, at which it was 
resolved, at the suggestion of the colonel, to be for the honor 
of the state that her sons should not forget the birthday of the 
nation whose life they were trying to preserve, but should cele- 
brate it in the best possible manner, and a committee was 
appointed to perfect the arrangements. On the morning of 
the " glad day of America " reveille turned the men out at 
half-past three o'clock, })robably to give them a slight taste 
of the old-time morning of the Fourth. A flag-staff had been 
placed in position at headquarters, under direction of Lieut. 
Virgin, of Co. G, and at sunrise there was a grand flag-raising 
and a national salute by the entire regiment, under direction of 
Capt. Taylor, of Co. L ; then regular camp duties till half- 
past nine, when the regiment joined the brigade in a review 
by the new commander. Gen. Uuryea. In the afternoon the 
regiment assembled in the woods, where there was music by 
the band, reading of the Declaration of Independence by Lieut. 
Kimball, of Co. C, speeches, suited to the occasion, by ('apts. 



s^ 









Lieut. WILLIAM S. FARWELL, Co, C. 
Rockland. 




Qr. Mr. CLARENCE D. ULMER 
Flint, Mich. 




Qr. Mr. Sergt. 
EBED. L. SHACKFORD, Co. D, 
St Paul, Minn. 




Lieut. JAMES MAGUIRE, Co, H. 



FOVHTH OF JULY 



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Smith, of Co. D, Bootlil)}', of Co. F, and others, and siiigin*^ 
by Lients. BiG^eh)AV, Co. F, Chadbonrne, Co. I, Fray, Co. T, and 
Myrick, Co. K, and Adjl. Stevens. These exercises Avere fol- 
lowed by a foot-race for three jn-izes, five, three, and two dollars, 
which were Avon by members of Co. C, L, and K, respectively ; 
a sack-race, which made a "right smart lieap " of sport, and in 
which a comrade of Co. G proved the best man, and took three 
dollars for so proving ; and a race for a greased pig (furnished 
by Capt. Cowan), in which fun grew fast and furious, a Co. D 
man carrying off the porker and the prize, three dollars. A 
sweepstakes race for officers' horses, for a purse of twenty-five 
dollars, was arranged, to take place at half-past six in the even- 
ing, at which seven horses were entered. During the race the 
horse of Capt. Smith, of Co. D, who was riding behind the 
racers, fell, and the captain was thrown over the horse's head, 
receiving quite serious injuries in the shoulder, compelling him 
to retire from duty for twenty days. At eight o'clock there 
was a grand bonfire in lieu of fireworks, closing the celebra- 
tion, wliich was doubtless even more heartily enjoyed by the 
boys than the more elaborate celebrations in their own state 
were by those who participated in them. 

On the fifth the regiment marched to Warrenton, a distance 
of a dozen miles, Cos. F and K advance and Co. G rear guard, 
and were followed during the day by the remainder of the 
division. The advance dashed into the town at a trot, creating 
considerable excitement among the citizens, and camped some 
two miles from town on the road toward Sulphur Springs. The 
following day, Sunday, Cos. D, F, and G Avent on a reconnois- 
sance to the springs, and the next day Cos. F and K went to 
Waterloo. This last detachment captured a rebel mail carrier 
who was on his Avay to Richmond Avith a heavy mail, and sent 
prisoner and mail to headquarters to be disjjosed of, and also 
met a cavalry detachment sent out from Front Royal by Gen. 
Banks to reconnoitre ; and as each party took the other to be 
the enemy, an exciting chase occurred after a small party of 
them, but good fortune and good judgment prevented anything 
serious happening. 

The regiment remained in the vicinity of Warrenton, doing 



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l)icket and patrol duty, reconnoitring, etc., till the twenty- 
second, being joined by Lieut. Col. Douty's battalion from the 
Shenandoah valley on the tenth, and changing camp to the 
north of and nearer to the village on the twelftli. Durinsf this 
time Co. E received an order to detail a man for duty at (ien. 
Rickett's headquarters. The first sergeant, thinkhig the man 
was merely wanted for police duty, sent a stout, good-natured 
man, but of not very prepossessing appearance. When Noah, 
as he was called, reported to the general, the latter looked at 
him, evidently not favorably impressed by his looks, and said : 
" I wanted a (jood man ; are you a good man ? " Noah straight- 
ened himself up and replied in a very deliberate manner : 
" Wall, gen'ral, I aint a godly good man, but I was always 
counted a good man on a farm." The general had no more 
remarks to make, but he found Noah a good man. 

On the eighteenth Cos. G, I, and K, under command of Maj. 
Whitney, started in a pelting rain storm which had been con- 
tinuing for some hours, for a reconnoissance across tlie Rappa- 
hannock. After a ride of fifteen miles the river was reached at 
three o'clock in the afternoon, bvit it was found so much swollen 
that crossing was impossible, so the boys made themselves as 
comfortable as they could for the night in some unoccupied 
houses at Rappahannock Station, foraging for subsistence. The 
next day the river was still impassable, and at noon the major 
decided to return to camp, which was reached that evening. 
All the streams in the vicinity were much swollen by the rain, 
so much so that the pickets under Lieut. Cary, of Co. K, who 
had been relieved on the eighteenth, could not get back to camp 
until the afternoon of the next day. 

On the twenty-second the regiment, with the whole division, 
marched to Waterloo, a distance of nine miles or so, to re-enforce 
Gen. Shields, who apprehended an attack from Stonewall Jack- 
son, and remained there, doing little but camp duty, till August 
fifth, in a locality where men and horses would have starved to 
death if obliged to subsist on the country. 



CIlAPTEli IV. 

THE CAMTAKiX UNDKI! POI'E. 

The AuMY OF Vikoima. — Gkn. Popk's Famois Okdkks. — His Plans.— 
TnK Boys Lkakxinc; to Take Cake of Themselves. — Decidedly' 
Unpleasaxt Sensations. — Decijease in the Nitmheks of the Ke(;i- 
5IKNT. — Review isy Gen. Pope. — "FoinvAUD !"— At Cuepeppei!. — 
Battei: of Cedaij Mountain. — Under FiiiE for the First Time. — 
Magnificent Artillery- Duel. — A Trying Experience. — Bivouac 
on the Fieed of Battle. — Artillery Fire in the Night. — Pope's 
Retreat. — The Regiment Rear Guard for the Retreating Army'. 
— First Brandy' Station Fight. — The Fight at Waterloo. — A Skir- 
mish in a Thunder Storm. —The Raid on Catlett's Station. — 
Backing and Filling. — Second Battle of Bull Run. — Scouting 
AND Picketing during the Battle. —Bivouac at Centreville. — 
A Cool Ammunition Teamster. — Back toward AYashington. — Suf- 
ferings OF THE Boys durin(; the Retreat. — An English Opinion of 
the Regiment. — Muster-out of the Band. 

THE first of August, 1862, found the regiment at Water- 
loo, Va., and all together, the five companies which 
had been serving in the Shenandoah valley under 
Gen. Banks for nearl}- four months having rejoined the main 
body. The forces under command of Gens. Banks, Fremont 
and McDowell, which had been acting independently, had been 
consolidated into one army, called the " Army of Virginia," and 
placed under command of Maj. Gen. John Pope, as were also 
the defences of Washington. The field force of this army was 
thirty-eight thousand men, and a portion of this was in poor 
condition. Gen. Pope had made such disposition of the troops 
as he deemed best suited to carry out the wishes of the govern- 
ment, and had issued his famous orders, discarding lines of 
retreat and a base of supplies, ordering the arrest of all male 
citizens found within his lines, declaring that the army must 
subsist on the enemy's country, announcing his headquarters 
to be in the saddle, etc., which, though received with derision 



T6 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

by the enemy, had put new life into the men and officers of his 
own command, who in their turn Laughed at the dech^ration of 
the rebel government that Gen. Pope and his officers would not 
be entitled to the privileges of jirisoners of war if captured. 
They felt that their new commander meant business, and they 
were tired of mai'ching back and forth for nothing, of guarding 
and protecting the enemy's property, and of the alternative of 
going hungry or running the risk of punishment for foraging, 
when their foes were so well off. They believed in Gen. Pope, 
and they welcomed him to their command with a feeling that 
he was the man for the place. 

The Arni}^ of the Potomac, under Gen. McGlellan, had been 
defeated on the i)eninsula, and not only forced to " change its 
base," but was closely pressed by the enemy. Gen. Pope's 
instructions were to protect Washington, to prevent the enemy 
from occupying the Shenandoah valley, and to draw the 
enemy's troops from McClellan's front if possible, to allow the 
latter to operate with greater ease against liichmond, or, as it 
proved, to enable him to withdraw successfully from his posi- 
tion at Harrison's Landing, and to take shi})})ing for Aquia 
Creek and Alexandria. With this end in view the Army of 
Virginia was so placed that any attempt on the part of the 
enemy to enter the valley would render the whole force liable 
to be cut off, and at the same time Washington was guarded by 
the whole strength of the army. Then, with the view of draw- 
ing troops from McClellan's front, and with the intention, slioidd 
the enemy throw all his forces in the direction of Washington, 
of resisting his advance at all hazards, and so delay and embar- 
rass his movements as to gain all the time possible for the arrival 
of the Army of the Potomac behind the Rappahannock, Gen. 
Pope commenced the operations which, though successful as far 
as releasing McClellan's force was concerned, resulted in what 
is known as " Pope's Retreat," and in a second defeat of the 
Union forces on the famous battlefield of Bull Run. 

The men had now become " old campaigners." They had 
learned, by that best of schools, ex})erience, how to take care 
of themselves, under any or all circumstances. Each man 
carried at least one, and many of them two, })ieces of slielter 



07/, .YO, .\OT FLKAS; '' 

tent, and so the men were ready to go into canij) at aii}- time, 
in any place where ordered, and with any weather, and make 
themselves comparatively comfortable. They had learned to 
carry their own rations, and to cook their own coffee and pork 
or beef, instead of having tliem carried in the wagons, and 
depending npon a company cook, and tluis were hi no danger 
of being again canght as were the seven companies on their 
arrival at Warrenton Jnnction the April before. In short, 
each one had learned, or was fast learning, to depend on him- 
self and his own resources, and thus was ready for any emer- 
gency, as far as his own health and comfort were concerned. 

It may not be out of })lace just here to speak of another 
unpleasant experience of the boys, and one which does not 
usually appear in the records of campaigns, the history of 
brave deeds, or even in the accounts of the sufferings of tlie 
boys in blue. It was not long after their arrival on the sacred 
soil before some of the boys began to feel queerly. There was 
a sort of crawling of the flesh, accompanied with a strong desire 
to scratch. The reason of this was not understood at first ; and 
even after suspicion was aroused, there was an inclinatioii not 
to believe the humiliating truth. The reason will be explained 
in the reply of one of the boys who was asked one day by an 
officer, who noticed his shrugging shoulders and the general 
movements of the body within his clothes : '^ Have you got 
fleas?" "Fleas! d'ye think Fm a dog? No; them's Zicg." 
This was the fact, but how loth the boys were to accept it. 
They would have sold out cheaply, and considered this degra- 
dation the worst that could befall them. They would retire to 
some private spot, that no one else should learn of their awful 
condition, and there hold a private inspection of their clothing, 
and ruthlessly murder all the detested animals they could find. 
It is Init truth to say they never felt so meanly before. But 
as one after another discovered that he was not the only one 
so afHicted, that he was not the only one so utterly disgraced, 
the humiliation grew less, and each one felt better to know 
others were enjoying the same misery. The vermin got into 
the regiment in various ways, — brought from general hospitals 
and from soldiers' retreats by men who had stopped in those 



T8 i^7J?,S7' MAINE CAVALUY. 

places, caught in old houses and on deserted camp-grounds, 
caught by having clothes washed by the people, white and 
black, living in the vicinity of the different camp-grounds, and 
in dozens of ways. It is i)robable that not a single member of 
this, or any other regiment, from first to last, that ever reached 
Washington and beyond, esca])ed this infliction. But they 
soon learned how to flank this enemy. Bj^ keeping out of old 
buildings and away from old camp-grounds, by doing their own 
washing, or getting some comrade to do it for them, instead 
of carrying it to the citizens to be done, by frequent ins])ec- 
tions, by changing their clothing often when circumstances 
would permit, — those who tented together changing at the 
same time always, — and by getting over their modesty, so 
that as soon as one found evidences of vermin on his j)erson he 
informed his tent-mate, and an entire change of underclothing- 
was instantly made, the boys managed, as a general thing, to 
keep free for most of the time, though when so situated as not 
to be able to fulfil these conditions, as during active campaign- 
ing, they were often troubled, but this trouble Avas compara- 
tively of short duration, and easily relieved, when circumstances 
favored. This refers, of course, to the men while they were 
with the regiment. In prisons, i)arole-cam])s, hospitals, conva- 
lescent-camps, etc., it was a different thing. Many incidents 
could l)e related in this line, but, as it is not a pleasant subject 
to consider, one will suffice. Some of the boys will remember 
seeing the commander of the regiment one day, a year or more 
later than this time, pull off his shirt by the roadside, during a 
brief halt of the column, and hold an inspection, resulting in 
the exclamation : "• Here they are, all drawn uj) in battle 
array — Fletcher (his colored servant), bring me a clean shirt!" 
The shirt was l)rought, \nit on, and the colonel went on his way 
rejoicing. 

The regiment had been gradually growing less in niunbers 
from the time it first trod the sacred soil. The change from 
the cold winter of Maine, with its comparative inaction, to the 
heat and rains of Virginia, and the hardshii)S, exposure, and 
irregularities of eating and sleeping incident to active cam- 
paigning had been a severe one, and told on the constitutions 



Till-: llATTLE OF CEJJAR MOi'yTAiy. "^'-^ 

of many with fearful effect. A large number had gone to the 
hospital, some never again to see their comrades, yet the 
effective strength of the regiment would compare favorably 
with that of any other regiment in that army. 

On the hrst day of the month all the troo})S in tlie vicinity 
were reviewed by the new commander, accompanied by (iens. 
McDowell, Hicketts, Hartsuff, Tower, and a regiment of staff 
officers. The evening of the same day two companies marched 
a dozen miles or so, on a guerilla hunt, but returned unsuc- 
cessful. On the second Cos. G and H went to Warrenton, 
and were engaged in patroling in and around the village till 
the ninth, when they departed, and rejoined the regiment on 
the morning of the tenth at Cedar Mountain — the day after 
the battle at that place. 

Tuesday, August fifth, the regiment took uj) the line of 
march for Culpepper, where it arrived the next day, and 
camped a couple of miles above the town. Here it remained 
till Thursday, and then went on picket three or four miles 
below the town, Co. I) proceeding to Raccoon ford and picket- 
ing there, remaining until I'ecalled in haste the next evening. 
Friday afternoon it was suddenly ordered forward, as the 
pickets of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry had been driven 
back from the Rapidan River. By a circuitous route through 
the woods the regiment reached a position some half a mile 
from the ground of the battle of Cedar Mountain, and was 
placed on the advance line of pickets, the second line, cavalry 
and infantry, having been doubled and trebled. Hardly had 
the outer line been formed when three mounted rebels, proba- 
bly spies, attempted to enter the lines under cover of a fence, 
but were seen and driven back. 

Saturday, the ninth, the day of the battle of Cedar or Slaugh- 
ter's Mountain, was an eventful day for the regiment, as on 
that day the greater portion of it was under fire for the first 
time, and that, too, under the circumstances which most se- 
verely test soldiers. Reveille sounded at four o'clock in the 
morning, and at half-past six the regiment, with several others, 
forming Gen. Bayard's cavalry brigade, were drawn up in line 
in front of the enemy's batteries, though unaware of this latter 



80 FIRST MAINE CAVALIli^ 

fact. For several hours the boys sat there patiently waiting, 
and at hist the tiresome sitting still was relieved hy the regi- 
ment being ordered to take a new position, a hundred rods or 
so to the rear. Before they were fairly in line again the rebel 
batteries opened upon them with shell, but they fell short, and 
the Union batteries replied with such vigor that the enemy's 
fire soon ceased, and all was quiet till about the middle of 
the afternoon, when a brisk fire of shot and shell was opened 
by the enemy, to which Union guns rapidly replied. For an 
hour or more the boys calmly sat on their horses between the 
contending forces and watched a magnificent artillery duel, 
the effect of the shells upon the enemy being distinctly visi- 
ble and ofttimes cheering, and the scene losing no interest or 
excitement from the fact that the cavalry men of this and the 
other regiments were in nearly equal danger as the men more 
actively engaged. Fortunately for them, however, the enemy's 
gunnery was bad, or it was other forces at which it was aimed. 
The regiment was then on the left of the line, unsupported by 
{iny considerable force of infantrj- ; and the pickets discovering 
a large body of the enemy evidently attempting a flank move- 
ment on the left, the fire of the batteries was turned in that 
direction, and the regiment ordered to retire. And now shot 
and shell fell among the troopers like hail as they marched 
from the field, but neither man nor horse was injured. Another 
position was taken, some half a mile in rear of the former one, 
whence four companies were sent out soon after to drive back 
a force of the enemy's cavalry, which was again trying a flank 
movement. A little later the regiment was driven from this 
position by a brisk and well-aimed artillery fire, the shells from 
Avhich burst all around them, and finallj^ bivouacked for the 
night on the field. 

This ended the battle of Cedar Mountain proper, as far as 
the regiment was concerned. That night the enemy fell back, 
having got enough of Gen. Pope's force. In this engagement 
the regiment suffered no loss, nor did it render any very effi- 
cient service in the general acceptation of the term as applied 
to battles. But it performed nobly and unflinchingly the vari- 
ous duties assigned to it to perform, went where it was ordered 



AFTKIi THE II ATT I.E. HI 

to go, and tilled an iinixirtant place, covciini;' (lie left of the 
army, thongli it was not severely attacked : and that the general 
officers had at that tinu' no more faith in the service of the cav- 
alry was no fanlt of this ix'^inient. That it was more trying to 
sit under the artillery liic and be doing nothing, with nothing 
to attract the attention Imt the sad work of shot and shell in 
the ranks of both friend and foe, and to follow the coui'se of the 
flying missiles by the sound, — in short, that this })assive service, 
this being merely interested spectators, this waiting in expec- 
tancy of being called into action, was a much harder experience, 
and more trying than woidd have been active })articipation. no 
old soklier will question for a moment. 

It was a new experience for the boys of the seven comi)anies, 
at least, and advanced them one more step toward being cava- 
liers. They now knew better what war really was, and saw 
something of its effects. Among the strange sights and sounds 
which came under their notice, there are but few that have been 
preserved from oblivion. Many will remember the brisk artil- 
lery fire after dark on the night of the ninth, and will recall the 
splendid appearance of the shells as they went screaming through 
the air, the light of their fuses resembling in form, speed, and 
direction through the sky the blaze of rockets, and lighting up 
the heavens as if with a cannonade of shootincv stars. 

The day after the battle was spent in reconnoitring around 
the flanks, but not near the held. On Monday the regiment 
started to advance, but was stopped at the battle-field with a flao- 
of truce, and ordered to come no further. However, two com- 
panies were alloAved to visit the field to collect the wounded, 
bury the dead, and render what assistance they could. Cos. 
D and K, under command of Capt. Smith, with the ambulance 
corps, were sent on this duty. This gave the boys the first 
realizing sense of the " hori'ors of war."' 

The next day after this visit an advance was made, when it 
was discovered that there was no force there, the enemy having 
withdrawn. Then came a couple of days of picketing, scout- 
ing and reconnoitring in various directions, in the vicinity of 
the battle-field, and then on Thursday, the fourteenth, the reo-i- 
ment moved to the Rapidan River and went on picket. A day 



82 FinST MAINE CAVALRY. 

or two later it moved back to near the Cedar Mountain battle- 
field, and was there when " Pope's lietreat " began on the eigh- 
teenth. Gen. Pope having learned from a captured letter that 
the enemy designed overwhelming him before McClellan could 
come up, decided to withdraw across the Rappahannock, to 
prevent the successful accomplishment of this design. On Mon- 
day, eighteenth, the regiment was mustered in the forenoon to 
account for absentees, and soon after noon was ordered to 
prepare to move immediately. Horses were saddled and packed, 
the men mounted, and everything was in readiness to move by 
three o'clock, and from that time until half-past six the next 
morning the men remained on and by their horses, waiting for 
trains to pass and orders to start. The welcome order at last 
came, but the march was only for half a mile or so, when the 
regiment was drawn up in line of battle and remained in that 
position till four o'clock in the afternoon. Then, as rear guard 
of Gen. Pope's whole army, it moved out, passing through Cul- 
pepper Court House about dusk, and camping near Brandy 
Station, a station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad half 
a dozen miles from Culpepper, and went on picket on the 
Raccoon ford road, Cos. B and G being outposts. 

The next morning, August twentieth, occurred the first fight 
of the regiment at Brandy Station. The first knowledge of the 
presence of the enemy was received by Sergt. Jumper and Corp. 
Grover, of Co. G, who while a short distance outside the line 
of pickets, on the look-out for rations that would relish better 
than the regular fare, with special reference to chickens, were 
captured without giving an alarm. Cai)t. Taylor, with two 
companies, had been sent out to reconnoitre in front, and before 
proceeding far he saw in the distance a large body of troops 
and a handkerchief Avaving at them from a house. Judging 
rightly that that salute could only be intended for rebel soldiers, 
he fell back to the reserve and prepared to receive the api)roach- 
ing enemy. Scarcely had he got into position, and before he 
had fairly notified the remainder of the i-egiment that the enemy 
was near, when the pickets were driven in, closely pursued by 
the rebels. This was a great surprise. Indeed, so little was 
danger anticipated that the horses, with the exception of those 



F/7?.ST FJailT AT lUiAXDY STATIOX. f^-5 

detailed for duty, had been unsaddled the night Ix't'orc and the 
men at the reserve had •youo into canij) and had ))asse(l the night 
as comfortably as eonld be (Co. (t camping in a beantilnl 
(dump of sycamore trees near a spring), liad s\v\)t sonndly, and 
now a part were getting breakfast, a part getting uj), some of 
them had got saddled, and all as free from concern as if really 
in cam}), with tlu'ir arms and (Mpiipments scattered around at 
will. There was bustle and confnsion around the reserve for 
u few moments, some ])acking u}), souu^ saddling, some mount- 
ing, some getting ready to leave, and not much order about 
anything, and the men had scarcely got into line when the enemy 
ap})eared i\i force at the top of the hill behind which the line was 
formed. Order Avas restored in a few moments, as the men got 
ready for action. The carbineers were dismounted and a sharp 
skirmish ensued, both with carbines and revolvers (Co. L, Capt. 
Taylor, with drawn sabres, holding the road, and the remainder 
of the regiment coming to the rescue as soon as possible after 
the alarm sounded), which lasted about an hour and a half, 
when the regiment was relieved by the rest of the brigade. 
The battle raged for some time after this, the cavalry holding 
the enemy until the trains, artillery and infantry were all 
safely across the Rappahannock, wlien the cavalry also moved 
back, crossed the river, remained in line of battle for a while, 
and finally went into camp near Rappaliannock Station. In 
this engagement the regiment's loss was several men wounded 
and })risoners, and three horses, while the service rendered was 
an important one, — that of keeping the enemy back till the 
remainder of the brigade could get there. The men were cool 
after the first flurry was over, and obeyed orders nobly. At 
that time there were but six carbines in each company, which 
had been issued a short time before for the purpose of forming 
a corps of carbineers, but these performed good service, and a 
force of two thousand men was held back by them and the use 
of the revolvers. 

On the twenty-first artillery fire was commenced by l)oth 
armies about nine o'clock in the morning, and soon after the 
regiment was in line of battle for an hour or so, when with the 
brigade it moved half a dozen miles in the direction of Water- 



84 FIRST MAINE CAVAIAIY. 

loo, and a^-ain formed hi line of battle, sup})orting a battery. 
This position was maintained all night, the men holding their 
horses by the bridles. The next day the regiment and the 
battery moved a mile or so toward Warrenton and there 
remained for the day, the battery in position, with the regiment 
as support. In the afternoon Cos. G and E were detailed to 
reconnoitre towards Sulphur Springs. This little force pro- 
ceeded nearly to the bridge across the Kappahannock between 
Sulphur Springs and Jefferson, when the rebel infantry was dis- 
covered crossing the river. On the way back to the regiment 
Co. G received orders to go on picket, and did so, the outposts 
having quite a skirmish with the rebel outposts during a terrific 
thunder storm about sunset, and being driven in to the reserve. 
In the evening the comj)any was relieved and rejoined the regi- 
ment, which went into camp about midnight. The storm this 
night was indeed terrific, even for Virginia, and is still remem- 
bered by the boys as the thunder storm of the service. The 
men were wet through and through, and when at last the wel- 
come order came to "go into camp," utterly exhausted they 
threw themselves upon the wet ground, and without shelter 
from rain or protection from the mud underneath them, they 
slejjt as sweetly as though on beds of down. 

On the night of the twenty-second Sergt. M. T. V. Bowman 
(then commissary sergeant of the regiment and subsequently 
lieutenant and commissary) was at Catlett's Station, having 
gone there for rations for the regiment, which were in the 
wagons ready to start for the front the next morning. He was 
in the tent conversing with the brigade quartermaster, when 
suddenly, to the surprise of every one, for there was no appre- 
hension of danger, the train Avas attacked by Gen. Stuart's 
cavalry, which had swung around the Union army and was 
making a raid at this point, — a raid well remembered by Gen. 
Pope's forces. The attack was so furious and so well followed 
up that there was no time to harness the teams, — barely time 
for these two and another officer to secure their horses and 
mount, which they did, though nearly surrounded and amid a 
shower of bullets. They escaped capture by plunging into the 
woods, with the bullets whistling around them lively. Then 







N 



MARTIN T. V. BOWMAN, 

lit Lieut, and Commissary. 

Lieut. Col. on Staffs of Govs. Gear and Sherman, of Iowa. 

Des Moines, iowa. 



SECOND BATTLK OF BULL RUN. 



85 



came a wild ride through the woods in the dark, dodgiiio- the 
branches of trees, going they knew not where — anywhere to 
escape their pursuers, until they arrived at a safe distance. 
Then, thinking it best to know definitely what was taking place 
before going further, Sergt. Bowman consented to go back to 
lind out, the officers to wait for liim there four hours. lie had 
but started when the terrible thunder storm commenced; but 
this was rather an advantage tliau otherwise, as the lightning 
assisted him in finding his way. Riding until he heard the 
sounds of the enemy, he left his horse and advanced on foot 
until he could see Gen Pope's headquarter wagons burning, and 
see the enemy busily employed in breaking open boxes for what 
they could find. Ere long he heard a movement in his rear, 
and was ordered to halt ; but not choosing to obey, a bullet was 
sent after him to enforce the order. He eluded his foe, found 
his horse, and was up and away, hotly pursued by the enemy. 
He reached his waiting friends, l)ut the enemy was close behind, 
and he and his friends were forced to flee, and finally escaped 
unharmed, remaining concealed luitil daylight, and then finding 
their way to the Union forces. 

Saturday, twenty-third, the regiment mcjved a short distance, 
and after remaining in line of battle all day, camped at night in 
a corn-field in the same line, holding the saddled and packed 
horses by the bridles all night, and, as was written home at the 
time, " tired, wet and hungry, but in good spirits." 

For three or four days the regiment now marched hither and 
yon, now in one direction and now in another, now picketing, 
now supporting a battery, now scouting, now anything but rest, 
with but little to eat, and no encouragement. On the twenty- 
sixth it was joined to Gen. Fitz John Porter's corps, on the 
twenty-seventh reached Catlett's Station, and on the twenty- 
eighth moved to Manassas and was reviewed in the morning by 
Gen. Elliott, of Gen. Pope's staff, under whose direction it 
remained for a few days. That afternoon the regiment took the 
position it had become so well accustomed to take, the order 
of battle, several companies being sent off to reconnoitre in 
different directions, camping that night near Bull Bun stream. 
Friday, twenty-ninth, commenced the second battle of Bull 



86 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Run. The regiment marclied on the field at daylight : was 
formed in line of battle on the right of the army in the morn- 
ing, and was kept in that position all day, under fire most of 
the time, but without being actively engaged. About noon one 
battalion, under command of Maj. Stowell, was sent to recon- 
noitre on the extreme right, and returned later in the day. A 
portion of Cos. G and K stood picket at night, and the remain- 
der of the regiment slept on the field, the men keei^ing hold 
of the horses' bridles. 

The regiment was early in line the next morning. The battle 
was renewed about nine o'clock by the enemy with his artillery. 
This was of short duration, however, and matters remained quiet 
till between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, when the 
cannonading again commenced, now furiously, on the right. 
The reofiment was ordered on a reconnoissance to the extreme 
right, and when a mile or more out the rebel batteries turned 
their attention to it. No serious damage was received, and the 
object of the expedition having been accomplished the regiment 
returned, and found the enemy occupying the ground it had 
left but a short time before. By filing around some w^oods the 
regiment arrived on the field and found Gen. Pope's force 
l)eginning to give way. A panic ensued, which was rapidly 
increasing, when orders were received to " draw sabre " and 
stop stragglers and men who were leaving the field : and for 
some time this and another cavalry regiment were engaged, by 
persuasion, by upbraiding, and by the point of the sabre, in try- 
ing to prevent men from running away, and to restore order 
and confidence, but so strong was the feeling of defeat and dis- 
couragement that this service proved of little real effect. It 
should be understood that at this time the army w'as by no 
means demoralized. There were stragglers, and many of them, 
but the great bulk of the army w^as in good order and still 
fighting no]:)ly. The regiment after a wdiile moved to the rear 
half a mile and formed in line under the brow of a hill for the 
same purpose as before, but as it was soon found that the 
enemy's artillery had a good range of this position, another 
move was made, the regiment this time crossing Bull Run 
stream, where the line was again formed, it now" being about 



.1 COOL TKAMsri:n. 87 

dusk. Finally the I'eoinu'iit luovcd back to Ci'iitrt'N ilU', I'carli- 
iiig there about mi(biight, and l)i\()ua('kt'd for the night, being 
in front of the whole army. One mile from the battle-field all 
\\'as perfectly quiet ; men were cof king their suppers as coolly 
as if danger was something never known in the vicinity. 

During this battle the regiment, though under lire a great 
])ortion of the time, was not actively engaged. Its loss was 
therefore slight ; one or two prisoners who were serving as 
orderlies were capturt'd wliile carrying despatches. 

Just after the army l)egan to give way, and while the regi- 
ment was drawn up in luie in rear of the field, the attention of 
the men was attracted by the coolness of the driver of an 
annnunition wagon. Bent only on the performance of his duty, 
he drove his team where he was ordered, paying no attention to 
the showers of shot and shell, no attention to the hosts of 
stragglers, passing retreating wagons of all sorts and paying no 
attention to the advice of the frightened drivers, steadily he 
made his way, clear u]) to the front, till he passed out of sight 
in the smoke and dust of the battle, evidently eit route for the 
battery to which the ammunition belonged. Though unknown, 
he won the admiration of the Maine boys for his coolness, brav- 
er}" and strict adherence to duty under such circumstances, and 
is entitled to the honor of being one of the best soldiers on that 
ill-fated held, though "only a teamster." 

The day after the battle, Sunday, thirty-first, was compara- 
tively (i[uiet. The regiment made a reconnoissance toward Cub 
llun, and after a bit of a skirmish with the enemy, returned and 
went on picket a couple of miles beyond Centreville, where it 
remained till nearly night of the next day, when it moved back 
to Fairfax Court House, reported for duty to Gen. Reno, com- 
manding a division of Gen. Burnside's corps, and went into 
camp. Tuesday, September second, it moved toward Alexandria 
three or four miles, and had a touch of provost duty, stopping 
stragglers, etc., till the middle of the afternoon, when the line 
of marcli was again taken, up, and the boys slept that night in 
a peach orchard, some three miles from Alexandria. 

The campaign of Gen. Pope was now virtually over. Gen. 
JNIcClellan on the second of September was ])laced in command 



88 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

of the "forces for the defence of the national capital," though 
Gen. Pope was not relieved from the command of his army till 
nearly a week later, when he was assigned to a command in the 
northwest. During this caniDaign, lasting barely a month, the 
men had seen arduous and continuous service, and on their 
arrival at Alexandria were well worn out and were feeling some- 
what discouraged at the thought that all the events of that 
month, with its hardships, fighting, sufferings and loss of life 
had gone for naught. They had had no tents since the sixth of 
August, had lived mostly on green corn cooked Avhen they 
could get time to cook it, having very little hard bread or 
government rations of any sort, suffering intensely from heat, 
dust, hunger and thirst, and for tlie last hfteen days the saddles 
had not been off the horses two hours at a time. At night, 
formed in line of battle, they had dismounted and lain down in 
front of their horses, Avith the bridle thrown over the arm, or the 
halter attached to some part of the body. Men and horses 
were well worn out. The sufferings of that campaign can never 
be told, never imagined, even, and they were apparently for 
no good. The men were sad, exhausted and dispirited, though 
aside from the wear and tear, their sufferings were compara- 
tively nothing. But amidst all this they never lost their 
faith in the eventual triumj)h of the cause for Avhich they 
were suffering. 

The quality of the regiment at this time was complimented 
by a writer to the London Com kill Magazine of December, 
1862, in an article entitled " Cami)aigning with Gen. Pope," 
who says : " Much of the Federal cavalry was wretchedly made 
ujj ; but there was a Maine regiment of broad, long-armed 
swordsmen, whose equals I have never seen. In this regiment 
the horses of each company were of a distinct color. There was 
a regiment of lancers, likewise, whose pennons gave them a 
picturesque appearance. They were noted, mainly, for tum- 
bling from their saddles." The First ]\Iaine boys will remember 
this regiment of lancers, whom they facetiously dubljed " turkey- 
stickers," by which name they were long known. 

During the month of August the band, which had been a 
prirt and parcel of the regiment from its organization, and the 




AUGUSTUS W. INGERSOLL, 

Band of I 86 1 . 

Lieut-Col. and Aid-de-Cemp, Staff of Gov. Bodwell, 1887. 

Houlton. 



W JW 0^ 





Capt. AMMI M. TRUE, R. I. Cav. 

Band of 1861. 

Deceased. 



LEONARD 8. MERRIAM, Civ. Eng. 
Band of 1861. 
■ Ft. Robinson, Neb. 



go 
r,ooD-ny TO the isanh. 

,„usic of which had ,nun.y a time cheered the „...„ and «hich 
Id lo w.,u an eBviahle reputation throughout the anny to 
■^ fine music, was mustered out of service as a needless and 
costly luxury, and went home, much to the s<,rrow of the 
members of the regiment. 



CHAPTER V. 

THE CAMPAIGN IN MARYLAND. 

Lee's Advance into Maryland. — r4EN. McCleli.an again in Command 
OF THE Army. — The Regiment at Alexandria. — A Reconnois- 
SANCE TO Fairfax. — The Wounded on the Battle-field of Bull 
Run. — Back across the Potomac. — A Hot, Dusty March into 
Maryland. — Heavy' Details from the Regiment. — Campaigning 
AMONG Friends. — A Skirmish with Fitz Hugh Lee. —Charge into 
AND Occupation of Frederick. — Col. Allen Appointed Military 
Governor of the City and Capt. Smith Provost Marshal. — On 
Duty in the City. — Arrival of Recruits. — Duties of Military 
Governor and Provost Marshal. — Importunities of Rebel AVomen 
TO Aid Rebel Prisoners. — The Maine Boys at Prayer Meeting. — 
Co. G AT South Mountain. —Cos. H and M at Antietam. —Death 
of Gen. Reno. — Co. G at Burnside's Headquarters. 

AFTER the second battle of Bull Run, the rebel forces, 
under Gen. Robert E. Lee, remamed extremely quiet, 
and with the exception of a fight at Chantilly on the 
second day, nothing of interest or importance occurred for 
some days. Finally it appeared that Lee, instead of striking at 
Washington, as was the chronic fear during the most of the war, 
was making his way into Maryland, with the • intention of 
releasincj the thousands in that state whom he had been led to 
believe were friends of southern independence, from the bond- 
age of the United States government, and in the hope of adding 
large numbers to his force ; then, doubtless, of giving the state 
of Pennsylvania a taste of the horrors of war in part retaliation 
for what his own state of Virginia had suffered, if not, with his 
army largely increased by the disloyalists of " My Maryland," 
of making an attack on Washington from that direction. His 
ill success in awakening any enthusiasm among the people of 
Maryland by his stirring addresses and kind offers to " aid them 
in throwing off the foreign yoke, to enable them to again enjoy 



THE WOUNDED OF HULL liUX. -^1 

the inestiinu])le right of freemen, to restore the iiulependeiice 
and sovereignty of their state, and to regain the rights of which 
they had been so unjnstly despoiled," and liis disa])])ointment 
thereat, are matters of familiar history, as are also his defeats 
at Sonth IMonntain and i\ntietam, and his snhseqnent retreat 
back into Virginia. 

Gen. jMcClellan had been reinstated in comniand of the forces 
in the defence of the national capital, A\lii(h forces were in the 
vicinity of that city. His services in the campaign in Maryland 
are also matters of history, and are not within tlie province of 
this work. 

The regiment was near Alexandria the morning of Septem- 
l)er third, resting a bit. About noon Cos. E, G, K, and L, then 
(comprising the third battalion, under command of Capt. Tay- 
lor, went on a reconnoissance toward Fairfax. They reached 
within two or three miles of the court house, where they found 
the rebel pickets, and after one or two slight skirmishes with 
no serious results, they returned a couple of miles and went 
on picket, remaining there that night, and rejoining tlie regi- 
ment the next day. Word having been received that the Union 
wounded left on the field of Bull Run had been uncared for, 
on the fourth Co. F was sent out as guard for an ambulance 
train, to take such as were still alive to where they woidd 
receive proper treatment. They found the wcumded in a liorii- 
ble condition, suffering from wounds, hunger, and, above all, 
from thirst, there being but few in the vicinity to attend to 
their wants, and those unable to attend to them all, had they 
been inclined. The wounds of many of these poor sufferers had 
become infested with vermin, and in some cases putrefaction 
and gangrene had set in. Many had died by inches, and many 
were still dying by inches. It was a fearful sight, and one 
which but few of the regiment were so unfortunate as to 
witness. 

Friday, fifth, the regiment recrossed the Potomac and was 
again in Washington, going into camp that night on Seventh 
street, where it was exi)ected there would be a season of rest 
for men and horses, l)oth of which were greatly in need of it ; 
but on Sunday the march was resumed, the reoinient reachintr 



92 



FlliSr MAIXE CAVALRY. 



Leesboro, Md., at dark, after the hottest, dustiest march on 
record up to that time. The heat was ahiiost insufferable, and 
the dust, which choked men and horses, was so dense as to 
sometimes render it impossible to see ten feet away. The regi- 
ment had been assigned to Gen. lleno's division, and Co. G was 
detailed as body-guard for the general just before starting on 
this march. A day or two later Cos. A and I were detailed as 
body-guard for Gen. Rodman, while Cos. M and H were doing 
similar duty in Fitz John Porter's corps. From this time to 
the twelfth the regiment was engaged in scouting and recon- 
noitring in different directions, during which the boys learned 
the difference between campaigning in the enemy's country and 
among their friends. It was something new in their experience 
as soldiers to meet with friendly faces, kind words, and, better 
than those, substantial assistance from the people living along 
their lines of march, and to feel, as they sought information from 
the citizens concerning the movements of the enemy, that they 
were not being misinformed. 

Friday, twelfth, the vicinity of Frederick City was reached 
by the army, where Gen. R. E. Lee had made his headquarters, 
and whence the lebels had not yet gone. The regiment, that 
is the half dozen companies not on detached service, had the 
advance, and met Fitz Hugh Lee's cavalry some three miles 
from the city, where, about two o'clock in the afternoon, a 
severe skirmish occurred, in which the enemy was driven. Pur- 
suit Avas given, and though the rebels attempted to make a 
stand in the streets of Frederick, they were forced to give way, 
and Union troops held the city after the rel)els had occupied it 
one week. The loss was slight ; the fighting was close, and 
several sabre cuts were given and received. The Union troops 
met with an enthusiastic reception at the hands of the Union 
citizens of the town. When the last armed rebel had been 
driven out or captured, the regiment went into camp, and by 
virtue of having been the first into the place, were allowed to 
take care of it. Col. Allen was l)y Gen. Burnside appointed 
military governor, Capt. Smith, Co. D, i)rovost marshal, and 
the regiment provost guard. Adjt. Stevens was appointed 
acting assistant adjutant general, and Capt. Boothby, Co. F, 
aid-de-cam] ). 



o.v 1)1 -rv IS FiiEDF.mcK. t>3 

The reoiiiu'iit, or about luilf of it, under conniiaud of Col. 
Douty, renuiiut'd here till November second, jiatroliiio- the town 
night and day, seouting and rei'onnoitrint;-. and doing provost 
duty generally. Some live hundred rebel prisoners were con- 
fined in the jail, and on the night of October fifteenth an 
attempt was made by their friends to set fire to the jail, hoping 
the prisoners would escape in the confusion. The plan did not 
work ; an alarm was sounded, and though the regiment, with 
the exception of those actually on duty, was unsaddled and 
asleep, in less than ten minutes it was mounted and had sur- 
rounded the jail, and not a prisoner escaped, though many 
desperate attempts were made. The New York Fire Brigade, 
which was then in the town, took a hand in the game, and 
knowing how, soon had the tire under control. 

The service liere, though not extremely hard, was of nuich 
importance, protecting alike soldiers and citizens. There were 
quantities of guard and patrol duty to be performed. There 
was scouting almost daily, and picketing a few miles out from 
the city all the time. There were frequent reports brought to 
headquarters by the affrighted citizens from the surrounding- 
country, of projected raids into the city by the enemy's cavalry 
or guerillas, to release the prisoners, or to kill or capture the 
Union soldiers and take their arms and equipments, or muider 
Union citizens, of which it would not do to take no notice ; and 
many times was the regiment ordered out at a moment's notice 
to repel an attack from a foe, which existed only in the inuigina- 
tion of alarmed farmers, or which had been warned by friends 
from the city that preparations liad been made to receive. 
Then there w^ere the prisoners to guard, the secret and open 
enemies living in the town to be looked after, the scores of hos- 
pitals, after the battles of South jMountain, September four- 
teenth, and Antietam on the seventeenth, to be guarded and 
otherwise attended to, together with awj amount of orderly and 
safeguard duty to be performed. In short, it was a time of 
constant, unwearying watchfulness and care, and of continuous 
service. Still the boys felt that they were among friends, and 
rather enjoyed serving in and about the pleasant city of 
Frederick. While here some two hundred and fifty recruits 



1^4 FIRST MAI^'^E CAVAT.EY. 

arrived from Maine, and were assigned to different companies, 
to take the places of those who liad died or been discharged 
from the service. It is pleasant to record one fact in connec- 
tion with the hospitals in this city, and that is, that the dreary 
life of tlie wonnded and sick boys in bine was made pleasant by 
the visits of the ladies of Frederick. Althongh many of these 
acknowledged that their sympathies were with the so\itli, they 
.said they would not allow their sectional feelings to interfere 
when sufferers were in want. That they certainly ministered 
to the wants of our sick men is the testimony of one ofticially 
connected with the First Maine Cavalry hospital there, and they 
are and ever will be gratefully remembered. 

Col. Allen as military governor, and his staff', and Ca})t. 
Smith as provost marshal, performed their difficult and ardu- 
ous duties with general acceptance to all except the rebels, and 
even these were forced to acknowledge the fairness which char- 
acterized the treatment they received. Among the most vexa- 
tious things which came before Col. Allen in his new capacity 
were the persistent efforts of secession sj^mpathizers in that 
oity, and even from Baltimore, to get aid to their friends con- 
fined there in prison. Money, clothing, food, etc., were sent or 
carried there almost daily, for their benefit, and the office was 
besieged with rebel women hours at a time, with unblushing 
effrontery, for permission to go and see and cheer, or to take 
these articles into the jail and give to the dear, suffering boys. 
These requests were denied, with the exception that food and 
clothing (not gray) and small quantities of money were gen- 
erally allowed to be sent in, and, in rare instances, taken in. 
Boxes of rebel uniforms were sent from Baltimore for these 
prisoners, directed in care of the military governor, and women 
came after them and pleaded, till even Col. Allen's large stock 
of patience was well-nigh exhausted, that they be given the suf- 
fering heroes, giving as an excuse for the color of the clothing, 
that gray was selected, not because it was the badge of seces- 
sion, but because it was cheaper than cloth of any other color. 
Such excuses were too transparent, however, the colonel in- 
forming them lirmly that if the boys were suffering so badly 
for clothing, they must bring some of another color. If ever 



(U)\j-:ii.\L\(; THE en v. 9o 

there was persistency (lis])layed, it was by secession woiiicn at 
the office of the iniHtary governor of Frederick. 

The duties of Ca])t. Siuith as provost niarslial were also 
arduous and difhcuK, and required a deal of discriniiuatiou and 
adnunistrative ahility. lJj)on being- ap])ointed to tlie office, lie 
naturally looked into the Aiinv Kegulations, to see what his 
duties were. To his surprise the term was not to be found 
there, nor did the (Uctionarj- give liim any assistance. Finally 
he came to the conclusion, as he expi-essed it, that he was a 
sort of king, and acted in that belief. He had almost unlim- 
ited i)ower, and, it must be said, he used it well, llie duties 
were vast and various, as the good order and well-being of the 
city was in his hands as executive officer of the militar}'- gov- 
ernor. In the first place, there was the care of the army passino- 
through, which was no small job ; then there were the liquor- 
saloons, houses of ill-fame, and resorts of all kinds to be kept 
under restraint, and, in short, all the police Mork of a city 
under martial law, and filled with discordant elements, to be 
looked after, as Avell as the care of the hospitals, the rebel 
prisoners, etc. No one can have any idea of his multifarious 
duties, unless he has been placed in a similar positit)n. 

Extracts from private letters, A\-ritten by the clerk at the 
military governor's hea?lquarters, will give some idea of the 
state of affairs there during that time : — 

The secesh women here are pretty bohl, and the men, even, are not so 
timid or secret as they might be. Yery often a conple of the female rebels 
(they always hunt in pairs) come into the office to see Col. Allen. Then 
commences a series of begging for the privilege of furnishing clothing for 
the poor rebels who are here, setting forth in strong language their destitu- 
tion, their being strangers in a strange land, etc., ending witli, " Now, do, 
please, colonel — you don't know how much good it will do us." It makes 
me provoked, always, to hear them plead to be allowed to do some favor to 
a miserable rebel prisoner, but it always amuses me to hear the colonel talk 
to them. I don't see how he has the patience, but he talks as long as they 
do, appearing to feel the least bit sorry he can't grant tliem the favor, but at 
the same time refusing them so plainly that they can but imderstand what 
he means. Little consolation and still smaller favors they get out of him in 
that direction. A couple were in here tlie other day, and the colonel strongly 
hinted that they (the women) didn't come under his jurisdiction, by saying: 
" If you are secesh, and sympathize with the rebellion so strongly, you have 
no business here, under a Union government — you belong down in Vir- 



96 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

ginia." He talks good-naturedly all the time, but still they know he means 
what he says. Yesterday a couple were in here, and one of them hung on 
for a long time for the colonel to let a rel)el prisoner, who was wounded and 
taken at Antietam, I think, and who liad been luxuriating and getting well 
at her house ever since, go to Baltimore with her, and she would see that he 
was taken care of after they got there. She said he didn't want to stay in 
Baltimore, but would report to the provost marshal there, as he was very 
anxious to get back to Richmond. Undoubtedly, but the colonel couldn't see 
it. I think when they left here they were pretty thoroughly convinced that 
when the poor, oppressed rebel did go to Baltimore, it wovild be with a 
squad, and under guard of a bayonet or two instead of a pair of bright eyes, 
which would be only too willing to go off guard duty. They can't play many 
odds on Col. Allen, if he did come from "down east." 

I was a bit amused the other day at a little incident which shows which 
way the wind blows. I was standing at the gate before the office, talking 
Avith one of the orderlies, when a couple of young women came along. The 
orderly says, "There's a couple of secesh !" I looked at them quite curi- 
ously, you may be sure, when, just as they came within a few feet of us a 
big dog ran along and brushed against the dress of one of them. "Go 
away," said she, " you great Yankee dog; " and you ought to have seen the 
peculiar twist of the nose it required for her to say " Yankee." I could not 
help it, — I had to laugh, and laugh I did till they got out of sight. Eude in 
me, I know, but not having exercised the laughing muscles much lately, I 
hadn't them under perfect control. 

Rumors of raids keep coming; a telegram came the other night that sixty 
rebel cavalry had crossed into Poolesville, which was confirmed by the 
report of the telegraph operators there, who were taken prisoners and 
paroled. The same night a party of four came up to Urbana, the town 
adjoining Frederick, about eight miles fro mfi this city, and calling at the 
house of the i:)ostmaster, a strong Union man, called him into his store and 
made prisoners of him and his clerk, a fine young fellow. Then they com- 
menced plundering, and the postmaster managed to slip them. The leader 
of the gang got mad and ordered his men to shoot the clerk, so lie should not 
get away; but the men refused, when he took a jiistol and shot him himself. 
The ball entered the poor fellow's lungs, and he must die if he is not already 
dead. Can you find a word expressive enough to use in speaking of that 
act ? I can't, without being profane. The gang left, and got safely across 
the river, the citizens of the town not caring to interfere. The i^ostmaster 
remained all night scouting round, not daring to go home, having no arms, 
and came here yesterday morning. 

When the troops passed through here, after the rebs first came into Mary- 
land, they burned and destroyed a large amount of fence, as well as crops, 
hay, etc. After they were gone a board of appraisal was ajipointed by the 
military governor, to appraise all such damages, so that the owner might 
eventually receive his pay. The board spent some time in examining into 
these affairs, and compelled each man to take the oath of allegiance before 
they would investigate his claim. One old fellow brought in a claim; the 
oath was tendered him. He ^said he could not take that oath with a clear 
conscience. He left, but kept coming to see if something could not be done 



SINGING AND rUAYlNC;. i*7 

witliout his taking the oath. Xotliing'. Finally he compioniisL'd with his 
conscience, and one d.ay came to the provost niarshars office, where the oath 
was administered to him. Then he came down to this office to get some of 
the board to go to liis premises: but, alas! the board had closed, and the 
l)oor fellow could not get any sight for his pay, after having taken the oath. 
Ilis iieighltors joke him on it considerably. It was hard. Too bail he should 
have dirtied his conscience for notliing. 

Another service was performed by the Ijo^s of the Fii'st 
Mame while there, whieh, thoiig'h not strictly coming under 
the head of military duty, shows to some extent the 7noraIe of 
the men. A revival meeting was in progress in tlie Methodist 
chnrcli, soon after the regiment went into quarters there, in 
which many of the boys took an active part, leading in prayer, 
in singing, and in the general exercises of the meeting, and 
introducing many revival hymns, till then unknown to the 
})eople of that city, which gave new life to the s})irit of the 
meetings, and received the thanks of the good peo})le of 
the church for their services. Many of the boys will remember 
those meetings, held nightly in the church near headquarters, 
and what times of religious excitement thev were, exceeding- 
anything ever seen in their own state. Scores, whites and 
negroes, would be affected with a strange power, and there 
would be singing, and praying, and shouting, almost to the 
verge of hysterics, and wild excitement everywhere. Strong 
men would be stricken down in an instant, and prostrated on 
the floor. Now and then there would be half a dozen or more 
prostrate in the aisle or on the platform at a time. Although 
many of the boys went there onl}- for the gratification of their 
curiosity, and could see nothing in these manifestations but 
food for mirth, their down-east training and reverence for 
sacred things prevented them from any unmanly conduct. 

While the major part of the regiment was at Frederick, 
the two great battles of Soutli Mountain and Antietam were 
fought, in Avliich only the companies serving on detached duty 
took part. Co. G was at the first named, where it served as 
body-guard for (len. Iveno, who was there killed, and Cos. H 
and M served at Antietam, under Gen. Porter. The historv 
of the companies serving away from the regiment is worthy of 
record, but cannot now be obtained, so the wanderings of one 
will suffice, and perhaps give some idea of that sort of service. 



98 Fin ST MAIXE VAYALliY. 

Co. G was detailed as orderlies and escort foi- Gen. Iieno 
on the seventh of September, and, as the regiment was in his 
division, its whereabouts and wanderings were nearly the same 
as those of the regiment, till Frederick was reached, on the 
twelfth. The company did not remain there, but, keeping 
with the general, moved to Middletown on the thirteenth, and 
on the fourteenth to South Mountain, arriving there after the 
battle ])egan. The boys had a fine view of the battle from afar 
off, performing efhcient services as orderlies when required, till 
about ft)ur o'cbx'k in the afternoon, when there was a slight 
wavering of the lines, and the company was sent out to stop 
stragglers, which duty it performed till dark. In the mean- 
time Gen. Reno passed to the front, and took c-onunand of his 
division in person, till the enemy was completely routed. At 
this point the general was mortally wounded, and taken to the 
rear, and died ten minutes afterAvards, at eight o'clock. The 
(company escorted the brave general's l)ody back to Middle- 
town that night, and the next day was detailed as orderlies 
and guard at Gen. Burnside's headquarter train. On the seven- 
teenth the company with the train moved through Boonesboro' 
to near Antietam, where they went into camp at dusk, know- 
ing nothing of the great battle which was fought and the great 
Union victory which was won that day, unless by reports and 
the sounds of the cannon ami musketry, except that one or 
two of the bo3's went up to see the fight, one of whom had a 
liorse shot under him while there. Till the twenty-ninth the 
conqiany performed guard duty for the train, when a move 
was made half a dozen miles or so towards Harper's Ferry, 
and camp was pitched near Shar])sl)urg. Here they remained 
till October sixth, Avhen another move was made, and on 
the seventh they went into camp at Knoxville, where the}'' 
]-emained till the twenty-seventh, and moved to Lovettsville. 
November third another forward movement eonnnenced, and 
marching became the almost daily routine. 

As an evidence of the nature of the duty i)crformed, and 
the hardships suffered during the few months the regiment had 
been in active service, it may be stated that from March to 
November first, some seven hundred horses were lost in action 
and worn out in service. 



('|iai''im:ij \i. 

TTIE ('AM1'AI(;\ CXDKi; lUltXSIDK. 

Gkn. Mt Cr.Ki.i.AX Kkmkvki) hy Gkx. IU jjxsidk. — Hksujnatiox of Col. 
AiA.F.y. — Cijossixt; tiik Potomac ox Poxtooxs. — '• Ox to Rich- 
moxd" aoaix. — Co. L ox Detail. — Co. F ix a Skikmish. — O.nck 
MoitK at Wakkkxtox. — At Sulimuu Springs. — Foi!A(:ix(i a Fixk 
Art. —At Rappaiianxock Station. — " Greased Heel."— For Fred- 

ERICKSRl-RG. — CAMPAIGXING IX A COLI) StORM. — SlIORT RaTIOXS VXD 

Forage. — Co. K on a Reconnoissaxce. — Brooks' Statiox. — (Old 
Snow Storm. —Falmouth. — Cold Weatuer and Scanty Clothixg. 
— Barefooted Boys. — The Battle of FREDERiCKSBruG. — Sipi'drt- 
IXG A Battery. — Bivotac uxdep. Fii!k. -Death of (Iex. Bay ai;d. — 

In •■ WlXTER QuAilTERS." 

AFTER the successes at South Mountain and Antietani, 
(leu. McCleUau was relieved from tlie conunand of the 
Army of the Potomac, and Gen. Amljrose E. Burnside 
assio-ned to that position. Gen. McClenan turned over the 
command t(^ Gen. Ijurnsidc on the tenth of November, at 
Warrenton, Va., whicli the hitter accepted "with diffidence 
for m3'self, but Avith a })roud conhdence in tlie unswerviiio- 
h)yalt3' and determinatio]i of the galhint army now entrusted 
to my care, and with a steadfast assurance that a just canse 
must prevaiL" On the same day Gen. I\Ic( 'lellan bade farewell 
to his troops. 

On the second of November the regiment was relieved from 
provost duty at Frederick, and ordered to report to Gen, 
lieynohls at Rectortown, Va., to serve with his brigade. Gol. 
Allen and the staff officers of the military governor were left 
on duty in that city, where they remained till the follow- 
ing January, when Col. Allen and Adjt. SteveiLs resigned, 
on account of ill health, and went home, and Capts. Smith 
and Boothby rejoined the regiment. Under command of Col. 
Douty the regiment broke camp, and marching through Jeffer- 



^00 FIRST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

snnville and Petersville, halted for the night near the Potomac^ 
and next morning reached Berlin, on the banks of the river, 
at an early hour. Here a pontoon bridge was constructed (the 
magnificent bridge across the Potomac at that place having^ 
fallen a victim to the ravages of war), on which the boys 
crossed, with a feeling of mingled curiosity and insecurity, 
carefully leading their horses along the frail roadway, and half 
expecting all tlie time that the whole thing would go to the 
bottom the next moment. Such was the impression received 
on crossing a pontoon bridge for the first time, as the boats 
swayed to and fro with the current, or rose and sardv under the 
tread of the horses, and men and horses reeled as if drunken. 
All got over safely, however, and had a better opinion of the 
efficacy of pontoons when they again stood on solid ground, 
though that was ^ sacred soil," than when in the centre of 
the river on the bridge. After a pleasant march of half a 
dozen miles the regiment went into bivouac, and the next day 
marched through Willow iNlount and Philomont (where shat- 
tered buildings, demolished fences, trampled fields, fresh graves, 
and frightened people told a sad tale of a fight that took place 
there three days before) to Union, a little town some five 
miles east from Snicker's Gap, in the mountains, where it 
camped that night. The next day it continued the march, 
halting for a time at Upperville, where the boys had a view of 
Gen. McClellan and staff as they passed by, and slept that 
night in the woods. Another inroad was here made on the 
strength of the regiment by detailing Co. L, Capt. Taylor, for 
duty at First Army Gorps headquarters, where it remained for 
some time. On the sixth the regiment marched to Salem, 
which place the enemy left the day before, and there took the 
advance of the army in that direction. Go. F was sent forward 
as advance guard, and when within three miles of Warrenton 
(thirteen miles from Salem) came up with the enemy's rear 
guard, attacked and drove them through Warrenton, and then 
fell back upon the artillery. During this skirmish several 
prisoners were captured. A portion of the advance guard luid 
given chase to the rebels, and the others were waiting for the 
main body to come up. While thus Avaiting, they espied a 



M \R 'IIINd, l>T('KETIX(: AM) FOUAdlXd. 1**1 

luouuted rebel a little ahead df them, to whom tliey o'ave 
chase, but he proved to l)e well inoiinted, and they gave it iij). 
In escaping- tVoiii them, ho\\c\cr. he ran directly into another 
portion of the party, and was eaptnred and i)ut under gnaid of 
two men, to be taken to tlie rear. As they Avere on their way 
they saw two more armed rebel horsemen aj)proaching them. 
Instantl}' })laeing their prisoner in front, tlu>y leveled their car- 
bines and onUMed the men to '"Ifalt. dismount, advance, and 
delivt'r up your pieces, breech first I" The order was obeyed, 
and the two men reported with their prisoners, who belonged 
to the Third Virginia Cavalry. 

In the evening the regiment advanced to Warrenton, making 
further captures, and held the [)lace till Gen. Bayard arrived 
with his command and relieved it. As the boys again found 
themselves in tlie pretty town of Warrenton, they could not 
help recalling their first visit, by moonlight, seven months 
before, and the several visits since that time ; and as these 
thoughts brought back to their minds all the events of that 
summer, they may be pardoned if they wondered whether they 
were always to be marching back and forth in this way, as it 
were on one continual round. And they had occasion for simi- 
lar thoughts many times after that. 

Cpon being relieved the regiment moved out and encamped 
on the road leading to White Sulpliur Springs, and as the 
weather had become cold and the snow was besfinninp- to fall, 
the boys pitched their tents for the first time since leaving 
Frederick. Next morning the regiment went on picket at the 
springs. 

The regiment remained in this vicinity, with headquarters at 
Sulphur Springs, till the eleventh, picketing, patroling, scouting 
and foraging for the horses, though it would not be surprising 
if some of the foraging was for the men themselves, and if occa- 
sionally the horses ranked second in these expeditions. They 
had by this time become used to foraging, and could take any- 
thing they wished to, for horses or men, without a comjiunction 
of conscience, and their experience had taught them to find 
articles hidden in the most unthought-of places. In fact, some 
of the boys had developed a genius for discovering hidden 



102 Finsr ^fAI^E CAVALnr. 

things that far excelled the genius of those who did the con- 
cealing, and had raised foraging to a fine art. 

Lieut. Charles W. Ford, of ("o. K, at the reunion of the reg^i- 
nient at Portland, 8eptend)er *.•, 1874, told these stories of 
foraging as liaving occurred at about this time : — 

liixte out' stormy day we went into camp ami had no rations. Onr teams 
were behind, and I was in temi)orary command of the company. I sent for 
the sergeant, who had a hesitancy in his speecli, and never wovikl forage, 
but 1 tokl liini he uuist. He said if I wouhl give him a detail of ten men he 
would do what he could. I told him to make his own detail. He took them 
and a team, and in two hours he came back with the team and men loaded 
down ; but instead of being elated at his success, he came in and seemed to 
be in great trouble. He caiue to me and said. "Lieutenant, I just realize 
w-what I have d-d-done, and if I get c-c-caught you must protect me." He 
said he went out with his men, and after a while he sighted in the distance a 
house and two stacks of hay, and saw a scjuad of infantry guarding a hill. 
Said he, "Boys, when I motion to you, come on."' He immediately rode up 
and said, "Sergeant, what regiment do you belong to?" "One Hundred 
and Forty-ninth Pennsylvania." "Your regiment is ordered to move imme- 
diately, and you are ordered to re^iort to your company." The infantry left, 
and as soon as they were out of sight this sergeant says, "Come on. boys," 
and tliey drove up, loaded, and came in. Col. Douty was in command of the 
regiment at the time. In two or tliree days the adjutant sent over, saying 
our boys were to be mustered, to see if the infantry sergeant could identify 
the man who gave him the order to report to his company. I immediately 
went down and informed this man, and he said I must protect him. The 
inspection was made, but the sergeant coidd not recognize the man. Our 
sergeant? ^Vell. there wasn't any sergeant — /le trai^ cool- over at lieruhjiuir- 
ters. 

The second or third day our regiment was ordered to take four days" 
rations, which used to last about a day and a half when on one of these raids. 
When coming out of the woods my company sighted a smoke-house or ham- 
house. They saw it first, as they usually did these things, and a detail was 
made to go over. If I remember right, Capt. Chadboiirne was sent over to 
see that they did not get more than they wanted. They made a rush and 
went in. The captain sat on his horse near by. The old man who owned 
the smoke-house came out and said, " For Ood's sake, leave me some." A 
man froni Co. I sang out, " Hoe in, you old fellow you, and get your share! "' 
'['he old man saw the point, and ran in and brought out two hams and his 
wife another. "There, old man,"" said a member of Co. I, " you have got 
your share — keep away now ! " 

On the eleventh the reoinient ao^ain broke camp, and marched 
to Kap})ahann()ck Station, where it remained, performing the 
usual variety of duty, until the seventeenth. While here a 
disease made its appearance among the horses called the 





Lieut. CHARLES W. FORD, Co. K. 

Capt. and Asst. Qr. Mas. U. S. Vol. 
Portland. 



THE MOVKMKXT O.V FHF.DF.HK hSlllllC. 



103 



"o-reased heel." It was doubtless caused by wet weather, liard 
usati-e, short rati(Uis of iiu[)roi)ei' food, and, perhaps more; geiici- 
ally, from want of good care A lart;e nuuiher of horses in the 
regiment were disahU'd with this disease, some of them jjerjua- 
neiitly, and some had to he killed ; hut as a whole the regiment 
suffered less from it than did some other regiments. (Joo(l care 
soon brought the lighter cases back into good (;ondition, while 
the worst cases were taken away. Its duration was but short, 
and the regiment suffered none from it after this time, com- 
paratively, though othei' regiments had more oi' less of it for 
a long time. 

On the seventeenth the regiment again broke camj), (ien. 
Burnside's movement on Fredericksburg having commenced, 
and marched to Freeman's ford, on the Itappahannock, again 
joined (Ien. Bayard's brigade, and went on picket in the rain. 
The enemy's pickets were on higher ground, and could be easily 
seen by the boys, while the latter were com[)aratively safe from 
their observation. Taking advantage of this fact, Sergt. Bryant, 
of Co. K, with three men, crossed the river twice for corn for 
the horses, narrowly escajjing ca[)ture on the second visit by a 
squad of rebel soldiers, who had been informed of the presence 
of the Yankee foragers by the owiier of tlie corn. 

On the twentieth the regiment Avas relieved, reported at (ien. 
Bayard's headquarters at seven o'clock that eveinng, and was 
ordered to report to (xen. Reynolds, near Stafford Court House. 
After a march through thick woods, sw^amps, mud and mire, at 
one o'clock the next morning a halt was ordered, wlien the 
boys, tired and weary, threw themselves on the wet ground and 
slept till dayl)reak. A second day's march in the rain closed 
with a second night of the same scu-t. On Thursday the storm 
was more furious than ever; the rain fell in torrents, accompa- 
nied by fierce gusts of wind that drove it in the faces of the 
boys and through their clothing, in spite of rubber ponchos. 
The regiment forded streams and rivers, made its way u]) and 
down rough and rocky hills, [)assed tlirongh woods and corn- 
fields, and had a most uncomfortable march throughout till it 
reached Gen. Keynolds' head(puirters, when it turned round 
and went back over the same road several miles, going into 



lO-t Fin ST MAINE CAVALBY. 

camp ill the woods near Aqiiia Creek. Blankets, overcoats, 
and all clothing, were wet through, the men were cold, wet, 
hungry and worn down with fatigue, and with no rations ; the 
horses were in the same condition as the men, with no forage but 
a little miserable hay, which, as was said at the time, no Maine 
farmer would gather into liis l)arn. It was conceded by all to 
be the most uncomfortable night yet experienced, save those 
three terrible nights at Warrenton Junction the April before. 

Friday Cos. D, E, I, and K, under command of Capt. Taylor, 
Avere sent out to reconnoitre the railroad from Aquia Creek 
to Falmoutli. Small rations of hard bread, sugar, and coffee, 
but no beef or pork, salt or fresh, were drawn, and the men 
made the best of matters. At a house near the camp milk 
could be procured for twenty-five cents in silver per quart, or 
in exchange for sugar, coffee, or salt, — one dipper of either 
for two of milk, — the daughter of southern chivalry averring 
that she would milk it on the ground before she would give a 
drop to a Yankee soldier. This remark, as the boys looked at 
the Union soldier on guard at the house for the protection of 
persons and property, caused them to wonder at the justice 
of the army furnishing guards over secesh property, while 
the owners might be in the rebel army fighting against them 
at the time. But they were not sujjposed to reason why 
anything was so or so. 

Sunday, twenty-third, the regiment marched, in rear of the 
First Army Corps, to Brooks' Station, five miles from Aquia 
Creek, where it remained, picketing at various })oints, scouting, 
etc., till December tenth. There were at this time, out of a 
total of thirty-nine officers, twenty-one absent on detached duty, 
on furlough, or sick. Among the many i-econnoissances made 
while there, Co. B went out some fifteen miles, but found no 
enemy, — nothing but a deserted country. On the fourth Co. 
G, wliich had been doing duty at Gen. Burnside's headquarter 
train since September fifteenth, rejoined the regiment. On the 
seventh the boys had a taste of home in the shape of a cold 
snow storm, which lasted from eight o'clock in the forenoon 
till eleven o'clock in the evening. While picketing in thLs 
vicinity, Theodore J. Batchelder, of Co. D, who was noted for 



IIATTLE OF Fin:i)Ki;i< KSIU ik;. 10.") 

foragiiio- iviul scoutino- on his own hook outside the lines of the 
army, ])asse(l out beyond the videttes, and was al)sent a day or 
two. On his return he found another leoinient on ])ieket; 
and as he had not the countersign, he not only could not pass 
m, but was in (Linger of being arrested. With a fertility of 
resource that had come to his aid fre(|ucntly when outside 
the lines, he took ])Osition in the road as an advanced vi- 
dette. Soon an officer appeared, who wished to pass his post. 
Batchelder halted him in the usual manner, and at the answer 
" Friend," he of course re})lied, " Advance, friend, with the 
conntersign." It was given him by the officer, when Batchelder 
rode to another ])art of the line, and g'iving" the countersiofn, 
i:)assed in, and in due time rejoined his company. 

December eleventh the regiment was once more (and for the 
last time it proved) assigned to Gen. Bayard's cavalry brigade, 
and marched to near Falmouth, stopping that night in the 
woods near the river. The weather was intensely cold, and 
the worn-out uniforms of the men were but little protection 
for them. B}' some means the requisitions of the regimental 
quartermaster for clothing, esjjecially for overcoats, had not 
been honored, and the men were in poor condition for living 
out of doors in such weather, many of them being barefooted, 
and not only without overcoats, but with jackets and trousers 
so worn out and torn as to be but slim protection from the 
inclemencj^ of the season. 

The attack on Fredericksburg commenced on the eleventh, 
but the regiment was not engaged till the next morning, when 
it crossed the river at seven o'clock, on the lower pontoon, and 
was in various })ositions during the forenoon, exposed to a 
heavy artillery lire most of the time. About noon Cos. (t and 
K were detailed to support a section of flying artillery, which 
was in turn supporting the advanced line of skirmishers. 
While on this service the two companies advanced to the foot 
of St. Mary's Heights, but before the engagement became 
general they were relieved by infantrj^ and rejoined the regi- 
ment, which, drawn up in squadrons, was supporting Gibson's 
battery, Third United States Artillery. Scarcely had these 
two companies got into position when the enemy opened a 



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Fin ST MAINE CAVA LEV. 



vigorous artillery fire, which was kept u}) for some time, the 
shells passing over and bursting all around the regiment. It 
was a fearful ordeal, but the men stood their ground bravely 
and without flinching, though there was an irresistible ten- 
dency to make })()lite obeisance when the peculiar ouiz, ouiz, 
ouiz of the shells Avas heard in the air. liut one or two of 
the regiment were wounded, which was almost miraculous, con- 
sidering its exposed position all day long. At dark the regi- 
ment went into bivouac, still under fire, expecting to remain 
there all night; but about ten o'clock it, in ol)edience to orders, 
rccrossed the river, and marching six or seven miles below 
Falmouth, went on picket, relieving the Second New York 
C'avalry, where it remained (juietly during the thirteenth and 
fourteenth, till the great battle of Fredericksburg was over. 
During the battle Gen. Bayard was killed, and Col. David 
McM. Gregg, of the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry (afterwards 
general) was put in command of the brigade. 

On the fifteenth the regiment was relieved from picket and 
went into camp, and on the seventeenth moved to near Belle 
Plain Landing, where it went into winter quarters, the camp 
being nanu'd '•' Cam|» Bayard," in honor of the general. 



eilAPTKK VII. 

THE WINTEI! AT CASIV ILVVAHI). 

WlNTKU QUAKTEUS. — UNPLEASANT Sl]UJ()UNDIN(iS. — WlNTEI! DUTIES IN 

TiiK Field. — Mii.itaky Method of Doinu AVokk. — Picket Duty on 

THE IJAri'AHANNOCK. — A ViSITOK FI50M THE NiNTH ViKGINIA CAV- 

Ai.itY. — Rj;i5EE Deserteks, Contrabands, etc. — Pleasures of 
Picket Duty. — Fatigue Duty at Belle Plain. — Camp Duty. — 
Organization of the Mule Tuain. — Excellent Rations. — Boxes 
FROM Home. — Deserters Punished. — Foraging Expedition on a 
Large Scale. — Review hy the President. — r.\nE op the Horses. 
— Health and Spirits of the Men. 

CAMP I)av;ir(l a\ as not the pleasautest ])lace in the worhl 
for Aviiiter (|uarters, nor was tlie life there such as to 
leave behind it the most agreeable memories. Had the 
camp-ground been named *' Cam}) Mud," all would have agreed 
that it was more appropriate. The men, not expecting to 
remain there longer than a few days, had u[)on hrst gf>iug into 
camp made no })reparations for comfort, but pitched tlieir little 
shelter-tents and made up their beds on the ground. As it 
became evident that the regiment was to remain there, a few of 
the more energetic of the men built up walls of logs two or 
three feet, and by ingenuity made themselves quite comfortable 
quarters. But the majority contented themselves Ijy laying a 
log or two on the ground, as a foundation for the tent and i)ro- 
tection from water, and by digging out the front portion of the 
tent could sit quite comfortably on the bed, with their feet in 
this hole ; and by digging a fire-})lace under ground and making 
a chimney of stones and mud, barrels, etc., in front of the tent, 
they managed to live through the winter, how, they do not 
exactly understand as the}- look back upon it now, though there 
was an unusual num})er sick, and tyi)hoid fever raged with some 
seventy. Before spring the number of good comfortable quar- 

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108 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

ters increased to some extent, and the men began to get an idea 
of how to Hve in camp in winter, which they did not afterward 
forget. Once or twice during the winter these ^ dog-holes " 
were filled with water, driving their occupants out, and once or 
twice some of the men awoke to find their cloth roofs down 
upon them, and held down by several inches of snow. But 
such incidents served to give variety to the life, and to make 
the men better appreciate what good was in the common course, 
if they did no other good. Mud ruled supreme, and as nasty, 
sticky mud as Virginia ever afforded. The weather was at times 
cold and raw, and snow, rain, drizzle, and even hail, made fre- 
quent unwelcome visitations. There were but very few days 
that could be called comfortable. 

The duties were incessant. Picket on the lower Rappahan- 
nock half the time, and fatigue duty at Belle Plain Landing, 
unloading grain, etc., most of the remaining time, while now 
and then a portion of the regiment would be at both places. 

As an instance of the military manner of doing work, the 
story may be told that one cold, drizzly day, when the greater 
part of the regiment was on picket, an order was received to 
send a detail to Belle Plain with three days' rations, for fatigue 
duty. Every private in camp that was able to go was sent, but 
the number was insufficient, and an imperative order came back 
for more men. Non-commissioned officers, musicians, sick men, 
and everything that could be scraped together, were sent off 
this time, and reached their destination just at dusk, after a 
liard, wet march. Shelter was put up as well as could be done, 
and the men made the best of an uncomfortable night, the rain 
turning to snow before morning. It a})peared the next day 
that tins strong detail was there to cut piles for the l)uilding 
of a new, wharf; that l)y dividing the work equally among the 
men there for that purpose, the men must cut four piles each, 
and that it was necessary to stay there three days, as there were 
only axes enough for a few men to work at a time. The men 
could hardly see the necessity of sending so many men, a great 
many of whom were unused to wood chopping, to do so small a 
job, Avhen half a dozen men could have been detailed who would 
have done the work better in much less time, but supposed it to 



PICKETIXa O.Y THE /,M/'/M//.i.v.vor7r. 1<M» 

1)0 strictly "' inililarv."' And wlicii ;il noon of the second day 
the project Avas al)iindoned, the detail went hack witli very 
light opinions of "niilitarv operations.'" 

At first the regiment sjieiit tliicc days on picket and occa- 
sionally three at the landing, and then it was changed to ten 
days on picket, and ten divided between Belle Plain and cam}), 
the latter being the most nnpleasant part of the winter. It 
was a blessing that so little time was spent in camp. The time 
spent on jjicket dnty was, on the whole, the ])leasantest part of 
the winter. The i)ickets were posted on the baid<s of the river 
below Falmouth, in })lain sight of the enemy's pickets. Jnst 
after the battle of Fredericksburg the pickets on both sides of 
the river fraternized, and became quite social. There was the 
best of good feeling between them. They talked, laughed, 
chafed each other about various battles, threatened in a oood- 
humored way, and altogether acted in such a manner that one 
not acquainted witli real war would never have suspected them 
to be enemies. A favorite mode of chafing was a salute, say 
from the southern side, '' How are you, Yank ? " to which, 
" How are you, Johnny ? " would fly back instantly. " How 
are you. Bull Run ? " would come next, and '• How are you, 
Antietam ? " be sent back ; and so it would go, each side taunt- 
ing the other with this or that defeat, till the list was exhausted, 
or till one or the other let his passion get the best of him and 
showed it by his re[)ly, when the other would make the air ring 
with laughter ; and it would not be strange if some of the " acci- 
dental " picket shots arose from this cause. And the pickets did 
not keep on their own side of the river at all, but went across 
at will. They supplied each other with the latest newspapers 
from either side, traded knives or any other commodity, and, 
what did both sides the most good, the boys furnished the rebel 
pickets with plenty of coffee, salt, etc.,. and got in exchange 
plenty of tobacco, articles very much needed by the men of the 
respective armies. Picketing in good weather was real pleasure 
during this state of affairs, but matters got to such a pass that 
it was found necessary to order all communication l)etween the 
pickets st()})ped. 'J'his order was pretty well obeyed, but occa- 
sionally the temptation was too strong to be resisted, and trade 



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was carried on in a small way (mi the sly. One method of sns- 
taining- commercial relations was to build a raft a foot or so 
sc^uare, generally of corn stalks, fix in a mast witli a late neAA's- 
paj)er for a sail, load the raft with tobacco, and so set the sail 
that the wind would carry the raft across the river. The recip- 
ient would reciprocate in coffee, if he could do so ; and it was 
(juite common, on asking a man where he got his tobacco, to 
receive the reply, "■ I had a ship come in." Of course this was 
without the knowledge of the officers. 

A good story of picket duty at this time is thus told l)v 
("or]). Joseph K. Cnrtis. of Co. I, then private: — 

Early one morninj;- wlien the regiment was picketing- near Laml) Creek 
church, after orders had been issued to exercise the utmost vigilantte, and 
to hold no communication with the enemy, as I was on my lonely beat, 1 was 
made awai"e, by the restlessness of my horse, that something was wrong in 
my front. I listened attentively, and soon he^rd the remark made on the 
other shore, "He has gone over to make the Yanks a visit." A moment 
more and I heard the sounds of an approaching boat, and dismounting, I 
crept down to the water's edge, where I could get a good view up and down 
the river, to see what was coming. Looking intently I discovered, through 
the morning mist, a boat containing a stalwart rebel soldier, nearing my 
post. 1 at once raised my carbine, and in a low voice sang out, " Halt ! 
who goes there?'" The boat stopped, and the occupant, rising to his feet, 
replied, "I am what you call a rebel, and am a sergeant in Co. B, Xinth 
Virginia Cavalry; but I am not on a hostile expedition, and have no arms 
with me."' Holding uj) a letter, he continued, "I have a sister living in 
Oregon, and wish to send this to her ; it contains the news of my mother's 
death ; it is unsealed, and if I have written anything contraband you need 
not send it." I told him of my orders, which I dared not disobey, though 
my sympathies were with him. He now appealed still further to my sympa- 
thies, with such success that he was given permission to cross if he w^ould 
say, on his honor, that he had no arms. He hesitated, but upon receiving a 
Ijronuse that he should be allowed to return to his comrades, he approached 
the shore. By this time the mist had lifted, and I could see on the other 
shore a score of rebels, anxiously waiting the result of their comrade' sex- 
I)edition. The Virginian landed, and an interesting conversation followed. 
He related much of his p;i»st life, said he was sick of the war, and that there 
was but little real sympathy on the part of the people with the leaders in 
the secession movement; but when I suggested that it would be better to 
remain on this side of the river, he replied, with a slight curl of the lip, "My 
enlistment and obligation to my government are as binding as yours, and I 
have no symiiathy for deserters from either side," and started to return. At 
this moment the relief appeared on the scene, and the rebel was taken pris- 
oner, in spite of my protestations, while I was jjut under guard and marched 
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the other side of the river. We were taken to the hea(hiuiutei-s of (;eii. 
Oregg", eommandinfi tlie division, where I related all the circiinistances, and 
yave the '•eneral the letter. This was read alond, and found to contain 
nothinj; hnt a statement of the sergeant's mother's sickness, death, and 
dying Avords. and his own regrets at the cruel war. I laid strou};- stress on 
my promise to the rel)el sergeant that he should <;o back, and requested 
that, whatever might be done to me, my promise should l)e faithfully kept. 
After questioning the sergeant, the general told the corporal of the relief 
that, under the circumstances, it would have been better to allow' the rebel 
to return to liis camp, and telling me that, while no wrong was done this 
time, it is not always safe to allow one's symi)athies to interfere with duty, 
as by so doing much harm might be done the service, he directed that I 
should be put on the next relief, and that the rebel should accompany me to 
my old post, and be allowed to recross the river. Accordingly, a short time 
afterward, myself and the rebel, now firm friends, rode together at the head 
of the relief, to the post; and as the rebel's comrades across the river rec- 
ognized him, they gave a wihi shout of joy. With mutual congratulations 
over the result we separated, and the sergeant returned safely from his 
"visit to the Yanks," and was gladly welcomed by his companions. 

Occasionally deserters came over and cheered the boys Ijy 
accounts of dissatisfaction among the rebel troops, based, doubt- 
less, U})on their own feelings, Imt this slip-shod sort of gratifica- 
tion got thin l)y use. One night a corporal and ten men came 
over together, })assing the juckets by crawling through a ravine 
at the right of the line, and made their way to general head- 
quarters without being discovered, where they siu-rendered 
themselves. Contrabands often came over in search of free- 
dom. Among these were two who had travelled some dis- 
tance, one of wlumi was engaged as a servant l)y Col. Douty, 
and the other by Capt. Virgin, of Co. (i. They were smart, 
intelligent negroes, and proved good servants, but at first were 
inclined to be homesick, and mourned for the o-ood thino's tliev 
had enjoyed, even in slavery. 

The duty while on picket was also, except in very bad 
weather, comparatively easy. A portion of the regiviient was 
always kept in reserve, and generally went into camp in the 
best locality that could be found, a mile or two from the out- 
lasts, and the men there had nothing to do but keep in readi- 
ness. On the ten-day trips the duty was divided up so that all 
portions of the regiment had some time on main reserve, and 
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and another the next, thus treating all the companies alike as 
nearly as possible. This was very pleasant. The men made 
themselves as comfortable as they could, and they had thor- 
oughly learned how. With pieces of tent, rubber blankets, 
etc., they made shelters, usually in the form of a shed, of all 
sizes, from large enough for a dozen or more to occupy to a 
single tent for a couple. In front of these, huge blazing fires 
ke})t things cheerful and warm by day and night. In these 
(juarters the men enjoyed life, and much preferred them to the 
" dog-holes " at Camp Baj^ard. There was story-telling, joking, 
singing, card-playing, and the genial humor and good feeling 
which numbers always give to true men, and it was well-nigh 
impossible for the time to hang heavily. And, ranged side by 
side, with their feet to the fire, they slept comfortably, or lay 
awake and talked of home life or camp experiences till far into 
the night. 

Toward the close of the winter orders were issued from army 
headquarters that tlie men at the main reserves should wear 
their arms at all times, day and night, and the horses remain 
saddled and bridled all the time, a change from the previous 
custom. The last portion of the order was obeyed, but the first 
didn't seem to fret the boys much. Accompanying this and 
serving as a foundation for it was another, providing that officers 
and men on picket duty who allowed themselves to be surprised 
and any portion of their command ca^Jtured, shoidd be responsi- 
ble for all the property so lost to government, and the money 
value thereof would be charged to them. This was caused by 
the fact that pickets had been surprised on different parts of 
the line (not of this regiment, however), and quite large cap- 
tures made. The boys in their fun construed the order into a 
prohibition against allowing themselves to be "• astonished," and 
it thus passed into a by-word. 

At the company reserves, from which the reliefs went on 
post, matters were much the same, only there was the sending 
forth of the fresh reliefs, and the return of the relief from the 
out})Osts, every two hours, the vidette duty to do, the arms to 
be worn at all times, etc., and sleep or enjoyment were not so 
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Some of tlic pleasaiitest meiuories of the scivicc arc of houi's 
passed ut llir picket ri'serve duriiio- thai winter: and the names 
"Lamb Creek church," "•Sutton farm/" and of othei' points 
ah)ng the river where the r(;serves were stationed, will always 
eall up agreeable recollections. The men got better acquainted 
with each other under those eircumstances than while being in 
cam]) with Uvo, or at most four, in a tent. There were gener- 
ally men enough at the difterent reserves tor at least four, and 
sometimes five reliefs, so tliat the duty was not arduous. Two 
hours on post and six or eight ofi' was certainly light work, 
though that was enough in some of the weather. It generally 
ha[)pened, lioAvever, that in the worst weather the duty was 
more severe, either from having a smaller number of men at 
the reserves, or a larger territory to p)icket. 

At the time Gen. Burnside made his ineffectual movement 
on Fredericksburg (known in the army as the -"time Burnside 
got stuck in the mud "), January twenty-first, tw^enty-second 
and twenty-third, the regiment was on picket three or four 
miles below Falmouth. A p)ortion had been on duty there for 
three days, and on the twenty-first the remainder was sent out 
to relieve it. This last detail reached the different reserves 
just before dark, in a cold, driving rain ; the first reliefs were 
at once sent on post, and the remainder busied themselves in 
putting up shelter, building fires, cooking coffee, etc. It was 
hard work, for there Avere no fence rails except a long distance 
away, and no trees for wood or tent-p)oles. By the time shel- 
ters were up, and they were not any great shakes for shelters, 
either, the men w^ere wet, cold, hungry, and saucy. There were 
men enough for but three reliefs, and for three days in the cold 
rain did they perform that duty, all the time two hours on post 
and four hours off. On the second day, how^ever, they were 
allowed to change the reserves and occupy some deserted negro 
huts, Avhere they made a pretence of keeping dry and warm 
while off duty, althcnigh there were drawbacks to thorough 
enjoyment there. But the four hours off were not sufficient 
time in which to recover from the effects of the two on. That 
was the worst attack of picket duty that winter. To add to 
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114 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

that men actually got lost on their beats, and wandered around 
in the dark without knowing where they were, till the fog lifted 
and allowed them to find their beaten track, only to repeat the 
operation in a few moments more, when the fog shut down 
again. There was probably not a man on post that night that 
did not get off his beat, if he pretended to patrol at all. The 
horses, wlien left to themselves, would work in the direction of 
the reserve camp b}" intuition, no matter where it was, or if they 
had only been there once. Upon being relieved, most of the 
men gave the horse its head, and away it went at a canter, over 
ground where the lider would have to pick his way carefully 
by daylight, arriving safely at the reserve every time, thus 
showing the superiority of the horse over its more intelligent 
rider. The relief that started out at two o'clock in the morning 
on this foggy occasion, got lost, and after wandering about f(U' 
some time, brought up at the reserve, whence it started out 
again, and finally found the line of outposts with the aid of the 
answering cries of the poor fellows on duty, who had long been 
wondering why in the world that relief did not come. Among 
other duties at that time, the company on the right of the regi- 
mental line had to send a non-commissioned officer to Falmouth 
every two hours to patrol the road, and see that there was noth- 
ing unusual along the route. On the night mentioned the 
patrol started out at ten o'clock, got lost, and did not reach 
Falmouth at all. For nearly five hours he wandered about the 
fields and woods, not knowing where he was, his horse all the 
time working towards the reserve, and himself trying to guide 
the animal in what he considered the right direction, and was 
finally run into by the lost relief, and gave up the idea of patrol- 
ing to Falmouth. At twelve o'clock another patrol was sent 
out ; he also got lost, and seeing his hopeless condition he 
trusted to his horse, and p'ot back to the reserve in about two 
hours from the time lie left it, without, however, having been 
to Falmouth. 

Sergt. Winsor B. Smith, of Co. K, told this story of picket 
duty, at the reunion of the regiment in Pittsfield, August 
25, 1880: — 



A STOh'Y OF I'K KKT IHTY. 115 

Yoii ri'inenihor what we c'rillcd Bunisidc's '' iiuid marcli." \u\\ rcnicin- 
ber where we were. We left Camp liayard and went doANii llic l.'apjialiaii- 
iioek on picket duty. We took three days' rations and thiee (hiys' forajie, 
as usual, and a storm came up as usual, and at the end of tliree days there 
was no relief, nor rations, nor f(U"i<;e for us, and still we stood in our places. 
Tlie only way for us to cover the <>round was to stand three hours olf and 
three liotirs on. And it was not the advanta{i,-e then that it is now to he a. 
corporal. A corporal had to stand his post, and the cai)tain and lieutenants 
liad to take their turn, three hours on and tliree olf. No rations nor forage 
came, but the rain kept risjht on, some of you will remember ; and our 
reserve was up in the middle of the road, or what was the road, for about 
tlie fourth day it was more like a stream. We had quite a nice fire built on 
a raft, but had to keep renewing tlie raft in order to prevent the fire going 
out. When you came in and got off your liorse you had the privilege of 
praying for the time to come when you could mount yovir horse and go back 
on your beat again, because that was tlie best part of it. Now, comrades, 
for those three days and three nights I stood that honestly and fairly, just 
as I agreed to when I signed the papers ; but that fourth night down there, 
while marching up and down the bank of that river, the rain pouring down, 
soaked all through, nothing to eat, my old liorse suffering the same as I was, 
I said to myself, " Look here, Smith, you cost Uncle Sam considerable 
money. He has got you pretty well broke in. Now you ouglit to be worth 
something to him, and you ouglit not to be wasted here in this manner. 
Those ' Johnnies ' across the river there are just as badly off as you are. 
Your carbine has got six inches of solid mud right in its muzzle, there is 
not a cap on your revolver, and it would do no good if there were, for the 
tubes are all plugged up, and you could not get your sabre out of its scab- 
bard if you tried ever so hai'd. If a 'Johnny' was bold enough to come 
over here to-night you wouldn't be fool enough to tackle him, so what is the 
use of your being liere ? " Now we were supposed to patrol a beat of about 
a half a mile in length, and down at the end of my beat there was one of 
those cattle-sheds, with a flat roof and a manger running through the centre, 
similar to the army coflins, said to have been made by the mile, and cut into 
re<iuisite lengtlis. I went out there one night. I had got to be there three 
hours. When I first went on to the post I said to myself, " Now I am going 
to take my bridle rein in my band, get into that manger, lie down and sleep 
just two hours and a lialf ; then 1 am going to lie up and out on my post in 
great suffering when my comrade conies to relieve me." Well, I was back 
on my beat on time, suffering awfully wlien the other fellow came down to 
relieve me. We relieved each other, having no officers to spare to do that 
business. Then I went to the rear, wishing for the time when it would be 
my turn to get into the manger again. I got in two and a half hours more 
in that sleeping-place, and so I kept it up until daylight, and still no relief 
and no fodder. But the next night I think my conscience began to smite me 
a little, else I began to lose confidence in my ability to wake up on time, and 
so oversleep five minutes. At any rate, I thought it was rather too bad for 
the other fellow to be staying out like that, so I said to liim, although he 
was not of my set, "Look here; there is a nice shelter, good cliance to lie 
<lown in that manger." " Ob, well," said he, " I wouldn't dare get in there, 



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for I would ^o to sleep." I said to him, " Suppose you do? I will wake 
you up if I come down and find you asleep." " Will you?'' said he. I said 
•'Yes." Said he, "Have you been in there ?" I replied, "Yes, I have.'' 
Said he. "Look here; why in the devil didn't you tell me of that before ? I 
have been (•ettin*? in there right along for the last two nights, and suffering- 
like the devil for fear you would catch me!" I confess I had no business 
to do that. I have no doubt I ought to have been shot. But I will guarantee 
that there was not a lire-arm in the First Maine Cavalry that could have shot 
me during that time. 

The })icket duty was all performed mounted, and no tires 
were allowed on the posts, while the enemy's pickets, just 
across the river and in plain sight, were infantry, had their 
tents close to their posts, relieving each other themselves regu- 
larly, had picket tires burning brightly all night long, and in 
wet weather could do duty under the shelter of the tents. 
This was peculiarly aggravating to the Union jjickets, as the 
sounds of their jovial converse were borne across the river to 
their ears, especially on such nights as that above mentioned; 
and the men may be pardoned if they did not consider it just 
the best way. Nor was it pleasant to have a jolly Johnny, on 
a cold morning, standing by his cheerful fire in all the con- 
sciousness of being better situated, sing out to his shivering 
friend on horseback across the river, "■ Come over here and 
warm you, Yank ; you are cold ; 1 know you are by your 
looks."' But these trifles, though unpleasant, had to be borne. 
The boys sometimes had their revenge, though, and many a 
time the stillness of the night was broken by the sharp crack 
of the carbine on some post, which caused the men at the 
reserve to jump into their saddles and wait for the next shot, 
and also caused a lively scattering of the rebel picket fires, till 
not a spark remained in sight. This last greatly amused the 
boys, and prevented any twinge of conscience on explaining to 
the officers that the shot was purely accidental, or that there 
were sounds heard as if some one was attempting to cross 
the river. 

Although there were spasmodic efforts on the part of the 
commanding otficers to be very strict concerning the pickets, 
the men soon got over each new stringent order, and performed 
their duty in their own way. Not that the duty was not well 



AXOTlIKlt }'U Kh'/r STOItY. 117 

performed, but it certainly was not always done ae.cording to 
the strict letter of Army Regulations or General Orders. It 
was the almost universal practice to enjoy the quiet solace of 
the i)ipe while on post, especially in the night-time, of which no 
complaint was ever made. Then again the men would not 
patrol ^\itll the carbine at a '■'carry," as instructed to do. 
except \\lu'n they saw an oihcer coming. They kept strict 
watch at all times, and knew their duty thoroughly, though 
they chose to do it in the easiest way, and knew what was 
going on across the river as well as on their own side. They 
were thinking, not machine soldiers. 

During this winter's picketiug an incident occurred, which, if 
it did not oiiginate a since familiar slang term, was the occasion 
of the earlier instances of its use. The regiment relieved a 
Maryland regiment one morning, and as the tirst relief (from 
Co. G) went on duty, the corporal of the Maryland relief on 
post accompanied Co. G's corporal, to sliow the latter the line 
and the posts and transmit the orders, and to call in his own 
men. As they rode along, the Maryland corporal related a joke 
that was played upon one of his men while there. Near the 
end of the upper beat was a grave, the headstone at which 
showed it to be some fifty years old. As the man referred to 
Avent on duty there for the first time, the one he relieved told 
him that at midnight the night before the ghost of a man with- 
out any head, riding on horseback, was seen there. This so 
frightened the man tliat he did not dare to go on duty on the 
midnight relief, but instead hired a comrade to do so for him. 
Co. (t's cor[)oral paid no attention to it at the time, but when 
he })osted his relief at eleven o'clock that night he thought of 
the story of the ghostly visitation, and tlnnking to have a bit of 
sport with the man he left on that beat, liiley L. Jones, he told 
it to him. Jones, who was just then lighting his pipe, replied 
between whiffs, " Well, (puff) if there's any man (l)uff) conies 
round here (puff, puff) to-night (puff) without au}^ head on 
(puff, puff) ril j)vt a head on Mm.'''' The cor])oral discovered 
that Jones wouldn't frighten worth a cent. 

At Belle Plain l^anding the facilities for cami)ing were not so 
good, and there was abundance of mud thereabouts. The duty 



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tliere consisted mainly in nnloading bags of grain from the 
vessels that transported it there. The men were divided into 
reliefs, so that generally two hours a day was all the service 
required of each man. They made themselves as comfortable as 
they could, and enjoyed the benefits of well-supplied sutlers and 
boat-loads of eatables. As a matter of fact they had become 
by this time able to enjoy themselves under all circumstances. 
In camp the hardest work was to keep comfortable, and many 
of the men were inclined to wish for the clear, steady cold, and 
clean snow of Maine. What wood was originally in the vicinity 
of the camp-ground was soon used up, and before the winter 
was over the l)oys had to go a long distance for fuel. The 
camp-ground was always covered with from four to twenty 
inches of niud, or from two to twelve inches of snow, and wet 
feet were the rule rather than the exception. During what 
little time was spent in camp theie were drills, company, I'egi- 
mental and ])rigade, at every op})ortunity, and frequent reviews 
and inspections, without much regard to weather, on one occa- 
sion a brigade review being held in a cold, drizzl}' rain, with the 
mud deep enough for all practical purposes, to say the least. 
There Avas but a small amount of guard duty to perform, except- 
ing the guard over the horses. Fatigue duty was plenty. The 
horses could not be allowed to stand in the soft miul, so the 
stables were corduroyed, as were many of the company streets, 
most of which woi'k was done on Sundays, when a spirit of 
reverence on the i)art of the president and commanding otiicers 
forbade drill, which called forth the lines, in imitation of the 
well-known sailor's refrain : — 

Six days slialt thou labor and do all tliou art able. 

And the seventh attend inspection and corduroy the stable. 

During the winter the greater part of the wagon train was 
dispensed with, and in its stead pack mules were put in use. 
It required a large amount of work to organize the mule train, 
and unpleasant work, too ; and when it did get into working 
order it was no small job to transport forage and rations from 
Belle Plain by its means, or to transport the same to the pickets 
after the ten-day trips were instituted. In short, the men were 



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T<:ept busy all the time, and gladly welcomed a detail for ])ieket 
or fatigue duty away from cam[). lieligious services were held 
in camp but two oi- three times all winter, it being seldom that 
there were men enough in camp on Sunday tV)r a c(uigregation 
of sullicient size to make it w^orth the while of the chaplain to 
preach. 

In January the men were paid four months' pay, uj) to the 
thirty-first of the October previous, and were thus enabled to 
re-enforce the larder from the sutlers' stores ; but this food, 
although it tasted good, was not healthy. The rations issued 
were excellent. The regular rations, bread, hard and soft, pork, 
beef, coffee, etc., Avere good, and Ijeside these, potatoes and other 
vegetables were issued frequently; so on account of food the 
men had no cause t(^ complain. Man}'' men received boxes from 
home, filled with familiar toothsome bits ajul with needed cloth- 
ing, and considered themselves ha[)py. Clothing was drawn at 
will, and every man could have an " extra blanket," if he 
wished, or two, for that matter. The mail facilities were also 
excellent, and writing and I'cceiving letters and reading the 
home papers and other reading matter sent by kind friends, 
formed a standard enjoyment. 

One cold, raw afternoon in April the regiment was ordered 
out to join in a brigade drill and parade, and after marching 
round till all was blue, the brigade was drawn up in a hollow 
triangle, and a blacksmith's forge hauled into the centre. After 
waiting in this situation a while, the colonel commanding the 
brigade (Col. Judson Kilpatrick) announced that the command 
was assembled to witness a scene he prayed God neither the 
men nor he might ever be called upon to witness again; viz., 
the punislunent of two comrades for the fearful crime of deser- 
tion. The assistant adjutant general read the order, by wdiich 
it appeared that the criminals belonged to Co. K, Second New 
York Cavalry. Then an improvised barber clipped the hair 
from half the head of one of them with scissors, while the 
other was allowed to go off with all his hair, and a blacksmith 
proceeded to brand, with a hot iron, a letter " D " on the left 
hip of each of them, an operation which caused one to wince 
ii little and the other not at all. The g-uards then marched the 



120 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

deserters, bareheaded, around the inside of the triangle and off 
the parade-ground, accompanied b}^ a couple of drummers, beat- 
ing anything but a tune, and the parade was dismissed. The 
boys looked upon the whole proceeding as a farce, and no one 
was frightened by this exhibition, or made more contented with 
his lot as a soldier. They believed that justice to true men 
demanded that deserters should be sliot, and were inclined to 
consider any less punishment mere foolishness. 

On the third of March Capt. Virgin, of Co. G, was detailed 
to take charge of a foraging expedition, consisting of seventy 
men from the regiment and a detachment of infantry. March- 
ing to Belle Plain, they took transports down the Potomac to 
the mouth of the Rappahannock. After foraging through 
Northumberland and Westmoreland counties, the infantry, with 
a large quantity of provision and grain, and all the negroes 
they could carry, again took transports for Belle Plain, while 
the cavalry proceeded overland, under command of Capt. Vir- 
gin. This force encountered no enemy, and arrived in camp 
after five days absence, bringing with it eight rebel prisoners, 
one of whom was a major, and eighty mules and thirty horses, 
liaving made a successful trip, though they were well worn out 
on their return. 

Several amusing incidents occurred on this trip. What 
negroes could not be accommodated on the transports were 
ordered to return to their masters ; but several refused to do 
this, and followed the cavalry on foot to freedom. While on 
the march campward a splendid large, fiery mule was taken, 
which one of the negroes was given permission to ride, ^^'ith 
eyes sparkling with happiness at this good fortune, he was on 
that mule's back in a twinkling, and as quickly on his own back 
on the ground. Nothing daunted, he was up and on tlie animal 
again, and again the mule threw him off. Now came a lively 
contest, and one which those who saw greatly enjoyed, and 
which the mule seemed to rather enjoy also. As fast as Sambo 
got on he got off". Ilis pluck was good, and so was the mule's. 
He kept on mounting and dismounting, cheered b}^ expressions 
like "■ Hang to him ; you'll come top half of the time," and 
hundreds of others, such as only jolly soldiers could invent at 




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such a time, but tinall}- got wiuded, and gave u}) the contest. 
The next morning, however, lie waked u]) full of courage, 
and before noun he was riding "dat oiicry iimkiI/* with all 
the eonseitiusness of well-earned trinmiili. 

At the jilantation where the cavalry stopi'iMl upon landing 
from tlu^ steamer, the planter had the utmost eonhdenee in his 
negroes. lie did not feel at all alarmed, saying, '' ^Nly niggers 
won't run away, — they are used too w^ell." Unfortunately for 
his assertion, two of them were missing next day. When the 
f()rc(> returned these two paid a visit to massa and missis, were 
•• nuich pleased to get back, and didn't want to go with the 
Yankees no how." The planter was again triumphant, and the 
negroes were reinstated in his good graces, but he soon dis- 
covered that they were too smart for him, as they got their 
clothing together, and were again off with the Yankees, bag 
and l)aggage, before he knew what they were about. 

On the sixth of April the Army of the Potomac was reviewed 
near Falmouth by President I^incoln, accompanied by Gens. 
TTalleck and Hooker, with major and l)rigadier generals by 
scin-es. The regiment of course participated. The only notice- 
able feature of the occasion was the immense amount of cavalry 
in the line. 

Considering the arduous duties, the large amount of rainy, 
snowy, cold, and generally uncomfortable weather, the quanti- 
ties of mud every-where, the want of shelter, and, most of the 
time, of a. dry place to stand, the horses stood the winter 
remarkably well, which must be attributed to the care they 
received from the men, and to having plenty of forage. 

The men also stood it well. Physically they were in better 
condition than the winter before, in spite of the surroundings. 
There was, of coiu'se, the usual amount of growling and fault- 
finding at everything, whicli had now become chronic, but 
these served as escape valves, and the various duties were gen- 
erally ])erformed })romptly and cheerfully. There was, the first 
of the winter, as the men reviewed their services up to that 
time, and could see no advantage gained, a strong tendency to 
despondency; but this gradually wore off, and as a whole the 
men maintained their well-won re[)utation for keeping in good 
spirits. 



chaptp:r viiT. 

THE CAMPAIGX UNDER HOOKER. 

Okganizatiox of the Cavalry Cokps. — Rostek of Officeiis at the 
Opening of the Spring Campaign, 1863. — First Puactical Use of 
the Cavalry Force. — Stoneman's Raid. — Charge into Louisa 
Court House. — Cos. B and I Meet the Enemy. — Destroying Prop- 
erty. — Successful Stratagem. — Actual Work of the Raid Be- 
gun. — Expedition to Burn a Bridge. — Gallant and Successful 
Exploit. — On the Back Track. — Gloomy Night Rides. — Savimming 
THE Rappahannock. — Scouting and Picketing against Guerillas. 
— The Fight at DkANDY Station. — First Cavalry Charge of 
THE Regiment. — Reorganization of the Brigade. — A Race For 
Maryland. — Battle at Aldie. — Death of Col. Douty and Capt. 
Summat. — Battle at Middleburg. — Adventure of Capt. Chad- 
bourne. — Battle at Uppervili-e. — Again in Maryland. — In 
Pennsylvania. 

UP to the spring of 1863 the cavalry of the Army of the 
Potomac, at least, had been of little use as a separate 
branch of the service. In the first place, the regular 
army officers had no faith in volunteer cavalry, characterizing 
it as a "mounted mob," while commanding officers had had 
little faith in it any way, and the remark, " I have never yet 
seen a dead cavalry man," was credited to half a dozen different 
])rominent generals. Thus there was the prejudice against cav- 
alry in general, and volunteer cavalry in particular, to overcome. 
Then it is a well-known fact that the people of the north were 
sadly deficient in horsemanship as compared to their southern 
foes, and that the northern cavalry men for the most part were 
oblifred to learn to ride, in addition to learning the drill and 
other duties ; and thus the work of making volunteer regiments 
of cavalry into good troopers was necessaril}^ one which required 
much time and much actual experience. The cavalry force had 
been broken up and divided, — a regiment with this division or 
brigade, a company at this or that general's headquarters, a little 



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here and a little tlieiv, till it Avas ran- to sec a large body 
together, and it had been a common remark among the men, 
/' Wliose kite are we going to be tail to next ? " The history of 
this regiment shows that it had served together bnt little of 
the time, and considerable of its duty had consisted of being 
attached to and detached from one or another brigade or divi- 
sion. A portion of it had served all over the Army of the 
l*otomac, on all sorts of service. And the different companies 
had b(>en broken up by the general desire on the part of com- 
manding otlicers to liave orderlies, clerks, etc., from tlie First 
Maine Cavalry, wliich, though complimentary, rather interfered 
Avith the eliPciency of the regiment.^ The men had often felt 
heartily ashamed of belonging to a branch of the service which 
it was costing the government so much to maintain, and whicli 
was of so little real service. To be sure, they had done all that 
had been set them to do; had worked as hard or harder than the 
infantry, yet they felt that they had done comparatively noth- 
ing. But a change came over all this, and during the winter of 
1862 and 1863 the cavalry was organized and rendered effective. 
From this time it maintained a high rank, and wiped out the 
boasted superiority of the southern troopers. Gen. Ambrose 
E. Burnside commenced this work, and when Gen. Hooker, 
" Fighting Joe," was placed in command of the Army of the 
Potomac the later part of January, upon the resignation of Gen. 
Burnside, he continued it. The whole cavalry force was formed 
into brigades and divisions, and })laced in command of Gen. 
Stoneman, under the name '■'■ Cavalry Corps of the Army of the 
Potomac," as per General Order No. 6, dated Feb. 5, 1863. 

On arriving at Camp Bayard the regiment was in Gen. Bay- 
ard's old brigade, then commanded by Col. David McM. Gregg, 
of the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry. Later the brigade was 
attached to the Third division, Cavahy corps, of which divi- 
sion Col. Gregg, who had been commissioned brigadier general, 
was placed in command, while the First Maine, Second New 

' The inoiithly retiuns for August, 1862, show that one luiiidrcd arid four men were on 
detached serviee, of which number eighty-four were serving as orderlies; while in Seii- 
tember the number serving as orderlies was one hundred and live, and tlie whole number 
on detached service was two Inindred and ten. Besides tliis, in September Cos. G, H, and 
M were on detached service at different headquarters. 



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FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



York (Harris Light) and Tenth New York regiments consti- 
tuted the First brigade, and were placed in command of CoL 
Judson Kilpatrick, of the Second New York. Brigade inspec- 
tions, reviews and drills were frequent; the different regiments 
were thoroughly armed with carbines (the First Maine receiv- 
ing Sharpe's, having before had a small number of the Burnside 
pattern, which were retained), and matters generally began to 
look as if the cavalry might amount to something, after all^ 
a vision which subsequent events proved not to be delusive. 

Gen, Charles H, Smith, in his address at the reunion of the 
regiment, at Pittsfield, August 25, 1880, thus speaks of the his- 
tory of the regiment up to this time : — 

Having' arrived in Washington, the regiment entered upon the second 
l)eriod of its history. It tliere first received its arms, to wit: very long sabres 
and very short pistols. At that time the average Maine volunteer was less 
familiar with the use of fire-arms than with the uses of theodolites or tele- 
scopes. With revolver in hand, the trooper was more likely to shoot off his 
horse's ears, or kill his next comrade, than hit an enemy, however near. 
His little knowledge of his weapon made it, indeed, a dangerous thing. And 
when he undertook to wield his sabre, no one would have doubted for a 
moment but that he was, indeed, "wonderfully and fearfully made." Thus 
armed and prepared, or rather unprepared, the regiment passed to the front 
to encounter Virginia horsemen that had been reared in the saddle and bred 
to the use of the double-barrelled shot-gun. True, the shot-gun is not a 
very formidable weapon when compared with our modern Springfield rifle, 
but it could discount the cavalry pistol many times, and when within range, 
with buck and ball, it could do execution without the exercise of very much 
skill. For a time, therefore, we entertained very great respect for those 
shot-guns. Subsequently, however, as we all know, those advantages were 
reversed. If the north was less prepared at the beginning, it was more 
enterprising and progressive in the end, and with the introduction of our 
breech-loaders and long-range repeaters, the shot-gun (juickly lost its pres- 
tige. But we had not as yet reached those better times. Our cavalry was 
no better organized than armed. It served in detachments here and thei-e. 
Our regiment was splendidly mounted, and the men were intelligent and 
subordinate. It therefore became well and favorably known. It was 
called upon to detail orderlies, messengers, escorts and provost guards for 
nearly every general in the army. It was otherwise constantly engaged in 
guard, picket and scouting duty. During this period it was present at the 
battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Kun, South Mountain, Antietam and 
Fredericksburg, but took only a very subordinate part in each. To support 
batteries, as it was called, was a special duty of cavalry at that time, and 
thus, for the most part, we served as "they also serve who only stand and 
wait."' Tlie time for our cavalrv had not vet come. Of course I do not for- 



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set the services rendered hy \\\v re^iiiu'iit in I!;inks" retreat in the valley, and 
the unfortunate ehar<je at Middletown. of wiiicli <>nr intrepiil Cilley wears a 
perpetual reminder. Nor do I t\>r';et the j;allant i)assa}ie throu<>h Winches- 
ter of I^Iaj. Whitney, with only two companies, while the town was held an<l 
occupied by rebels : nor a later ojallant. almost reckless charge of Tucker and 
Coleman, with Co. 15, at Louisa Court House. But these feats were only 
sporadic. They were not parts of a continuous similar service, such as we 
subseipiently experienced. No victories as yet had ijerched upon our ban- 
ners, and we had witnessed only such results as tended to depress rather 
than inspire us. And had the regiment terminated its career duiing this 
second period of its history, there would have been a feeling of disappoint- 
ment, because as a regiment it had not had a chance to illustrate the; career 
of its ideal heroic soldier. It had not as yet charged the cannon's mouth, 
nor seen the enemy go down beneath its own tread, nor plucked victory with 
its own hand, nor inscribed upon its banner those more brilliant deeds that 
have since become its pride and glory. 

I have spoken of certain heroic deeds that circumstances prevented the 
regiment from achieving at this time, but I could not justly dismiss this 
second period of its existence without noticing some of the great benefits it 
gained from its varied daily experiences. In the first place, it learned to 
campaign, with all that term implies. It learned, by experience, to cast off 
all unnecessary impediments, such as picket-ropes, lariats, pins and uose- 
l)ags, and when forage was lacking, to stand by its horses, even at midnight, 
while they grazed. It learned to bivouac, and make itself comfortable, too, in 
bivouac. On the march, it learned during a halt of five minutes to cook 
coffee in tin cups over a blaze of burning fagot. It learned to mak(! three 
days' rations last six days — that is. to eat (me hardtack, and, with the help 
of cold water, imagine you had eaten two. It learned to forage liberally and 
discriminatingly. It learned how to kill a pig within hearing of the provost 
guard without letting it squeal. It also learned that wonderful art of kin- 
dling fires in drenching rains, in the wettest of places, with the wettest of 
material. I almost believe that campaigning soldiers could build a fire 
inider water, if they really wanted to. I give one instance : It was on the 
Rappahannock, in 18()2. The regiment halted after dark. There had been a 
long, continuous rain, and it was raining then. We groped our way by com- 
panies into a piece of woods where it was absolute darkness. One could 
not step except at his peril. The prospect was damp and dark indeed. It 
looked as though the night would have to be endured while standing in our 
places. But soon the gleam of sparks not larger than fire-flies were seen 
here and there. Some flickered and died, but others were fanned into life 
and growth, and in a little while cheerful fires were springing up throughout 
that great irregular camp. There were lights and shadows everywhere. 
Trees, horses and men presented a curious, mixed appearance. Cott'ee-cups 
and frying-pans were soon put to their uses. Jokes were in order, and merry 
voices and ringing laughter dispelled the last thought of hardship. I fur- 
ther remember that as the camp-fires grew higher, I looked up through the 
tree-tops as far as the fire-light could penetrate the immeasurable darkness 
above, and a more unusual and weird sight I never saw. No artist could 
copy it, no pencil could reproduce it. But even if it could have been repro- 



126 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

duced, the time and place were not favorable for the exercise of such retine- 
inent. Coffee, hardtack and bacon offered greater attractions, and to 
skilfully arrange three-cornered rails from the adjoining fence for a bed, 
involved our highest idea of art at that time. 

Reflection thus reveals to us the fact that the second period of our regi- 
mental history afforded us a most valuable experience, — an experience that 
was necessary, and that so admirably prepared us for our subsequent and 
more heroic career. It was a busy period. The regiment was seldom idle. 
It was a period of novelties. Everything, in fact, at the beginning was new 
to us. It is, therefore, rich in reminiscences — riclier in that respect even 
than our subsequent services. It tlierefore constitutes a very important 
part of our history, and we cherish its memory as we affectionately cherish 
the memory of all those who shared it with us. 

During the winter there were several changes in the field 
officers of the regiment. Lieut. Col. Douty was commissioned 
colonel on the resignation of Col. Allen. Capt. Smith, of Co. 
D, was commissioned major in place of Major Stowell, resigned, 
and about a month later he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, 
while Capt. Boothby, of Co. F, was promoted to major. Maj. 
Whitney resigned in March, but the vacancy was not filled at 
that time. Many changes had also taken place among the staff 
and line officers since the organization of the regiment, by 
resignation, promotion, etc., and a complete roster of the offi- 
cers at the opening of the spring campaign of 1863, with the 
date of rank, is as follows, though all were not then serving 
with the regiment : — 

Field and Staff. 

Colonel. Calvix S. Doutv, Dover, March 20, 1863. 

lAcidenant Colonel, Ciiarlks H. Smith, Eastport, Marclf20, 1863. 

Majors, Jonathan P. Cilley, Thomaston, May 8, 1862. 

Stephen Boothby, Portland, March 20, 1863. 
Adjutant, Addison P. Russei.i., Houlton, February 5, 1863. 
qnartermaater, Clarence D. Ulmeii, Rockland, March 17, 1863. 
Surgeon, George W. Colby, Richmond, October 31, 1861. 
A.sslstant Surgeons, Alexander M. Parker, Westbrook, March 26, 1863. 

Horace Stevens, Skowhegan, March 26, 1863. 
Commissar !/, Eustis C. Bigelow, Portland, September 6, 1862. 
Chaplain, Samuel Fuller, Brewer, Xovember 29, 1862. 

NON-CoM MISSIONED StAFF. 

Sergeant Major, Elisha A. Clifford, Lincoln, February 16, 1863. 
Quartermaster Sergeant. Orin S. Haskell, Levant, March 9, 1863. 




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Col. CALVIN S. DOUTY, 

Killed at Aldie, June I 7, I 863. 



IiOSTE]i OF OFFKKIiS. 1 -T 

N()N-CoMMissioNi:i) Stakf — Continued. 

Commismry Snyc<iut, ]N[artin T. V. Bowman, Hallowdl, ^Nlay 1. 18«2. 
Hostrital Sfcu'unl.-^. Samuel C. Lovk.toy, Rockland, October 14, 1S()1. 

Emkry T. Gatciiki-I-, Brunswick, September -JS, IS(;2. 
Saddler Srruranl. IIknkv W. Xokwood. BanRor, ^rarcli 1. 18():;. 

CoiviPANY ()fki('i:i;s. 

CO. A. — Captain, Sionky W. Tiiaxtku. Bangor, ]March 24, 1S(52. 

First Licittenant, I.i,kweli.YiV G. Estes, OUltown, Marcli 24, 18(52. 
Scrond Lieutenant, Houace S. Coi.e, Hampden, February '>. 180:]. 
CO. B. — (-aptain. Benjamin F. Tucketj, U. S. A., May 8, 1862. 

First Lieutenant, Wm. V. Coi.kman, Lineolnville, Septend)er 

2(>, 18(11. 
Sefon<l Lieutenant, Frank M. Cutler, Union, October 4, 18(51. 
Captain, Robert F. Dyer, Augusta, October 20, 18(51. 
Second IAeutenant,Gv.oiwKi^. Kimralt., Gardiner, October 2(1. 18(51. 
-Captain, Andrew B. Spurlinc;, Orland, February Ki, 18(i:!. 
Fir«< ii>H<e;i«n^WiLLiAMMoNT(JOMERY, Orland, February Ki, 1863. 
Second Lieutenant, Andrew U. Bibiser, Eastport, February 1(5, 1863. 
■First Lieutenant, Osco A. Euuis, Lincoln, February 16, 1863. 

Second Lieutenant, Mark Neviule, Littleton, February 16, 1863. 
-First Lieutenant, Walstein Phillips, Portland, May 20, 1862. 

Second Lieutenant, William Harris, Machias, September 12, 1864. 
-Cai^tain, Isaac G. Virgin, Dixlield, December 31, 18(52. 
First Lieutenant, George E. Hunton, East Livermore, December 

31, 18(52. 
Second Lieutenant, Samuel B. M. Love.ioy, East Livermore, 
December 31, 1862. 
CO. U. — CaiHain, George J. Summat, U. S. A., October 8, 1861. 

First Lieutenant, Henry C. Hall, Starks, October 23, 18(52. 
Second Lieutenant, Wm. F. Stone, Portland, October 2, 18(52. 
CO. L — Captain, Paul Chadboukne, Waterboro', December 2, 1862. 

First Lieutenant, Frank W. Pray, Shapleigb, December 2, 18(52. 
Second Lieutenant, John R. Andrews, Biddeford, December 
2, 1862. 
CO. K.— First Lieutenant, John D. Myrick, Augusta, December 9, 18(52. 
Second Lieutenant, Charles W. Ford, Bristol, December 9, 1862. 
CO. Ij. — Captain, Const antine Taylor, U. S. A., January 15, 1862. 

First Lieutenant, Zenas Vaughan, Freeman, October 23, 1862. 
(Second Lieutenant, John P. Carson, Mount A^ernou, November 
21, 1862. 
CO. ^l.— Captain, George M. Brown, Bangor, October 31, 1861. 

Second Lieutenant, Epiiiiaim H. Taylor, Lisbon, March 8, 18(52. 

The spring campaign of 1863 was noted for the first practi- 
cal use of the cavalry force, and the first demonstration of its 
real worth. Gen. Hooker's plan was to send the cavaliy on a 



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128 FIUST MAINE CAVALRY. 

raid to the rear of the rebel army at Fi'edericksburg, to sever 
his communication with Richmond, thus cutting off his sup- 
plies and preventing his re-enforcement, and at the same time 
to attack him vigorously with his infantry and artillery in his 
position at Fredericksburg. This plan culminated in the battle 
at Chancellorsville, and in what is known as "Stoneman's Raid." 

The welcome order to move, for nothing could be worse than 
Camp Bayard, was not received till Sunday, A})ril twelfth ; and 
at daylight the next morning the regiment started, with the 
division, to open the spring campaign, Cos. G and K being- 
detailed as rear guard for the brigade. By Gen. Hooker's 
headquarters, through Falmouth and along the river l)ank, 
giving the boys a fine view of the city of Fredericksburg, look- 
ing so calm and quiet, the division went, and taking the river 
road, marched westward (up the river) till dark, and biv- 
ouacked in the woods near Deep Run. The roads were in a fair 
condition, and the march was a pleasant change from the mud 
of the winter quarters and the dull routine of the Avinter's 
service. Next day the march was continued to Rap})ahannock 
Station, where the enemy was found on the opposite side of the 
river, at the end of the bridge and in rifle-pits. Two compa- 
nies forded the river beloAv the bridge, under a sharp fire, while 
Cos. A and B, under command of Maj. Boothby, dismounted 
and charged across the bridge, driving the enemy from his 
entrenchments, and securing as the plunder of the occasion a 
fine pig which the rebels had just killed, but which, in their 
hasty fiight, they had not time to take with them. This move- 
ment was only a feint, however, and our men retired, without 
loss, under an artillery fire from the hill beyond the rifle-pits. 

The regiment camped in the woods that night, and the boys 
were waked up in a drenching rain at four o'clock the next 
morning, with orders to be ready to start in one hour. They 
were ready, but one, two, three, four, five hours slowly passed 
before the word came, during which time they hung round the 
bivouac fires, growing wetter and wetter and colder and colder 
every moment, trying their best to keep comfortable and cheer- 
ful. About nine o'clock the march was commenced, the regi- 
ment being rear guard for the train. And such marching ! 



JOLLITY r.V />/•;/.' hlFFIClLTIKS. 1 -1> 

The rain still poured, the roads were very muddy, progress, 
which would lia\-e been .slow at best, was reu(hM'ed more so ])y 
the diflieulties that beset the train, and the boys began to feel 
thoroughly blue. One comrade offered a large premium to 
whoever would say something that would make him laugh, but 
to no })uri)Ose. Another, in imitation of the embryo sailor who 
was ordered tf) go aloft in a storm, thinking to create some 
amusement. i'o(U' up to his ca})tain, and touching his hat, said, 
"Captain, I'd like to lose half a day." To his surprise, no less 
than to his amusement, the officer re})lied, in the most matter- 
of-fact \\ay, '' \\niere wall yon go to ? " The soldier rode back 
to his place, musing U})0n the inal)ility of some persons to 
understand a joke. Finally, after marching a mile or tw^o in 
as many hours, the regiment was drawn U}) in the edge of some 
pine woods, where the trees shed more water than the skies 
W'cre doing. A short distance away was what the boys called 
a " beautiful rail fence," and they went for those rails, filled 
with the idea that there was heat and comparative comfort in 
them. In a minute there was not a rail left on the fence. All 
had been transferred to little piles in rear of the several com- 
panies, ready to be made into cheerful fires. But no I An 
order was received to build no fires at all, as the smoke thereof 
might inform the enemy across the river of their presence, 
which, as an advance was intended, w^as injudicious. Then 
there was some violation of the anti-profanity order, and a 
right smart of growling. But in a short time the boys growled 
themselves into good humor, named the place " Camp Misery," 
and fairly demonstrated that the boys of the First Maine Cav- 
alry could not get so cold, so wet, so hungry, or so tired but 
that they could laugh and sing. There was singing, and 
laughing, and joking, and hilarity enough to liave given any 
enemy wdthin two miles of the regiment notice of its presence. 
It was surprising, even to the men themselves, to see how jolly 
they could be under such circumstances. Men could be seen 
shivering in the cold and wet so they could not stand still, their 
teeth chattering like castanets, eating the cold slush, into which 
the rain had turned the hardtack in their haversacks, with one 
hand, and gnawing on a piece of raw pork held in the othei", 



1'30 FIRST MAINE CAVALliY. 

their hands shaking so they could not get the food into their 
mouths more than every other time trying, and hiughing as 
lieartily as if in the hajjpiest frame of mind. The boys of Co. 
G will remember what fun they had over the remark of one of 
their dry jokers, as he gnawed and gnawed at a piece of raw 
])ork : " I guess this came from somewhere near the ear — it's 
used to being bitten." This state of affairs lasted an hour or 
so, when, it being decided to be impractical in the then state 
of the roads to attempt, to advance across the river (a fact any 
private thought he could have assured the officers of hours 
before) tires were allowed, and the regiment camped there for 
the night, the boys getting a. good night's sleep in their wet 
clothes and blankets. 

The next day the regiment was saddled and ])acked before 
daylight, and remained ready to move at an instant's warning, 
till about two o'clock in the afternoon, when the order came to 
move. There was about a mile of hard, heavy marching, in an 
opposite direction from the river, the roads being very muddy, 
and then the riegiment went into camp in some clean oak woods, 
where it remained till the morning of the eighteenth, when " on 
picket "was the order. There was some difficulty in finding 
the locality that it was desired to picket, the march thereto 
being one of various twists and turns ; but finally it was 
reached, and two companies sent on post. The first relief had 
not stood its time before the pickets were called in, and after 
another winding and twisting march, the regiment went into 
camp in the rockiest place the boys had seen in Virginia away 
from the mountains. 

The next day, Sunday, nineteenth, a detail was sent out 
foraging, under command of Lieut. Pray, of Co. I (the horses 
had had nothing to eat for three days), which returned at night 
with a small quantity of forage. Among the amusing inci- 
dents of this ex[)edition was a visit to a large house where a 
couple of young ladies with gloved hands made no conceal- 
ment of then- southern sympathies, and frequently expressed 
the wish that "some of our soldiers would come along and 
take you'uns to Richmond." One of the boys went into the 
house, and by judiciously quoting Scripture at the old lady, a 



DlSAl'l'OLSTEJ) FOUAdKUs. 1-51 

thoioiigli C'hmtian secessionist, succeeded in winniiirr \w\- ooc.d 
graces to siicli an extent that she cooked him a ''good scjuare 
meah** lielonging to the planlatiou was a. hirgc harii. that 
looked as if it might contain foragi; snUicient for a whok' 
army. 'I'lie fact that the (h)or was locked aroused the sus- 
picions of the olticer in connnand tliat there was something 
in there that he wanted, and he demanded of the ohl hidy the 
key. She firmly refused, which only strengthened his sus- 
picions ; and failing to coax the key from her, he procured a 
heavy piece of joist, and preparing it as a hattering livm, with 
three or four stalwart men as power, he took out his watch and 
])olitely informed the lady if she did not give him the key in 
Hve minutes, "down comes the door." Instead of civino' ud 
the key, she knelt down on the ground and fervently pi-ayed 
God to avenge her wrongs, and send some southern soldiers to 
protect her. It was a solemn moment. The lieutenant waited 
l)atiently till the time was up, when he gave the word, and 
down came the door. With visions of forage in abundance he 
rushed into the barn, only to find it entirely empty. What was 
the old lady's reason for withholding the key, or just liow the 
lieutenant felt over being so badly sold, the boys never knew. 

The same evening the regiment was called into line dis- 
mounted, to hear an order read from Gen. Stoneman, the 
purport of which was to send all men and horses not in o-ood 
condition, and all extra l)aggage, to the rear, and prejiare for 
" long and rapid marches, day and night, as the cavalry was 
about to show an indulgent government that the money and 
pains taken to render this arm of the service efficient was not 
thrown away;" also to be ready to move at midnight, and 
that there would be no opportunity to procure rations for at 
least six days after starting; so, if the men did not take a 
sufficient quantity, and suffered from hunger, it would be their 
own fault. As the rations issued that night were very lio-ht 
marching rations, for only three days, the virtue of this last 
clause will l)e apparent. 

The regiment was ready to march at midnight, accordino- 
to orders, but did not start till nine or ten o'clock the next 
morning, which was anything but consoling to the boys, who 



13-2 FIRST MAINE CAVALUY. 

were thus needlessly cheated out of their sleep oii the eve of 
starting on an expedition of "long and rapid marches, day 
and night." It was '■'• military," though, as was sarcastically 
remarked hundreds of times that morning. A couple more 
liours were spent in waiting a short distance from camp, so 
that the command did not really move till twelve liours after 
the time set. A drizzling rain commenced falling in the morn- 
ing, which before night was considerably more than a drizzle. 
The roads were paved with a deep coating of thick, sticky 
mud, which the horses' feet threw up into winrows as they 
marched along, so that each horse stepped over a bank of mud 
and put its feet in the same place as did its file leader. March- 
ing was slow, of course, and tedious ; and when at night the 
regiment went hito camp near Warrenton, the boys Avere not 
lotli to lie down on the wet ground, without shelter from the 
rain (for clothes and blankets were wet through), and go to 
sleep, without even stopping for a cup of coffee. And the rain 
and the mud made the second hitch in the programme laid 
out for the cavalry. 

Tuesday was spent mainly in foraging, witli good success, 
the only fighting that occurred being betw-een two of the boys, 
because one accidentally tipped over the other's coffee which 
was cooking on the fire, an act which would put a soldier out 
of temper quicker than the hardest talk, and was, so to speak, 
the unpardonable sin of army life. This engagement did not 
get into the papers, for it was one of the quietest battles of the 
whole war. The combatants stood up and knocked each other 
down without saying a word, till one of them announced him- 
self satisfied, when they went back to their cooking. The 
captain of the company, as well as several of the boys of that 
and other companies, who saw the affair, took no notice of it, 
supposing it to be a l)it of fun to warm up on, so still it was, 
but a pair of black eyes attested the truth of the maxim : 
'' Still waters run deep." 

Wednesday the regiment moved to Warrenton Junction and 
camped near its first Virginia camp-ground of a year before. 
Here it remained doing picket duty till Saturday, when the 
camp was again changed, this time to near the old " Camp Stan- 



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ton " ground. Here the boys saw evulenc(!s tliat the war was 
being conducted on different prini-iples than it was tlic year 
before. The niilcs of rail fence that liad been so carefully 
guarded then liad all been burned for th(> benefit of Yankee 
soldiers; the well-k(>pt hiAvns had been cut up by the hoofs of 
northern horses, and the spacious mansion was deserted and 
dreary looking. 'Vo say that the boys rather enjoyed this state 
of affairs, as they thought of their cramped condition on their 
previous stay there, would not be far from truth, though they 
did wish a few of those fence rails had been left for their own 
use. 

An incident which occurred (hiring these two weeks is thus 

told : — 

A (lay or two after leaving winter (juarters, Lieut. William. F. Stone, of 
Co. II. was detailed acting assistant (luartermaster of the brigade, and with 
private .lohn B. Begin as an orderly, immediately set out to take command of 
tlie brigade train, which was slowly plodding its way through the deep mud 
somewhere in rear of the regiment.. It did not occur to him, nor indeed to 
anyone, tliat an armed enemy was in the midst of a strong cavalry corps ; but 
he had hardly got out of sight of the camp when Lieut. Paine and a party of 
Moseby's men dashed out of a little clump of pines and easily gobbled him 
up. The rain was pouring in torrents, the creeks and streams were rising 
rapidly, and Paine was anxious to get his prisoners across the Rappahan- 
nock before nightfall, so they galloped away in the direction of Warrenton. 
in order to cross above the Union force and reach Gen. Lee's hea(l(iuarters 
in safety. A small squad was kept in advance to prevent surprise, while 
Paine and a few of his men closely guarded the game. Usually when the 
advance arrived at a creek that was swollen they dashed in without hesita- 
tion, but at length they arrived at one that was so broad and wild that they 
feared to cross. When Paine came up he denounced them as cowards, and 
plunged his horse into the foaming current. Almost instantly the horse 
lost its footing, while the rider lost his hold upon the horse, and both floated 
helplessly down the stream. The horse finally gained the shore, but the 
lieutenant's case looked hopeless, for his men seemed paralyzed with fear, 
and made no attempt to rescue him. Lieut. Stone, prisoner though he was, 
could not sit still and see a human being, even his captor and his country's 
foe, die in this manner, without making an effort to save his life. He gal- 
loped (piickly and alone down the stream to a point below the struggling 
rebel officer, plunged his horse into the stream, seized Lieut. Paine by the 
hair of the head, and succeeded in bringing him to the shore. Conscious- 
ness was not entirely gone, and he was after a time fully restored. Lieut. 
Stone now claimed that in consideration of having saved Lieut. Paine' s life. 
when he might more easily and with less danger have himself escaped and 
left him to his fate, he should be set free. Lieut. Paine acknowledged the 



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great ilel)t of gratitude he owed liis prisoner, and promised him treatment 
more honorable to both than letting him go, saying he would send him to 
Gen. Lee, with a statement of his capture and his generous and heroic con- 
duct, and implore Gren. Lee to have him returned to the Union lines without 
exchange, as a partial reward for his gallant services. Lieut. Stone was 
accordingly forwarded to Gen. Lee, and from him to Libby Prison. He 
remained in that famous tobacco warehouse one night, just long enough to 
see, without ex])eriencing, the suffering our boys there endured, and the next 
morning was released by order of the rebel secretary of war and sent to City 
Point, where he was taken on board a flag-of-truce boat and conveyed to 
Washington. Upon arriving at the capital, he learned that his captor, Lieut. 
Paine, had, while riding Lieut. Stone's horse, been captured by a detachment 
of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, and had just arrived at the Old Capitol Prison 
in that city, lie obtained i^ermission and i)aid a visit to the luckless rebel, 
Avho was somewhat surprised to see him again so soon. In a day or two he 
returned to the regiment, having been gone scarcely a week, and arriving 
there as soon as the news of his capture and release arrivecl through the 
press. lie lost no time in visiting the captors of Lieut. Paine, and recovered 
his horse, looking as finely as when it was so suddenly taken from him and 
appropriated to the confederate s(!rvice. 



The regiment reiuained near tlie old " Caiup vStanton " ground 
till just at dark Tuesday, April twenty-eighth, when it again 
started, with the division and corps, and after a short march 
bivouacked near IJealton, and "■ Stoneman's Raid " was, after two 
unsuccessful attempts to start, actually commenced. Early the 
next morning the colunni was in motion, and before noon was 
at Kelly's ford, on the l{ap})ahannock, where, after a long time 
of waiting, the cavalry crossed on pontoons, several divisions of 
the infantry being already on that side of the river. There 
was a march a s]u)rt distance from the river, the regiment was 
drawn up in line, and the men dismounted for another Avaiting 
time, "-the hardest time of all." About dark orders were 
received to move, but just then there were sounds of a sliarj) 
skirmish on tlic right, which delayed the march till that was 
over. Then a, short march was made, and the regiment drew 
up in line of battle near Mountain stream about midnight, and 
remained there till morinng, no fires or noise being allowed, the 
horses remaining saddled and unhitched, the men in each set of 
fours alternating in holding the four horses b}' the bridles while 
the other three slept ; and to add to the discomfort of the situa- 
tion a cold, drizzling lain was falling. From here the j)ack mules 



STONE}fAyS HMD. 



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unci unsound nion and horses, and eveiythiuij^ that would ])!•('- 
vent rapid marrhino-, were sent to the reai-. 

At dayhght next morning the cohinui was again in nidtioii. 
the regiment l)eing rear guard. The mareh was continued all 
(Uiy without interruption, and (hiring the afternoon was one 
of the pleasantest marches of the whole term of service. 'J'hc 
rain of the morning liad cleared away, the country was new to 
the boys, and showed no marks of war's devastation, and every- 
thing was clothed in the brightest of spring green, all of which 
added to the enjoyment of the march. Just at night the regi- 
ment stood picket in the rear till the remainder of the column 
forded the Rapidan at Raccoon ford, crossing about nine o'clock, 
and bivouacking in line of battle. Soon after midnight the l)oys 
were waked to get ready to move at once, but, as usual, there 
was much waiting to be done, and the march was not com- 
menced till after daylight. Rations and forage Avere getting 
short, but the men had no difticulty in levying upon the inhab- 
itants along the road, and hundreds of fine hams found their 
way into the haversacks and stomachs of Union cavalry men. 
During the day Cos. F and K went on a reconnoissance with a, 
squadron of the Harris Light, and captured a dozen prisoners, 
eleven horses, and a mule, being fired on by the enemy at two 
points, without effect. In the afternoon the column was halted 
to bait the horses and allow the men to get a bite, when it 
again started and continued the march, occasionally halting in 
line of battle, until about three o'clock the next morning, when 
Louisa Court House was reached. The boys thought this a 
hard march, but they got over that idea before the raid was 
finished. Their rations of sleep for the two previous nights 
had been very light, and many of them could not keep awake 
by any means in their power, but got fitful naps on their horses. 
Such of the animals as were well regulated kept their places in 
the line, while others, left to their own discretion, gained on 
their fellows, and the rider was often awakened to find himself 
among strange faces, and to return to his place with a queer 
feeling of shame. 

On arriving at Louisa Court House a portion of the regiment 
was sent to support a battery on a hill overlooking the village, 



136 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

and there were general pre})arations for an engagement, while 
a detachment, under command of Col. Kilpatrick, charged into 
the town. Tlie yell of the cliarging party was borne back 
upon the early morning air to the watchers on the hill ; there 
was a single pistol shot, a signal rocket sent up, and all was 
quiet. At daylight the column advanced into the village, 
when a portion of the regiment was sent on picket outside the 
village, and Cos. B and I, under command of Capt. Tucker, 
were sent out on tlie Gordonsville I'oad, to make a feint in 
that direction. Some three miles from the court house Capt. 
Tucker encountered the enemy's pickets, charged and drove 
them ; but, coming upon the enemy's reserve, some five hun- 
dred strong, who opened upon him a vigorous fire, he was forced 
to retreat. The enemy followed him, and having thrown a 
detachment across the road, they succeeded in cutting off 
the little force. A portion of them cut their way out, and 
rejoined the regiment, but two were killed, two wounded, and 
twenty-seven taken prisoners. Among the last named was 
Lieut. Andrews, of Co. I. 

An incident of this day will illustrate the vaiiety of fare which 
soldiers sometimes enjoyed. One of the boys had for breakfast 
in the morning only the rain-soaked crundjs of hardtack scraped 
out from the corners of his haversack, and eaten with a spoon. 
It was all he had, and there was no prospect, so far as he knew, 
of getting any more. At noon he was terribly hungry, but 
there was nothing to eat. While standing picket he remem- 
bered that there were in his saddle-bags two or three ears of 
corn which he was saving for his horse, and he determined to rob 
the faithful and long-suffering animal of a portion, at least, of 
its rations. So, sitting on his horse, alone in the woods, watch- 
ing intently for the appearance of the enemy, he feasted (yes, 
feasted is the word, for rarely does food taste better) on raw 
corn, dry and hard, eaten direct from the ear. But the ])atient 
animal smelled the corn and became uneasy, so the troojjcr 
divided the corn with the horse, and the two ate their dinner, 
or lunch, together, sharing it with each other. Later in the 
day, when the force was preparing to leave the village, this 
comrade and another were j^ut on picket together on a road. 



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and near a house. They had been there but a few moments 
when a man came out of the door. On seeing lum one of the 
pickets remarked, ''I wonder if \vc cannot get something to eat 
out of tliat fclh)w."" "It's wortli trying." said the other. The 
first then slionted to the native to come to him. Tlie man came, 
but it was evident it was against his wishes, for he apjjroached 
very unwillingly. As he reached the picket the latter said, in 
a very sup})licating tone and manner, '^ Haven't you got some- 
thing you can give a poor, tired, worn-out, hungry soldier to 
eat ? " The words, the tone, and the manner, added to the 
fact tliat the soldier was the foe of tlie man to whom he 
a,])plied, were so decidedly rich, that the other picket laughs 
to this day Avhen he thinks of the incident. But they proved 
effectual. The Virginian was so happy to learn that he was 
not to be robbed, or taken jnisoner, or killed, that his heart 
went out toward the '^ poor, tired, worn-out, hungry soldiers," 
and going into the house, he cpiickly returned with a liberal 
supply of warm biscuit, cold corned beef, and cold boiled ham. 
The two })ickets made a good square meal, and as one of them 
ate and thought of his three meals for the day, it is not won- 
derful that the expression, '' Variety is the spice of life," was 
running through his mind. 

During the day several miles of railroad and telegraph were 
destroyed and a number of bridges burned by different regi- 
ments of the command, and a goodly quantity of forage for 
the horses secured, though the men were not so well off. This 
work having been successfully accomplished, late in the after- 
noon the pickets were called in and preparations made for 
moving, this regiment being again detailed for rear guard, and 
ordered to stop in the village till the remainder of the column 
had been gone two hours. Just after dark large numbers of 
fires were budt on the hills and in the woods surrounding the 
village, to convey the idea to the rebels that a large force was 
going into camp for the night, and then the regiment moved 
out, taking the Richmond i)ike. The road was a tine wide one, 
lined on each side with a high, well-kept hedge, and there being 
only one regiment, marching was easy and rapid. Abo)it mid- 
night Thompson's cross-roads was reached, where the main 



138 FIliST MAINE CAVALUY. 

column had halted. At this point, about midway between 
Richmond and Fredericksburg, the command was divided, and 
several exjjeditions sent out in different directions. Col. Kil- 
patrick, with his own regiment (Harris Light), was sent to 
destro}' canals, bridges, railroads, etc., in the vicinity of Rich- 
mond ; and after a brilliant exploit reached the Union lines at 
Norfolk, and finally rejoined the Army of the Potomac. The 
Twelfth Illinois regiment also went on a separate expedition, 
doing much damage, and finally joining Col. Kilpatrick and 
going with him to Norfolk. The second brigade of the division 
(Col. Percy Wyndham) was sent in another direction, and the 
remaijider of the first brigade (First Maine and Tenth New 
York), with Gen. Gregg in command, was sent still another 
way. 

Not being acipiainted with the programme, on ai-riving at the 
cross-roads, the boys, anticipating a few hours of sleep, lost no 
time in stretching themselves out for that pur})ose. But the 
most drows}^ had hardly time to get well to sleep before they 
were again ordered into the saddle, and the brigade w\as again 
in motion, then going alone. It was decidedly easy for the men 
to sleep in the saddle, however, as most of them did do. The 
march was continued without more than the usual incidents, till 
noon of the next day, wdien a halt was made, long enough for 
those who had rations or forage, to cook something to eat, and to 
feed the horses. Soon after this it became officially known that 
there would be no chance for sleep that night, which was rather 
discouraging, and the boys began to wonder whether or not 
they could by any means live through a third night without 
sleep. But it was a military necessity, and they were willing 
to try. 

Late in the afternoon a halt was made at Rockville, or Rocky 
Mills, fifteen miles from RichnK)nd, wlien the horses were fed 
and groomed, the more fortunate of the men getting something 
for themselves to eat ; and just at dark a detachment of one hun- 
dred men from each of the regiments was sent, under command 
of Lieut. Col. Smith, of the First Maine, to destroy the railroad 
bridge across the South Anna River, ten miles from Richmond. 
It was a wild ride of several miles, mainly through woods, witli 




Capt. ANDREW B. SPURLiNG, Co. D. 

Lieut. Col. Second Maine Cav. and Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. V. 
Elgin, III. 



jcArEDiTfox TO iiri;.\ a iiuidhk. 



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no roiid, and it seemed in no particular diiection, and most ol 
the way at a trot. There was a lively dodging of the lower 
branches of the trees, and more than one of the boys found 
himself nearly, if not qnite, brushed from his saddle by a heavy 
branch, which he did not see in time to dodge, in his ra})id ride. 

On arriving near the station on the railroad. Col. Smith dis- 
covered that his guide knew very little about the locality, and 
that the road lie was on ran diret-tly across the railroad, a ])osi- 
tion into which he did not wish to get. Capt, S[)nrling was 
sent with a force to destroy the station, tear up the track, etc., 
and the remainder of the command was drawn np in line in an 
open field. By this time blazing fires and the sounds of lunivy 
blows denoted that the work of destruction was going on. Col. 
Smith and others went forward toward the bridge until they 
drew the fire of the enemy who was guarding the bridge, and 
the orders from Gen. Gregg being not to bring on a fight in any 
case, Col. Smith decided to return. So he sent an orderly over 
to where the fires were burning, with orders to " tell Capt. 
Spurling to finish the work he is about, burn the culvert, and 
join us as soon as he can, as the enemy is on the move in this 
direction " (pointing toward the left). This order was slowly 
and distinctly repeated, that there might be no mistake about 
it. The orderly found Capt. Spurling with a few men busy as 
bees near a burning station-house and burning cars, and deliv- 
ered his message. Capt. Spurling finished his work, and did it 
Avell, too, and soon the conunand was moving away from the 
railroad. 

The ride back to Rockville was gloomy enough. The excite- 
ment was over, and tired nature began to assert its sway. Two- 
thirds or more of the men allowed themselves to go to sleep, 
and their horses to wander at will. Consequently there Avas no 
order nor anything else in the column, but it was strung out to 
almost indefinite length, with large gaps in it ; and the utmost 
efforts of officers and the wakeful men were insufficient to 
keep the men anywhere except straggling along in single tile. 
Twenty wide-awake, determined rebel soldiers could have cap- 
tured the whole two hundred, and not had much to boast of 
either. It was clear, siiuple good luck that the detachment ever 



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FIBST MAINE CAVALRY 



got anywhere. And when, about two o'clock in the morning, 
Rockville was reached, where the l)oys had fondly hoped to get 
a brief na}), at least, and it was found that the remainder of 
the command had gone, and there was " no rest for the weary/* 
even those who had thus far kept awake gave u}) in despair, and 
went to sleep directly, making the column for the rest of the 
march more straggling and more inviting to the enemy than 
before. Arguments, orders, curses, loud and frequent, and even 
blows, could not keep the men awake, or keep the horses in their 
places, or scarcely in any place, some of them stopping in the 
road sound asleep. About four o'clock the tired, weary boys 
found the regiment, some three miles from Rockville, standing 
"' to horse," expecting orders to move every moment. Caring 
little for the expected orders, the boys threw themselves on the 
ground, and were quickly aslee}), ready to run all risks for what 
they so much needed. As good luck would liave it, they got 
an hour or so of sleep, and when they were waked up as the 
column started they were in the best tighting trim, — cross 
enough to bite their sabres in two. 

Six of the boys, however, Sergts. Jumper and Forsyth, C'or})S. 
Baker and Fuller, and Privates Mason and Mitchell, all of Co. 
G, were not alloAved even these meagre rations of sleep, for as 
soon as the expedition reached the regiment they were ordered 
to report to Gen. Gregg immediately. They did so, and were 
sent back to Thompson's cross-roads, a distance of eighteen 
miles, with desi)atches to Gen Stoneman. The story of that 
ride through the enemy's country, with horses so tired and 
worn that not one of them could go faster than a walk (and 
two of them gave out altogether soon after starting, forcing 
their riders to pursue their journey on foot and alone), going 
within a mile of a large camp of the enemy Avithout attracting 
his attention, passing themselves off as rebel scouts to a large 
number of citizens they met, and finall}' a portion of them over- 
taking and delivering the despatches to Gen. Stoneman just as 
he had moved out from the cross-roads, wliile the rest came in 
safely on foot some hours afterward, is but one of the strange 
stories of individual adventure that could be told of the mem- 
bers of tlu' I'CLiinu'iit. The wonder is that all of them were not 



77/ a; liKrrii.y mmk n. 141 

taken prisoners, as tliey euuiideiitly ex])ectc(l to be ; but phick 
and persistency saved tlieni. 

At daylight the })rig-ade started on the back track, taking a 
road in the opposite direction and following it for a while, 
to mislead any sconts that might 1)6 in the vicinity, and then 
suddcidy changing direction and taking tlic riglit road, and 
sending out foraging })arties, \\lio were so successful that when 
a halt was made, soon after noon, at the cross-roads, there was 
ham and meal enough to (U)ok a sort of a dinner for all. Then 
the march was resumed, and half a dozen miles further on the 
brigade reached the main portion of the cavalry corps, with 
Gen. Stoneman, near the Panundvcy River, and w^ent into camp. 
The horses were nnsaddled, which must have been a new sensa- 
tion for them, and the boys got a good night's sleep, the first 
since crossing the Rappahannock, five days before. 

The next day, May fifth, the command remained quietly in 
camp, waiting for the return of the various detachments that 
had been sent out fi'om the corps, and giving men and horses 
an opportunity to rest, till nearly night, and then was put in 
motion just as a lively thunder shower came up, the First 
Maine being advance guard, with Cos. A and D to the front. 
The Pamunkey was crossed on a high bridge, which was blown 
up and burned after the last man was over, by a detail from 
the regiment, luider command of Lieut. Cutler, of Co. B, and 
the boys began to realize that they were on the way to the 
Union lines, which to them had all the sis'nihcance of o-oino- 
home. The shower settled down into a steady rain ; the night 
w'as very cold; the boys, who, during the day had been inclined 
to growl at the heat, were shivering in their saddles ; the rain 
soon made the roads muddy and marching hard work, while, 
to add to all the discomforts of the situation, it w-as so dark 
that it was impossible for one to see his tile leader, uidess the 
file leader rode a white horse ; and more than all this, the way 
was through swamps, thickets, woods, cow-paths, by-paths, any- 
thing but travelled highways. It was a dismal ride, and made 
more so by the sound of an occasional shot from a guerilla, 
and the doleful note of a single whip^joorwill that followed the 
column all night long. The regiment had to picket the various 



I't- Finsr MAINE CAVALRY. 

cioss-r(jacls till the column passed, to prevent a surprise attack 
on the flank ; and there was need of it, as was learned next day, 
for the column passed within two miles of Gen. Lee's baggage 
train, and within three miles of Gen. Stuart's cavalry. 

At daylight the Spottsylvania pike was crossed near ToUards- 
ville, two companies standing picket on the pike on either side 
as it passed, within sight of the eneuiy's camp fires and within 
sound of their drums, but no attack was made. Soon after 
crossing the pike the column halted, the pickets rejoined the 
regiment, ham and Hour from the surrounding country fur- 
nished a breakfast, and the colunni rested till about uoon. 
Then there was a march of a few miles, another halt, and just 
before dark another start. This night's march commenced like 
that of the lught before, only it rained faster, was darker, 
muddier, luirder, slower, and more tedious, if that were possi- 
ble ; and hours through a piece of woods, with the road in a 
terrible condition, requiring constant watchfulness to keep the 
liorses on their feet, and even that was not successful in all 
cases, wliile the same whippoorwill kept up his mournful tune, 
and there was the occasional shot, as if the guerilla were keep- 
ing the whippoorwill company. Rebel camp and picket fires 
could be seen frequently, but they gave no trouble. About 
midnight the advance got out of the woods at Verdiersville, 
when there was an hour or two of shivering in the cold, wait- 
ing for the rear of the column to catch up, and the command 
again started, this time (ju a plank road, where marching was 
easier, pleasanter, and more rapid, allowing the Ijoys relief from 
their constant care, Avhich most of them improved by going to 
sleep. Many of them remember nothing of the march from 
Verdiersville, except, perha})S, an indistinct recollection of being 
ordered "■ into place," until they found themselves fording the 
Rapidan at Raccoon ford, just at daylight. During this night 
a number of men were led off the road in the darkness by rebel 
scouts, who were on the watch, and captured ; and an attempt 
was made to mislead the train in the same way, but this Was 
frustrated by Lieut. Stone, acting assistant quartermaster of 
the brigade, who was fired on and his horse shot. 

On the seventh the comniand remained near the river at the 



,sH7.U.l//.Vr; THE liAl'I'MlAXyoi K. l^^) 

ford till late in tlie iifternooii, the boys iinj)r()viii,n- the (»[)i)oi-tu- 
nity as much as tliey were able to do, in sleei)ino-, or, as they 
called it, "stealing poor slee[)/* Along towards night another 
start was made, and this night's march was about like tlu^ 
two previous ones, the rain still falling, and ])rogicss slow. 
Guerillas hovered around more abundantly, and at' one time, it 
was stated, the column marched for some distance between two 
columns of the enemy. There was tlie occasional shot and 
the lonesome song of the whippoorwill. At midnight llic 
Rai)})ahann()ck was reached at Kelly's ford, but the three 
days' rain had swollen the river, and after an unsuccessful 
attem})t by the advance to ford it the idea was abandoned, and 
the column remained there in line of battle till morning, the 
boys getting a little more sleep. Fording the swollen river 
was anything but pleasant or safe, even by daylight, the horses 
being obliged to swim, and that with a strong current run- 
ning. However, all of this regiment got safely across (there 
were rumors of casualties in other regiments), though some of 
them had much difficult}^ about it, and all got thoroughly wet, 
the water running over the tops of the saddles, and flooding 
saddle-bags and such of the haversacks as were strapped to the 
saddles. Ammunition, except the Burnside carbine cartridges, 
which had metallic cases, stood no chance at all that morning. 
After getting across, the regiment waited several hours, and 
along in the afternoon took up the line of march for Bealton, 
where it arrived about dark and went into camp, after what 
seemed a needless waste of time and strength in getting into 
just the right position, the camp-ground being changed at least 
half a dozen times before the boj^s were finally allowed to settle 
down for the night. And then there was slee}) most sound and 
sweet, for once more was the regiment inside the Union lines, 
having been gone nine days, during which time the battle of 
Chancellorsville had been fought. 

Thus ended " Stoneman's Raid," which lias passed into his- 
tory as the first great achievement of the Union cavalry of the 
Army of the Potomac, aind from which dated the rise of that 
branch of the service in the estimation of soldier and citizen, 
north and south. What was accomplished by the raid is not a 



144 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

matter for this work. It is enough to say here that the First 
Maine Cavalry was a part and parcel of this ex})edition, and 
shared its dangers, its hardships and its triumphs, and that it 
was ever after a matter of pride with the boys that the}' were 
on "Stoneman's llaid." Starting with but two days' rations, 
after that Avas gone the boys lived on ham, flour and meal 
obtained from the country, cooked when they had time to cook, 
and eaten raw when necessary. As for rest and sleep, five 
nights there was no sleep excejDt what was stolen in the sad- 
dles, and the rations of sleep were short and of an inferior 
quality during the rest of the time ; some of the men seemed 
demented at times from loss of sleep, and acted half ci-azed. 
Three days and nights there was continuous marching, fight- 
ing, scouting, and picketing, and in fact pretty much of the 
whole time the boys had been actively employed. 

During this expedition Lieut. Estes, of Co. A, who was 
serving as aid-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Kilpatrick, was 
despatched with ten men to go through the rebel lines from 
llichmond and communicate with Gen. Hooker. On the route 
he captured an officer and sixteen men. Lieut. Estes himself 
was afterwards taken prisoner, and started for Richmond, but 
in turn captured the party who had him in charge, and conveyed 
them within the Union lines. 

Col. Douty was now in command of the brigade (First Maine 
and Tenth New York) and Lieut. Col. Smith in command of 
the regiment. Saturday, May ninth, rations were issued, and if 
ever anything tasted good, hard bread did on that day. It was 
evidently feared that after so long a time of the most active 
service, the boys would suffer if allowed to lie still, so the camp 
was moved a short distance, just to keep the boys awake. The 
next afternoon there were orders to move again, and after an 
easy march of half a dozen miles or so, on the road to Falmouth, 
the brigade went into camp near Deep Hun, and next day 
reached Falmouth soon after noon, and went into camp near 
Potomac Creek. Here it remained, the boys receiving four 
months' pay on the thirteenth, and doing little but resting, until 
the fifteenth, when it went back to Bealton (making the trip in 
one day) and camped on the ground of the week before. In 




Lieut. LLEWELLYN G. ESTES, Co. A. 

Asst. Adjt. Gen, on Staff of Gen. Kilpatrick. and Bvt. Brig, Gen. U. S, Vols, 



Enfield, N. C. 



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THE aETrVSJiUltG CAMPAIGN. 1-17 

Now coiuiiieiu'ed the brilliant eainpaign which resulted in 
the litter defeat of the rebel army at Gettysburg. It had 
become known to Gen. Hooker that Gen. Lee's army was mov- 
ing westward, and that the cavalry had already reached Brandy 
Station, a station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, five 
miles below the lva|)pahannock, and about the same distance 
from Culpepper. Just what his plans were, whether for an 
attack on Gen. Hooker's right, a grand flank movement to get 
between the Union army and Washington, or for a raid into 
the north, were, of course, unknown ; and a reconnoissance in 
force was necessary to see what was going on, learn of the 
enemy's ])osition and intentions, as much as possible, and at 
least let Gen. Lee know that " Fighting Joe " was wide awake. 
For this purpose Buford's division of cavalry, with a small 
force of infantry and a battery, were sent out to cross the 
Bappahannock at Beverly ford; and Gen. Gregg's division, 
also with infantry and artillery, to cross Ijelow, at Kelly's ford, 
while Gen. Pleasanton, Avho then had command of the cavalry 
corps (Gen. Stoneman having been relieved), commanded the 
expedition in person. 

The order to march was received about noon on the eighth, 
and in a short time the regiment, with the division, was in 
motion and moving toward the river. All the afternoon could 
be seen immense clouds of dust across the river, indicating that 
large forces of the enemy's troops were also in motion, and the 
boys felt there was hot work in store for them. After a dusty, 
uncomfortable march, the regiment bivouacked on a low tract 
of land in the vicinity of Kelly's ford, where the boys were 
treated to an unusual amount of " getting into position," or, as 
they called it, "poppy-cocking," and finally were allowed to lie 
down to sleep, with a cold bite, and holding the horses by the 
bridles. They were aroused about midnight, and given orders 
to be in readiness to move at three o'clock, and pretended 
to " stand to horse " till daylight, killing time as best they 
might, and thoroughly enjoying the soldier's prerogative of 
growling. They were not allowed to cook coffee, as the enemy 
might learn of the presence of the force by the smoke of the 
fires, and, of course, were cross enough for all practical pur- 



148 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

poses. Soon after daylight the division moved out. A short 
march in the beauty of the early June morning carried it to the 
ford, wliere the First Maine, being in rear of the brigade, was 
forced to wait for the remainder to cross. Before its turn at 
the ford came the sound of brisk artillery firing up the river, 
at the right, which told the l)oys the ball had opened. When 
across the river the whole command was put into a gallop, 
which was kept up three or four miles, the dust so thick that 
in a very short time the blue of the uniforms was entirely 
invisible ; most of the way through the woods, and all the time 
rapidly nearing the firing. A brief halt was made, when orders 
were received to tighten the saddle girths and load the carbines, 
which were rapidly obeyed, and the regiment again started, 
shortly after emerging from the woods into a large open field. 
As soon as the regiment debouched from the woods it formed 
squadrons at a gallop, drew sabre, and in a moment more was 
charging across the field. And thus, before the boys were 
aAvare of it, almost, the regiment was in its first cavalry charge 
as a regiment. 

And now opened before them, and of which they were a 
part, a scene of the grandest description. They were nearly at 
the right of a large open field of undulating ground, with 
woods at their right. At the left, as far as the eye could 
reach, were to be seen bodies of Union cavalry advancing with 
quick movements toward the enemy's cavalry, who were also 
in full sight, and apparently as active. Officers grouped with 
their staffs, and squads of orderlies could be seen in different 
localities, some quietly watching the tide of battle, others 
moving in various directions. Orderlies and staff officers were 
riding at full speed in every direction, helter-skelter, appar- 
ently, as if the success of the whole engagement depended 
upon each one. A little to the right of the front, near a house 
surrounded by extensive shrubbery (known as the "Barber 
House," where Gen. Stuart had his headquarters), was a rebel 
battery, which turned its attention to this regiment as it 
emerged from the woods. The whole plain was one vast field 
of intense, earnest action. It was a scene to be witnessed but 
once in a lifetime, and one well worth all the risks of battle to 



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149 



witness. But the boys could not stop to enjoy this grand, 
moving- panorama of war. On they went, amid a perfect tan- 
gle of sights and sounds, lilled with such rare, whole-souled 
excitement as seldom falls to the lot of man to experience ; and 
thouo-hts of dano-er were for the time furthest from their minds. 
Even the horses seemed to enter into the spirit of the occa- 
sion, and strained every nerve to do their full duty hi the day's 
strange deeds, obeying the least motion of rein or spur ^v\th 
unusual promptness, as if feeling the superiority of their ihlers 
in this terrible commotion. 

A railroad cut breaks the formation somewhat, and for a 
moment checks the advance ; but tliat is soon crossed, and the 
regiment re-forms with no loss of time, and is again on the 
charge. Nearly in front is the Harris Light Cavalry, charging 
upon the battery, while swooping down upon them is a rebel 
force, coming across the field from the woods in a diagonal 
(Urection. For a moment the result is in doubt, and then the 
Harris Liffht breaks, and the men scatter and flee. The force 
that drove them keeps on its way, now coming directly for the 
First Maine. The First Maine falters not, but keeps on its 
course. A shell from the battery on the right comes screaming 
with harsh voice along the line, apparently directly over the 
heads of the men, and seeming so near as to make it impos- 
sible, almost, for the left of the regiment to escape its effects, 
and bursts a quarter of a mile away. Some of the men cannot 
help dodging a bit as this goes by, and the others try to laugh 
at them, but make poor work of it, as they thoroughly appre- 
ciate the feeling which prompts such a movement. This is 
followed by another and another, in quick succession. On they 
ofo. And see ! the rebel force that a moment before has driven 
the Harris Light now breaks and is in full retreat, and the 
charge has turned to a chase. Now goes up a cheer and a yell 
that must startle the very stones, as the excited boys ride over 
them. One defiant rebel, scorning to run from the " cowardly 
Yankees," remains firm in his position as the regiment reaches 
him, turning neither to the right nor to the left, breaking 
through the ranks of two companies in their headlong s})eed, 
and nearly escaping recognition and capture in the excitement. 



150 Fin ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

At one time two rebel troopers are riding- along in the ranks of 
the First Maine, as coolly as though they belonged there ; and 
no one who sees them thinks of capturing them. On goes the 
regiment, driving the enemy from the battery, and passing by 
the lonely and now quiet guns that a moment before were so 
loudly talking. On they go, faster and faster, if that were 
possible, over fences and ditches, driving the enemy a mile or 
more. Oh, it was grand! and many a man who was in that 
charge has at times fancied that if he were allowed to choose, he 
would say, '^ Let me bid this world good-by amid the supreme 
excitement of a grand, exultant, successful cavalry charge 

like this : " 

The regiment at last halts ; the companies are re-formed and 
counted off, and are ready for another race. A portion dis- 
mount and open tire with their carbines, while the enemy's 
bullets make lively music about their ears. Lieut. Col. Smith 
now finds himself the senior officer (Col. Douty being in 
another portion of the field), and assumes command. He finds 
himself with a small command, alone. The enemy is in his 
rear, and no other Union troops are near. His command has 
been scattered somewhat, but the men are coming up and join- 
ing him fast. As soon as he has force enough to make the 
attempt to return, he Avheels the command, gives the order 
" Forward ! " and again the regiment starts, going back over 
the same ground it has just driven the enemy from. It appears 
that when the gunners left the battery, as the regiment swept 
upon it, they simply stepped into the woods at the right, where 
they remained till the regiment had passed, when they returned 
and again took possession of tlieir guns, and turned them upon 
the regiment, and were joined by a large force of their cavalry 
who had taken refuge in the same woods, as well as by some 
from the other parts of the field. The regiment had passed on 
and left the guns alone, supposing, if any thought was taken of 
the matter at all, that the remaining regiments of the brigade 
would come to its support, and could take care of the battery 
after it had been tamed. 

The regiment, which was now between two fires, kept well 
together, and rode straight for the battery as if to attempt to 



JiliANDV STATIOX. ^'^'^ 

recapture it, and tlieu, just as the o-miners were going to Hre, 
Col. Smith suddenly changed direction to the right. In a 
moment the regiment was out of the line of fire, while the grape 
and cannister which was intended for tlie little force passed 
harmlessly by in the rear, tearing up the ground where the 
Maine hoys ' liad just been ; and before the guns could be 
reloaded and brought to bear upon them again, the boys had cut 
their way out. Never was the fact more clearly demonstrated, 
that in a battle it is the safest, as well as the best, for each indi- 
vidual soldier to stick to his command, than it was here ; for those 
who remained together got off the held with small loss, while 
of those who scattered, many were taken prisoners, some were 
obliged to cut their way through small bodies of the enemy, 
some met their death in this endeavor, some escaped by taking 
a series of Putnam leaps down the terraces in front of Gen. 
Stuart's headquarters ; and all took great risks. 

Gen. Smith thus writes, in 1885, concerning the halt and the 
return from this charge : — 

Jiist as we stopped from this charge I saw a sergeant comino- in from the 
direction of our right and rear, with a flag of some kind. If it was not the 
colors it must have been a guidon; of course I knew at the tnne, but am not 
sure now, though I think it was the colors. Well, a body of rebs dashed 
out from the woods to capture him. The sergeant dashed from them, and 
when tliey found themselves in the presence of so many Yanks, they quickly 

put back. Ti. 1 1 1 

T .i.-,i .,„j- 1 , +1,0*- f\^ n ir.cf cr. mnnvineii that dav (ten), it looked 



did not know that Co. G lost so many men that day (ten 



like the most solid company on the field when we re-formed to return. The 
<rray horses may have given it that appearance. I remember Capt. Virgm's 
presence well. His bearing was excellent. Maj. Boothby was there, too; 
he generally was there. We halted just beyond a little ridge that we had 
charo-ed over. At the time we halted we were all broken to pieces, but our 
men^'came to us from both flanks and the rear very fast, so we were able to 
re-form quite a force. We re-formed under cover of the ridge, and a smaller 
number of rebs assembled on the opposite side to contest our return. They 
did not organize, but only huddled. Our men re-formed hastily, but quite 
orderly. I watched the enemy with intense emotions. Seconds seemed like 
minutes. The moment our men got into tolerable shape I ordered the 
advance. I think Capt. Virgin was in front. I started on the left flank of the 
head of the column. The enemy did not stand, but broke to right and left, 
into the woods. Whether we should charge back over the guns, or evade 
them as we did, was the next problem. Either course was practicable. 
Which was best, was the <iuestion. The argument went through my mind 



152 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

distinctly, as if I had considered it a day. I saw the advantage of the rapid 
descent and the safety in getting under the hill, and directed the head of 
the column accordingly. I watched in fearful suspense for the first discharge 
of the guns, and was relieved to discover that the execution was weak. 

So inucli for the part this regiment bore in the fight at Brandy 
Station. It was afterwards learned that Gen. Buford, Avith his 
brigade, and a small force of infantry, crossed at Beverly ford 
early in the morning, and made an attack in Gen. Stuart's front, 
where he fought gallantly, and gained some advantage ; but 
discovering that the enemy had much tlie strongest force, he 
contented himself with holding his own, and waited to hear 
from Gen. Gregg. While Gen. Stuart's attention was turned 
in this direction, the Second brigade of Gregg's division (Col. 
Percy Wyndham) struck him in his rear, and almost in his 
camp, surprising him entirely, dealing him some heavy blows, 
and nearly capturing the rebel cavalry leader himself, who was 
then at his headquarters, in consultation with his generals. But 
Stuart's command was a large one (there was a review of fifteen 
thousand cavalry on that field but a day or two before, so pris- 
oners affirmed), and he was enabled to send such a force upon 
the Second brigade, supported by a battery of six guns, and by 
infantry, as to drive them back, with three brigades in full pur- 
suit. Just at this time Col. Kilpatrick arrived upon the field, 
and sent in the two advance regiments of his brigade (Harris 
Light and Tenth New York) to the relief of the Second brigade ; 
but they were met by two heavy columns, and driven back. 
At* this critical juncture, when the day seemed to be lost, the 
First Maine's charging column arrived, and drove the rebel line 
as stated. Gen, Kilpatrick writes down this charge of the First 
Maine as " one of the best charges that ever was made," and at 
a meeting of the officers of the brigade at his headquarters the 
next niglit, he declared that they all owed their thanks to the 
First Maine for saving not only the brigade, but the whole divi- 
sion in this action. This, the first charge of the First Maine, 
was perfectly irresistible — there was no withstanding it. With 
the force of its own momentum the regiment went on and on 
and on, driving everything before it, and only stopped when it 
was simply impossible to go further. 




Lieut. GEORGE E. HUNTON. Co. G. 

Abilene, Kansas, 



nnANDY STATTON. 



153 



Later in the day, the object of the rc"cM)iiiioi.ssaiiee being 
accoiuplished, the forces were withdrawn, the enemy showing no 
disposition to follow, and tlu' rcniiuciit canqjcd at UaiJpalianiiock 
Station that night. 

This, the lirst real cavalry tiglit of the war on a, large scale, 
which is known to (ircgg's division as the '"•Brandy Station 
Fight,'" and is so borne on the First Maine l)attle-flag, by order 
of the War Department, but which is known to Bnford's force 
and to the rebel cavalry as the tight at Beverly ford, was a 
severe blow to the south; and from that time their cavalry 
never regained or claimed the proud position it had so long 
been supposed to occupy. The southern papers fairly acknowl- 
edged a defeat, and were filled with mortification and humilia- 
tion. The severest censure was applied to Gen. Stuart, and one 
paper suggested his removal, for allowing Yankee schoolmasters 
and shoemakers, awkwardly astride of horses and holding on to 
the pommels of the saddles, to out-ride, out-fight, and out-gen- 
eral their own graceful cavaliers, horsemen from birth, almost ; 
and the strangers from the north to l)ecome better acquainted 
with the country, its roads, creeks, rivers and fords, than they 
were themselves, and to surprise and ride down a superior force 
of them at their own homesteads. Rebel officers did not hesi- 
tate to say that "Pleasanton out-generaled Stuart, and if he 
had had half as many men, he would have wdiipped him.*' And 
from the part the First Maine took in the fight, is it too much 
to claim that it did its full share in wresting from the southern 
cavalry its boasted superiority, and placing the Union cavalry 
where it ever afterwards stood, second to no other branch of 
the service, or to that of no other army ? 

Capt. Willard Glazier, of the Harris Light Cavalry, in his 
'• Three Years in the Federal Cavalry," thus speaks of Brandy 
Station : — 

At a critical moment, when the formidable and ever increasing hosts of 
the enemy Avere driving onr forces from a desirable position we sought to 
gain, and when it seemed as though disaster to our arms would be fatal, 
Kilpatrick's battle-flag was seen advancing, followed by the tried squadrons 
of the Harris Light, the Tenth Xew York, and the First Maine. In echelons 
of squadrons his brigade was quickly formed, and he advanced like a storm 



154 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



cloud upon tlie rebel cavalry, which filled the field before him. The Tenth 
New York I'eceived the first shock of the rebel charge, Init was hurled back, 
though not in confusion. The Harris Light met with no better success; 
and, notwithstanding their prestige and power, they were repulsed under 
the very eye of their chief, whose excitement at the same was well-nigh un- 
controllable. His fiashing eye now turned to the First Maine, a regiment 
composed mostly of heavy, sturdy men, who had not been engaged as yet 
during the day; and riding to the head of the column, he shouted: "Men 
of Maine, you must save the day ! Follow me ! " With one simultaneous 
war-cry these giants of the north moved forward in one solid mass upon the 
flank of the rebel columns. The shock was overwhelming, and the opposing 
lines crumbled like a "bowing wall" before this wild rush of prancing 
horses, gleaming sabres and rattling balls. 

On rode Kilpatrick with the men of Maine ; and on meeting the two regi- 
ments of his brigade which had been repulsed, and were returning from the 
front, the general's voice rang out like clarion notes above the din of battle: 
" Back, the Harris Light! Back, the Tenth New York! Re-form your squad- 
rons and charge!" With magical alacrity the order was obeyed, and the 
two regiments, which had been so humbled by their first reverse, now rushed 
into the fight with a spirit and success which redeemed them from censure, 
and accounted them worthy of their gallant leader. The commanding posi- 
tion was won ; a battery lost in a previous charge was recaptured, and an 
ett'ectual blow was given to the enemy which greatly facilitated the move- 
ments which followed. 

Gen. Smitli, in his address at Pittsfield, thus speaks of the 
Brandy Station fight : — 

It at last became apparent to those who had power to apply a remedy, 
that our cavalry force in the Army of the Potomac was not being used with 
advantage; that its strength was being frittered away. Consequently, in 
the spring of 1868, it was organized into brigades, divisions, and a cavalry 
corps. But even after it was thus organized, it had to wait some time for 
an opportunity to assert itself. The great battle of Chancellorsville was 
fought. Stoneman's raid was projected as a part of that battle, but its exe- 
cution consisted of marching, rather than fighting. Detachments met the 
enemy in hand to hand encounters, but at no time did the cavalry corps, as 
such, make itself felt in action. That grand event was reserved for Brandy 
Station, .June 9, 180:3. On that day, in order to ascertain the plans of the 
enemy, it was decided to send the cavalry corps, supported by infantry, 
across the Rappahannock into the enemy's camp. The forces crossed 
in three columns, — at Beverly, Rappahannock, and Kelly's fords. Our 
division crossed at Kelly's, and therefore had the left, and my remarks here 
will be restricted to what occurred on that part of the field. The Second 
brigade had the advance. Ours followed in the following order: Tenth 
New York, Harris Light, First Maine. Much of the march was through 
woods, and we had to keep the road in column. The location of the enemy 
was known, and our business was to reach his camps as soon as possible. 



nilAXDV STATION. 



If);! 



His- pickets caused hardly a pause in our advanc^e. INIuch ot the way we 
rode at a fjallop. Only the head of the column could strike the enemy, but 
the ditYerent regiments gave successive blows as they arrived. The Second 
brigade had become broken and defeated when the First got in. The 
Tenth Xew York made a gallant charge. Its cohmel went down and was 
captured. The gallant Harris Light, by some mistaken order, failed for the 
first time, perhaps, in its history, to do what was expected of it. It broke, 
and the rebels were charging it from the field. Our regiment had debouched 
from the woods and formed companies at tlie gallop. The artillery of the 
enemy was immediately turned loose upon us. How the regiment made a 
slight detour to the right, struck the enemy in tlank, crushed and scattered 
his forces, charged directly up the slope, over his guns and far beyond them. 
are all too well known to be further described by me. With broken ranks 
we returned to the plain. Our victory had been complete. We had broken 
through all opposition and routed the last organized foe. That charge dis- 
tinguished the First Maine Cavalry. It became known throughout the 
cavalry corps. Brigade and division commanders were lavish with their 
personal praises of it, and emphatic in their official reports in commenda- 
tion of it. 

But a higher value attaches to Brandy Station as att'ecting the regiment 
than has ever been sounded in praises. It was, in fact, the christening bat- 
tle of the regiment, — the first time it was ever solidly engaged, and the 
first time it had ever tasted, in any satisfactory manner, the fruit of victory. 
The battle aroused its latent powers and awoke it, as it were, to a new career. 
It became self-reliant, and began to comprehend its own possibilities. It 
became inspired with an invincible spirit that never again forsook it. These 
remarks might be extended to the effect of that day's work upon our cav- 
alry generally. The rebel cavalry had been in the ascendency. It had twice 
marched entirely around our army. It had certainly been very impudent, 
but Brandy Station broke its spirit. It lost its prestige there and never 
regained it afterwards, and history will show that it was never able to-suc- 
cessfully cope with our cavalry thereafter. So much for Brandy Station as 
it affected the cavalry. But a still higher importance attaches to it. It was 
the beginning of the end of the war. It was the opening of that grand 
campaign that culminated a few weeks later at Gettysburg, in that greatest 
and most distinguished battle that so clearly marks the turning point of 
the war. 

Gen. Jiidson Kilpatrick also made an address at the Pittsfield 
rennion, in which he said : — 

Comrades of the First Maine Cavalry, a word to you and I have done. 
During all these long years since I, with a sad heart, bade you farewell upon 
the plains of Virginia, I have wished to meet with you in reunion like this. 
And while I honor and respect from the bottom of my heart every citizen 
who spoke a word, every soldier who struck a blow for my country, there is 
an indescribably tender feeling that gathers around my heart when I look 
down into the faces of men who rode with me beneath the old banner of the 



156 FIB ST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

Union. How well I rememljer the old First Maine Cavalry! It was down at 
Belle Plain Landing, when the general in command of the army and the 
government did me the high honor to give me a brigade, — a young colonel 
twenty-two years old. I was given the Tenth Xew York, the First Maine 
and the Harris Light Cavalry. Oh how proud I felt, as we rode forth for the 
grand battle upon the plains of Brandy Station ! You have heard it described 
here to-night by your colonel. How we moved across the river and down 
tlirough the woods, and came out upon the broad plain, and saw Wyndham, 
with his brigade, go in and come out defeated, and saw gathering forces of 
the enemy troop up from out the woods, five, ten times our numbers. As I 
looked back upon that magnificent line, nearly twenty-six hundred strong, 
and as I saw the Tenth New York go in and come out, and my own regi- 
ment, the Harris Light, and float off like feathers on the wind, I looked back 
with my heart swelling in my throat, sad for that day, feeling that we were 
defeated; and I saw the First Maine moving down at a trot in double col- 
umn, the battle-flag in front; and as I rode down I said to them: " Men of 
3Laine, you must save the day!" And as you made that grand, magnilicent 
circle and cut the enemy in two, driving him back from in front of the other 
two regiments, sweeping round behind headquarters of their general, captur- 
ing two pieces of artillery, a staff officer, a battle-flag, and all the reports and 
private papers of that general, how my heart swelled with pride! And I say 
here to-night, before all this goodly company, to the First Maine Cavalry I 
owe the silver star I won that day upon the field of battle. 

The loss of the regiment in this engagement was between 
thirty and forty killed, wounded and missing,^ by far the greater 
portion being prisoners, while it captured seventy-six prisoners 
and a battle-flag. Many were the deeds worthy of record 
during this fight, of which these have been preserved. Corp. 
Ansel Drew, of Co. A, brought the battle-flag of Hampton's 
Legion off the field. Lieut. Taylor, of Co. M, captured a dis- 
mounted rebel, and as the enemy was after him, he made his 
prisoner run before his horse, and when the prisoner grew tired 
he made him take hold of his horse's tail, and come along Avith 
that help. He lu'ought his man in. A private of the same 
company captured one of the enemy Avho was fully armed, by 
presenting an unloaded pistol at his head. One of the buglers 
who was captured managed to make his escape, and rejoined 
the regiment during the night, and Private J. B. Peakes, of 
Co. K, who was captured managed to escape and rejoin his com- 
pany before it left the field. Private Peter Como, also of Co. 
K, noticed a rebel coming down upon Lieut. Col. Boothby, and, 

' Tlio details of the losses in the several eii>;:ip,'eiueiits will be found in the Apjiendix. 



PEIiSOyAL I.XCIDENTS. I'")" 

raising- liiiuseli' in his stirrups, he shut the rebel dead, jus( as tiie 
latter was about to shoot the lieutenant coh)iiel, and tliat at a 
distance of more than a hundred yards, and while his horse was 
at full speed. Sergt. Loud, of the same company, rode nj) to 
the battery after the enemy had regained ])ossession, and in his 
pet'uliar manner exclaimed, waving his sword, ''• I'll t-t-take 
connnand of this b-b-battery, if you pl-pl-j)lease I " He was 
greeted with orders to surrender, in terms more emphatic than 
polite, which he obeyed, under protest. Sergt. Joel Wilson, of 
Co. F, in the excitement of the charge, noticed that liis horse 
seemed, by the dull thud of a bullet, to be hit. The horse did 
not fall, and, on looking over each side and seeing no blood, he 
supposed he was mistaken. After the hglit, upon reaching the 
Rappahannock, he noticed that Avhile other horses were very 
tliirsty, his own would not drink. This, though strange, he 
attributed to the animal's nervousness. After fording the river 
the sergeant dismounted, when the horse at once lay down. 
Then he discovered a little blood on the horse's flank, and on 
removing the saddle found that a bullet had entered the flank, 
passed diagonally through the body, and come out against the 
saddle girth on the other side ; and yet the horse had carried 
him two hours after being riddled by a bullet, and only suc- 
cumbed when he dismounted to give it a rest. 

Chaplain INIerrill, in ''Campaigns of the First Maine and 
First D. C. Cavalry," relates this incident : • — ■ 

During one of these desperate cliaroes C'apt. Tucker, of Co. B, became sep- 
arated from his men and was surrounded, captured, disarmed, and ordered 
to the rear, in charge of three mounted men. One rode on his riglit, anotlier 
on his left, and the third in front. The guard on his left carried his sabre 
i-ather carelessly. Tucker watched his opportunity, grasped the weapon by 
the hilt, wrenched it from the man, by a sudden thrust rendered him hors 
de comhat, and then by a powerful back stroke disposed of the guard on 
liis right. The man in front had just time to wheel his horse when the 
sabre was at his breast, and he was ordered to surrender. A little fellow of 
Co. I, of about a hundred pounds' weight, rode up to a dismounted rebel 
of herculean proportions, and ordered him to surrender. The man looked 
upon him very much as Goliath of Gath seems to have looked upon David, 
and then coolly taking him by the foot, suddenly lifted him up and pitched 
him from his horse on the other side. An instant more and the horse had 
passed from between the parties, the giant waiting, as he thought, to pocket 
the stripling; but he was too late; a ball fromltlie little Yankee's revolver 



158 FinST MAINE CAVA LEY. 

tore his scalp, and stretched him stunned and bleetling upon the ground ; 
stunned, though, but for a moment. The next instant, as consciousness 
returned,' tlie phicky little Yankee stood beside his fallen antagonist, with 
revolver at his head, exclaiming, "How are you, Uncle Johnny ? Will you 
surrender now ? " 

On the tenth the regiment marched to Warrenton Jnnction, 
remaining there till the fifteenth. While here, the men had a 
visit from the ever-welcome but seldom seen paymaster, and 
from him received two months' pay, and Col. Kilpatrick issued 
this congratulatory address : — 

Headcjuarteks First Brigade, 
Third Cavalry Division, June I'J, 1863. 
Officers and Soldiers of the First Brigade : — 

I congratulate you upon the name and reputation you have won as cav- 
alry soldiers. Not only have you received the thanks of your division 
commander, but also of your cavalry chief. Continue to be what your com- 
manding officers believe you now are, brave and true men, ever keeping in 
view the great principles for which we are contending, — Freedom and 
Nationality. If your division commander is proud of his division, thrice 
proud am I of my gallant brigade. 

J. KILPATRICK, Colonel Comma inlin'j BrUjade. 

At this time the Second and Tlnrd divisions were consoli- 
dated into one division, named the Second, still remaining in 
command of Gen. D. McM. Gregg, and the brigades were reor- 
o-anized. Col. Kilpatrick, who was promoted to brigadier general 
June tenth, retained command of the First brigade, which was 
now formed of the Harris Light and other regiments ; while 
the First Maine, Tenth New York, and Fourth and Sixteenth 
Pennsylvania regiments composed the Third brigade, of which 
Col. J. Irwin Gregg, of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania (a cousin of 
the o-eneral commanding the division), was placed in command. 
Co. I was detailed at the headquarters of Gen. Pleasanton, who 
had succeeded Gen. Stoneman in command of the cavalry corps. 

It now became known to Gen. Hooker that Gen. Lee's army 
was moving northward on the opposite side of the Blue ridge, 
perhaps Avith tlie intention of going into Maryland, and perhaps 
intending to cross the ridge and get between him and Wash- 
ino-ton, and then either attack him in the rear or cut off his 
connection with Washington and capture that city. So his 



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own army was jmt in motion, with tlio ciivalry in the advance, 
watfliing- with jeah)us eyes every gap, to h-arn the intentions 
of the enemy and prevent his crossing the ridge. 

On the fifteenth the regiment nuu'ched to near Manassas 
finnction, and remained there till the morning of the seven- 
teenth, when it broke camp at an early lionr, and after a liard 
march of more than twenty miles arrived at Aldie al)()nt two 
o'clock P. M., a small town on the pike leadino- from Washin"- 
ton to Winchester, where a severe cavalry light was in progress. 
The enemy, consisting of tw^o brigades of Gen. Stnart's cav- 
alry and four guns, commanded by Stuart in person, had been 
posted in a strong position on a ridge of hills covered with 
stone walls back of the town, extending across from the jNIid- 
dleburg and Snicker's Gap roads and connnanding both, while 
their skirmish line occupied a stone wall on the eastern slope of 
the hill and a long ditch behind some hay stacks. The f'irst 
Maine, on arriving there, was ordered by Gen. Gregg to report 
to Gen. Kilpatrick, and ])y him w^as ordered into a position on 
the left of the tow^n ; but before arriving there an order was 
received to return in haste, which was obeyed so quickly that, 
instead of countermarching, the regiment wheeled by fours, and 
thus W'Cnt into the fight left in front. On reaching the crest of 
the hill on the Snicker's Gap road, they found the exhausted 
forces of the Union cavalry, who had been figliting all day, 
being pressed back by the enemy. The regiment (with the 
exception of four companies under command of Lieut. Col. 
Smith, which had been ordered still further to the left on the 
hill, had started, and had crossed a creek wdien the order to 
return came) was ordered to charge, and without stopping, 
went in altogether, as by detachments, starting with three rous- 
ing cheers. In face of the battery on the crest of the hill, and 
the carbines and rifles behind the stone walls and the hay stacks 
(it was afterwards learned that a reghnent of Mississippi infantry 
occupied the position), the broad, long-armed sw^ordsmen from 
Maine swept the rebels from the field, and pursued them half a 
mile or more, until they came upon a reserve stronglj^ posted 
on foot behind a stone wall. Here a deadly fire met them ; but 
they stopped not until they had driven the enemy from his 



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strong-hold and fur beyond. The road and tiekls near this wall 
were covered with Union dead and wounded. Col. Douty was 
killed here, and Maj. Boothby took command of the regiment, 
and held the position the regiment had gained on the crest 
of the hill near the stone wall ; and there was no more lighting 
that day. Lieut. Col. Smith, with the remaining battalion, 
arrived after the fighting had ceased, when the lieutenant 
colonel superintended the securing of the body of Col. Douty, 
which was in the very advance, and was pierced with two 
bullets, either of which would have proved fatal. The body 
was sent home for burial. Capt. Summat, of Co. H, was also 
killed, and Lieut. Montgomery, of Co. D, was wounded. Four 
enlisted men were killed and eighteen wounded. The bodies 
of the dead were all taken from the field. 

The stor}^ of Aldie is thus told by Capt. Henry C. Hall, of 
Co. H, then lieutenant: — 

At Aldie, in the afternoon of the seventeenth of June, 1863, Gen. Kil- 
patiick, commanding the First brigade, Second cavahy division, who liad 
the advance of our column that day, met a strong force of the enemy under 
Gen. Stuart. Only the enemy's advance had reached the town, a part of 
which was readily captured and the others charged back to their main 
force, about a mile distant. The whole rebel command was now prepared 
for action, and quickly drove Kilpatrick's small force back to the town. 
The First Massachusetts, the Harris Light, and other regiments, were 
ordered in. A section of artillery was ordered into position on the crest of 
the hill just west of the town ; the enemy brought up a light battery, and 
the guns of both sides were soon working effectively. The cavalry was 
hotly engaged. The charges and counter-charges were superb and grand. 
No such close encounters, no such daring bravery had before been exhibited 
by the cavalry of either army. Kilpati-ick pushed them back a full half 
mile to some high stone fences, behind which a regiment of dismounted 
calvary had been placed, who received Kilpatrick's men with a murderous 
fire, which literally covered the field in front with dead and dying, and sent 
the others flying in disorder to the rear. The confederate commander now 
saw his opportunity. He called the Fourth and Fifth Virginia regiments, 
and with them charged Kilpatrick's retreating troops, and drove them back 
in wild confusion. Kilpatrick now called lustily for help, and the First 
Maine was sent him. At this time we were marching up the left bank of 
Little River, in support of a section of artillery. Lieut. Col. Smith, with 
four companies, had Iteen detached and was some distance away. We were 
ordered "fours right about," which brought Co. H at the head of the col- 
umn, left in front, and an orderly was sent for Lieut. Col. Smith. We moved 
quickly back across the pike and up through a sparsely wooded field to the 




CHAS. H, SMITH, 

Col, 1st Me Cav. 
Bvt. Maj. Gen, U. S. Vols. 



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crest of tlic hill, where Kili)atri('k's artillery was hotly enf;a<^e(l. The eoni- 
])anies formed sciuadron as fast as they arrived, and prepared for ai^tion. 
Co. II was scarcely formed when Kilpatrick's broken rej^iments came up 
the hill in our front and i)assed to our ri<;ht and rear, routed and demor- 
alized. Kilpatrick was among them, hut when he saw an unbroken front 
of live men, with fillstenin<i; sabres drawn, he instantly stopped. His 
moistened features were covered with dust; his countenance was dejected 
and sad; the tire and the flash of his eye were gone, and he looked indeefl 
"a ruined man." "What regiment is this?" he asked, in tones that did 
not betray him. ■' First Maine !" shouted a dozen throats. The response 
was electric. Then we heard the old, familiar, clear-ringing tones, and saw 
his countenance brighten to a smile, his eyes flash, and his Avhole frame All 
with enthusiasm, as he commanded : "Forward, First Maine I You saved the 
field at Brandy Station, and you can do it here ! Are there twelve men who 
will follow' me ?" He turned instantly, and forty boys of Co. H, followed 
by Co. D, with deafening yells and flashing sabres, chargetl down the 
hill and met the victorious rebels, brave, bold, determined fellows, just at 
the road, and in an instant we were among them; nor would they turn till 
they felt the steel borne by brave and stronger anns than theirs. Some of 
our boys fell here; but the others, undaunted, pushed on, and soon all on 
the road were on the run ; and those on the flanks, many more on either side 
than on the road, halted, hesitated, and soon joined in the retreat. Of the 
next few minutes I can relate but little of what transpired beyond my reach. 
I very soon passed Kilpatrick and his orderly. Private Dennis Murphy, of 
Co. H, on the road. Kilpatrick's horse had been shot through the neck, 
and lie was halted, and seemed to be deliberating whether to urge the bleed- 
ing brute further, or to retire and exchange him for a better. 

When I passed him I supposed I was in advance of all of our men, and 
gave my horse the rein and the sjiur and quickly closed the interval between 
myself and the running rebels. In the dusty darkness it was scarcely pos- 
sible to distinguish friend from foe. I raised my sabre high, to strike the 
flrst I should reach. He raised his arm to i>arry the blow I was just ready to 
give, when I discovered him to be Private I. C. Mosher, of Co. H, who, in 
some manner, had passed me unnoticed. He had been shot through the 
bridle arm, which was hanging useless at his side, and his horse was carry- 
ing him whithersoever it would. In his right hand he held his pistol, 
which fortunately for me was empty, for he at first thought me a rebel. 
There were some upon his left and rear hacking him on the head and back 
with sabres, and on his right front I discovered a pistol in the hand of one 
Avho had fired the successful shot just as I came. His perilous situation 
flashed upon me at once, and my first thought was to save him, if possible. 
1 accordingly paid my first attention to the one with the ijistol, who, when 
he saw I meant him, quickly raised the weapon to cover me, which I as 
<iuickly knocked from his hand. I then gave him one of my best over the 
head with the sabre. He fell over to the left, and shielded his head by the 
side of his horse's neck, clinging to the long mane to support himself. I 
then thrust once, twice, three times, but I blush to c-onfess that my sabre 
point was so blunt I could not pierce even his old gray coat, it was so thick 
and hard. Just then a big, stout-looking rebel came up on my right and 



162 FIESr MAIXE CAVALRY. 

rear, and made forme with sabre raised " riglit smart." I tliouglit 1 was 
done for, sure, he was so large and strong; but I was determined to go 
down face to him, if down I must go, and turned in my saddle to receive 
him. When I turned on him the cowardly creature pulled up his horse and 
i-eined out into the field on the right. I then turned my attention to those 
in front again ; but when I came up with them Mosher and those who had 
shown him so much attention were gone. Mosher had got control of his 
horse with his right hand, and reined out of the column and saved himself 
from further mutilation and from capture. Just as I got to the nearest 
again in the fleeing column, and was about to make two of him if I could, 
my horse went down, and I went over its head. I instantly rolled over into 
the ditch, and saved being trampled by the horses of Co. H, that were com- 
ing in colunm but a few yards in rear. My horse — whether he stumbled or 
was stunned by a shot I never knew — rose again and went cm to rebeldom, 
and I never saw him more. At this point a thick clump of pines grew 
close to the road on the left, whither the rebels were fleeing for shelter and 
to escape capture. The colors of the Fourth Virginia, in which regiment 
was the famous Black Horse Cavalry, were on the right of the road, and 
were charged and captured by three sergeants of Co. H, Daniel W. Hall, 
Eobert A. Heal, and Benjamin C. Mosher; and they have since hung in the 
rotunda of the Capitol at Augusta. In a few minutes private Henry J. 
Varney brought back a captured rebel on a pale horse. I told the rebel 1 
would swap horses with him, and that I had already delivered mine. He 
readily assented and kindly assisted me to mount, and then Varney escorted 
him to the rear. 

When we first set out on the charge Capt. Summat was on the left flank 
of the company, superintending its alignment, and Col. Douty was on the 
left flank of the regiment, attending to the formation of the companies as 
they arrived, and neither of them, it seems to me, could have known of 
Kilpatrick"s presence, nor of his order to charge; but when they found a 
charge had been ordered, neither lost any time in getting to the head of the 
charging column. At this time Co. I was at Cavalry corps head(iuarters, 
Co. L at first Army corps headquarters, and Lieut. Col. Smith had not yet 
returned with his four companies. With the four remaining companies 
Maj. Boothby charged on the right of the road, and thereby relieved Cos. 
H and D, and saved them from capture. He had a hard fight down by the 
sheds and hay-stacks on the right, but Smith coming up with his four com- 
panies, they quickly got in on the rebel left and cleared the field. During 
Boothby' s hardest fighting, and before Smith had arrived, Gen. Kilpatrick 
came up in rear of Boothby' s line and called out in tender, pleading tones: 
''God bless you, Boothby! hold them! hold them!" while the very air was 
blue with flashing words that tell from fearless Boothby' s lips. 

As soon as the field was secured to us search was made for the missing, 
and the wounded collected and cared for. Lying upon the ground beyond 
those fatal walls was found the lifeless form of Col. Douty, pierced by two 
shots in the side; and near by the dead body of Capt. Summat, with one leg 
terribly crushed and broken. In the road close by the pines lay Charlie 
Decker, with a bullet hole in his forehead ; and near where we first struck 
the enemy lay Jimmy Hvird, with a bullet hole in his bridle'hand and his 



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neck l.n.kcn. First Sergt. I). W. Hall ^v:ls mortally wounded in captuiiiiK 
the flajjj, and died the next day. Corp. Emery was said to lie mortally 
wounded.— had seven distinct wounds, onethrougli his lunj-s, — but he par- 
tially recovered, and lived several years. A man of Co. D was also shot 
through the lungs near the i.iiics, l.iit he survived. Many others received 
lesser wounds. 

Wlu'ii Vovy. Einerv arrived at the li(),si)ital, witli a bullet 
through his luuo-s, one tlii'ough liis wrist, and one thronol, ],is 
arm, and several sabre euts on his head. Steward Gatehell, after 
examining liis wounds, said to him, ''Well, tliej meant you this 
time." - Yes," was the rei)ly, "hut they didn't get me, and I 
shall soon ])e able to give them another trial, d — n the rebs." 
And he did give them another trial. Just as a j^ortion of the 
regiment started to charge, Corj). Joseph H. Colhn, of Co. G, 
rose in his stirrui^s, and swinging his sabre, sa out in a voice 
which it would seem would almost reach the old homestead : 
" Come on, boys ; here's for the honor of old Maine I " 

James Moore, M. D., surgeon of the Ninth Pennsylvania 
Cavahy, thus writes of Aldie, as published in Capt. Glazier's 
" Three Years in the Federal Cavalry " : — 

Tlie rebel general being foiled at every point, resolved to make one more 
desperate effort. Silently and quickly he massed a heavy force upon our 
extreme right, and, led by Gen. Rosser, made one of the most desperate and 
determined charges of the day. Kilpatrick was aware of this movement, 
and, satisfied that his men, exhausted as they were, could not withstand the 
charge, had ah-eady sent for re-enforcements. Before they could reach him 
the shock came. The First Massachusetts liad the right, and fought as only 
brave men could, to stem the tide that steadily bore tliem back, until the 
whole right gave way. Back rushed our men in wild confusion, and on 
came the victorious rebel horsemen. The general saw, with anguish, his 
flying soldiers, yet in his extremity retained his presence of mind, and 
proved himself worthy the star he had won at Brandy Station. Sending 
orders for the centre and left to stand fast, he placed himself at the head o't" 
the First Maine, sent to his assistance, and coolly waited till the rebel 
charging columns had advanced within fifty yards of Randall's guns. He 
then shouted "Forward !" and the same regiment that saved the day at 
Brandy Station was destined to save the day at Aldie. Rosser's men could 
not withstand the charge, but broke and fled up the hill. The general'.s 
horse was killed in the charge, and here the brave Col. Douty fell. The 
general determined now to complete the victory; and mounting a fresh 
horse, he urged on the First Maine and First Massachusetts, sent orders for 
his whole line to advance, and then sounded the charge. Lee struggled for 
a few moments against this advance, and then ordered a retreat^ which 



164 F77?.S7' MAINE CAVALEY. 

ended in a rout. His troops were driven in confusion as far as Middleburg, 
and night alone saved the remnant of his command. 

The official rei)ort of this fight slioukl be preserved, and is 
as follows : — 

Hkaixh'aktkrs First Maine Cavalry, 
August 31, 1863. 

Lieut. .John B. Maitland, 

A. A. A. G. Til in! brk/ade, Secoiirf division, Cortilry corps. 

Lieutenant ; — I have the honor to submit the following report of the part 
sustained by the regiment in the action at Aldie, on the seventeenth of June 
last: On the arrival of the brigade near the town Col. C. S. Douty was 
ordered forward with his regiment, to report to Brig. Gen. Gregg, command- 
ing division. At this time the whole of the brigade had become hotly- 
engaged with the enemy. Having reported, the colonel was ordered to- 
l)roceed with his command to a position to the left of the town; but before' 
arriving there had to return in haste, by express oixlers, to the hill on the 
right of the town, near the battery, arriving just in time to meet and resist 
the impetuous charge of the enemy upon the exhausted forces of part of the 
First brigade. A portion of the regiment, led by Col. Douty in person,^ 
immediately charged, turned the enemy and pursued him to the very crest 
of the hill, where the advance, being exposed to a cross-fire from a large 
force of dismounted men posted behind stone walls, suffered severely. Col. 
Douty and Capt. G. J. Summat, Co. H, were killed instantly, and Lieut. W, 
Montgomery, Co. D, was wounded. Notwithstanding our loss, the enemy 
was so perplexed and discouraged by the tenacity and impetuosity of the 
charge that he immediately gave way, so that Maj. Boothby, by quickly 
following up the advantage, utterly routed them and drove them from their 
ground. The wounded were taken off, the trophies of the field were col- 
lected, and the dead were being buried when the regiment was relieved at 

dark. 

I am res2:)ectfully yours, etc., 

C. H. SiMITH, Cnlniiel First Afiiiiir Ciinilrij. 

Gen. Kilpatrick, in his address at the reunion in PittsfiekU 
thus speaks of Aldie : " And very soon came Aldie, where 
you recollect the Harris Light, the Fourth New York and 
other regiments lay in by hay-stacks dcnvn across by the old 
road and up by the hill, with Randall's battery upon the hill in 
the rear; and the First Massachusetts had broken and given 
way, driven back ; and the Fifteenth Virginia Cavalry, coming 
down the road, drove us clear up within ten feet of Randall's 
battery ; and I looked back in despair, and there I saw old Col. 
Douty with the First Maine. I said, 'Men of Maine, you saved 
the day at Brandy Station, save it agahi at Aldie.' And upon 



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the run you went, and I liad the hojioi- to ride side by side \\W\\ 
your gallant old Col. Douty, and sad to say, saw him o-o down 
in a soldier's death upon that bloody field." 

Lieut. Col. Smith now took command ot" the regiment, and 
.shortly afterwards was commissioned colonel, to rank from this 
day, while jMaj. Boothby was commissioned lieutenant colonel, 
to raidv from the same date. 

The day after Aldie was occupied in skirmishing and recon- 
noitring the enemy's position without any loss, this regiment 
being in the rear. The enemy fell back a short distance 
(liu'ing the day, occupying that night a ridge, heavily wooded, 
Avitli open undulating country between them and the Union 
forces. When demonstrations were made on the morning of 
June nineteenth, the enemy was found to be in position, with 
artillery, on and near the pike up which they had been driven, 
and near the town of Middleburg, their force being about 
equally divided on either side of the pike. The general battle 
line was longest to the right, where Gen. Kilpatrick had the 
front. After considerable skirmishing, Gen. Gregg sent an 
order for an advance to be made by the troops occupying the 
pike, the flanks moving at the same time. The First Maine 
Avas on the j)ike. Cos. M and E, commanded by Capt. Brown 
and Lieut. Ellis, were sent into the woods at the left of the 
pike, beyond which was an open field, and charged across this 
field to a stone wall, where they met the enemy, and a severe 
fight ensued, resulting in a victory for the Maine boys, who cap- 
tured a lieutenant colonel, three line ofticers, and twenty-one 
men. Lieut. Taylor, of Co. M, and Lieut. Neville, of Co. E, 
were killed in this contest, and Sergt. Charles C. Putnam, 
guidon bearer of Co. E, was shot down within twelve feet of 
the wall. But the heaviest and hottest contest was on the pike. 
The enemy charged down to, and nearly through, the Union 
line, only to be hurled back with heavy loss. The boys in blue 
gained the ridge, only to see beyond the belt of woods a heavy 
force in reserve, already moving out to charge upon them ; 
for a moment the advance was checked, the front forced back, 
several of the dead and wounded shut out from the siofht of 
their comrades by the rebel advance, but not for long; the 



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reserves were also coming, like the whirlwind, and when it 
struck, the shock was too heavy to be resisted. Nor was breath- 
ing time given to the enemy to re-form ; but through and over 
them went the boys in blue, till it was no longer a battle, but a 
rout, and the rebel line of battle was completely broken, not to 
be formed again. The fight was now a fierce one. Every inch 
of ground through the belt of woods was hotly contested, the 
Union force finally occupying the position the rebels held at 
the opening of the fight, while the latter had retired across the 
open field beyond, neither side showing any disposition to attack 
again. Later in the afternoon the force moved out to the front, 
the enemy slowly retiring, till darkness put an end to the fight- 
ing. During this engagement Co. C, under command of Lieut. 
George S. Kimball, made a charge up the pike, in which they 
were driven back and Lieut. Kimball was killed ; but the rest 
of the regiment came up and drove the eneni}^ back. Col. 
Smith's horse was shot during the day. 

The official report of this engagement is as follows : — 

Headquarters First Maixe Cavalkv, 

MiDDLEBlTRG, Va., Jiuie 23, 18()3. 

LiEL'T. John 13. Maitland, 

A. A. A. G. Tlitrd hi-ii/tide, Second dirisioii, Ca rii/rij corp.s. 
Lieutenant: — I have the honor to report the following as the part taken 
by my regiment in the action of the nineteenth instant: About ten o'clock 
advanced up the Winchester pike about two miles, and took position on left 
of the pike to support skirmishers. When ordered to advance, two compa- 
nies, M and E, commanded by Capt. Brown and Lieut. Ellis, charged through 
the woods in our front and left, across an open field to a stone wall, where, 
after a sharp engagement, they captured a lieutenant colonel, three line 
officers, and twenty-one enlisted men, — a daring feat, but gallantly per- 
formed. Lieut. Taylor, Co. M, and Lieut. Neville, Co. E, both fell in the 
contest. Two other companies charged through the woods on our front and 
right, driving the enemy in superior numbers before them, to a point where 
the belt of woods crosses the pike, where they united with the rest of the 
regiment that charged directly up the pike. The regiment charged on a 
heavy force of the enemy posted in the belt of wood and behind stone walls, 
drove them from their strong position, and advanced into an open field, 
where a strong force of the enemy was met, which, after a desperate con- 
test, and by our repeated charges, was compelled to abandon its chosen 
position and retire. Lieut. George S. Kimball, Co. C, was instantly killed. 
Our entire loss was three commissioned officers killed and one wounded, 
seven enlisted men killed and twenty-six wounded. 

I am very respectfully yours, etc., 

C. H. SMITH, Cohiiirl /-irst Miiiiic Ciinilrii. 



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During this fight Sergt. McDougall, of Co. K, received seven- 
teen hullet holes in his ch)thing, and, strange to say, escaped 
unharmed. Another inci(kMit whicli occurred on this day is 
thus rehvted in Chai)lain Merrill's " Campaigns of the First 
:Maine and First 1). C. Cavalry": — 

Capt. C'hatlbourne, oi Co. I (at the time serving on detached duty with 
his company at tlie headquarters of Gen. Pk^asanton), accompanied by three 
men, was on his way with despatches to Gen. Hooker, whose headtpiarters 
were then near Fairfax Court House. They had just passed one of our 
wagon trains (some thirty mule teams) when they saw a squad of cavah-y, 
some two score in number, coming toward them. As those in front were 
dressed in our uniform, they were supposed to be the train guard. The 
captain continued to advance, all the while, however, keeping his eyes well 
open. When within a few paces, he saw them fumbling for their weapons. 
" Boys," said he to his men, in a low tone, " they are rebs; we must get out 
of this " ; and as he wheeled his horse, Moseby (for he it was in command), 
called out, '"Don't run, we are friends." One of the men hesitated, and the 
next moment was a prisoner. The captain, with his other two men, made 
good time for the rear, with the enemy at their heels. A portion of Moseby' s 
men took possession of the wagon train, while the balance i)ursued the 
captain and his men. The rebels were well mounted, but the " race is not 
always to the swift." This race had continued less than a mile when the 
captain came upon a scjuad of our own cavalry halted in the woods, some 
thirty or forty in number. Never did a more welcome sight greet the eye, 
and never did the voice of command ring out more clearly than that of the 
gallant captain: "Mount, men, mount, and fall in quick!" By this time 
the two foremost of the pursuers were so near upon him that when the cap- 
tain wheeled his horse, as he did while giving the word, the action brought 
him directly betAveen the two, and both were secured. Meantime some 
twenty of our men were mounted. The position of the parties was now 
reversed. The rebels were driven back on their main force. Squad after 
squad was charged and captured or dispersed, till in a few moments the whole 
rebel force was disposed of. the wagon train recovered, the drivers recap- 
tured and remounted, and sent on their way. 

Maj. George M. Brown, then captain of Co. M, thus tells the 
story of Middleburg at the regimental reunion at Lewiston, 

1879 : — 

During the morning we were in support of a section of the batteiy (n)ni- 
manded by Lieut. Fowler, of the Second Artillery. During the forenoon we 
nn)ved up the Winchester pike and took position in the woods to the left of 
the pike, in support of a line of skirmishers. Gen. Gregg ordered an advance 
to be made on the extreme left, occupied by Cos. M and E, under cover of 
w^oods. The enemy was in heavy force in a l)elt of woods, beyond an opi"" 
field several hundred yards wide, with the pike running through this and 



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our reiitre, the First Maine coverinji' all on the left of the pike. f'ol. J. I. 
Gregg, commanding brigade, and the officer commanding Cos. M and E, were 
able with glasses to discover artillery masked by the woods. Believing tlie 
advance would be but'a signal for the destruction of his line. Col. C4. sent tlie 
officer with him to inform Gen. Gregg of the exact jjosition of things. Gen. 
Gregg (piietly replied, " The advance must be made, and at once"'; adding, 
however, that he had artillery in position, and when the enemy opened he 
would destroy him. Cos. M and E were instructed at the command "For- 
ward!" to dash into and across the open field. Our sudden dash saved the 
lives of many, as the roar of their cannon was followed by the hurling of 
shot and shell over our heads ; and as we sped across the open field, we 
heard the wild cheer of our comrades on our right, as they also charged to 
the front. All reached the woods but Lieut. Neville, of Co. E, who was 
instantly killed by a fragment of shell crashing through his skull. We who 
galloped knew nothing of that, nor of what the rest of the line were doing. 
Straight into the woods we dashed, met by a fierce volley from a body of 
dismounted cavalry ; but no stopping now ; nearly through the belt of woods 
we pushed them; just here Lieut. Taylor's horse was killed, and in an in- 
stant he was upon another from which Sergt. Alanson Warren had fallen, 
severely woinided; from tree to tree we pushed them, so near we could look 
our foemen in the eye, and found them worthy of our steel. When the halt 
and rally were sounded, both sides were glad to retire and re-form. In three 
minutes we were upon them again. They were now beyond the woods 
l)ehind a stone wall. Our fierce charge was repulsed by a fierce defence, and 
as we retired again they attempted to reach their horses and reserves, but 
too late; Co. E by a gallop to their left and rear, M to the right and front, 
enveloped, overwhelmed and captured them to a man, Lieut. Taylor and the 
color bearer being killed almost at the moment of victory. On our right 
there had also been charge and counter charge, through and beyond their 
first line, and our boys went to meet their second and heavier line, to be 
hurled back again for a moment only; then turning, and with irresistible 
force carrying everything before them up to and beyond the coveted ridge, 
the enemy fiying broken and helpless before them. The battle was won. 
Our regiment had less than three hundred men for duty, — two hundred and 
fifty-seven was the total, I believe; our loss was three officers killed, one 
wounded, seven enlisted men killed and twenty-six wounded. Lieut. Kim- 
ball was killed beyond the enemy's first line, and in tlie few minutes inter- 
vening between the first and second charge, his body had been partially 
stripped and robbed. Occupying the ground fought over, we recovered the 
bodies of our killed, and had the sad satisfaction of sending thi>se of the 
officers home to friends for Christian burial. 

The regiment remained near Middleburg until the twenty- 
first, when it advanced towards Upperville, and participated in 
anotlier engagement, the third within a week, and in each bear- 
ing itself so gallantly as to be allowed the three names " Aldie," 
'•' Middleburg," and ^^ l^pperville,'' on the regimental battle-flag. 



N:/' 



This Description is from a Private Letter from Dr. J. P. Sheahan. 



IT IS interesting, because vivid. 



The view is taken just west of the town. The Confederate line was on the ridge 
in the distance ; we charged through the town, capturing a gun, and came upon their 
line at the point given in the picture. The stone wall running off to the right was 
where Co. K was dismounted in the road a little in advance. It was there that a 
desperate sabre fight took place. The Confederate line was behind the other stone 
wall, farther on, which also was off to the right. The white mark on the wall where 
we were, indicates the spot where I was, and is, I rather think, a reflection of my 
face during the battle. To the left of the road, in the foreground, is a grave, evi- 
dently a Confederate one. 

No field that I visited looked so natural to me as this. Not a stone, apparently, 
had been moved. 



ri'l'KllVlLLK. -^"^ 

The story of this ongao-einent, in whicli the ve^^inicnt lost Capt. 
Spiirliiig, of Co. D, and seven men wounded and one man ndss- 
ing, and in which Col. Snuth crossed sabres with an enemy for 
the first time, and lost his weapon, is thus related in Chaplain 
Merrill's "Campaigns of the First ISlaine and First D. C 
Cavalry " : — 

The enemy, having suffered severely in the recent battles, was fallinj^ 
.slowly baok towards the Blue ridge, and our troops were following them up. 
At nine o'clock A. M. of the twenty-first, the regiment, now numT)ering (in 
the absence of several companies on detached duty) but two hundred and 
twenty-five men, moved out in the second line of battle, the First and Second 
brigades composing the first. The enemy disputed the advance by planting 
nrtniery at available points, but they did little damage. A brisk cannonading 
was kept up, the enemy falling back and our troops advancing. This regi- 
ment being in the second line of battle, was not engaged in the earlier part 
of the day, and only advanced as the way was opened. At about four 
o'clock P. M. the troops were drawn up in a large open plain. In front was 
the town of Upperville, through which the road led. In an opening beyond, 
a little to the left, the enemy's cavalry could be seen through the woods, 
while farther in their rear was Ashby's Gap. Col. Smith had been ordered 
to take his regiment to a position on the right of the town. Two regiments 
(one of them the Harris Light, Kilpatrick's old regiment,) had been sent in 
to take the town and hold it, but had l)een successively driven back. The 
general had said to Gen. Pleasanton: " If I had the First Maine, they would 
go through." A moment later, as Col. Smith was passing Gen. Pleasanton 
with his regiment, on his way to the position assigned him, he was halted 
and ordered to report to Kilpatrick, in front of the town. Proceeding to 
that point, he was ordered to "charge the town, drive out the enemy, 
and, if possible, get beyond." It was one of those bold dashes for which 
Kilpatrick had a special fondness. His opinion of the First Maine was indi- 
cated by his request for their services on that occasion, and by his some- 
what characteristic remark as they advanced: "That First Maine would 
charge straight into h— 1 if they were ordered to." Col. Smith at once 
formed two companies in sections of eight, with drawn sabres, and led the 
charge in person. Maj. Boothby followed with the rest of the regiment. 
In the middle of the street through which they must pass, and near the 
centre of the town, the enemy had planted a brass howitzer. Pointed as it 
was, toward the advancing column, it had an ugly look. Steadily our men 
advanced, till suddenly the order was given: "Forward!" At once the 
column dashed forward. The suddenness of the movement seemed to dis- 
concert the gunners. The piece was fired — a charge of grape-shot whistled 
over the heads of the men. In an instant the gun was captured. So vigor- 
ous was the charge, that on reaching the gun one of our boys leaped his 
horse clear over it. The enemy was driven from the town. At a little dis- 
tance beyond a strong force was found in a good position, ready to receive a 
chai-f'-e. Col. Smith now halted his command, returned sabres, and then 



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with carbines drove the enemy from his position and took it. A brisk and 
somewhat wild fight ensued, in the latter part of which other troops partici- 
pated. The enemy lost in killed and wounded a considerable number, and 
was driven back to the gap. We took seventy-five prisoners, amongst whom 
were a colonel, a lieutenant colonel, and two majors. 

The official report of this engagement is as follows: — 

Hkadqi:auters First Maine Cavalry, 
August 31, 186.3. 
Lieut. John B. Maiti,axi>, 

A. A. A. G. Third brigade. Second division, Cnvdlrij corps. 

Lieutenant : — I have the honor to submit the following report of the par- 
ticipation of my regiment in the fight near Upperville, Va., June 21, 1863: 
The regiment, being on the right of the brigade near Middleburg, advanced 
thence in the "second line of battle to Upperville. When near the town I 
was ordered, with my regiment, to "charge through the town, drive out the 
enemy, and get beyond it, if possible," all of which was duly accompli.shed. 
On entering the town the regiment was met l)y a discharge of grape from a 
gun posted to oppose it, which was immediately captured, the enemy dis- 
persed and driven beyond the town, whither the regiment pursued and 
engaged him, killing and wounding many and capturing seventy-five. 

I am very respectfully yovirs, etc., 

C. H. SMITH, Colonel First .\faine Cavalry. 

Concerning this engagement a comrade of Co. M thus writes 
of what he saw and heard : — 

After the battle at Middlelnirg, June nineteenth, the regiment, with a 
portion of the corps, went into camp near the town, and remained there 
imtil the morning of the twenty-first, when the whole corps advanced toward 
Upperville, a few miles north. Soon after moving out, Capt. Brown, with 
Cos. M and E, was sent Avith orders to Col. Taylor, commanding the First 
brigade, who was at or near Thoroughfare Gap. After proceeding several 
miles they met the First brigade, delivered the orders, and started to rejoin 
the regiment. In the meantime the corps had advanced to the town of 
Upperville, and Gen. Kilpatrick"s brigade was hotly engaged in and about 
the town, while the remainder of the corps was drawn up in two lines of 
battle on the hill southeast of the town, the First Maine being in the second 
line. As Capt. Brown's command was about to join the regiment, and had 
nearly reached its position in the line, orders reached the captain to report 
with the two companies to Kilpatrick, who was on the pike just at the edge 
of the town. Accompanied by Col. Smith the two companies advanced to 
the position designated, and Capt. Brown reported as ordered, while the 
remainder of the regiment also came up and halted. Gen. Kili)atrick at 
once said to Captain Brown, "Captain, I want you to go through this town 
and drive those fellows out." The two companies were then formed in 



rPPEHVILLE. 



171 



seotions of ei-jht; and while fiettinf-- ready to eliavp;e. Gen. Kilpatrick 
remarked to Capt. Brown, in a joeose manner, " lirown, do you sin.y; any 
sono-s now.'" alludinj;- to the musical a1)ilities of ("apt. B. wliich were well 
known at Kilpatriik's heachiuarters. When all was ready, (ien. K. K^ive the 
order "Forward !"" snyiii.u. •• 1 will Lio with the remainder of the rejiiment 
and support you." As these two companies started at a walk. Col. Smith 
rode to the head and along.side of Capt. Brown, who. when he saw him said, 
"Colonel, do not <;() Avith us; we cannot atford to lose you to-day," he 
understanding,^ that he was to lead the eharf^e himself; but the colonel paid 
no attention to him, and gave the order to trot. We wei-e now well down 
into the town, and seeing a body of the enemy in the road, the order was 
given to charge. Just at this moment the discharge of a gun was heard, 
and a cliarge of grape and canister came hissing over our heads, hut did not 
cheek our onward speed; whereupon the men at the gun turned and ran. 
leaving the gun, which proved to he a small mountain howitzer, and which 
was secured by the remainder of the regiment as it came up. On we went 
through the town, and were about to advance to the hill on the north side, 
when we discovered that the enemy was posted there, and their bullets came 
zipping through our ranks, causing us to slacken our pace somewhat. Just 
then we came to a cross-road lined with a high stone wall, and the men 
turned into it and commenced tiring, driving the enemy from the brow of 
the hill. Col. Smith then shouted "Forward!" and we advanced nearly 
to the top of the hill. The road here was narrow, with a high stone wall on 
each side, which had been thrown dow n in places, and we turned to the right 
into the field, deployed, formed squadron front, and advanced, the enemy 
retreating up the pike at a smart gallop. We had nearly reached another 
small elevation wdien we discovered the enemy in force, a heavy column by 
. fours on the pike. The remainder of the regiment had followed us up 
promptly, and was now in the same field, and advancing over the ground 
we had just left. We were ordered to gain the pike again, and Co. M had 
done so, when the head of the enemy's column appeared some ten or fifteen 
rods in our front, and at once charged dowm upon us. Our little force, num- 
bering but sixteen or twenty men, seeing nothing ct)uld be done, turned and 
retreated, closely followed by the enemy, when the remainder of the regi- 
ment, then in the field, seeing the situation, dismounted, and advancing to 
the stone wall poured in volley after volley on the fiank of the enemy as 
they went by. The enemy followed our little force but a short distance 
when they discovered that they were in a trap, and turned to get out of it, 
bvt not till their colonel was wounded a,nd their lieutenant colonel a prisoner, 
Capt. Brown capturing him with an empty revolver ; upon learning which 
fact the lieutenant colonel said: " Well, if I had knt)wn that, I should not 
have surrendered, as I had one shot left." Before the fight was over all of 
our regiment was engaged, and detachments from other commands came up, 
and took a hand in following the enemy on his retreat. Capt. Spurting, of 
Co. U, was slightly wounded in the hand. The enemy made one more feeble 
charge, it seeming to be their object to secure their wounded colonel, who 
was being taken off the field by two sergeants and the bugler of Co. M ; and 
for a moment rebels, prisoners, and the First Maine were badly mixed up: 
but the enemy was easily repulsed. 



^"^^ Fin ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

I must admit that when the order to cliarge was -iveii and the -rape-shot 
Avent howhno- over our heads, I shut my eyes, as I did not wish to see who 
went down; but it was only for an instant, and then it seemed tliat I heard 
l.ut the galh.i) of one miolity liorse. as we tluuidered down the streets of that 
(juiet town. 

We took the wounded colonel back to the town, and got a bed for 
inm. He was wounded severely, and in great pain. When his lieutenant 
colonel came in and saw him, tears came into his eyes, and he said: 
" O colonel, this has been a sad day for, our regiment!" The colonel oave 
him quite a sum of Confederate money and directions in relation to matters 
of business, saying he was convinced he was on his death-bed. We did all 
we could to make him comfortable, and left him to the care of the surgeons. 

In the first charge of the enemy down the pike, where they followed the 
small squad. John L. Miner, of Co. M, whose horse was unal.le to keep up 
with tlie rest, was tumbled from his saddle by a blow from the sabre of the . 
colonel leading the charge, which struck him on the carbine sling, nearly 
knocking the breath out of his body. He crawled to the stone wall, and 
lay there quietly while the whole rebel force passed him, and until he saw 
us coming back as we followed the retreating force up the pike. He sprang 
up as our advance reached him. and seeing me, he sang out: -Sergeant, I 
played dead on them, and they did not touch me at all after I fell." In 
this same charge the horse of a young rebel became unmanageable, and 
when his comrades retreated he kept right on, riding into our ranks, shout- 
ing: -Don't shoot! don't shoot ! I .surrender!" And throwing himself 
from his horse he escaped injury, though several shots were fired at him. 

In our retreat down the pike E. W. Porter, of Co. M, fearing his horse 
would not hold out, turned him to the wall and made him leap it. Just as 
he had cleared the wall, and was about to land on the other side, the horse , 
was struck in the neck with a bidlet, and went down like a log, rider and 
all. The rider at first thought, from the force of the shock, that the whole 
rebel army was charging over him; but he soon came to his senses, cleared 
himself from his horse, and got out all right. 

Gen. Smith, in liLs address at the reunion in Pittsfield, tlnis 
speaks of these three engagements : — 

One week after Brandy Station the regiment was again summoned at 
Aldie. in a moment of pending defeat. By another impetuous and ovey-- 
whelming charge it broke and drove the enemy from the field, and again 
won the day. Would that there were nothing more sad to chronicle of 
Aldie —that victories might have been won without sacrifices. But we will 
never forget that our brave Col. Douty, who had witnessed our charge at 
Brandy Station with a soldier's pride, and had seen his regiment become 
distinguished under his own leadership, led it in person at fatal Aldie, and 
while achieving victory gave his life for his country. We also sadly remem- 
ber that his gallant spirit departed not alone. The dauntless Summat, and 
many others on that field, equally brave and true, bore him company, 
and even n6w may be doing him escort duty on the other shore. Only 





Lieut. JONATHAN K. BROOKS Co. C. 
Chelsea, Mass. 



Capt. ANDREW M. BENSON, Co. C. 
liaa-i.,. Boston, Mass. 




Capt. GEORQE S. KIMBALL, Co. C 
Killed at Middleburg, Va. 





Sergt. WILLIAM DOCKENDORF, Co. C. 
Boston, Mass. 



Lieut. GEORGE COWEE, Co. C. 
Boston, Mass. 



Al.n IE. M I I>D L KB VEG. V P PEli ) IL L E. 



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two (lays after Aldio the rej;iiueiit was again eiiKaged at Mi(l(llehui>;-, in mie 
of its most hotly-contested tights of the war. The alfair is hardly known 
as a hattle hy itself, but is usually regarded as a part of Aldie. Other 
regiments w^ere near, but the lighting was nearly all dcme by the First 
Maine. The enemy was in front in strong force, either covered by timber 
or posted behind heavy stone fences. Our regiment was ordered to advance 
and drive them out. The attack was ordered in three columns. Capt. 
Brown, with Cos. E and M, made a dash to the front and left, and, with 
surprising success and great gallantry, captured a major, two conii)any offi- 
cers, and more than thirty men, and turned the Hank of the enemy. In 
that charge two i)romising young officers were killed. Lieut. Taylor, of Co. 
M, had just been promoted. He was brave and dashing, and a favorite with 
the men. Modest Neville, of Co. E, had hardly won his commission. He 
had not been mustered in as an officer when he gave his life to accept a 
higher commission, let us hope. The main Ijody of the regiment attacked, 
and after a most spirited contest, the enemy in superior force retired. In 
connection with this fight, it is my purpose to speak more particularly of 
the charge made by Lieut. Kimball with Co. C. He dashed up the pike, 
ran the gauntlet of stone walls lined with dismounted men, penetrated a 
large body of mounted men posted just beyond the woods, and was killed 
when he had nearly gained their rear. Many of us knew him well. He 
was amiable, genial, unguarded, and he fell like a warrior. When I con- 
sider the superior forces encountered, the peculiar dangers of the situation, 
and the resistance actually overcome, I think that charge is not surpassed 
in gallantry by any other within my knowdedge. True, they were not " six 
hundred " ; there were hardly sixty, and Tennyson has not immortalized 
them; but when I recall the charge as I saw it, Kimball followed by his 
company of sorrels, compact and steady, and all moving like an arrow's 
Hight, swiftly and unerringly "into the jaws of death," I fail to see in what 
respect of heroism it is inferior even to the immortal " Charge of the Light 
Brigade." 

Only two days after Middlelmrg the regiment was again called to the 
front to do where other regiments had failed. It was at ITppervillo. The 
regiment was ordered to "charge the town, drive out the enemy, and get 
beyond it, if possible." It formed again, and as it moved off and disap- 
peared within the town, a distinguished general exclaimed: "Those Maine 
boys would charge straight into li— 1. if ordered to do so." 

Among the incidents of this engagement that have been pre- 
served are these: Cos. F and D led in one of the charges, 
during which Corp. John H. Merrill, of Co. F, found himself 
surrounded by the enemy, but would not surrender till he had 
emptied his revolver, when, flinging his empty revolver at his 
captors with an oath, he surrendered. Private Charles East- 
man, also of Co. F, in the counter charge was thrust in the 
back by a rebel sabre, whereupon he drew up his carbine and 
shot the officer who sabred him. 



174 FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 

The experience of Corp. Simeon A. Holden, of Co. D, in this 
engagement, was an interesting one, and is thus told : — 

Corp. llolden, who was serving as chief of the orderlies at Gen. Kilpat- 
riek's headquarters, was bringing in a prisoner when a rebel rode vip unob- 
served and thrust his sabre into Ilolden's back on the right side, two and a 
half inches from the back bone. The sabre passed entirely through the 
body, coming out in front just below the diaphragm, and cutting through the 
liver. The rebel's order to surrender was promptly replied to by Holden' s 
sabre, which sent him toppling to the ground. Holden soon became weak 
from loss of blood, and was assisted from his horse by Capt. Armstrong, of 
(xen. Kilpatrick's staff, and taken into a house a short distance from the 
field. News of his condition and whereabouts being sent to his company, 
Sergt. Devereaux visited him, and remained with him during the night. In 
the morning the sergeant went to the company for breakfast, and on his 
return to the hospital was informed by the guard that Corp. Holden was 
dead, and that the inan who was lying by his side had been put into an 
ambulance with others, and sent to Fairfax, forty miles away. Several of 
the nien, however, were too severely wounded to admit of removal so great 
a distance, and Holden. with others, was left at Aldie, in a barn taken for 
hospital use, the assistant surgeon of the Second Maryland Cavalry being- 
left in charge. The Union troops moved on, and the enemy again took pos- 
session of the place. Holden's name naturally apiieared in the published 
list of the killed in the engagement, as his comrades in the company believed 
was the fact, which was copied into his own home paper; and his relatives 
were arranging for a funeral sermon in honor of their dead soldier boy, when 
they received a letter from him, dated August fourteenth, at Alexandria. 

While in this barn hospital, Corp. Holden was one day informed by a 
young lady whose parents were rebels, that Moseby took dinner at her 
father's house that day, and said he had given orders for the Yankee prison- 
ers to be taken to Richmond that week. This was duly reported to the sur- 
geon, and a plan of escape was adopted. It happened that one of the men 
was able to ride, and was willing to take the risk of going to Fairfax for the 
freedom of his comrades and of himself. These two notes were given 
him : — 

To the commaridiuff officer <it Fairfajc, 1'a.: 

Six Union soldiers at liosiiital at Aldie able to be moved. Please send anibul.inees 
and corporal's guard. 

.Su/iu'd, SURG. SECOND MD. CAVY. IX CHARGE. 

Gen. Kin(J, Fairfax: — 

Please send ambulances at once, and at least two hundred men for guard. Moseby is 
here with quite a force, and we are to be taken to Richmond in a few days. 

Si(/ne(f, SURGEON IN CHARGE. 

This last note was put into the messenger's stocking; the first was to be 
shown if he was halted by any of Moseby' s men. The messenger set out 
on his ride, and some live miles from the barn was halted by a "Johnny," 



IX TO PEX .V syL]\\MA. 



175 



uiul taken to Moseby in person. The latter read tin; lirst note, marked it 
O. K., and the messenger had no further trouble, but arrived at Fairfax at 
half-past nine o'clock that evening. At eleven o'clock the ambulances were 
on the road to Aldie, with the corporal's guard. Later two hundred men of 
the Second Massachusetts Cavalry were sent out for the same destination. 
Next morning twenty-eight of Moseby's men pounced upon the ambulance 
and guard from a thicket, and captured them. They were just taking them 
away, when a major with two hundred men charged down the turnpike, and 
captured twenty-two men and horses, who were taken to Fairfax with the 
Avounded Yankees. Corp. Holden says that when the surgeon told him 
relief was at hand, he stood upon his feet for the first time since he was 
wounded, and put on his blouse. The following December the corporal 
rejoined his company, having recovered from the fearful wound. 

The enemy having been driven back through the Blue ridge 
at Ashby's Gap, on the tAventy -second the regiment moved 
back to Middleburg, and remained on duty there and at Aldie 
till the twenty-sixth; then marched to Leesburg, near Edwards' 
Ferry, on the Potomac, remaining there the. next day, and 
crossing the river on pontoons just at dusk ; marched till day- 
light the morning of the twenty-eighth, when it reached Burns- 
ville, ]\ld., thence through Hyattsville and Urbana to INIonocacy 
Junction, where a halt was ordered for the night. On the 
twenty-ninth the regiment reached Frederick by noon, where 
the boys saw many familiar faces and were cheered by many 
tokens of welcome. The march was continued through Liberty, 
New Windsor, Winchester (Avhich place the rebel Gen. Stuart, 
with a large force, had visited the night before, but liad left 
before the regiment arrived there), Manchester, across the 
Pennsylvania line, at ten o'clock, July first, to Hanover Junc- 
tion, where the regiment halted till dark, and then again in the 
saddle, and on the march till three o'clock next morning, when 
it halted within two miles of Gettysburg. 



CHAPTER IX. 

THE CAMPAIGN UNDER MEADE. 

Lee's Army ix Nohthehn States. — Change of Commandeks Akmy 
OF Potomac. — Vai.uabi,e Sekvices of the Cavaeky. — Gettys- 
burg. — Across the Potomac again. — Skirmish at Ciiarlestoavn. 
— The Fight at Shepardstown. — Again Southward Bound. — 
Once More on the Back Track. — Covering the Retreat. — 
Keconnoissance to Little Washington and Sperryville. — An- 
other Fight at Bull Run. — Southward again. — Skirmish at 
Rappahannock Station. — Picketing the Rappahannock. — Pleas- 
ant Campaigning. — The Campaign in the Wilderness. — Skir- 
mish AviTH the Second Corps. — Attack in the Rear. — End of 
THE Wilderness Campaign. — Covering the Retreat. — Duties 
of Orderlies. 

GEN. LEE'S army was now in Maryland and Pennsylva- 
nia, with Washington as the objective point. The 
rebel troops seized everything they could get hold of, 
burned bridges, damaged railroads, and destroyed property, 
both public and private, — in short, gave the inhabitants of a 
portion of Pennsylvania a realizing sense of what a " raid on 
the part of the eneni}- " was, and a taste of the " horrors of 
war." Gen. Hooker was, at his own request, relieved of the 
command of the Army of the Potomac on the twenty-eighth 
of June, " impressed with the belief that his usefulness as its 
commander was impaired," and "with the earnest prayer that 
the triumphs of its arms may bring success worthy of it and 
the nation." Gen. George C. Meade was appointed commander, 
and assumed command the same day, tlie headquarters of the 
army being then at Frederick City, Md., where they had been 
established the day l)efore. The enemy had succeeded in get- 
ting a foothold in the north without a general engagement, 
though the Union cavalry had Avorried him considerably, not 
only keeping posted as to, his movements, but preventing him 

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This Shaft Bears the following Inscriptions. 



SOUTH-EAST FACE. 
(emblem — CROSSED SABRES.) 

THIS SHAFT 

MARKS THE FIELD OF THE EN(;A(;EMENT 
BETWEEN THE 

UNION CAVALRY 

COMMANDED BY BRIG.-GEN. I). MCM. CREOG 
AND THE 

CONFEDERATE CAVALRY 

COMMANDED BY MAJ.-GEN. J, E. B. STUART 
JULY 3, 1S63. 



SOUTH-WEST FACE. 
(emblem — CROSSED GUIDONS.) 

UNION FORCES. 

1ST BRI(;.\DE, 2D CAVALRY DIVISION. 
COL. J. B. MCINTOSH. 
3D PENNA. CAVALRY, LT. COL. E. S. JONES. 
1ST NEW JERSEY " MAJ. M. H. BEAUMONT. 

1ST MARYLAND " LT. COL. J. M. DEEMS. 

3D BRIGADE, 2D CAVALRY DIVISION. 
COL. J. IRVIN GREGG. 
i6tH PENNA. CAVALRY, LT. COL. J. K. ROBISON. 

4TH " " " w. E. DOSTER. 

1ST MAINE " " c. H. SMITH. 

lOTH NEW YORK " MAJ. M. H. AVERY. 



1ST MASS. CAVALRY, LT. COL. G. S. CURTIS. 

PURNELL TROOP A, MD. CAVALRY. 

CO. A, 1ST OHIO " 

NORTH-EAST FACE. 
(emblem — CROSSED CANNONS.) 

UNION FORCES. 

2D BRIGADE, 3D CAVALRY DIVISION. 

BRIG.-GEN. G. A. CUSTER. 

1ST MICH. CAVALRY, COL. C. H. TOWN. 

5TH " " " R. A. ALGER. 

6TH " " " GEO. GRAY. 

7TH " " " w. D. MANN. 

UNION ARTILLERY. 

RANDOL's light battery E, 1ST U. S. ARTILLERY. 

Pennington's " " m, 2D " " 

2D SECTION " " H, 3D PENNA. " 



NORTH-WEST FACE. 
(emblem — CROSSED CARBINES.) 

CONFEDERATE FORCES. 

CAVALRY. 

Hampton's brigade, brig.-gen. wade hampton. 

FITZ lee's " " FITZHUGH LEE. 

Jenkins' " col. m. j. Ferguson. 

W. H. F. lee's " " J. R. CHAMBLISS. 

ARTILLERY. 
MCGREGOR'S VIRGINIA BATTERY. 
BREATHEd's MARYLAND " 
griffin's 21) " " 



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177 



from getting any satisfactory information as to the movements 
of the Union army. It is considered that in this line, a part of 
which were the engagements at Aldie, Middleburg, and Upper- 
viUe, tlie eavahy rendered most important service in this cam- 
paign: and Gen. Lee says, in his official report of the campaign, 
that "the march toward Gettyslnirg was conducted more slowly 
than it would have Ijeen had the movements of the Federal 
army been known," and that no information had been received 
that the Federal army had crossed the Potomac until the 
twenty-nintli of June, which was due to the fact that his 
cavalry had been kept in the mountains of Virginia by the 
Union cavalry. The change of commanders caused no hesita- 
tion in the movements of the army, which in a few days 
reached Gettysburg, where was fought the greatest battle of 
the war, resulting in a most decisive victory for the Union 
arms, and giving an unimportant town in Pennsylvania a name 
that shall be known for ages. 

This regiment reached the vicinity of the battle-field on the 
second of July ; and on the next day, the great day of victory, 
took part in the severe cavalry fight on the right of the Union 
lines, between Gen. Gregg's division and Gen. Custer's brigade 
of the Union forces, all under conunand of Gen. D. McM. 
Gregg, and Gen. Stuart's cavalry of the enemy's forces, where 
was frustrated the enemy's attempt to turn the right flank and 
gain the rear, an attempt which was made at the same time 
with, and to take advantage of, the famous attack of Gen. 
Pickett in the front. This engagement goes down to history 
as " one of the finest cavalry fights of the war, and one most 
important in its results ; " for, had the enemy succeeded in 
getting in the rear of the Union forces, " that day would have 
resulted differently, and the name of Gettysburg would sug- 
gest a state of affairs which it is not agreeable to contemplate." 
This regiment was engaged in the forenoon in supporting a 
battery, and in the afternoon was sent out with another regi- 
ment, both under command of Col. Smith, to meet an advanc- 
ing column of the enemy in the attack on the right flank. 
One battalion was dismounted and advanced into an orchard 
with , but little difficulty, the advancing column halting and 



178 FIEST MAINE CAVAIMY. ^^^ 

turning back upon meeting this force ; and the remainder of 
this ct)ftimand wafe arranged for battle, and held this part of the 
line during this engagement, the brigade occupying the gap of 
nearly two miles between the left of the forces engaged with 
Stuart's cavalry and the right of the Union infantry. Col. 
William Brooke-Rawle, of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry^ 
in the historical address delivered at the dedication of the 
monumental shaft ^ on the site of this engagement, October 
15, 1884, after giving an excellent description of the contest, 
says : — 

We cavalry men have always held that we saved the day at the most 
critical moment of the battle of Gettys])urg, — the greatest battle, and the 
turning point of the war of the rebellion. I know that it has not been the 
custom among" historians to give us credit for having done so, nor, excejit 
very recently, to give us credit for having done anything. So fierce was the 
main engagement, of which the infantry bore the brvmt, that the fighting on 
the part of the cavalry passed almost unnoticed; yet this was the only battle 
of the war in which the three arms of the service fought in combination, and 
at the same time, each within supporting distance, and within sight of the 
other, and each in its proper sphere. The turmoil incident to an active 
campaign allowed us no opportunity to wi'ite up our achievements, and no 
news correspondents were allowed to sojourn with its, to do it for us. But 
now that the official records of the campaign, both Union and Confederate, 
have been brouglit together, and, for the first time, been made accessible, 
and the official map of this field has been prepared, the great historian of the 
war, as yet unknown, and perhaps unborn, will have at hand materials which 
have l)een denied to others. He will see the importance of the fight which I 
have attempted to describe, and will give it the credit due to it. Had Stuart 
succeeded in his well-laid plan, and, with his large force of cavalry, struck 
the Army of the Potomac in the rear of its line of battle simultaneously with 
Pickett's magnificent and furious assault in its front, when our infantry had 
all it could do to hold on to the line of Cemetery ridge, and but little more 
was needed to make the assault a success, — the merest tyro in the art of 
war can readily tell what the result would have been. Fortunately for us ; 
fortunately for the Army of the Potomac; fortunately for our country and 
the cause of human liberty, he failed. Thank God that he did fail, and that, 
with His divine assistance, the good fight fought here brouglit victory to 
our arms ! 

Comrades, before we part, never perhaps, to meet again, let us not forget 
to pause one moment, and in our inmost thoughts pay a reverent tribute to 
the memory of those brave men, our companions-in-arms, who here poured 

' A monumental shaft has been erected on the field where this engagement occurred, 
by the survivors of the different Union regiments which participated in it, and the shaft 
■was dedicated with appropriate services October 15, 1884. (See illustration.) 



GETTYSBURG. 



179 



forth tlie full measure of their lives' devotion for the cause they loved. And 
what shall I say to those who yet survive ! That you, my comrades, bore each 
your share in that yood liiilit, will always he to you a pleasinji' memory, and 
when your children and your children's childreu hear and read of what you 
did on this historic iield, it will ever he to them a source of honoralih> i)ride 
that you fought with Clregg on the right tlank at Gettysburg. 

Geii. D. M(']\I, Gregg, in an address on the same occasion, 
said : — 

On July 8, 1863, we stood on this field, armed jnen, to resist the advance 
of an enemy with whom we had made trials of strength ofttimes before, 
and of late at Brandy Station, Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. Our 
gaze was directed to the northward as we watched the approach of the 
columns of the enemy. Eight gallantly did they come sweeping oji, with 
such well aligned fronts, and with such tremendous pace, that it seemed as 
though nothing could stand against them. There was a meeting of the 
blue and the gray, and for a time the issue was held in the balance. The 
struggle was ended by the retirement of the enemy to his starting-point, 
discomfitted by failure, with ours in hot pursuit. Severe as was the engage- 
ment, it could not be asserted that the Union forces that particiiiated were 
never in a severer. These fought too nrany battles in that long war for 
such a comparison. But all will agree they never fought on a fairer field. 
Neither party asked nor expected aid from the main armies beyond. Our 
enemy had the advantage in numbers and position; we, the moral advantage 
of fighting on our own heath. It can be safely said that on no other field 
did Union cavalry, whether on foot or in the saddle, do more effective and 
brilliant lighting than on this. Had it fought less well here, the victory 
would have been with the enemy rather than with us. 

Capt. David M. Gilmore, also of the Third Pennsylvania 
Cavahy, on the same occasion said : — 

Of downright hard fighting, where hard knocks were given and received, 
the cavalry during the war had its full share. Averell's fight at Kelly" s 
ford; Pleasanton's, Buford's, and Davis' at Beverly ford; Gregg's at Brandy 
Station; the battles of Middleburg, Upperville, and Aldie — all are instances 
where cavalry met cavalry in hand to hand encounters. But amidst all 
these various engagements, few, if any, have equalled, and none excelled, 
the magnificent fight on the right flank at Gettysburg, where the three 
brigades of Mcintosh, Irvin Gregg, and Custer, under Gen. D. McM. Gregg, 
met and repulsed the four brigades of Confederate cavalry under Gen. 
Stuart, on July 3, 1863, which attack was simultaneous with and virtually 
part of Pickett's charge. Tlie purpose was that Pickett should break our 
centre, and that Stuart should turn our right and strike our rear, in which 
case the certain defeat of the Army of the Potomac would follow. Both 
attacks failed, and from that hour, which has been fittingly styled "the high- 



180 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

water mark of the rebellion," the waves of the Confederacy receded, until 
at Five Forks they were dashed to pieces on that cavalry rock, — Sheridan. 

The Fourth of July was celebrated by the bo3"s in reconnoi- 
tring and in learning that the enemy had drawn back the left 
flank ; and the next day, the enemy being in full retreat, the 
regiment marched through Gettysburg toward Chambersburg, 
stopping that night in the pass near Fayetteville, having cap- 
tured some two thousand of the enemy's stragglers during 
the day, as well as taken possession of twenty-eight hundred 
wounded prisoners and their attendants, at Cash Town. On 
the sixth the march was continued through Fayetteville to 
Chambersburg, a large number of rebel stragglers being cap- 
tured during the march, and the next day the road was retraced 
to Fayetteville, and six miles beyond, to Quincy. On the eighth 
the regiment marched over the mountains towards Middletown, 
Md., which place was reached on the ninth, where it stopped 
until the eleventh, and then went to Boonesboro', remaining 
there till the fourteenth, when it marched to Harper's Ferry ; 
crossed the Potomac on pontoons at five o'clock that afternoon, 
and again stood on Virginia soil, camping that night at Bolli- 
var Heights. It is needless to say that the boys enjoyed this 
short campaign in Pennsylvania and Maryland very much ; for, 
beside that supreme joy Avhich soldiers experience at winning 
a victory, were the pleasures of campaigning in a new country 
and among friends ; and such pleasing incidents as getting a 
good square meal at some farm house, and at the same time 
listening to stories of rebels having applied for food and been 
refused, were not rare. 

The second day after leaving Gettysburg, Surg. Parker and 
Hospital Steward Emery T. Gatchell discovered four rebel ofifi- 
cers, each of whom had lost a limb, in a building to which they 
had been taken after being wounded in the third days' fight, hav- 
ing had no care since that time. Their wounds were thoroughly 
re-tlressed by the medical men from way down east, and they 
were made comparatively comfortable. During this interview 
one of the wounded men remarked, " You'uns tried your best 
to see how many legs and arms you could shoot off; well, 
you'uns did the job pretty well." 




JOHN P. SHEAHAN, IVl.D.,Cc. K. 

Lieut. Co. E, 3 1st Me 

Dennysville. 





Asst. Sur. ALEXANDER M, PARKER 
Deering. 



Hos. Steward EMERY T. GETCHELL, 
Brunswick. 



SIIEPARDSTOWN. j^j 

crossing the river T„I,- tit, .1 ^ "^ '""" '-^V after 

CI>arlestown n, ,' ' I , ' ''"^ '"8''"'"'* ""^ -" "«"■■<!« 

-»t of tl,e -li i A; I'ly • TT "" """"^' ' ^''"'-^ "- 

had arUIIerv n.^^^^^^) ^kn™.sh wi«, the e„e„y („ho 

J"-.. two-,„e, w„u;rd:;r:'f;:'r(2s ir 7'', -■ -'r- 

liospital attendant wJn^ .,. i ^ ^' ^'^I'^er and a 

the Wht, h::t:: ' ' :oT.'~ :.:•;' :r"'^"^ ^"^^»-" '- 

™i.^«ng,a,ul then was relie^.M "f "t*" '''^""""'y ^ f^'^^O 
orclere.1 to retnrn anc e dn tl ''^V ' '■'^""'^"'' •■"«' '""- 

"l-e it ren.ainec, i^ J U^Lt Xh't"^™" "''' «'-P-'--">- 

town, sent in word that 1,1 ? "■""''"" "^ ^liarles- 

abont noon Col Ini Lei ' /™'. ''''"*^ °* *°™S« "'«-■ »■«! 
after forage. Instea of 1 r "1 *° ''"'^ ""' <letaehme„t« 
colonel bfolce camr " 7"*"f °"*f t'^'-'-'ts, however, the 
^c LciraiD and took the whole reo-imo^.f tt- 

~z;:tfe:r?r''""»"---^^^^ 

and'theXe^rtheifha:^"'""^''^"^^^^^^ 

Smith at once deeide to » "" "«^''' '" ''°"'^'- Col. 

«™her if he co^ :„<ro;XdiTt°*rti't '■""^ 

passed the column they renorted tl,» ■ , " ^"5?"'™'* 

a*^ the column nearedtl.e ,",*"""■'''"'"'* P"''*™*- ™d 
a.Kl B, Lieuts. Co land Col^^' ^' two leading con,panies (A 
ward and n,eet tl e 7L T']'^ ^'"' "''"■«' *<> <l»«h for- 
the crest. iCse on ir' f '" T"^ ''^*°™ *"^y --''«! 
the enem,, kiut; reTttvo'^ ^ ^r^; ^^ ^ 'T' 
P.ckets had all passed to the rear a, r , ^ T """ *'"* 
formed a heavy dsmouute,l!l "'';•,.'""' ^ol. &„uth at once 
the crest of thi ^"e tt^ rT '"', '"''"' "'" P*^' "'""g- 
of Lieut. Col. BollL y rh' " \ "" "" '" ™""""«^ 
<leployed behind It L.t tr""?:'' "V^ '•«?""«>» was 
ciest, at the right and left of the pike. 



182 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

with one company still on the i)ike in colunuis of fours. The 
enemy fast gained in numbers in front and on the left flank of 
the regiment, and the dismounted men were driven back. To 
cover their retreat, Cos. B and K, wnder command of Lieut. 
Coleman, and Co. M, Capt. Brown, were ordered forward, 
mounted. These companies charged gallantly into the timber, 
Lieut. Coleman g'oino;' in from the centre and driving the 
enemy's artillerists from their guns, while Capt. Brown went in 
on the right, and the dismounted men were relieved, retiring 
in good order a short distance to a little elevation in the open 
field, where they again made a stand. The artillery then 
opened, from a ridge near the town, u})on the enemy in front of 
the left of the regiment ; l)ut at first their shots fell short, and 
endangered the men from Maine at their front, and word was 
sent back to that effect. The enemy then opened with artillery 
in front, and for a time there was an artillery duel over the 
heads of the men of the regiment. A little later the Fourth 
Pennsylvania came to the support of the First Maine, and the 
latter regiment was soon after relieved by the Sixteenth Penn- 
sylvania on the front line, and fell back to the next position. 
Soon afterwards the Sixteenth became hard pushed, and Col. 
Smith sent forward one battalion to their support ; and a little 
later the whole front line was pushed back upon the First 
Maine, and both regiments became engaged until darkness put 
an end to the fighting. The First brigade came up to the left, 
but did not become involved in the battle very much until 
near evening. Toward evening the enemy moved around to 
the right of the regiment, and gave them an enfilading fire, 
when other regiments were sent to that portion of the field, 
and a hot fight occurred there. The events of that day 
cemented a lasting friendship between the men of the Sixteenth 
Pennsylvania and the First Maine, and ever afterwards the men 
of either regiment felt safe and happy if the other were near by, 
either on the line or as support. 

Soon after dark a stone barricade was built across the pike, 
and during the night the whole division was withdrawn to 
Harper's Ferry. A few of the men at the front who had fallen 
asleep did not hear the order to retire, and next morning they 



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183 



found that the field had l)een abandoned by the forces of both 
sides, and that tlie rebels had built a ban-icade across the road 
just in front of the one built by the Union forces. They went 
back to the town, visited the hospital and saw some of their 
wounded comrades who had to be left there, and then followed 
on to Harper's Ferry and rejoined their commands. 

The loss to tlie regiment in this enga-o-ement was lifty-seven 
killed, wounded and missing, Maj. Boothby and Lieut. Hunton, 
of Co. G, being among the wounded. Maj. Boothby was at 
first disposed to make light of his wound, which was in the arm, 
laughing as Col. Smith rode up to him, but later went back to 
the surgeons and their care. 

Col. Smith's official report of this engagement is as follows : — 

Headquarters First Maine Cavalry, 
August 31, 18G3. 
Lieut. Joiix B. Maitland, 

A. A. A. G. Third bvUjade, Second division, Caralnj corjis. 
Lieutenant: — I have the honor to report that on the sixteenth of July- 
last, about twelve o'clock M., I was ordered by the colonel commanding 
the brigade to proceed from Shepardstown with my regiment out about four 
miles on the Winchester pike, for forage. Having advanced about a mile, I 
met a courier from the picket (a squadron of the Tenth New York Cavalry), 
who reported that the pickets had been attacked, and were hotly pursued 
by the enemy. Looking forward, I observed that about half a mile ahead 
the pike crossed a ridge covered by a belt of timber, and being desirous of 
olitaining that position, I ordered the " gallop," and the regiment dashed 
forward. As we drew near the timber we met the squadron on picket, com- 
pletely overwhelmed by a superior force, making every effort to cover its led 
horses and wounded men. The advance of the enemy reached the crest of 
the ridge first. But in spite of their steady firing, two companies from 
my regiment, commanded respectively by Lieut. Coleman and Lieut. Cole, 
when ordered to take the summit of the hill, charged with such impetu- 
osity as to drive back the enemy, killing one and wounding three. The 
enemy thus received a serious check. The position was gained, and the 
regiment was immediately disposed for still further defence. In that posi- 
tion we opposed the rapidly increasing numbers of the enemy for more than 
an hour, strengthening our line from time to time, until the regiment was 
nearly all deployed and engaged in front. Here it was that Maj. Boothl)y 
was wounded while engaged in the very front, urging the men to still more 
gallant resistance. Subsequently the enemy massed in such numbers on our 
left flank as to make longer resistance impossible, and our line of skirmish- 
ers was driven back about two hundred yards to a favorable position. 
Supported by a portion of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, the regiment 
ilefended this position against every effort of the enemy to rout it (even 



184 FIRsST MAINE CAVALRY. 

driving the gunners from a howitzer which tlie enemy liad the rashness to 
bring witliin carl)ine range), till relieved by the Sixteenth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, when it retired and took a position as support. But a short time 
afterwards, however, the enemy opened with several pieces of artillery, and 
simultaneously advanced with such overwhelming numbers as to peril the 
thin line of skirmishers of the Sixteenth. Observing this, I at once ordered 
four companies to the front, just in season to render timely assistance; 
and shortly after, the rest of the regiment became actively engaged again, 
and thus shared the fortunes of the rest of the day, till Avithdrawn from the 
field at midnight. 

I am very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

C. H. SMITH, Colonel First Maine Cavalry. 

This account of the fight is dated " Camp Sixteenth Pennsyl- 
vania Cavahy, Bolivar Heights, Va., July 17, 1863," and is 
published in Frank Moore's " Rebellion Record " : — 

The next day, the sixteenth inst., as the First Maine regimeiit was going 
out on the Winchester road for forage, they met our pickets (from the Tenth 
New York) running in, pursued by two squadrons of the enemy's cavalry. 
This truly noble little regiment instantly formed and charged the assailants, 
driving them back beyond the abandoned picket line. The enemy now 
appeared in force, bringing up their artillery rapidly and opening fire on our 
line. The Maine boys held their ground, deploying skirmishers, and made a 
desperate fight. Our ai-tillery was then advanced and posted in an advanta- 
geous position on the right and left of the road, supported by the Sixteenth 
Pennsylvania regiment. The Fourth was socm sent out to the right front, 
dismounted, and thrown forward as skirmishers. Shortly after, the Six- 
teenth regiment was sent to relieve the First Maine, which had been engaged 
about two hours, and had expended all its ammunition. As we moved along 
the road they got our range very fairly, sending their shells in very disagree- 
able proximity to us. The tall figure of Col. Gregg, as he and his aid, Lieut. 
Martin, and his escort rode along with us, attracted their attention, and 
wherever he moved thereafter, very leisurely over the field, their shell fol- 
lowed him, the fragments scattering all around ; but he appeared to bear a 
charmed life, and escaped unhurt. Three squadrons of the Sixteenth were 
dismoimted and sent forward, while the fourth remained in reserve. The 
country in which we were fighting is ill-fitted for cavalry movements, — the 
ground very rocky and broken, cut up into small fields, with high stone and 
rail fence, and frequent small patches of timber. This will account for 
the strange event of a light between cavalry men where all the fighting- 
was on foot, aided by artillery. Our artillery consisted of four pieces. 
Soon after the Sixteenth was thrown forward, two of these were sent 
to secure an imjiortant position on our left, and were not brought into 
play during the fight, so we fought with two pieces of artillery, and 
these not as effective as they should have been, on account of bad ammu- 
nition, two of the shells which should have gone over our heads into the 



SHEPABBSTOWN. 185 

enemy's line striking- tlie ground between our reserve and the dismounted 
men. The rebels had eioht guns in position firinfj at one time, and far 
better served tlian usual for them in the cavalry fights I liave noticed, 
whether Kelly's ford, Ahlie, ISIiddlcburg, or Upperville. At times their 
firing was terrific, to be concentrated on so small a line as ours; their shot, 
shell, grape, and canister coming all around and among us, lopping the 
branches from the trees, and splintering huge fragments from the rocks they 
came in contact with. Nothing but the uneven character of the ground 
preserved our little brigade from annihilation. The Sixteenth .took up the 
fighting for the Maine regiment, which retired; but seeing us i)ushed at 
one time, they came out gallantly, without being asked, and we made 
"Johnny" travel. As our men's passions became excited in the contest, 
having repulsed an attack on the right, they forgot the order of Col. Gregg' 
•'to hold the line, but not to advance," and with a cheer sprang forward 
after the foe, driving them to their guns, where they, having a fair sweep, 
opened all their pieces on us at once, with grape and canister. We were 
driven back. They charged us with exultant shouts, while their artillery 
hurled shell without cessation. We were driven back a quarter of a mile 
from our old line — all we were driven that day. Col. Gregg looked anxious, 
and appeared irritated that his order was not obeyed. A new line is soon 
formed, strengthened by the squadron that had been held in reserve, a 
couple of squadrons of the First Pennsylvania regiment from Mcintosh's 
brigade having come up to support us. The fight goes on as wickedly as 
ever. The rebel battle-flag is shot down three times in a few minutes, and 
the last color-bearer compelled to crouch behind a wall and hold up the 
flag from his lurking-place. As night came on the enemy made several des- 
iperate attempts, all of which were steadily repulsed; after the last our men 
mounted the stone wall behind which the line was formed, cheering and 
waving their hats, and challenging their opponents to come on, although 
^,heir ammunition was exhausted. Night put an end to 'the contest. Thus 
inded one of the most desperate cavalry flghts of the war, considering the 
liimber actually engaged, our brigade not numbering over eight hundred 
nen, having become reduced by detachments sent to different points, and 
nien left in the rear dismounted, their animals having become used up by 
tli hard work of the past two months. At different times our fire ceased 
en^^rely, from want of ammunition. 
\ 

The following, also from Frank Moore's "Rebellion Record," 
IS tie Richmond Despatch account, and is interesting as giving 
thet)ther side of the story. There will be noticed some dis- 
crepaicies between the accounts of the two sides, but the fact 
that ^ was a severe cavalry fight and bravely contested on both 
sidesiremains the same: — 

Army Northern Virginia, July 18, 1863. 
The eavy cannonading heard in the direction of Shepardstown Thurs- 
day, ortinated from a severe cavalry fight, of which you have been advised 
by telegaph. I will now furnish you the particulars as they have been 



186 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



ascertained. After the return of Gen. Lee's army to Virginia, the enemy, 
evidently too much crippled for immediate pursuit, and desirous of ascer- 
taining our movements and feeling our position, despatched a large l>ody of 
cavalry down the river to accomplish this object, if possible. They crossed 
at Harper's Ferry, where pontoon bridges were thrown across for the pur- 
pose, and proceeded up the river as far as Shepardstown, wliere they arrived 
on Wednesday; then coming down the Leetown and Winchester road to the 
distance of about five miles, halted. Meantime Fitz Hugh Lee, who was in 
the vicinity, hearing of their whereabouts, proceeded up the Shepardstown 
road, for the purpose of checking the enemy's advance. He arrived in sight 
of the Yankees Thursday morning, which brought on desultory skirmishing 
and cannonading, which continued throughout the day until about four 
o'clock P. M. Then dismounting his men and advancing, the fight became 
general along both lines, the enemy having also dismounted. A charge was 
ordered, and our men rushed upon the enemy, who was driven back two or 
three miles, where they sought the protection of a stone wall extending to 
the right and left of the road, their right and left flank stretching some dis- 
tance beyond either extremity of the wall. Here the fight raged for some 
time, our men frequently charging up to the enemy's front, and delivering 
their fire with telling effect, but exposed to an incessant fire of shot, shell, 
and small arms from the enemy, who had availed themselves of the pro- 
tection of the stone wall and every rock, tree, and stump that afforded 
the least shelter. While our men were in dangerous proximity, without the 
slightest shelter to cover their movements, bodies of the enemy's cavalry 
would frequently charge up to the stone wall, file to the right and left, rap- 
idly deliver their fire, and gallop into a wood that skirted the wall on either 
side. Later in the afternoon, when the fight had progressed some time, the 
Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Thirty-sixth battalions of Jenkins' 
brigade came up from near Martinsburg and re-enforced Gen. Lee, taking 
a position on the left of the road toward Shepardstown. During the 
remainder of the day they rendered gallant and eflicient service with thei' 
long-range guns, and participated with their comrades previously on tto 
field in the subsequent charges on the enemy's position. The enemy avs 
repulsed and driven back on the right and left, but so effectual was thdr 
protection behind the wall, they were enabled to hold that position uitil 
night. Our line of battle extended" about the distance of a mile and a lalf 
to the right and left of the road, the enemy's about the same distance, \ith 
reserves in supporting distance. We had three pieces of artillery, andthe 
enemy, it is believed, about the same number, planted in an admirable »osi- 
tion on the right of the stone wall and in front of the woods, commaiding 
the whole field in front. During the entire engagement our ofiicer and 
men displayed the utmost gallantry. Gen. Jenkins being absent, by aason 
of a wound in the head received at Gettysburg, his men were led V Col. 
Ferguson, the whole under command of Fitz Hugh Lee. Our loss, -ot yet 
definitely known, is unofiicially reported at from seventy-five to one hndred, 
from all causes. AVe lost no prisoners. The loss of the enemy is esimated 
at from one hundred and fifty to two hundred. Night having drw^n her 
sable curtain over the scene, the enemy fell back from this positio behind 
the stone wall, leaving their dead and wounded in our hands, andour men 



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187 



in possession of tlic field. They retreated down the river toward Harper's 
Ferry, and it is reported have since gone to the other side of the river. 

Col. Smith was ordered to send out details from Shepards- 
town for forage, but feeling in some way that a detail would 
not be safe, he started with his whole regiment. And the suc- 
cess of the day is no doubt very largely due to Col. Smith's 
forethought in taking the whole regiment with him, in the 
first place, and in taking the advanced position at once. 

There Avere the usual number of personal incidents in this 
engagement, as in all, of which a few have been preserved. 
During the hottest of the fight. Private George Kitchen, of 
Co. E, one of the wildest boys in the regiment, as brave as he 
was wild, and as full of fun as of bravery, and known by all as 
a harum-scarum genius, said to a comrade : " Do you see that 
tall, lank-looking reb with a straw hat on ? " " Yes," Avas the 
reply, to which Kitchen responded, as he raised his carbine : 
"• Now keep your eye on him and see him jump." He fired, 
and as the smoke rose he leaped into the air, exclaiming : " By 
thunder I the wrong man jumped that time." He Avas carried 
from the field cursing that lean "reb that stood edgewise." 

At one time while the boys Avere dismounted they suffered 
severely from thirst, and Sergt. Little, of Co. G, Avas sent to 
the rear to get water for his comrades. Gathering up the 
canteens, he mounted his horse and rode off. He succeeded in 
gettino- the canteens filled, and on his return AA^as riding along 
the line, dropping the full canteens among his comrades, Avhen 
a bullet struck him just in front of the cantle of the saddle, 
passing through him. He was not at all particular about the 
rest of the canteens, but throwing them doAvn, he rode oft' the 
field, heaping anathemas upon the fate that had sent the bullet 
that hit him in that particular portion of the body. 

Private Charles H. Bell, Jr., of Co. D, received a similar 
Avound. He and George P. AndrcAvs, of the same company, 
were on the skirmish line together, and Avere seeking partial 
shelter beliind a Ioav ridge. They Avould flatten themseh'es 
upon the ground Avhile loading tlieir [)ieces, then raise them- 
selves upon tlieir knees, Avith side to the enemy, and fire over 



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the crest of the ridge. While Private Bell was thus shooting, 
an unfortunate shot from the enemy struck him in the other 
end of his prone body, and inflicted a severe wound. His 
manly pride, however, was superior to the pain of the wound, 
and in tones of despair, clapping his hand upon the wound, he 
exclaimed: "Oh, George! just my luck, — shot where I can 
never speak of it ! " 

Private Horton Maloon, of Co. G, was mortally wounded, 
dying in a short time, and his brother. Bugler William Maloon, 
Jr., remained with him and was taken prisoner. 

§ergt. L. M. Robhison, of Co. G, as brave and good a man 
as the regiment contained, while lying on the skirmish line 
was struck by a bullet in the shoulder by the side of the neck, 
which passed through both lungs, struck the back bone, and 
left the body just above the hip on the opposite side, literally 
going through the whole length of the body, diagonally. He 
was taken to the improvised hospital that night, and examined 
by a surgeon, who shook his head discouragingly. Soon after 
another surgeon commenced to examine his wounds, wlien 
surgeon number one spoke to number two, saying : " Let that 
poor man alone ; he's got to die, anyhow, and there's no use in 
putting him in unnecessary pain," Surgeon number two left 
him, but the sergeant, who had heard this remark, muttered to 
himself : " I can't see that " ; and making up his mind that he 
would not die, he did not, though left in a church for five 
weeks, with only the care, attention and food that could be 
given him by the Union ladies residing there. More than that, 
he recovered so entirely that he re-enlisted the next winter, 
put in a year's noble service, and was killed at Deep Bottom, 
August, 1864. 

Bugler Eben F. Brier, of Co. B, mounted the stone wall and 
sounded the charge, when he was shot, receiving a wound 
from which he died in a few days. 

The brigade moved back to near Harper's Ferry after leaving 
the field at midnight, arriving there about eight o'clock the 
next morning, and remained in camp there till the twentieth, 
when the line of march was again taken up, reaching Lovetts- 
ville that night, Manassas the next, and on the twenty-second 



MABCIIIXG AND PTCKKriNG. 189 

going into camp about noon at IJristow Station, the regiment 
doing picket duty toward Greenwich. The Army of the Po- 
tomac was now again on the advance southward. On the 
twenty-fourth Cos. K and I, under Capt. Chadbourne, joined 
the Eighth Pennsylvania regiment on a reconnoissance to 
Greenwich, New Baltimore, and Warrenton Junction, captur- 
ing a number of prisoners. On the twenty-fifth the regiment 
marched to ]\Ianassas Junction, bivouacking that night near 
the bridge, and on the twenty-sixth moved to Bealton Station 
again, remaining there, ])icketing toward Morrisville, till the- 
twenty-ninth, when it went with the brigade to Warrenton and 
campetl on the A\''aterloo pike. The regiment went to Amisville 
next day, where it remained picketing to Gaines' cross-roads, 
till August seventh, when it crossed the river opposite Sulphur 
Springs, and went into camp there, picketing toward Amisville 
and Oakshades ; remained there till the fifteenth (receiving 
two months' welcome })ay on the ninth), and then moved, 
with the whole division, back to Catlett's Station, and camped 
"at will." Changed camp next day, and on the seventeenth 
the First Maine and Sixteenth Pennsylvania, under command 
of Col. Smith, started at five o'clock in the afternoon on a 
reconnoissance, moving through Greemvich, and bivouacking 
at nine o'clock in the evening near Haymarket. Next morning 
the march was resumed early, the command crossing the moun- 
tains through Thoroughfare Gap, and proceeding to near White 
Plains. Here a halt of a couple of hours was made and scout- 
ing parties sent out ; but seeing nothing of the enemy the 
command set out to return, reaching camp that night. What 
withe hanging camp, picketing, scouting, etc., the days wore on 
till the thirteenth of September, and it must be confessed the 
time hung somewhat heavily, in contradistinction to the active 
service of June and July. 

Sergt. Winsor B. Smith, of Co. K, at the reunion at Old 
Orchard, 1877, told this story of picket duty : — 

The remark often made at these reunions is, that there are too few of the 
members who will relate those little incidents and accidents that came to 
tlieir view and knowledge during their service. I think I can explain the 



190 FIRST 21 A IN E CAVALBY. 

difficulty. A man in action only sees what takes place in quite a small 
circle, and being himself the centre of that circle, must of a necessity be 
the hero of his own story. Now the well-known modesty of the members 
of the First Maine Cavalry is the excuse for the lack of stories. To illus- 
trate, I will tell you an incident (asking your pardon for appearing as the 
hero of it). I returned to the regiment, after doing duty as orderly in the 
First division. First corps, for eight months, and found them at Sulphur 
Springs, where they were doing picket duty around Amisville, Jefferson, 
and the Hazel Eiver, and learned for the first time that I had actually been 
doing duty as a private for nearly two months, when I was entitled to the 
full rank and pay of a corporal. Now I had not been on picket for months, 
and the boys told me the rebs had a habit in that part of the country of 
stealing men off' their posts in the night and cutting the advance guard off 
from the heads of columns, and all such ungentlemanly tricks, M'hich made 
me feel rather nervous. Soon came the order for Co. K to go on picket. 
I had got my stripes on, and could not tell whether it was good to be in the 
line of promotion or not. When we relieved the other company, we found 
our numbers were so small that for night duty the corporal would have to 
stand post. Oh, how I dreaded for the night to come ! I was a corporal, 
and had been happy in the thought that I should not have to stand post. I 
had lost my horse at Gettysburg, and had one that was furnished me by an 
infantry quartermaster; and I feared that he had not been on picket, though 
I knew he was not a corporal, for I never could go near him without his 
stepping on my feet. His name was Bludgeon. Night came all too soon, 
and the sergeant, with a wicked look, left me on what he said was the most 
dangerous post, and that I was put there because I was a corporal. The 
post was in a cross-road, a long way from the reserve, and a good half mile 
from the next picket; 1 had my carbine advanced, and was bracing myself 
u}) to meet what might come, when Bludgeon threw vip his head, and 
gave a yell, and started on the run after the relief; I hauled him up and got 
back under the roadside tree again, well knowing it was no use to hide now. 
Bludgeon had never been on i)icket, and he felt as I did ; he did not want to 
be left alone. It was one of those still, moonlight, cloudy nights, when 
with a good imagination such as I had, the shadows would form whatever 
object you were most dreading to see. 

On my left were thick oak woods, and as I looked in that direction to get 
my bearings, I heard a rustle in the dry leaves as of a cautious step from tree 
to tree ; the horse heard it too, and again bolted for the rear. Again I got 
him back, and persuaded him to stop, by dropping the barrel of my carbine, 
not gently, between his ears, every time he threw up his liead to yell; this 
would cause him to kneel down, and while he was recovering his senses, I 
would look at the woods and listen. I could hear the steps coming nearer 
and nearer; the horse also heard, and we both trembled. Then just as I 
was about to call out " Halt! " there walked out into the moonlight, with a 
grunt of astonishment, one of those slab-sided Virginia hogs I My strained 
nerves and muscles relaxed, the carbine fell from my hand, and the horse 
ran half way to the reserve before I could get strength to stop him. Back 
again to the post we went, the horse more frightened than I had been; my 
carbine was now in the socket, and with both hands and feet I tried to keep 



SECOND BliKlADE, SECO.Xl) DIVISION. 1*.>1 

that horse there and keep liiin still ; then I S'ot olT and jmt one ot my legs t»ver 
tlie reins under his neek, to keep his head down, so that he eouldn't yell. 
After a while he got quiet a little, and I mounted him to get a look at the 
other side of the road. I found a corn-field next to me, and looking over the 
ccn-n, I could see the top of a ehimney of a house that stood in the valley 
beyond; and just as I discovered this, I heard the barking of several dogs, 
and there was a rush through the corn as if several persons and dogs were 
riuming towards me. 

The horse began to dance again, and I wished that I had never been a 
corjioral; I thought if I was a private, 1 could discharge my carbine and run 
for the reserve; but being a corporal, I must stick to my post or die. Find- 
ing I could not keep still enough to shoot, and that I was a good mark on 
that liigh horse (who never seemed so high before), I dismounted, and tak- 
ing the bridle on my arm, crept up to the fence, and looking through, I saw 
coming slowly up towards me, between the rows of corn, a man with a gini 
on his shoulder. I let him come a little nearer, and taking good aim, I 
called, "Halt! who goes there?" The dogs had stopped barking; every- 
thing was still but the horse, who was pulling hard at the reins on my arm. 
No answer from the man. I called again, " Speak, or I fire! " No answer. 
I was luaking sure of my aim and pressing the trigger, when the moon sailed 
out from behind a cloud, and I saw an old butternut suit of clothes stuck up 
on stakes and stuffed with straw, to keep the crows out of the corn; and I 
realized that even a corporal will sometimes get excited and act foolish. 
The next day I swapped horses with Peter Como ; and the next night, as I 
sat on my post, I could hear the familiar voice of Bludgeon, as Pete tried to 
keep him on that hill, under a tree, at the corner of that lonesome old 
graveyard, that many of you remember. 

Up to the engagement at Shepardstown the First Maine had 
been in tlie Third brigade, Second division, commanded by CoL 
J. Irwin Gregg; but soon after that the division Avas reorganized 
and made into two brigades, when Col. Gregg's brigade became 
the Second, the First Maine still remaining in it. From this 
time for more than a year — and a year filled to the brim Avith 
service — the First Maine was a jmrt of the Second brigade, 
Second division. Cavalry corps, Arni}^ of the Potomac — a 
matter of pride, always. 

On the thirteenth of September the division advanced toward 
Culpepper, meeting the enemy and driving them through the 
town, and beyond, capturing nine pieces of artillery and two 
hundred prisoners. This regiment was under fire during this 
running fight, but was not actively engaged. The next day 
the advance was continued, with severe fighting, and that night 
the regiment stood picket near the Rapidan, and remained there 



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till the seventeenth, when it was relieved from picket, and 
moving back a short distance from the river, went into camp 
near Cedar Mountain battle-field. 

On the crest of Telegraj)!! INIountain the enemy had a signal 
station, which Maj. Brown, with one hundred and fifty men 
from Cos. A, H, I, K and L, was sent to capture. The enemy, 
however, seeing boys in blue climbing up one side of the moun- 
tain, quietly withdrew down the other side, and the capture was 
an easy one. It is, perhaps, needless to say that the position 
was used as a signal station for the Union army, as long as it 
remained in that vicinity. 

On the nineteenth one battalion was sent to Thoroughfare 
Mountain, remaining there till the next afternoon, when, being 
relieved by the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment, it returned to 
camp. On the twenty-fourth the regiment moved back to the 
Eappahannock River, where it remained on the south side for a 
few days, picketing toward the rear, on the lookout for gueril- 
las, and then moved to Bealton (which by this time began to 
seem almost like home to the boys, so many times had they 
visited it). Here it remained, picketing and drilling, until the 
tenth of October. 

Gen. Meade's army had occupied the northern bank of the 
Rapidan during the last w^eek in September and the first week 
in October, with headquarters near Culpepper, and Gen. Lee's 
army was on the other side of the river, around Gordonsville, 
twenty miles away. Lee, finding that Meade, after nearly three 
months of inactivity, was not going to attack, commenced to 
put plans of his own into operation, with the design of bringing 
on an engagement. His army crossed the Rapidan on the ninth 
of October, moving by way of Madison Court House and reach- 
ing Culpepper on the eleventh, where, according to his official 
report, he found the " enemy had retreated toward the Rappa- 
hannock, destroying his stores." On the twelfth his army 
marched in two columns, with the design of reaching the 
Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and interrupting the retreat 
of Gen. Meade's army. This movement, it seems, was under- 
stood by Gen. Meade, who prepared to defeat it. 

The morning of the tenth the regiment started at sunrise and 



LITTLE WASlliyOTOX UECONNOl^^ANCE. 193 

inarched in tlie direction of Culpepper. Upon arriving there 
the sounds of guns in the direction of Fox Mountain, six miles 
west, were heard, and thither the column marched, only to 
reach the vicinity of the hghting at dark. It proved to be Gen. 
Kilpatriclv, engaged with the advance of the enemy. That night 
the regiment bivouacked in an open tit'ld, and next morning the 
boys were in the saddle at three o'clock, and on the way to 
Culpepper. Here they found that the whole army was making 
tracks for the Rappahannock, and that they were in for that 
most disagreeable of all jobs, covering the retreat and left flank. 
The division was given the protection of the left flank, and 
about noon, after the last vestige of the Army of the Potomac 
had been removed from the town, the line of march was taken 
up on a road left of, and nearly parallel with, the railroad, along 
which the infantry was marching, and not yet out of sight. 
Nothing was seen of the enemy during the Avhole day, save a 
few scouts who hung upon the flanks, gathering what informa- 
tion they could of the movements of the Union army, and 
provoking the men by their imi)udent audacity. That night, at 
ten o'clock, the regiment reached the old camp-ground at Sul- 
phur Springs, and very luckily found everything as they left it, 
some of the officers sleeping that night in the very bunks they 
had occui>ied two months before. 

The next morning, twelfth, the regiment started on the 
famous reconnoissance to Little Washington, one of the promi- 
nent and most important expeditions in the history of the regi- 
ment, which is best told in Col. Smith's own words : — 

October twelftli, lono- before daylight, I was summoned to report to 
brigade headquarters, where I received orders to proceed with my regiment 
to the ]5hie ridge at Gaines' cross-roads (Chester Gap), thence along the 
Blue ridge via Little Washington to Sperryville (Thornton Gap), to observe 
any movement the enemy might make in that direction, and report promptly 
whatever of the enemy I might discover. The important character of the 
reconnoissance that I was ordered to make was impressed upon me by Col. 
Gregg, the brigade commander. He authorized me to pick up and take 
along with my command a detachment of another regiment which was on 
picket, and which I would have to pass throvigh. 

The regiment broke camp and started before sunrise, and proceeded 
to Gaines' cross-roads without halting. Small parties of Moseby's, White's, 
or Gilmore's men were seen in different places, but they caused us no delay. 



104 FIT?, ST MAINE CxiVALBY. 

They were on the alert, however, and probably knew a great deal about the 
purpose of that grand movement of those two great armies which was 
already begun. At Gaines' cross-roads, the entrance to Chester Gap, I 
detached and left Capt. Paul Chadhourne with his company, I, to obsei've 
and report to me whatever of importance might happen. I then proceeded 
to Little Washington. On the way there I detached and posted a second 
observing party. On arriving at Little Washington I selected a detachment 
of one hundred of the strongest horses, and jjushed it forward under a field 
officer (two field officers went, Lieut. Col. Boothby and Maj. Brown), to 
Sperryville, the entrance to Thornton Gap, with orders to return as soon as 
practicable. At the same time I sent Lieut. Harris, of Co. F, with an escort 
of twelve men, back to Sulphur Springs with a report to the brigade 
commander of our progress and all that I had done, and also that I 
should return to Sulphur Springs as soon as the detachment ititurned from 
Sijerryville. 

That detachment returned a little before sunset, with nothing of special 
interest to report. I assigned to it one hour in which to unsaddle, groom, 
feed, and make coffee. At the end of the hour we started homeward, just 
a little before dark. On our way we picked up the last party that we left 
on the outward march, and made no other halt till we reached Gaines' cross- 
roads. Capt. Chadhourne had seen Lieut. Harris and party pass that point 
on their way in. He had nothing else of importance to report. I then decided 
to send Capt. Chadhourne, with a detachment that had had most rest during 
the day, to Sulphur Springs at once with another report, and put the rest 
of the tired command into camp near Amisville to rest till morning. 

Capt. Chadhourne and his detachment therefore took the lead, and the 
rest of the command . followed. It was some five miles to the proposed 
camping-place. As we drew qiiite near to it and to the town of Amisville, 
Capt. Chadbourne's advance guard was briskly fired upon, and some of the 
men came back to the head of the column, where I was riding, in confusion. 
I supposed that the attack had been made by a party of guerillas who might 
have observed our going out, and were waiting in ambush for our return. 
In a few moments, however, Capt. Chadhourne came back and reported to 
me that a large force was in our front; that he was on higher ground, and 
could see their camp-fires far and wide. There were two dwellings near by, 
one on each side of the road, in which some poor white folks continued to 
live. Inquiries were made at those houses as to the troops in camp, and 
information was obtained that " A. P. Hill's corps has been going into camp 
about Amisville since three o'clock." 

I at once deployed the two front companies to he in readiness to meet 
any attack. At the same time I ordered Lieut. Col. Boothby to go to the 
rear of the column, instruct the captains while passing them to face their 
companies about, and conduct the column back to Gaines' cross-roads. 
Upon arriving at the cross-roads he was to put out a picket on the Cul- 
pepper road, find a guide who could conduct us across the country to 
Orleans, and then wait till I joined him. As soon as the column got well 
out of the way, I caused the two deployed companies to withdraw and 
follow it, and with a small party I followed in rear. We crossed a small 
creek and stopped to tear up the bridge over it, when a squad of the enemy 



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195 



that was pnrsnin,2; suddenly came upon us in the dark. We cajitured two of 
them and took them ahniff with us. 

On arrivmg at the cross-roads I found that IJoothby had secured a 
colored boy some fourteen years old for a <iuide. The boy said he had 
never been to Orleans, but ''know the way most thar. It is only a hos;- 
path part way." It was now midnight, and wo were cut off by the rebel 
army, but were not in any immediate danger of being ca])tured. If we had 
thought only of our own escape we would have gone through Chester Gap 
towards Front Hoyal, thence through Manassas (lap, and thus back to our 
army by a long and safe detour. But we were the possessors of most im- 
portant information relating to the welfare of our army. If Gen. Meade 
remained at Kappahannock Station during the twelfth, then we knew that 
Lee was fully abreast of him in a race for his communications to his rear. 
And had we known then the fact that three of our army corps had actually 
recrossed the river and marched toward Culpepper on that day, we would 
have been even more strongly impressed with the necessity of reporting 
promptly. Our object, therefore, was to get back to our army by the 
shortest line ; to graze the enemy as closely as possible and not get caught. 
We were on the south side of the north branch of the Eappahannock, which 
we had always crossed near Amisville or at Sulphur Springs, and were now 
cut off from both those fords. It was therefore necessary to find a new 
route across the head waters of the river, through a few miles of wooded 
country wholly unknown to us, and at midnight, too. Hence we were very 
glad to accept the guidance of the little contraband who "knew the way 
most thar," even by a "hog-path part of the way." 

No time was lost. I ordered the column to start, remained behind myself 
to see the picket called in, and then followed in rear. We had not gone far 
before the hog-path was realized. The way was narrow, but not straight. 
Without orders the fours became twos, then the twos dissolved, till nearly 
the whole column was stretched out in single file. The head of the column 
could do well enough, because it could slow up at a bad place and increase 
the gait where the road was better. The rear, however, had a different expe- 
rience. Just as it might quicken its pace to make up lost distance, it would 
perhaps get doubled up and huddled together into a most awkward jam upon 
those in front who had slackened their pace at a bad place. Only cavalry 
men can appreciate the situation. The two prisoners became a bvirden, and 
I abandoned them in the woods. 

By some accident and coincidence two carljines were discharged some- 
where in the column almost at the same instant. I thought that by some 
chance the front had struck the enemy, but soon became reassured, because 
the column did not halt. Those two shots awoke queer emotions, and 
I heard the circumstance referred to more than once afterward. 

In due time our little guide announced to those who had him in charge 
that he did not know the way any further. He had got to the outer edge of 
his little world. Then the column halted for the colonel to make his way 
to the front. He had been unable to pass it in the woods while it was mov- 
ing. The march was resumed, and we soon came to a country house, which 
seemed to us to be as much out of place and lost as we were. We roused a 
corpulent white man past middle age, but not old. He could not decide 



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FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 



wliethcT we were from tlie north or from the soutli, and we did not tell him 
for a wliile. I questioned him very closely as to direction and distance of 
every place, also as to the roads and the prominent ohjects upon them. I 
then gave him a twenty-dollar <j;reenhack, promised him a horse to ride home 
on, and told him to guide us to Orleans. My giving him money was unneces- 
sary and a very simple performance on my part, which I have never been 
especially proud of, but it indicates my gratitude for a guide that night. 

Upon arriving at Orleans we were on a road that leads to Warrenton via 
Waterloo, a route, however, too near Amisville and the rebel camps to ven- 
ture over. I learned from the guide of a more obscure road by which we 
could pass Waterloo farther to the north and reach the Warrenton turnpike 
at a point farther east. The guide conducted us by that road, and when we 
had got well beyond Waterloo, and the rebel camp-fires were well in our 
rear, I dismissed our second guide, giving him the horse that he had been 
riding. At his request I waited till he concealed himself and his horse in a 
piece of woods, to remain while the column was passing, because he said 
"those soldiers in the rear will not let me take this horse if they see him." 
It is quite possible that he was right. Soon after dismissing the guide we 
reached the Warrenton turnpike. 

Our route thus far had been chosen upon the supposition and hope that 
our forces were still at Warrenton; and as we drew nearer the town, specu- 
lation was rife at the head of the colunm as to the probabilities of the case. 
I was hoping and rather expecting every moment to encounter the pickets 
of some of our forces. We were descending a hill through a thin belt of 
timber, when suddenly there was disclosed, in the immediate front of the 
advance guard and just to the right of the turnpike, a camp of cavalry, all 
asleep, apparently. The column lialted, and Maj. Thaxter, of the regiment, 
without my knowledge, quickly rode into the camp, and, sitting upon his 
horse in the very midst of the sleeping soldiers, called out: "What regi- 
ment is this?"' A man raised his head and replied: "The Twelfth." 
"The Twelfth what?" asked the major. "The Twelfth Virginia, you 

<^1 » fool!" was the Virginian's indignant reply. The major returned 

even more (juickly than he went, and in a very loud whisper reported, 
"Colonel! colonel! it is the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry!" In the meantime 
I had called for a volunteer to ride into camp and determine the matter, and 
was just instructing him what to do and how to do it, when Maj. Thaxter 
so unexpectedly reported his discovery. 

We then concluded, as was afterwards shown to be true, that the main 
body of rebel cavalry was still in our front. This Twelfth regiment that we 
had run into was in a place of supposed safety, being between the main body 
of their cavalry and a corps of their infantry. There was no one stirring in 
camp, not even a camp guard. It is very possible that we might have cap- 
tured the whole regiment. But capturing regiments was not in our line just 
then. We had just as much elephant already as we wanted to carry. 

I ordered the fence to be thrown down on the north side of the road, and 
headed the column northward over fields, pastures, stone walls, woods, high 
lands and low lands. Before the rear of the column left the road the 
Twelfth was considerably astir, but did not pursue. 

New Baltimore was northeast from us, and there is a turnpike from War - 



LITTLE ]VAsniNGTON RECONNOISSANCE. !•*''' 

rciitou to tliat town. It was possible that tlu' rnrmy liad advaiiccMl even to 
that i)lac'e. I therefore desired to i)roeeed ])arallel with tiu^ tunii)ike, at a 
distanee from it, in order that we iui<i;ht approacli New Baltimore from tlie 
iiorttnvest by the Thoroiif>lifarc C.ap road, and thus avoid the possibility of 
aj^ain beinjj;- eut off by the enemy. We had no apprehension of beini,' cap- 
tured, because we had an open country to the northward, and could make a 
safe detour in that direction from any pttint; but, as before stated, we 
wanted to return to our army l)y the quickest and shortest line, to tell it 
what we knew ; yet we could not incur the risk of beino- cut off again at New 
Baltiniore, Itecause it would be daylight before we could get there. 

It was about three o'clock in the morning when we run into the Twelfth, 
and took a new departure across the country. There was no moon, and it 
was more or less cloudy all night. Yet it was not a very dark night. I think 
more or less stars were visible all the time. We picked our way as best w^e 
ccmld for several miles, and came to a fine-looking plantation house sur- 
rounded by trees, whose shade made the entrance through the enclosure 
quite dark. 

A loud rap brought an elderly and refined appearing gentleman, ai'i'om- 
panied by a colored boy, who may have reached his teens, to the door. In 
the dark they could not tell who nor how many we were. I learned from 
the gentleman that our cavalry had retired through Warrenton, followed by 
the rebel cavalry, the day before, and that considerable fighting had been 
done. I also learned that we were about a mile northwest of the Warrenton 
and New Baltimore turnpike, and that we were then on a road by which we 
could approach the latter place from the northwest, as desired. We took the 
colored boy for our third guide, who conducted us by the indicated route, 
and we reached New Baltimore between daylight and sulirise — a " bright, 
rosy morning." The only person discovered was one rebel cavalry man, 
riding over a hill beyond the town in the direction of Warrenton. He had 
probalily availed himself of the opportiniity to visit home or his sweetheart 
for a night. We passed through the little town and took the turnpike in the 
direction of Gainesville. We came to rising ground from which the turnpike 
in our rear could be seen a long distance, and upon which a patch of corn 
had been cut up and shocked. Here we formed line faced to the rear, fed 
our horses, and unsaddled and groomed them by detachments. Many of the 
men made coffee. 

After an hour's rest we resumed the march by the shortest route to Bris- 
tow Station. I despatched Maj. Brown, of the regiment, to find and report 
to proper authorities our discoveries. He found army headquarters at 
Catletfs Station. As soon as it was discovered there who he was, where he 
had been, and what he knew, he became quite a lion, and he knew how to 
make the most of the situation. At a subsequent interview with Gen. 
Meade, he emphasized to me the great value of the information which I had 
sent him by Maj. Brown at that time. For two days he had not received 
any reliable information of the movements of the rebel infantry, and was 
worried and annoyed in consequence. He blamed our cavalry for inetii- 
ciency, while in fact, as it subseciuently appeared, the cavalry had done, and 
was doing, its best. The two cavalry forces were fiercely contending on the 
thirteenth for the ground between the two armies, and each l)ecame a cur- 
tain to conceal the infantry, which the other could not penetrate. 



198 Fin ST MAIXH CAVALRY. 

Continuing our marcli, we arrived in the vicinity of Bristow Station about 
midday. We selected a comfortable place, and abandoned ourselves to rest 
and sleep. The next mornin<? we crossed the railroad, but remained in the 
vicinity of Bristow most of the day, watching the interminable wagon trains 
hastening to the rear through Brentsville. In the afternoon A. P. Hill's 
corps arrived at Bristow Station and gave battle to our second corps, which 
lasted till after dark. Before dark we moved back to Manassas .Junction, 
where we waited and oliserved the retreating columns of our infantry till 
late in the night. We did not make any si^ecial effort to find our command. 
The army was retreating, and our division might come to us sooner than we 
could go to it. 

Xear midnight the last of our infantry passed us. Our cavalry division 
was passing to the rear below us, at Union Mills, but we did not know it 
then. So we resumed the march, and followed the infantry across Bull Run 
to the higher ground toward Centreville. 

As soon as we crossed Bull Run we were among the" camps of the infantry, 
much to their indignation. Infantry men never had much use for cavalry 
except when the latter was well to the front, between them and the enemy. 
It was a mortal offence for cavalry to cross their line of march, or to invade 
their camps. On this occasion we were orphans, or rather vagrants, and did 
not belong to anybody. We tlierefore meekly picked our way among their 
bivouacs until we found a space large enough to form on and dismount. The 
cavalrymen then quickly sought their beds beneath their horses' heads, each 
with an arm or leg through the l)ridle for a hitching iiost. Xext morning, 
however, found us surrounded by many friends, among whom I especially 
and pleasantly remember, was Col. Frank Heath, of Maine. 

During the forenoon we learned that our division was in the vicinity of 
Union Mills and Fairfax Station ; and we had started for the latter i^lace to 
join it, when we were met by Gen. Warren, who gave me orders to turn 
back, advance to Manassas, or beyond, until we found the enemy, and cap- 
ture some prisoners, if we could. I was to send frequent reports back to 
him. We advanced to Manassas, and met the rebel cavalry just at Fort 
Beauregard. We skirmished with them, and held them in check till they 
brought some artillery to the front. We then fell back slowly to Bull Run 
again. Our batteries behind Bull Run opened upon the advancing enemy at 
long range, and an artillery duel and consideral)le skirmishing followed. 

Soon after we met the enemy at Fort Beauregard I noticed a young staff 
officer, a stranger to me, near the skirmish line. I asked him if he had any 
orders to communicate, or suggestion to make, and he courteously answered 
that he had not, but only wished to observe. I soon forgot him. Perhaps 
I did not even learn his name at the time. Since then, however, he became 
my friend, and, for a time, my commanding officer, and recalled to me that 
occasion of our first meeting. He is Brig. Gen. R. S. McKenzie. 

The same evening we marched to Fairfax Station, where we arrived at a 
late hour. The next morning, the sixteenth, after an absence of four days, 
we rejoined our division, and drew our forage and rations amidst congratu- 
lations and honors. We had been officially reported as captured. 

We marched all day the tenth, all day the eleventh, all day and night the 
twelfth, were cut oft' twice by the enemy, and employed three guides. We 



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iiKirclied ;ill day the thirtiH'nth. were inoviiin' all day and iii^lit the fourteenth, 
and were inarehint;' and fii;htiiiu' all day the fifteenth. 

The adventiifcs and inisfortiines of J^ieut. Harris and his 
Xxirt3% who were sent back from Little Washino-ton with de- 
spatches, shouhl o-() on record as a portion of this ex])edilion. 
The party passed Aniisville before Gen. Hill's C(n-ps arrived 
there ; but when they reached Jefferson, near Snlphnr Springs, 
they encountered the rebel cavalry. They then retraced their 
steps to return to the regiment again, but before they reached 
Amisville they met the rebel infantry, and were thus hemmed 
in between the two forces. Lieut. Harris avoided detection, 
took his men into some thick pines, and concealed horses and 
men, unsaddling, and to all appearances going into camp, to 
make it appear, should any of the enemy visit the locality, that 
they were rebs, and at home. In a short time two of those 
restless geniuses who visit freely from one camp to another 
paid the little party a visit, and were taken prisoners right 
within their own camp. When night came on Lieut. Harris 
and his men cut up their saddles and bridles and turned the 
horses loose, and then fell into line, and with the two prisoners 
took the road and marched out without being challenged, 
going across the river into the country northward. The next 
morning they met White, Avith a small party of his scouts, wlio 
demanded their surrender. Lieut. Harris took position behind 
a stone wall and opened fire, displaying the two prisoners from 
the top of the wall, and challenged the enemy to shoot. White 
evidently took in the situation, because he passed on. Lieut. 
Harris then proceeded to the vicinity of Thoroughfare Gap, 
where he met Moseby with a large force, to whom he had to 
surrender, after a sharp skirmish. Upon surrendering, Lieut. 
Harris was compelled, at the muzzle of a pistol, to give up his 
watch ; but upon arriving at headquarters he reported the fact 
of the robbery of his person, and the watch was returned. 
The lieutenant's feet becoming sore he refused to walk further, 
and an old horse was procured, upon which he was mounted. 
He had told the boys he should never go to prison, and they 
must look out for themselves. 

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200 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

well for a few days, and then back to Snlphur Springs, where 
they arrived one night after dark. There was the old camping- 
ground, which the regiment had left onl}- about thirty-six 
hours previous, and Lieut. Harris knew the place well. They 
were taken to an old deserted farm-house, Avhere he had been 
before, and he knew the hall led through the house from the 
front to the back door. The entrances, both front and rear, 
were rather high, and the steps of the rear door had been taken 
away, leaving it quite inaccessible. The door was too high for 
one to jump from to the ground with safety, especially in the 
dark. The captives were shown into the front door of this 
house, and ordered to go into a room one side of the hall. The 
men did as they were bid, but Lieut. Harris, who was in the 
rear, slipped quietly through the hall in the dark, lowered him- 
self to the ground from the back door, and concealed himself 
in some tall weeds. The captors soon produced a light to 
identify their prisoners, when behold ! the officer was not there. 
A search was instituted, but without avail. The lieutenant 
heard them searching for him, and swearing vengeance upon 
his head. He travelled some days, often calling upon the 
negroes who were at work in the fields to bring him food, 
which they seemed glad to do, promising not to betray him. By 
the aid of a map, after five days' tramp he found his way back 
to the Union lines, much fatigued, reaching them at Gen. John 
C. Caldwell's headquarters; and as the general was a townsman 
and a relative, he found there rest and refreshment, and then 
joined the regiment, having been absent about two weeks. 
During his absence the rebel army retreated again to the Rap- 
pahannock, tearing up the railroad as it went, and the t^nion 
army in turn advanced again to Warrenton Junction, where he 
entered the lines. 

Maj. Thaxter, at the reunion in Auburn, 1883, thus told the 
story of his visit to the rebel camp during this'reconnoissance : — 

Our president has narrated an incident whieh perhaps it will be well for 
me to refer to. One of the most important reconnoissances, I think, that 
was ever made by any regiment during our war, or during any war, was 
that to which he referred. It was important in its long continuance, in the 
fatigue endured by man and beast, and jjerhaps imiiortant in its results to 



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till' (■(iininaiKliiij;' ()<H(_'or of our army. It was not in tlioso j^rcat liattlos that 
are so well known in history that the cavalry rejiinients saw their severest 
service; it was in their long' protracted reconnoissancess in their raids, in 
their picket! n,i;s, in their bivouacs, in all the daily routine of army life. It 
was these that told upon men, and showed what kind of soldiers there were 
in this regiment. 

Our president has given the suhstance of the story \vlii( li he has asked 
nie to tell you. Gen. Meade was in doubt where the rebel army was, and of 
course it was necessary to ascertain. Pearly one bright, ci-ispy, October 
morning, when everything was Ijeautiful and bright, we left our camp. 1 
remember of noticing how clearly defined were the outlines of the Blue ridge 
as we marched towards it. When we reached Little Washington we sent a 
detachment ahead while the rest of us rested there. AVhen the detachment 
returned we took up our march back, not knowing that anything had inter- 
posed in our rear to interfere with our returning the way we came. About 
ten o'clock at night we reached a place called AmisvlUe, where we found our 
passage intercepted by HilFs corps, so we were obliged to make a detour to 
get by them. About two o'clock in the morning we saw before ns a large 
number of tires, which I took to be the camp-fires of our troops, and I sup- 
posed that all we had to do was to proceed, and that we would soon meet 
our own pickets in the road. The colonel was of a more cautions turn of 
mind, and was quite unwilling to have his command go on. I, without any 
knowledge that he intended to halt, went ahead with the advance guard, 
expecting every moment that we should meet our pickets in the road. Soon 
the advance guard stopped; but I, in my confidence that I was soon to meet 
our own troops, kept on. Not meeting any pickets rii the road, when I got 
opposite the encampment I turned into the field where it was, and went 
towards it. The first sight of the encampment, the horses and their accou- 
trements, convinced me that I was in the wrong camp; but, in order to 
make sure, I rode up beside a man who had a shelter tent thrown over him, 
for it was a chill October morning, and endeavored to wake him, but he was 
very soundly asleep, and I could not wake him. I rode a short distance on, 
to another one, and shook him and spoke to him, and finally succeeded in 
waking him. He was very cross to think he had been waked. I asked him 
what regiment it was, and he said " The Twelfth.'' I asked him, " Twelth 
what?"' There was but one of the southern states that sent twelve regi- 
ments of cavalry into the field, and he was somewhat surprised at my 
c]uestion, and not wishing to be further bothered, he said, "The Twelfth 

Virginia, you d d fool." I told him it was all right, and turned to leave. 

Just then a sentinel in the camp shouted to me to "Halt!" but it was dark, 
and I knew there would be no danger in my attempting to leave the camp, 
and I did so. As soon as I regained the road I went on at as rapid a pace as 
a horse that had been thirty hours under the saddle could go. I found the 
colonel about where I had left the advance guard, making arrangements 
with a couple of men to go up to this camp and find out who they were. I 
said to him, "Colonel, that is the Twelfth Virginia up there." He had no 
occasion for the services of those men, and we immediately turned off to our 
left and made another detour, going around the town of Warrenton. This 
part of the country was very familiar to us. and ten o'clock the next day 



^^^ FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

brought us to our frieuds. The cohmel immediately sent to headquarters 
and reported tlie results of the reoonnoissanee to the general in command, 
who, I have no doubt, regarded it as important information. I am sorry 
that I have taken so jnuch time in relating this; but really I consider this 
one of the most remarkable reconnoissances of the war, in the length of 
time the men were in tlie saddle, showing the ability, not only of the men 
of the regiment, but of the horses, to endure fatigue. I have often thought 
if somebody would write a history of the achievements of the horses in the 
war it would be interesting. 

Col. Cilley, in his I'emarks at the gathering of the comrades 
of the regiment in Boston, in November, 1886, thus spoke of 
the exhaustion on this reconnoissance : — 

My personal experience during that twenty-four hours in the saddle has 
been called for. Whatever my personal experience may have lieen, I can 
say that my personal feelings on that occasion were immense, and may be 
pertinent in showing the weariness of that long ride, though it is fair to 
say I was not in good physical condition ; that the wound in my arm was not 
fully healed, and I was fresh from staif duty in Washington, with only one 
qualification that gave assurance of conquering the resources of A^irginia, — 
an appetite that was the astonishment and standing joke of my brother 
officers. 

On the return march my battalion was in the advance. It was dark and 
quite late. Col. Smith had determined to bivouac and wait till morning, 
and said: "You have recently done picket duty in this vicinity, and can 
select a place for encampment." When, to our astonishment, we found the 
enemy we had searched for all day, I think our feelings were very much 
like the old lady's who had formed the habit and had for forty years looked 
under her bed every night to find a burglar, and at last one night there were 
his boots and there was the man. She hastened down stairs to her husliand, 
who had been delayed, and excitedly exclaimed: "A burglar is under our 
bed!" Her husband coolly replied: "Xo wonder you are happy, my dear. 
You have found what you have been looking for during forty years." 

I will not repeat what we did next, but come to the part that relates to 
my feelings. As the regiment moved off, left in front, my battalicm took the 
rear. In order to observe what the enemy might do, I took position in rear 
of my battalion. Now the rear in the daytime and on a good road is not a 
desirable ])lace when the column moves at a rapid walk; but at night, 
through by-ways and woods, and over fords and other obstacles, the rear is 
a most awful place. Every obstacle would cause each set of fours to string 
out into twos or in single file, and thus multiply by four the time needed 
to pass such obstructions, increasing arithmetically toward the rear, and 
then close up at a trot with the same ratio of time. It may be well that 
daylight should never shine on the darkness and disorder of the rear of that 
night. I think it was only equalled by the disorder and blackness of the 
rear that caused the horse which bore our wounded acting adjutant, Tobie, 
to the rear on the day at Farmville to fall dead at the sight, and induced 



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till' liiiiiiiiiu adjutant to rctuin tn tlic front and solcnudy icniaik: " l-ct me 
die liere, colonel; I shall not <;(> to the rear aj;ain, even if 1 am hit in liotli 
boots." 

I rode a brown horse named Bug, eompaetly built, wliieh I knew would 
carry me as lonji' as any man in the regiment was earned. He had an easy- 
going lope, but his trot was terrible. And a trot was the only gait he could 
use over the rough roads of that niglit. I tried to ride so I would go up 
twice to every going down once; but my feelings gave me to understand 
that I went down twii-e to every time I rose once. Col. Joe Peaks expressed 
very forcibly my feelings, when on tlie staff of Gov. Connor at the muster af 
Brunswick, when the staff at sharp pace followed the governor on the main 
street to the Tontine Hotel. He rode a hard-trotting, green horse, and bore 
it as long as he could, when he unbottled himself with: "Pound! pound! 

d n you!" Since that memorable night I have never heard the word 

"rear" mentioned without a strong temptation to swear. 

At one time during the night I dismounted and stood near my horse, 
and when the column started he followed. I found I could hardly walk, 
and was obliged to call to some comrade to bring the horse back to me. 
I felt a little alarmed at my condition, and worked my way to the front, 
where the marching is always easier, and reached the front just as Maj. 
Thaxter returned from his visit to the rebel camp, where, from the natural 

kindness of his dispositiim, he thanked a man for calling him "a d n 

fool." 

I lived several ages that night; and when the halt for rest came the next 
morning at Xew Market, I dismounted, after a fashion, to find I could not 
stand on my feet. Short rest, and again in the saddle till near noon, when 
we halted in open field, and I found a bush some two feet high, put my 
head in the shade of that, and went to sleep. The command slept an hour 
or so. When I woke up the sun was shining hot upon my head, and I was 
suffering from a violent headache. 

That night we bivouacked near the road on which the wagon trains were 
moving. ISToise and shouting all night. The accompanying stream of strag- 
glers and train guards would swing in and out over our resting-place, and 
kept the headquarter guard in constant motion and the officers growling 
most of the night. The next day we marched in various directions, took 
up various positions, and were in supporting distance when the heavy vol- 
leys rose and fell and filled all the air at Bristow Station. At night our 
regiment, still separate from its brigade, bivouacked at the western side of 
Bull Pun stream till midniglit. when we were informed that all the infantry 
had passed that stream, and that safety demanded we should take post on 
the other side. 

We crossed. In darkness and rain we searched for room to encamp. 
Two or three places were tried, but it brought part of our regiment into 
this general's headquarters, or the grounds of that division, till at last we 
found a place, and had a shoi-t time for more sleep. The next day again 
to the front, to develop the enemy's designs and ascertain what was in 
front. We had quite a prolonged skirmish, which Avas sharp at times. 
Lieut. Coleman sang out at one time as though hit and wounded badly, 
and throutih his blouse coidd be seen the holes of a bullet. I turned to 



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help him. and found the buUet had passed directly across his hack, hut had 
not torn his tlesh. 

Tlie ford across the stream was a devious one; and wishing to do some- 
thing and to have an opportunity to rest, I sat on my horse in the midst of 
the stream and directed the men how to cross. The enemy had a cross-fire 
on this ford, and it was quite lively there; but I felt too tired to move, and 
remained till our regiment had all passed. We were then held in reserve 
and marched to this place and that, and at night moved towards Fairfax 
Station. I was now aching from head to foot. After several halts to find 
suitable grounds, we went into camp near the station. McFarlaud helped 
me from my horse, and I rolled up in a blanket by a log. He afterwards 
brought me some coffee, but I told him not to touch or come near me. I 
awoke the next morning powerless to move, and with acute diarrhoea. 
There was a shanty near by. To this my men carried me. It had one room, 
and was occupied by an Irishman and his wife. I made a bargain for the 
privilege of occupying a lounge made of rough boards, on which I placed 
my blanket. 

Soon an angel of mercy came in the form of Mrs. Sampson, and gave me 
a bottle of Santa Cruz rum and some old newspapers ; and for the next few 
days I liave little remembrance of what took place, or what time elapsed. 
I never felt like lying so perfectly still, with tlie necessity of getting up 
constantly and regularly. But the Santa Cruz rum relieved my pains, and 
the newspapers were useful. In less than a week I could not distinguish 
one day from another, yet when the regiment moved I went on duty with 
it; but good Lord deliver me from such exhaustion again. 

When the regiment reached Bristow Station at noon of the 
thirteenth, the men had been in their saddles ahnost continnonsly 
for more than thirty-six hours, and had marched from one hun- 
dred to one hundred and twenty-five miles. This was, indeed, 
a splendid reconnoissance, although not a gun was fired by the 
adventurous force, and it required great caution and persever- 
ance to escape from the snare into which the little force had 
fallen. And the escape was something more than mere good 
luck. From the time the command reached Amisville on the 
return. Col. Smith had never a doubt of getting out ; it was only 
a question of how to get out best, and convey the information 
obtained to headquarters the soonest ; how to get around the 
enemy before daylight ; and every movement was deliberately 
planned and executed. The regiment lost twenty-three men on 
this expedition ; twelve captured while bearing despatches, and 
the remainder by their horses giving out, and also lost thirty 
horses. 

A private of Co. A, who was over[)Owered by sleep wdiile the 



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reo-imeiit was halted near Warrentoii, and wlio failed to awake 
Avhen the reginunit started, was arcnised at daylight by the rebel 
drums and l)Uoles, and l)(_'iiig ignorant of the faet that the enemy 
was abi)nl him, as well as of the ronte the reghnent took, confi- 
dently mounted his horse and rode into Warrenton. He soon 
discovered into what sort of company he had fallen ; and draw- 
ing his overcoat abcnit him to conceal his blue uniform, he 
shu filed along on a Virginia-gaited horse, unsuspected by the 
rebel cavalry that occupied tlie town. He avoided the pickets 
by making a circuit, and reached the Union lines in safety. 

^ Peter Como, of Co. K, had the misfortune to have his horse 
o-o down under him when the advance was attacked near Amis- 
ville : but he had no idea of being taken prisoi^^n-, having always 
had a fear of that, thinking that he might be taken for a 
mulatto and shot (he had a very dark complexion, and it was 
generally understood had Indian blood in him), and handing 
his arms and equipments to his more fortunate comrades, he 
ran along on foot. He was soon lost sight of in the darkness, 
but when morning dawned he made his appearance, well worn 
out with his cruel trip, and was at once mounted and cared for. 
It was a wonderful feat, and required marvellous powers of 
endurance; and it is doubtful if another man in the regiment 
could have gone through the same experience. 

Sergt. Smith, of Co. K, at the reunion in Portland, 1874, 
thus told a story concerning this expediticni, '' dedicated, with- 
out permission, to Maj. Brown": — 

On our famous ride to Little Wasliin<;t()n, the regiment was under tlie 
command of Col. Smith, the leading battalion luider a major. Co. K, with 
Capt. Myrick, was at the head of the column: apart of K, as advance guard, 
under Lieut. Ford, and Peter Como and myself several rods in advance of all. 
The colonel was of course anxious to get over the road as fast as possible ; 
but as Peter and I wended our way as fast as we thought safe, we would see 
at every turn and cut in the road, and behind the angles of the stone walls, 
men with guns in their hands, that we knew too well were after a shot at us, ■ 
consequently we would halt to investigate. Then the colonel would find 
fault with the major, the major with the captain, the captain with Lieut. 
Ford, and he with us. Then the major would come galloping up, and 
demand of Peter and me what in thunder we were afraid of, all of wliich 
was very annoying to Peter and me. After repeating this several times, we 
came around a turn in the road, and saw on the right hand side of the road. 



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some distance in front of us, a large house, with quite a thick hedge on the 
side next to us, and at right angles Avith the road. As we had seen armed 
men come out of every house on the way thus far, we naturally halted now 
to take a look about ; and as we did so saw a platoon of men run round the 
corner of the house by file, and come into line just behind the hedge, ready 
to dispute our advance. Just as the last files were disappearing behind the 
hedge, the gallant major came dashing up, and saw tliem himself, with their 
guns glistening in the sun. " There," said he, " you have found something 
definite at last, and I am glad of it. Xow we'll have something to do ! " With 
rapid movements, flashing eye and emphatic orders, he moved Co. K to one 
side of the road (they having been in advance all day were to be held in 
reserve), brought up the'next two companies, and tearing down the stone wall 
on the left of the road, placed them in line behind a hill that rose conven- 
iently there, where they could not be seen from the enemy's line. Then with 
visions of glory and renown flitting through his active brain, he gave his 
instructions. He was to ride alone to the top of the hill, where he could see 
the whole field of action, and if the enemy were not in too heavy force, raise 
his hat, when the two squadrons were to charge up the hill, and on around 
the rear of the house and hedge, Co. K was to stand fast, while the fourth 
squadron charged up the road, and thus surround and capture the entire 
party. All this was arranged quicker than I can tell it, and the major 
started ; and as he proudly and fearlessly rode up the hill, he seemed at least 
two inches taller than ever before, and I fancied I saw him glance at the 
strap on his shoulder, to see if the gold leaf was not already turning to silver. 
He reached the top, took in the situation at a single glance, and gave the 
signal. Forward went the three squadrons, as the First Maine ever went 
when called on, up over the hill in almost perfect line, down across the slope, 
with the gallant major still far in advance ; then sweeping around the house 
as the other squadron came charging up the road, they completely sur- 
rounded about seven little colored children, from two to three feet high, and 
frightened them almost to death ! 

During the skirmisli near Bull Run on the fifteenth, Surg. 
Stevens wanted to hear the minnies whistle, just to see how it 
would seem ; and, though advised ])y the hospital steward to 
forbear the pleasure, persisted in his determination and went 
out toward the contesting lines, until he was met by Col. 
Smith, who ordered him to go to the rear and take care of him- 
self. The tone and manner of the colonel led the doctor to 
believe there might be some danger as well as all pleasure in this 
scientific research, and he lost no time in obeying. After cross- 
ing the run, however, his old curiosity returned and overcame 
him, and he halted. He had been there but a few moments 
when a partially spent bullet struck the horse of the steward 
who had accompanied the surgeon, and it was wonderful how 




Surg. HORACE STEVENS, 
North Cambridge, Mass. 





SAMUEL C. LOVEJOY, 
Hospital Steward. 
Washington, D. C. 



FRANK BODFISH, 

Asst. Surgeon. 

Anson. 

Deceased. 



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siuldoiily the latter became aware of the fact that his services 
might be wanted "if some of those poor boys shoiikl get hurt." 
And saj^ing, with due army emphasis, "We must get out of 
this,"" he was oft" with all s])eed, the steward sending after him, 
as a parting solace : "Don't be alarmed; we are not in imminent 
danger." 

When the regiment got home with the brigade again, on 
the sixteenth, it was learned that both Gen. and Col. Gregg 
had given the I'egimcut up for lost: and so sure were tliey of 
this, that orders had been issued to draw no rations or forage 
for the First j\Iaine, as they had fallen into the enemy's hands. 

Gen. Meade, in General Orders No. 97, Headquarters Army 
of the Potomac, Centreville, October 17, 1863, bears testimony 
to " the activity, zeal and gallantry of the whole cavalry corps, 
and to the efficient and arduous services rendered in all the 
recent operations from Rapidan to Centreville." 

The rebel army had gone as far north as Gen. Lee thought 
advisable, evidently not caring to risk a third battle on the old 
Bull Kun field, and was now taking the back track, while Gen. 
Meade was following it up closely. The regiment remained in 
the vicinity of Fairfax Station two or three days, and then, with 
the brigade, brought up the rear of the army in its advance, 
reaching Gainesville as escort for a large train on the twenty- 
first, Warrenton about midnight that night, and Fayetteville on 
the twenty-third. On the twenty-third the Second Pennsylva- 
nia Cavalry went on a scout toward the Rappahannock, found 
the enemy at Bealton, and engaged them. As soon as the 
firing commenced, Col. Smith was ordered to move out with 
the First Maine to the support of the Second, and to assume 
command. He did so, but this regiment was not engaged. 
The Second pressed the enemy to the vicinity of Rappahannock 
Station, where Col. Smith stopped the advance, and threw out a 
strong picket line. As soon as the line was established the 
whole command was ordered back, and found the force had been 
moved back a couple of miles toward Warrenton. Next day Col. 
Smith was ordered to take the same two regiments and repeat 
the operation. This time the Second drove the enemy as before, 
while the First Maine moved on the Hank toward Beverly ford. 



208 FIBST MAIXE CAVALRY. 

This time the picket line was formed and remained there. 
During this skirmisli Lient. Smith, of Co. I, was wounded in 
the arm, and his liorse was killed. The force that Col. Smith 
developed at Rappahannock Station was the same force that the 
Sixth corps had the engagement with a few days later. 

The regiment remained in the vicinity of Fayetteville, pick- 
eting the Rappahannock in the vicinity of Freeman's ford, 
scouting, etc., until November eighth ; and while here a little 
picket incident occurred which is well worthy to go on record, 
as illustrating the feeling existing between the pickets of the 
two armies. At the ford the Union and Confederate pickets 
Avere very near together, and conversation between them was 
freely indulged in when the oiMcers of either side were not 
within hearing; One day a rebel picket wanted to come over 
and trade with the Yankee picket of this regiment for a knife, 
and the latter promised him a safe return. Over he came, and 
the two had a cordial greeting, and were haggling as to the 
amouut of rebel tobacco that would purchase a Yankee knife, 
Avhen who should come along but the officer of the day. He at 
once ordered the gray visitor under arrest, but the Yankee 
picket said : '-' No : I promised him if he would come over he 
should go back, and he is going. I am to blame in this matter, 
and not he ; if any one is to be punished, let it be I." He 
then explained the matter to the officer, who, knowing him 
to be a good soldier, finally decided to let the rebel picket go 
this time, but warned him not to get caught again in that way. 
The Yankee, in speaking of this afterwards, said : " Well, I 
always did want to shake the hand of a real live rebel before 
he had been tamed, and now I have done it I am satisfied." 

On the seventh there were sounds of heavy cannonading in 
the direction of Rappahannock Station', where a battle was being- 
fought, and that night the pickets in front of the regiment dis- 
appeared. The morning of the eighth the pickets were called 
in, and the regiment took up the line of march to Morrisville, 
taking a look at Bealton again on the way. The regiment 
remained in this vicinity, picketing in rear and on the left of 
the army, doing a very little scouting and some drilling, until 
the twenty-fourth. During this short season of comparative 



PLEASANT CAMPAIGNING. 209 

rest the boys enjoyed themselves liiiely. The })icketing was 
not hard ; that is to say, there were generally men enough to 
make four or more reliefs. The weather was for the most part 
fine, though a little inclined to be cold, and one morning 
(tenth) the boys tried to make fun of packing up their goods 
and chattels with about an inch of snow frozen to everything, 
and there was move sociability around the cheerful camp-fires, 
when camp-lires first began to be needed for comfort, and the 
regiment was expecting all the time to move, than at any other 
time. The boys would gather around the hres and talk and 
laugh and joke, and put in such big rations of real enjoyment 
those evenings as were unknown when the closer winter quar- 
ters kept them more in their own houses, or the warmer weather 
made fires necessary only for cooking. The regiment was on 
picket at United States and Richardson's fords, some distance 
down the Rappahannock, near HartAvood church and Falmouth, 
on the tenth and eleventh, and a portion at Crittenden's Mills 
and Barrett's ford from the thirteenth to the sixteenth, with 
another portion at Ellis' ford at the same time, beside occa- 
sional bursts of picketing in the rear of the camp, standing- 
camp guard mounted, serving as guard for trains, etc. 

While at Ellis' ford a patrol of half a dozen men was sent to 
Kemper's ford, a distance of two or three miles through the 
woods, every four hours, night and day, to keep a sort of watch 
over that ford. It was a lonesome ride, but nothing unpleasant 
occurred. One night the sergeant in charge of the midnight 
patrol, belonging to Co. G, was not feeling very well, and 
requested a corporal, who was not on detail just then, to make 
the trip for him. The corporal, who had been over the route in 
the daytime, readily agreed to relieve his comrade, and away he 
went. On arriving at the ford and finding everything quiet, 
the corporal said to his men, " Boys, there's a pile of cabbages 
in that garden (pointing to a house near b}^) ; if you want some 
of them, two or three of you may go and get some, and I'll wait 
for you ; and while you are about it, you may bring me one or 
two, also." The patrol carried back ten or a dozen of those 
cabbages, and while enjoying the eating of them the next day 
noon, the officer in command of the company came down upon 



210 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

them fiercely. The woman who owned the garden had been to 
headquarters with a terrible story of vandalism on the part of 
the patrol the night before. According to her story they had 
broken down the fence, stolen all the cabbages she had got laid 
by for the winter (some two hundred, she said), and committed 
other depredations. This had come down from headquarters 
through the regular channels, till it got to Co. G, where it nat- 
urally stopped. The officer in command was furious, saying 
his company was getting a powerful re})utation for stealing, and 
it had got to be stopped. He called the sergeant of each patrol 
to him, and to his surprise, not one of them knew anything about 
the matter at all; and as he kncAv nothing about the corporal's 
going up with the patrol on one trip, he finally, after a right 
smart of sputtering, became convinced that his company was 
clear from blame that time, anyhow. All this time the guilty 
corporal was quietly listening to the remarks of his officer, and 
eating some of the very cabbage the officer was growling about ; 
and he always averred that neither before nor since did he ever 
eat cabbage that tasted really good to him, thus proving the 
truth of the old saying, " Stolen fruit is the sweetest." 

On the twenty-fourth of November a forward movement of 
the whole army was commenced, with the intention of trying 
once more to whip the rebel forces before going into winter 
quarters. This movement is written down in history as the 
" Battle at Mine Run," or the " First Campaign in the Wilder- 
ness." The First Maine crossed the Rappahannock at Ellis' 
ford, and marching to the Rapidan, a portion stood picket that 
night and the next day at Ely's ford, while the rest went into 
camp near Richardsville. On the twenty-sixth the Rapidan was 
crossed, and the division took the left of the army. This was 
Thanksgiving Day in Maine. The day was cold and raw, and 
the marching tedious, and the boys will be forgiven if they drew 
pictures of home as they took their Thanksgiving dinner of cold 
hard bread and cold water, on a cold day, riding along in the 
enemy's country, or as they went into camp at night with a pros- 
pect of a night of suffering in the open air. But it was wonder- 
ful how quickly the cheerful camp-fire and the cup of hot coffee 
put life and new spirit into them, and how happy they were 



m- 



IN THE WILDERNESS. 



211 



half an hour after hearing the welcome order " Go into camp," 
which was given just after dark near, White Hall, while pickets 
were posted in the direction of PiM^^r's store. The boys slept 
well that night, and next mornin^'found a heavy frost over 
everything. The division was in the saddlf and on the march 
early, the First brigade in the advance, passing the Fifth corps 
by daylight on the Gordonsville plank road, and was soon in 
the "Wilderness," a large tract of land closely grown with 
small trees, vines, etc. The advance found the enemy in the 
forenoon near Hooper's or New Hope church, and immedi- 
ately engaged him. The skirmish lasted till nearly night, the 
Second brigade supporting the First, and though not actively 
eno-ao-ed, the reg^iment was within hearing of the minnies and 
the shells for several long hours. If ever time dragged it was 
to the boys on that day, as they lay on the ground hour after 
hour, listening to the sounds of battle in the distance ; judging 
by the varying cheers and yells which side was getting the best 
of it ; expecting every moment to be called into action in the 
place most needed, and on that very account the worst ; encour- 
aged occasionally by seeing the wounded and the killed carried 
by them to the rear, thus giving them more vivid realization 
of the horrors of war than they could get in any other way, 
even by the aid of experience and memory or by being in the 
battle themselves, because they were now free from excitement 
and had nothing else to think about ; and watching the sounds 
of the stray bullets and shells as they came over them. Infi- 
nitely to be preferred, as far as comfort is concerned, is a posi- 
tion in " the thick of it," to this waiting in expectancy. About 
an hour before dark the cavalry was relieved by infantry, and 
the boys settled down into the joyful anticipation of getting a 
night's sleep. 

But sleep was not for the boys of the First Maine, or for a 
part of them, just yet, for six companies were sent off to the 
right, under command of Lieut. Col. Boothby, to open commu- 
nication with Gen. Meade's headquarters. Away they went, 
through woods and across a large field by the side of woods, 
till just at dark the advance struck a snag. Just what that 
snag was did not then appear, but it was composed of armed 



212 FIE ST MxilNE CAVALRY. 

men who disputed the passage of the little force. A skirmish 
line of two com^^anies was formed and sent into the woods, 
while the rest remained drawn up in fours in the road. For 
half an hour or so a quite brisk skirmish fire Avas kept up, the 
bullets of the opposing force Avhistling loudly and angril}^ 
through the still night air, directly over the heads of the boys 
in the road, and striking in the trees and fence beyond them. 
It was no pleasant pastime to sit quietly there during that half 
hour, though the boys made the best of it, and joked and 
laughed as best they were able to do. One thing was said that 
night wliich shows how men sometimes behave under fire. 
While the bullets were whistling their crossest, one of the tall- 
est sergeants in the regiment, who was at the head of his com- 
pan}^ noticed a large persimmon tree standing near him, and 
quietly remarked : " There's a persimmon tree, boys ; I wish 
those rebs would load their muskets with persimmons, and 
pucker vp their muzzles.''^ Whoever has eaten half-ripe persim- 
mons will appreciate the remark, and it is needless to say that 
the danger was forgotten for a moment. Finally, finding there 
was too strong a force in the woods to allow any communication 
with army headquarters that night, the attempt was abandoned, 
and the little force rejoined the rest of the regiment, having 
suffered no loss, and camped for the night with orders for the 
whole regiment to start early the next morning and " connect 
Avith headquarters anyhow." 

The regiment, under command of Col. Smith, was in the 
saddle early the next morning, and going over the same road 
the six companies had traversed the night before. About half 
way to headquarters the advance saw suspicious signs on the 
right, which were duly reported to Col. Smith. He rode up to 
the front, and taking out his glass looked long and earnestly, 
talking in the meantime in a slow, deliberate manner something- 
like this : " There's a couple loose horses — there's some sheep 
— there's something that looks like a battery — or a single gun, 
anyhow — I don't think the enemy can be there — but if that's 
our troops — I don't understand how it happens — that those 
sheep are unmolested — or those horses — if they are good for 
anything — I guess if I am going to fight to-day — it will be 



SKIIiMISII WITH UNION PICKETS. 213 

about here." Then sending- Maj. Thaxter to find ont what it 
all meant, he Avaited qnietly till he saw the major ride right 
into the face of the hattery and start to return, when he was 
satisfied that all was right, and the column started. A few 
moments more and the regiment reached the vicinity of the 
sJdrmish of the night before, when the advance grasped their 
carbines more firmly, and there was a general getting ready for 
contingencies throughout the regiment. Soon an infantry 
picket Was discovered, but he wore blue. Salutations were 
exchanged, and he was found to belong to the Second corps. 
A few words passed between them, when the cavalry advance 
inquired if all had been quiet during the night, and received 
the reply, which he more than half anticipated : " There was a 
Dutch regiment on picket here the first part of the night, who 
report that a body of rebel cavalry came along just after dark 
and tried to go through the lines, but they didn't come it, 
though they had quite a skirmish." " Any one hurt on your 
side ? " was the next query on the part of the cavalry man, and 
on receiving a negative answer he didn't feel like saying anything 
more on that particular subject. It appeared that it was the 
stupidity of a Dutch regiment that prevented the communica- 
tion sought the night before, and that the six companies had 
had a bloodless skirmish with a portion of the Second corps. 
There was no more difficulty in reaching Gen. Meade's head- 
quarters, then near Richardson's tavern; and after reporting, 
the regiment was sent back half-way, along the road it had just 
come, passing quantities of troops on the way, and went on 
picket. It commenced raining and growing muddy in the fore- 
noon, and the regiment kept picketing and changing position 
all that day and niglit, with a bit of a skirmish occasionally, just 
for variety. 

The forenoon of the twenty-ninth the regiment was relieved 
from picket and sent to the front on a plank road (Cos. H and 
I, under Lieut. Col. Boothby, making a reconnoissance of the 
line of battle by order of Gen. Gregg) to picket, though what 
plank road the boys did not stay long enough to find out ; for 
they had barely settled there and got word that rations would 
be issued immediately, when the enemy made a dash in rear of 



214 FIRST MAINE CAVALUY. 

the army, near Parker's store, in hopes of getting away \Y\t\\ 
the snpply train, striking the rest of the brigade. The First 
Maine was ordered to the rescue at a gallop, and^found a desper- 
ate fight going on, though there seemed to be no pressing need 
of its services just yet. After waiting in reserve a while, the 
regiment went back to the picket station it had so suddenly 
left, and drew fifteen sheets of hard bread to a man, and coffee 
and sugar in proportion, — about two days' rations, — with no 
pork (which was ordered to last four days), and then rejoined 
the brigade and was sent off on picket in the vicinity of its 
skirmish with the Second corps two nights before, one company 
furnishing an hourly patrol to Gen. Meade's headquarters. It 
was ver}" cold, and the mud of midday froze before midnight 
sufficiently to bear up the horses. But with a big white oak 
trunk lior a back-log, and quantities of rails and clean white 
oak for fuel, magnificent fires were kept up, and the boys lay 
side by side in the open air, with their feet to the fire, nor 
dreamed of the cold. Next morning artillery opened along 
the whole line, but soon died down, though it was heard at 
intervals most all day, and at times there were sounds of mus- 
ketry. This was the battle of Mine Run. The Union forces 
were in position for a general attack at eight o'clock tliis morn- 
ing, but Gen. Warren early discovered that the enemy had 
changed and strengthened his position during the night by 
earthworks erected behind a creek, and by cutting down the 
small trees and twisting them around in such a manner as to 
make it next to impossible to get through ; and deeming it 
unsafe and unwise to attack in the then condition, so reported 
to Gen. Meade, and the attempt was abandoned, on account of 
the strong position and numbers of the enemy, the danger 
of disaster, and the unusual amount of suffering that would 
ensue to the wounded should a large battle be fought, and 
es})ecially should disaster come, in such cold weather, so far 
from the base of supplies. 

The regiment remained on picket all day in the same position, 
the boys amusing themselves in various ways, some of them 
getting a good square meal of sweet potato sprouts from a 
house near the picket line, to the consternation of the owner 





AUGUSTUS L. ORC/MY, Co. L. 
Medford, Mass. 



EDWARD CUNNINGHAM, Co. L 
Killed at Gettysburg, July 3, '63. 





Capt. JOHN P. CARSON. Co. L. 
Mt. Vernon. 



FRANCIS. J. FOLSOM, Co. L. 
Auburn, Cal. 





CHARLES E. THOMAS, Co. L. 
Framingham Falls. 




Bugler HENRY H. FOLSOM, Co. L. 
Lowell, Mass. 



AUGUSTUS D. BROWN, Co. L. 
Livermore Falls. 



THE ORDERLY SERVICE. 



215 



thereof, who thus saw his hopes of next year's crop disappear 
down Yankee throats, and, as a general thing, thinking they 
were in luck in that engagement. They remained here till the 
next night (December first), when the reserves were called in 
to join the regiment and the whole stood " to horse," stealing 
what sleep they could, ex})ecting every moment to be ordered 
to start, till two o'clock the next morning, when the regiment 
moved to Parker's store and took the position of rear guard for 
the left wing of the army on its withdrawal from the tirsi ])attle 
of the '' Wilderness." It was a bitter cold night, and the artillery 
and wagon trains ran easily over the frozen ground where the 
previous noon their wheels would have sunk to the hul)s. The 
rear guard had no trouble, the army getting across the P.apidan 
at Ely's ford before noon, and the First Maine getting across 
half an hour before the advance guard of the enemy appeared 
on the opposite bank. Half the regiment skirmished in a 
desultory way, just enough to let the enemy know they had 
no idea of going any further, till dark, while the remainder 
marched a couple of miles, and went into camp. Thus ended 
the campaign proper of the summer of 1863. 

During the month of August Co. L, Capt. Taylor, which 
had been on duty at the headquarters of the First Army corps 
since the first of the previous November, rejoined the regiment, 
and about one hundred men of the regiment who had been 
serving as orderlies at various headquarters were recalled by 
order, that the regiment might have all its effective force 
that was possible. From this time, altliough the men of this 
regiment were always in demand as orderlies, the details for 
this purpose were smaller than before. A sketch of the duties 
and experiences of the men serving on this duty, prepared by 
Private Augustus D. Brown, of Co. L, who served as an 
orderly for months, is here presented, in justice to those who 
thus served : — 

One of the most interesting and responsible services in Avliicli the mem- 
bers of the First Maine Cavalry were engaged, was tliat of the mounted 
orderly, the pro^^er name for whom, and by which he was known in the 
Confederate army, was "courier," a Frencli term, signifying "swift mes- 



216 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

senger." From its primary work of carryino; despatches from one head- 
quarters to another, this service came to include a variety of duties of more 
or less importance. The requisites of this service were intelligence, relia- 
bility, promptness, and courage. And it was more than hinted that nearly 
every general of the Army of the Potomac considered his staff incomplete 
Avithout some of the trusty troopers from Maine for an escort. 

Orderly life, especially at brigade and division headquarters, was very 
enjoyable. The soldier here was not subject to guard or picket duty, nor to 
the numerous red tape formalities which were always regarded so necessary 
to good discipline with larger bodies of troops. " Going the grand rounds " 
of the picket line with the brigade commander was an occasion always 
looked forward to with interest by the orderly, as then the general was " off 
his dignity" enough to be on very familiar terms with his escort, and often 
tendered him kindly courtesies, even "a drink from the same canteen,*' 
which were thoroughly appreciated. 

The first call for this regiment seems to have had the courier service in 
view, as the orders to the recruiting officers were to enlist none whose 
avoirdupois would exceed one hundred and sixty pounds. Then for the first 
year or more the arms of the regiment were only the sabre and the revolver, 
which the mounted orderly was always obliged to carry. 

Almost as soon as the regiment was assigned to Gen. McDowell's corps 
on the Eappahannock, a heavy detail was made for headquarter purposes. 
The orderlies then detailed served with honor through the arduous cam- 
paign of Gen. Pope, which ended in the disaster of the second Bull Run, and 
then in the more inspiring scenes of South Mountain and Antietam. And 
when, soon after, that gallant soldier, John F. Reynolds, was made com- 
mander of the old First corps, the whole of Co. L, Capt. Taylor, and about 
fifty men from other companies, were ordered to report to him. And with 
him they remained, performing escort and other duties through his cam- 
paigns, until they bore his inanimate form from the first shock of Gettysburg. 
That Gen. Reynolds had unbounded faith in his Maine orderlies was shown 
on many occasions, but most conspicuously when one of his division com- 
manders, after having signally failed in making our boys do his dirty 
work, requested some different inen in their places. Gen. Reynolds replied : 
" Take those men back and use them well; I have always found those First 
Maine men of the best in my command." It is needless to add that we 
were all ardently attached to the old Pennsylvanian, and none more sin- 
cerely mourned his early fall in the opening of that historic battle, where 
he Avas so much needed. • 

At one- time a detail from Co. M were on duty with Gen. Geary, the 
famous commander of the White Star division of the Twelfth corps, and 
when they were ordered back to their company, the general wrote a letter 
to Capt. Brown, commending his orderlies in the highest terms. 

In the hour of battle the orderly was omnipresent, and his duties multi- 
farious. On his gallant steed, with his sabre swinging by his side, and his 
envelop bearing the talismanic letters " O. B," under his belt, he was a 
privileged character. No provost guard could stop him ; he could go where 
officers of high rank could not. Ofttimes he was obliged to perform the 
duties of a staff officer, especially on occasions where the rebs were "getting 



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217 



careless in their firiiiii.'' ;uul in a few instanees he was obliged to go inside 
the enemy's lines as a scout. 

Anon he is sent to the picket line with a message, as was the case with 
Kufus Clayton, of Co. L, at Chancellorsville, who, wliile hunting for the line 
in the dense wilderness, in the dead hours of the night, was suddenly halted 
by a rebel picket, he having unconsciously gone through his own line. 

Private Ebenezer Johnson, of Co. L, was a marked character, made so by 
the fact that he was etiually at home in leading a prayer meeting or a charge 
upon the enemy. At the battle of Fredericksburg, while orderly for a brig- 
ade of the Pennsylvania Reserves, he was made a sergeant upon the recom- 
mendation of Gen. Taylor, commanding the brigade, for his bravery on that 
occasion. Next wo see him at (Jettysburg. Gen. Reynolds has just fallen, 
and Sergt. .Johnson is ordei-ed to ride with all speed to the city and inform 
Gen. Howard that he is in command. He takes to the railroad grade, runs 
the gauntlet between the two lines, which are hotly engaged, leaps his horse 
across a decji culvert, does his errand, and in a few minutes is back again. 
He and his horse have been hit four times, bvit are not seriously hurt. Gen. 
Robinson, in his official report, commends him for his gallantry, and subse- 
quently recommends him to the governor of Maine for a commission. 

Private Edwin G. Teague, of Co. K, had a similar experience. He was 
orderly at the headquarters of Gen. Hartsuff's brigade in 1862. When this 
brigade met the head of Gen. Longstreet's corps at Thoroughfare Gap, 
August twenty-eighth, Teague volunteered to carry an order which required 
his running the gauntlet of a line of rebel skirmishers posted along the side 
of the gap. He delivered his order, and after resting a few moments under 
the shelter of the old stone mill, started to return, against the advice of the 
force there posted. He arrived back at brigade headquarters with a rilie 
ball in the right leg, and was personally thanked by Col. Stiles, then com- 
manding the brigade, and by Capt. Drake, A. A. A. G., his fearful ride hav- 
ing been in full view of our line. Teague remained on duty in spite of his 
wound, serving at the second battle of Bull Run, and at Chantilly, and then 
was sent to the hospital by Dr. Jackson, brigade surgeon. 

When that final awful storm of shot and shell burst upon us, which pre- 
ceded the charge of Gen. Pickett's division, on the third day at Gettysburg, 
Sergt. Hiram M. Stevens, of Co. L, with four orderlies, took refuge behind a 
friendly boulder, but in a few moments they were driven out by a major gen- 
eral and his staff, when one of the shrieking missies severed Private Edward 
Cunningham's head from his body— the first man killed in action from Co. L. 

In August, 1803, when orders came to rejoin the regiment, we may be 
pai'doned if we cast a sigh of regret as we thought of the many associations 
with, and pleasant memories of, our infantry friends, which will alw^ays be 
green in our hearts. At the same time we were glad to again greet our old 
comrades, and hoped to share in the glory of the regiment, which had just 
become renowned at Brandy Station, Aldie, and Middleburg. 

Private Brown neglects to say what a comrade says for liim. 
He was orderly at the headquarters of the brigade of Pennsyl- 
vania Bucktails, Col. Roy Stone commanding, afterwards known 



218 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

as Dana's brigade. In the hottest part of the fight at the 
railroad out on the C'hanibersburg road, when the brigade was 
flanked by Rhodes' rebel division, he was sent to the division 
commander for re-enforcements, and on other duty; and Avhen 
the brigade fell back through the town, he was the only 
mounted man left with it, the remainder of the horses being 
either killed, captured, or sent back. A comrade, then a pris- 
oner, says that he heard the rebel officers urge their men to 
fire at " that mounted Yankee officer." 

Sergt. John B. Drake, of Co. G, while in command of orderlies 
at the headquarters of Gen. M. 11. Patrick, provost marshal gen- 
eral of the Army of the Potomac, performed some very impor- 
tant service for Gen, Meade, shortly after the general assumed 
command of the Army of the Potomac, and while the army, 
then on the way to Gettysburg, was near Westminster, Md. 
The whereabouts of Gen. French were unknown at army head- 
quarters, he having been left in command at Harper's Ferry, 
and three couriers had been despatched to him with orders to 
evacuate Harper's Ferry and join the main armj-, but no word 
seemed to reach him ; at least no answer was returned, and 
nothing was heard from the couriers. Consequently Gen. 
Meade called on Gen. Patrick for a man to go to Gen. French. 
Sergt. Drake detailed three men to report to Gen. Meade for 
that duty, but the three were rejected by the general, when 
Gen. Patrick ordered Sergt. Drake to report to him in person. 
The sergeant did so, and was readily accepted b}^ the general. 
Upon receiving his orders, which were given him about eleven 
o'clock in the forenoon, the sergeant started on his way to find 
Gen. French, having detailed James D. Foster, also of Co. G, 
to accompany him. After a long, hard ride, they found Gen. 
French about five o'clock in the afternoon, on the way from 
Harper's Ferry to Frederick City, Md., he having received no 
orders from Gen. Meade until Sergt. Drake reached him. The 
sergeant delivered liis orders to the general, and immediately 
returned to headquarters, arriving there at about the time the 
rebels made the charge on the Third corps and were almost 
successful in breaking through the Union lines. Headquarters 
seemed to be scattered, no one seeming to know where Gen. 



THE OBBEIILY SEE VICE. 



219 



Meade was, while rumors were in free cireulation that he had 
been killed. Sergt. Drake found the headquarter flag and 
established head(|uarters. The members of the staff began to 
gather about the flag, and finally Gen. Meade found his own 
headquarters, which had become separated from him. 

After the battle of Gettysburg, on taking possession of the 
town, an old-fashioned thirteen-star flag was displayed from 
the residence of Gen. H. J. Stable. The boys, thinking it to 
be a rebel flag, pulled it down, to which action Gen. Stable 
strongly protested, and in the excitement he was put under 
arrest and turned over to Sergt. Drake, to be taken care of. 
The sergeant treated him with so much kindness and consid- 
eration that Gen. Stable always remembered it. A few years 
after the war, when Hon. E. F. Pillsbury Avas stumping in 
Pennsylvania during a political campaign, he visited Gettys- 
burg and became acquainted with Gen. Stable, who spoke of 
his arrest and imprisonment, expressing the warmest attach- 
ment for "a young man from Maine who had charge of him 
for a few days," and asking Mr. Pillsbury to put a card in 
his paper, the Maine Standard., and see if he could not find the 
young man. The card was published as requested, and was 
seen by Sergt. Drake, who responded to it, and quite a happy 
correspondence between the sergeant and Gen. Stable was 
the result. 

This incident is related by Chaplain Merrill : " The sad and 
the ludicrous are sometimes strangely mixed. During the three 
days' fight at Gettysburg Co. L, Capt. Taylor commanding, was 
on detached duty at Gen. Newton's headquarters. It is not 
strange that at the close of the third day's fighting the men 
were greatly exhausted. When the enemy fell back after their 
last terrible charge. Private Carlton P. Emery, who had done 
his duty well, threw himself upon the ground, and in a moment 
was in a sound sleep. A little later a party came along to bury 
the dead. Seeing this man stretched upon the ground, and 
supposing him to be dead, they took his measure and dug his 
grave ; but when they attempted to place him in it, he awoke 
and objected to the whole proceeding so strenuously that they 
desisted, and allowed him to have his own way, much to the 



220 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

amusement of his comrades, who had been all the time looking- 
on, ' laughing in their sleeves.' " 

Maj. John D. Myrick, at the reunion in Brunswick, 1882, 
said: "And there is Sergt. Smith, 'of ours,' who rode unflinch- 
ingly into that hell of fire at Gettysburg, where Reynolds fell, 
Avhen he was the only one left to Gen. Wadsworth of his 
entire staff and corps of orderlies, and whose conduct that 
day extorted from the general a recognition of which one 
might well be proud; the man on whom his oificers relied in 
an emergency as on few others ; who, to-day, suffers from the 
barbarous treatment to which he was subjected in southern 
prisons ; a man, too, who never hesitated nor faltered, no 
matter how hazardous the duty devolved upon him, and who 
was every inch a soldier," 

A sketch of the services and experiences of Simeon A. 
Holden, of Co. D, who was wounded while serving as orderly 
at Upperville, is given in connection with that engagement. 
Yet all these are but specimen bricks from the hundreds that 
made up the structure of the orderly service of the members 
of the First Maine Cavalry. 




EDWARD K. CHAPMAN, Co. K. 
Stroudwater. 





Sergt. WILLIAM M. LOUD, Co. K. 
Richmond. 



Sergt. WINSOR B. SMITH, Co. K. 
Portland. 
Died June 25, '85, 



^ 



LEVI BAGLEY, Co. K. 
Troy. 





ALBERT Mwuu. ^i-., Co. K. 
York. 



WILLIAM H, WOODWARD. Co. K. 
York. 



CHAPTER X. 

THE WINTER OF 1803-4. 

Building Wixteii Ql^akteks at Bealton. — Re-enlistments. — Expe- 
dition TO LuKAY. — Crossing the Blue Ridge. — A Splendid Pic- 
TUKE. — Snow on the Mountains. — At Luray. — Destruction. — 
Over the Mountains again. — Destruction at Sperry^ville. — 
Another Expedition. — Severe Cold, Bad Roads, and Intense 
Suffering. — Capt. Taylor's Encounter avith Moseby's Men. — 
Winter Quarters in Earnest. — Comfortable Habitations. — 
Duties of the Winter. — Reconnoissance to Pii;dmont. — Vet- 
eran Furloughs. — Recruits. — Guerillas. — The " Dahlgren 
Raid." — Inside the Fortifications of Richmond. — The Attack. 

— First Maine to the Rescue. — Brilliant Charge of Co. F. 

— Fighting in the Dark. — Death of Col. Dahlgren. — A Night 
IN the Swamp. — Surrounded. — Another Charge. — Kilpatrick's 
Assault on Richmond. — The Bivouac witihn Six Miles of Rich- 
mond. — Half an Hour's Fighting by the Light of the Camp- 
fires. — Driven out of Camp. — Charge of Cos. A and E at Old 
Church. — Inside Our Lines again. — At Yorktown. — Results of 
the Expedition. — A Minor Expedition. — Back to Camp. — " Good- 
BY " Winter Quarters. 

AFTER returning from the " Wilderness " the regiment 
remained on the south side of the Rappahannock a few 
days, scouting, foraging and picketing in various locali- 
ties (at Ellis' and Skenker's fords December seventh to tenth), 
getting a scare on the night of the eighth, when every man was 
ordered to sleejD with side-arms on and carbines hand}', and all 
to stand " to horse " at four o'clock the next morning (that last 
order was honored more in the breach than in the observance), 
and having the usual amount of variety to enliven the dull rou- 
tine. On the twelfth the regiment recrossed the Rappahannock 
at Kelly's ford and went into camp near Bealton, where, for 
some reason or other, the boj's expected to go into winter 
quarters. Sunday, the thirteenth, will long be remembered as 
a charming day for that time of year, being as warm and cheery 

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222 FIRST MAINE CAVALET. 

as a day in June. On Monday the regiment went on picket on 
the Morrisville road, being relieved on Wednesday and going 
into camp half a mile or so from the camp of the Saturday 
before. 

Again the impression became general throughout the regi- 
ment that this camp-ground was to be winter quarters, and the 
boys went to work to make themselves comfortable. The expe- 
rience of the winter at Camp Bayard the year before had been 
valuable to them, and they meant to profit by it. There was 
plenty of small pine timber in the vicinity, which had to be 
"toted" — a long distance the boys thought before they got 
done " toting " — and in a short time log walls might be seen 
going up very fast on the line of each company street. Some 
excellent and comfortable quarters were quickly made, while 
others were longer in being constructed, as the men's duties 
interfered with their building operations. 

On the nineteenth the boys were assembled at regimental 
headquarters, when Col. Smith read to them the orders from 
the War Department concerning re-enlistment, offering a 
bounty of four hundred and two dollars and a thirty-five day 
furlough to such as chose to renew their enlistment to three 
years from that time, or to add two years to the time they still 
had to serve. It is due to Col. Smith to say that he would not 
advise the men to accept this offer, even when they personally 
asked his advice, preferring to let every man decide the matter 
for himself. At first, soldier-like, the boys made fun of the order, 
and a quotation from it, " At the end of six months you'll get 
fifty dollars more," became a by-word throughout the regiment. 
But as they thought more of it, and considered the chances, 
the amount offered, the prospect of the next year's campaign 
being the final one, the influence of the coming Presidential 
election, whichever way it went, on the war, the fact that they 
had another year to serve anyhow, and above all the improba- 
bility of their patriotism and interest in the result allowing 
them to remain quietly at home in case the war should con- 
tinue, very many of them finally did re-enlist, and the number 
of " veterans " in the regiment was quite large. 

On the twentieth the paymaster visited the camp, and the 



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223 



men were paid up to October tliirty-tirst previous. Early the 
next morning " Boots and saddles I " rang out loud and clear, 
and caused a general lively hustling out of bed, wonderment, 
flying round and saddling up. " What does it mean?" Is the 
enemy right here?" as well as more emphatic conundrums, were 
propounded, but for a time to no purpose. In the course of 
events it was learned that the regiment was ordered on an expe- 
dition to Luray, a town the other side of the Blue ridge, and 
that only the weak and disabled men and horses were to be left 
in camp. 

There was considerable growling at being called upon at such 
short notice, at such an hour, in such weather, for it was bitter 
cold ; but there was no help for it. By daylight the regiment 
was in motion and marched to Bealton Station, where a halt 
was made, two days' rations of hard bread were issued, and 
three other regiments joined the expedition, which was under 
command of Col. Smith, while Lieut Col. Boothby was in com- 
mand of the regiment. The halt here was a long one, and the 
men suffered severely from the cold air of that December morn- 
ing. After a while the column started, and the men began to 
recover their warmth and spirits. The command crossed the 
Rappahannock at Sulphur Springs, halted at Jefferson for din- 
ner, marched a few miles further, and then bivouacked for 
the night. 

Information had been received at Gen. 'Gregg's headquar- 
ters that the rebel Gen. Rosser with his force had gone to 
Front Royal to intercept Gen. Crooke, and this expedition was 
sent out to intercept Rosser. Five regiments were ordered to 
join the First Maine in the expedition, but the two regiments 
in the First brigade did not get the order, the courier being- 
captured between Fayetteville and Warrenton, and did not 
report. Col. Smith sent back word at night that these two 
regiments had not joined him, and asked permission to finish 
the expedition with what force he had, and received orders in 
return to do so. It was thouR-ht at the time a little curious 
that the fighting force of the brigade should be sent off under 
a regimental commander, but the result justified this action. 

One of Co. G, as good and true a man as ever lived, whose 



224 



FIRST MAINE CxiVALRY. 



lips a drop of intoxicating liquor never passed, got intoxicated 
that night in a novel manner. He was suffering severel}- with 
an aching tooth, and his tent-mate advised him, as a friend, to 
try a whiff of tobacco smoke. He finally concluded to do so, and 
his comrade gave him a clay pipe, black as a coal — a perfect 
gem for old smokers — hlled and lighted. The suffering hero 
smoked it a few moments, and thinking he had got enough, 
handed it back, saying he felt easier, and then prepared to 
'' turn in," that he might get to sleep before the tooth com- 
menced aching again. As he was about to lie down he was 
puzzled at the strange antics of those steady old blankets. He 
had known them for more than a year, and they had never been 
intoxicated before. He mused a while, and then broke out 
with: "I wish — somebody would — hold those blankets — 
while I get in." He was thoroughly laughed at, to be sure, but 
he got a good night's sleep. 

Next morning the column was in motion at daylight, and 
proceeded, via Amisville, Gaines' cross-roads. Little Washing- 
ton and Sperryville, to Thornton's Gap, in the Blue ridge, 
meeting with no serious obstructions, although the advance 
encountered along the way quite a force of Gilmore's men. 
The march of this day was a pleasant one, and when in the 
afternoon the Blue ridge was crossed, it was most pleasant. 
As the column made the ascent the centre and rear could see 
the advance in half a dozen places at once, winding up the 
mountain-side, each visible portion being at a dift'erent altitude, 
making a picture well worth seeing and never to be forgotten, 
reminding the boys of the engraving in the school-books of 
"Napoleon crossing the Alps," and, naturally, bringing up 
many pleasant memories of school-boy days. When half wa}^ 
up the gap the boys could at once see the advance and the rear, 
winding along above and below, and from the highest point they 
had a good view of the rear of the column, of the mountains 
towering far above them on either hand, and of a large stretch 
of country behind them over which they had just passed, with a 
stray village here and there to add variety to the scene. None 
who enjoyed that march will forget it as long as memory lin- 
gers. When partially down the other side the command halted 



f^ 








JOSEPH C. STEADMAN, Co. B. 
Foxcroft. 



GUVANUS H. DUNTON, Co. B 
Winterport. 






GEORGE P. BEAL, Co. I. 
So. Effingham, N. H. 



ASA B. HAZELTINE, Co. C. 
Camden, N. J. 



HENRY L. MITCHELL, Co. B. 

Brig. Gen. Me. Mil. 

Ban?or. 





ANDREW FISHER, Co. M. 



MARCELLUS WENTWORTH, Co. F 
East Union. 



EXPEDITION TO LUUAY. 



225 



iit a little lidusc on the side of" the inoinitaiii, sun'ouiidcd by 
several buildings, including a granary, tannery, etc., where 
forage and rations were })rocured, an ofticer being piit in charge 
to see that every thing was done decently and in order. After 
loading up, the column })roceeded nearly through the gap, and 
camped for the night where there were plenty of rails for camp- 
fires and plenty of hay for horses and beds, and the boys went 
to bed happy. 

Next morning a couple of inches of snow covered everything, 
while more was flying, and the boys waked up cross enough to 
flght like tigers. The discomforts of packing up in the snow 
were overcome, however, and the column was again in motion 
1)}^ daylight, the regiment being rear guard. The snow stopped 
falling and the sun came out soon after starting, and then the 
boys forgot the unpleasant moments of the early morning as 
they looked back on the mountains and saw crags and peaks, 
trees and shrubs, all covered with snow, glistening in the sun, 
the whole making a picture fit to be a companion piece of that 
of the da}' before. It was but a short march to the village of 
Luray, which was entered without much opposition. 

Col. Smith had learned the night before, from a prisoner and 
from citizens, that Rosser had made his way back, and was 
out of the way. It had also been reported to the colonel that 
there was in the village a large manufactory of cavalry and 
artillery equipments for the Confederate government, and this 
he determined to destroy. So the buildings were set on fire 
and burned, together with several thousand saddles and sets of 
equipments, finished and in process. 

But this visit to Luray was made an occasion of joy to the 
men, as well as of destruction to rebel property. Tobacco was 
found in large quantities and confiscated with due liberality, 
much to the gratification of a large majority of the men ; and a 
little incident in this connection will illustrate the sudden 
changes of feeling soldiers sometimes experienced. Co. G was 
serving as rear guard, and did not enter the village, but was 
drawn up just outside. After the rest of the column had been 
in the village a few moments, Capt. Taylor, of Co. L, then in 
command of a battalion, came riding back in haste, saying : 



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FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 



"Col. Bootliby wants the number of your men, quick I"" The 
boys supposed, of course, that this meant tight, and tliere was 
a general tightening of saddle-girths, examination of carbines 
and ammunition, and of the blankets and other household 
goods on the saddles, in preparation for the coming contest, 
while Orderly Sergt. Little hastily counted the men and rode 
off to report. There was a moment or two of anxious waiting, 
when the orderly returned with his arms full of tobacco, to be 
divided among the men. And this Avas for what the number 
of men was wanted. Col. Smith had determined there should 
be no general pillaging, or unsoldierly conduct, therefore orders 
were given not to have the men dismount in the town. Then 
meat, tobacco, etc., were collected and distributed under the 
direction and supervision of the colonel himself, and in this 
distribution the rear guard was not forgotten. In this affair 
the men were splendidly held. 

When it is remembered that this occurred on the twenty- 
third of December, — two days before Christmas, — and that 
the preparations for Christmas dinner were ample, it will be 
seen that the boys, especially the rear guard, had the best 
chance in the world to forage. Christmas geese and turkeys, 
ready for the spit, were captured, and in many instances the 
boys helped themselves to well-cooked dinners prepared for 
other mouths. Pork, just cured sufficiently to keep it, — the 
sweetest pork the boys ever ate, the fat of which could almost 
be drank, so sweet was it, — was captured in large quantities. 
Christmas pies, bread, etc., were also confiscated, while the 
boys took occasion to supply themselves with missing saddle- 
straps, bridles, and other needed equipments and j^arts of 
equipments. In short, the boys concluded that they had vis- 
ited Luray just in time, and left it in the best of spirits. 

This incident is told of the many that enlivened this visit : 
When the rear guard was drawn up in line just outside the 
village, the boys noticed in front of them a nice row of bee- 
hives, and it was not long before they were enjoying the honey, 
in spite of the bees, for which they did not seem to care. 
Capt. Tajdor, who could not bear to see anything that was not 
strictly in accordance with Army Regulations, drove the boys 



liETUIiX FROM LUnAY. 227 

away from tlie liivcs ; but either the temptation [jroved too 
strong and he attempted to ]iel[) liimself to just a bit, or else 
he remained there to protect the honey ; at any rate, the bees, 
in spite of his efforts in their behalf, attacked him oi Duti^Ke, 
and he left with rather more liaste and less grace than did tlie 
boys. 

About noon tlie column was in motion, homcwai'd bound. 
The ascent of the mountain, or rathei- of the gap, was made in 
much the same manner as on the day previous, only that the 
tannery connected with the house where the rations and forage 
were procured the night before, was burned by order. At that 
time a man was exempted from conscription in the rebel army 
if he started a tannery, as the government was in quite as much 
need of leather as of men. Many will remember the piteous 
appeal of the woman of the house to Col. Smith, of Avhom it 
should be said she formed a most favorable opinion from his 
conduct during the confiscation of rations the day before, 
and by whose order the torch had been applied : "• O general, 
some of your rude boys have set our shop a-fire ; won't you 
send some men to put the fire out?" But the colonel did not 
sympathize with the woman just then, at least not practically. 
In going down the other side of the mountain a short cut was 
made, and some time saved, by dismounting and leading the 
horses, without any regard to the road, down declivities which 
it would have been madness to attempt to ride. At Sperry- 
ville, at the base of the mountain, more tanneries were burned, 
and others were destroyed along the road — five in all, besides 
the large one at Luray. From Sperryville to Little Washing- 
ton the command met little squads of the enemy all along, and 
on reaching the last named place, met quite a squad, Avhich the 
advance charged, killing one man. Between Sperryville and 
Little Washington, also, the advance met a covered wagon, 
drawn by two horses, in which was a Confederate mail, and a 
quantity of medicines, bearing every evidence of having been 
smuggled. Wagon, horses, driver, mail and medicines were 
compelled to join the column. The column passed through Little 
Washington just after dark, and soon after went into camp. 
The weather was quite cold, but the boys were in good s})irits. 



228 FinST MAINE CAVALBY. 

They had plenty to eat, plenty of tobacco, and the expedition 
had been a snccess Avithont the loss of a man, and why should 
they not be happy? Besides these, there was hay enongli in 
the vicinity to provide them with warm beds as well as supper 
for the horses. Upon halting for the night the regiment was 
drawn up in an enclosure, when Lieut. Col. Boothby (who was 
somewhat near sighted) gave the order to dismount, and 
added : " Now, men, make some good fires and get your sup- 
pers, for here ^re plenty of good rails," i3ointing to the fence 
that surrounded the regiment. But this happened to be a stone 
wall country, and it was a stone wall that he was pointing at, 
as he discovered when the merriment of the men led him to 
scan the fence more closely. There was a further march of 
a couple of miles or more before going into camp that night, 
but the boys had rails when they finall}" did stop. 

On the return large numbers of geese, turkeys and chickens 
were captured between Luray and Sperryville. The next 
morning a good deal of this poultry was alive, and Col. Smith 
wished to have it concealed, for decency's sake, before the com- 
mand reached division headquarters. So, many of the men 
made small holes in their grain sacks, large enough for a goose, 
turkey, or rooster to put out its head, while the body of the 
plunder was concealed in the sack. It was a comical sight to 
see those heads wagging and waving in cadence with the step 
of the horses, as may easily be imagined. 

The regiment reached its camp at Bealton the next night, 
after a long march, and then there was a season of growling, 
that for the time drove away all pleasant thoughts of the trip. 
The boys had a good stock of pork, poultry, etc., but no bread 
or coffee, though some had brought along a small quantity of 
flour. All day long they liad cheered themselves with the 
anticipation of a good square meal when they got into camp ; 
but on their arrival there they found no rations awaiting them, 
the reason given for which was that the division commissary, 
when the remainder of the division was supplied, that very day, 
had refused to issue rations for the men away on this expedi- 
tion, as he did not know when they would get back. The boys 
thought this altogether too much, and expressed their feelings 



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229 



loudly, clearly and openly. It certainly was a cold welcome 
home. 

The raid to Liiray is written down as one of the successes of 
the cavalry force, and Gen. Pleasanton wrote Col. Smith a letter 
of commendation for the very able manner in which he had 
conducted the hazardous expedition. A number of slio-ht skir- 
mishes occurred during the trip, but nothing of any account, 
and the First Maine had no fighting to do. 

From Christmas to New Year's Day the regiment remained 
near Bealton, the boys working on their winter quarters when 
they could, the greater portion of which were completed, or so 
nearly so as to be comfortable, by the first of January. But the 
regiment was not idle during this time. There was scouting 
and picketing to be done ; there was mud in large quantities to 
wallow through around camp and in the performance of camp 
duties ; there were heavy rains to keep comfortable in as best 
could be done ; and there was a night alarm, nearly every night, 
causing the boys to leave their warm beds and saddle up in the 
cold, only to shiver around a while in expectancy and then 
turn in to wonder what it was all about. 

Friday, January 1, 1864, the regiment was again ordered out 
at daylight, leaving enough in camp to care for it, and joining 
the remainder of the division, under command of Col. Taylor, 
of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, started on an expedition very 
similar to the expedition to Luray, — to see what there was at 
Front Royal and vicinity. The weather was warm in the morn- 
ing, but grew very cold before noon, so much so that the mud 
of the morning soon froze hard enough to bear man and beast. 
The command halted briefly at the village of Warrenton and 
then pushed on to Orleans, a distance of fifteen miles, bivouack- 
ing in the woods, just beyond the village. Next morning the 
march was resumed, through Chester Gap to Front Royal. It 
was a long, tedious day's march. The roads were in the worst 
possible condition for the smooth shod horses, and every few 
moments down would go horse and rider ; the streams were all 
frozen over, with ice so thick at times that the horses could walk 
on it, and the ice had to be ])roken before they could be forded ; 
and it was so cold that tlie men were compelled to walk half the 



230 FIH,ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

time or more to keej) warm, and some of the men were so tlior- 
oughly chilled through as to be helpless, and required to be 
carried. No enemj- was found at Front Royal, tliough he was 
reported to be the other side of the Shenandoah, but as that river 
was not then in a fordable condition, the further march west- 
ward was prevented, and after camping tliat night in the woods, 
the next morning the command started to return via Manassas 
Gap, marching twenty-five miles that day, and bivouacking that 
night at Oak Hill, near Piedmont, under the mountains, where, 
fortunately for the boys, tliere were plenty of rails, the weather 
still remaining very cold. Tlie roads were still in an execrable 
condition, impassable in many places for the artillery accompany- 
ing the expedition, so that the cavalry was compelled to halt 
and make roads for it. Much of the way the march was on the 
road-bed of the railroad, the track of which had fallen a victim 
to the ravages of war. Capt. Taylor, with Cos. D, F, H, and 
L, and detachments from the other companies, was sent in 
advance of the column to carry des})atches to arm}- headquar- 
ters. He met a considerable force of Moseby's men near Salem, 
and a spirited engagement took place, when a charge by Co. H, 
Capt. Hall, drove the enemy, wounding live of their number, 
and the detachment had no further trouble. During the day 
the regiment captured twenty-five prisoners, including five 
commissioned officers. These men appeared to be spending the 
holidays with their wives and sweethearts, who thought it hard 
to be thus rudely parted from them ; but the edicts of war are 
inexorable. In one instance a reb soldier sat on a fence talkinsr 
to an elderly lady, till some of the Maine boys walked their 
horses close up to him and demanded his surrender, when, with 
a perfect blank look of astonishment he exclaimed : '' My God ! 
they are Yankees ! Good-by, mother, good-by," and with that 
parting he was taken along. 

On the morrow the command marched to near Warrenton, 
in a snow storm, which increased the bad condition of the 
roads, making them slippery and dangerous, while the weather 
remained very cold. This regiment had the rear in this march. 
The enemy followed the column all the way from Oak Hill, but 
made no violent demonstrations. It was a blue look that niorht 



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281 



when tlic regiment went into eanip in an o[)en iield, with six. 
inches of snow on the ground, no tents, few bhinkets, and little 
AX'ood, and it Avas wonderful how soon the men made themselves 
comfortable under sucli luitoward circumstances. A diar}^ of 
the day's march significantly adds at its close : " Officers and 
men mad and swearing, from colonel down ; " and the same 
diary says : " INIen all agree in saying they suffered more from 
cold on this reconnoissance, or whatever it was, than all ])efore 
in the service put together. It was a hard, cold time, and 
what it amounts to no one knows." 

Here the regiment remained the day following, being joined 
by the men left in the camp near Bealton, and the next day, 
sixth, marched to the vicinity of Warrenton, where word was 
given ont that quarters would be put up for the winter. Tlie 
boys did not quite relish throwing away their work at Bealton, 
but there was no help for it, and they could only console them- 
selves by the thought that they had not been ordered to build 
winter quarters there, and had worked upon them with an 
uncertain feeling, and by the knowledge that the experience in 
architecture had been worth something to them. The camp was 
laid out with due precision, the company streets being defined 
under the direction of the colonel before a blow was struck. 
Each cabin in the several companies was assigned its quota of 
sacred soil, and the men went to work. A short distance from 
the camp-ground was a deserted house of am})le size, and in a 
wonderfully short space of time after the line had been dismissed 
that house was not there, and but little trace of it was left. But 
the boys had secured a large amount of lumber, nails, and other 
building materials from it, which was worth its weight in gold 
to them then. The men went to work with a will on their 
winter quarters, feeling now that they were building them for 
good. The quarters were of one general plan, — usually each 
building was occupied by four men, — log cabin walls some four 
feet high, made of white oak logs halved, with the chinks filled 
in with the sticky mud of the locality, long as two lengths of 
shelter tent and wide as a shelter tent would make a good roof 
for. Those of each company were on a line, side to the 
company street and door in the end, and the camp, wlien the 



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FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



quarters were finished, presented a neat and comfortable appear- 
ance, equal to any camp in the Army of the Potomac, wliile the 
location was excellent, the ground being dry, and wood and 
water plenty and hand3^ The chimneys were on the rear, and 
were made of stone, wood, and mud, many of them being topped 
off with a barrel. Inside, the quarters were finished according 
to taste, ideas of comfort, and material at hand. The lumber 
from the old house spoken of, and others in the vicinity, 
furnished floors, doors, tables, seats, bunks, and, in short, all the 
furniture, and the boys made the most of it, while a fire-place 
in the chimney served to heat the house. 

Many a pleasant hour was passed in those quarters that 
winter, with the cheerful open fire, the kindly feeling of the 
comrades for each other, cemented by two years of hardship and 
suffering together, reading and writing, joking, telling stories, 
singing, playing cards, and in the various ways with which 
soldiers had by this time so well learned to pass their spare time. 
Indeed, some of the boys were inclined to pity their friends in 
jNIaine who knew not the enjoyment of open fires, or the comfort 
which to them seemed so great in comparison with their condi- 
tion the few weeks previous to their settling down for the winter. 

Among the pleasures of that winter was the result of adver- 
tising for lady correspondents, an experiment a few of the boys 
tried. One comrade had a well-worded advertisement inserted 
in a Boston paper, which so worked upon the patriotism and 
kindly sympathies of New England ladies that he received one 
hundred and twenty-seven answers. A great number of them, 
of course, were mere nothings, but some of them were so kind 
in tone and so full of real sympathy as to bring tears to the eyes 
of those who had expected only fun from the experiment. And 
who shall say that the influence of such letters was not felt for 
months afterwards, and the hardships of the service somewhat 
softened by their memory. Some of them were full of good 
advice, and some kind ladies took the trouble to send goodly 
quantities of reading matter, which was doubly acceptable. 
That tiie most of the letters were read by the whole company 
and much fun made of some of them, is true, but it is also true 
that many of tliem were answered by different comrades, and 



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233 



quite a correspondence si)rang np, Avliicli served to enliven 
many an otherwise tedious hour, and that the efforts of tlie 
fair writers of those letters to relieve the tedium of the dull 
routine of camp life were eminently and pleasantly successful. 
Many of the boys also enjoyed the pleasure of receiving boxes 
from home, lilled with good things to eat and for comfort. 

But it was not all rest and enjoyment during that winter. 
There was plenty of picketing to do, of course, and of course 
the Maine boys had their share, the daily detail of the regiment 
being thirty men and one commissioned ofticer; and occasionally 
there was a detail of one hundred men for a three days' trip of 
l)icket on the Morrisville road. Then there was scouting and 
reconnoitring, so that though the service was not as arduous 
as that of the previous winter, the men did not forget how to 
do a soldier's duty. The weather, too, was at times very cold, 
and anything but comfortable for this sort of duty. One of 
the reconnoitring expeditions is thus described by Chaplain 
Merrill : — 

At one o'clock on the morning of February fourth, one hundred and fifty 
men, under Maj. Thaxter, started on a reconnoissance to Piedmont, on the 
Alexandria and Winchester pike, near Ashby's Gap. Passing through NeAV 
Baltimore (memorable as the first safe point reached by the regiment after 
running the gauntlet of Gen. Lee's army, a few weeks before), and leaving 
Thoroughfare Gap on the right, the detachment reached White Plains at 
daybreak. This is a point a little north of the Manassas Pvailroad, twenty 
miles northwest fr(,)m Manassas Junction. Signal lights upon the mountains 
told that the enemy was apprised of their movements. Leaving White 
Plains they moved north and went to Eectortown, capturing a rebel officer 
early in the morning. When near the town, a few carbine shots, with an 
accompaniment of yells, signified that the advance had started the game. 
A squad of rebels had been surprised while making themselves comfortable 
at a house, and with undignified haste had betaken themselves to the woods. 
But they were too late, and in a few moments returned luider Yankee 
escort. One thing alone saved their lives. The coats, pants, hats, and boots, 
worn by nearly all of them, showed unmistakably where they came from. 
In this uniform some Union soldiers had been surprised and captured. To 
put a stop to this. Gen, Pleasanton had issued an order to hang on the spot 
every man found making war on our forces in the United States luiiforms. 
But these men, though clearly rebel soldiers, were unarmed, and hence the 
order Avas not executed. Their horses, which were captured, were of more 
value than the men. Finding no rebels at EectortoAvn, the command counter- 
marched a mile or two, and turned off to the right for Salem, capturiiig two 
more prisoners, one of whom was an officer. As the advance guard entered 



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the town, a s(ju:ul of unerillas were. seen, who waited till our men were near 
enough to hear them, and then giving- a volley t)f the most vulgar and 
abusive epithets, scattered in every direction. On the march from Salem to 
Orleans, al)out ten miles, mostly through the woods, guerillas hung on both 
flanks and on the rear, occasionally giving a shot, but witliout effect. Xear 
Orleans the advance guard came suddenly upon a squad of the enemy, but 
they made their escape after firing a few shots. The march was now directed 
toward the camp, leaving Waterloo on the right. Guerillas were seen on 
the route, but they kept at a respectful distance. The detachment reached 
camp at sunset, hungry and weary. They had been in the saddle sixteen 
hours, and had marched over fiftj^ miles. 

During the winter the re-enlisted men, or " veterans," as they 
were designated by the War Department, took their promised 
thirty-five days' furlough, small squads going at a time, and 
a large number of recruits from Maine joined the regiment 
and were assigned to the different companies, taking the places 
of the men who had been discharged, killed, or had died in the 
service. The greater part of these recruits were good and true 
men, and made good soldiers. 

There was some trouble during the winter, more especiall}^ 
in the early part, from guerillas, who hung round the rear of 
tlie army, and a few men who had gone out beyond the lines, 
singly, or in very small parties, were captured, and two or three 
teams were lost in the same way. On one occasion, January 
fifteenth, four men, a team, and a negro were captured. The 
negro proved to be the smartest of the whole party, and 
escaped, rejoining the regiment after an absence of but two or 
three days. But this sort of depredations did not last long, as 
the men soon learned to keep within the lines, unless in suffi- 
cient numbers to protect themselves from small parties. The 
loss in this way, and in scouting, was nine in January and two 
in February. 

On one occasion, Avhen Lieut. Col. Boothby was division 
officer of tlie day, while going the rounds of the pickets with 
Corp. George A. Messer, of Co. B, as orderly, he decided to go 
outside of the line on a private reconnoissance. When some 
way out, he thought he saw a movement in the woods ahead of 
him, and being somewhat near sighted, he called upon Corp. 
Messer to see what it was. To his surprise he learned that the 
corporal was even more near sighted than he was, whereupon he 



THE DAIILaUEX HMD. 235 

remarked, in liis expressive way: ''Weill A\"e are a lu'altliy set 
to go on a raid ; ean't either of \is see beyond our noses," and 
then turned and got inside the lines as quiekly as possible. 

On the twenty-sixth of February a detail of three hundred 
men and offieers was made from the regiment to join (ien. 
Ivilpatriek on his famous raid to Kichmond, known as the 
Dahlgren raid, from the fact that the brave Col. Ulric Dahl- 
gren, son of Admiral Dahlgren, met his death. Col. Dahlgren, 
though still suffering from a wound received in a charge at 
Hagerstown, just previous to the battle of Gettysburg, by 
which he lost a leg, had volunteered to join the expedition, and 
was given charge of the most difficult and hazardous portion of 
it. The object of this raid was to release the Union prisoners 
at Belle Isle, Kichmond, and })erha[)S, with the aid of the 
released prisoners, enter the rebel capital, and hold it till the 
arrival of Butler's forces (which were to advance up the penin- 
sula), and in any event to destroy as much rebel property as 
possible. The plans were for Col. Dahlgren, with a detached 
force, to move down to the right of Richmond, destroy as much 
of the James River canal as he could, then, taking the river 
road, cross, if possible, and enter the city from the south side, 
and release the prisoners, while Gen Kilpatrick, who had the 
general management of the whole expedition, with the main 
body was to attack the city by the Brooks turnpike, simulta- 
neously, if possible, with the movement by Col. Dahlgren. It 
w'as hoped to reach the city in time to effect a partial, if not 
a total, surprise. 

The detail left camp on the morning of Saturday, the tw^enty- 
seventh, and was joined by one hundred men each from the 
Fourth and Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiments, the wdiole being 
placed in command of Maj. Taylor, of the First Maine (wdio 
had recently been promoted from captain of Co. L), Capt. 
Chadbourne, of Co. I, commanding the First Maine. The da}" 
after the detail left camp. Gen. Gregg and Col. Smith, on learn- 
ing the object of the expedition, started at once and followed 
the command to the Rapidan. with the intention, had they 
overtaken the command, of joining the expedition. This detach- 
ment proceeded to Stevensljurg and reported to Gen. Kilpat- 



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rick, when it was assigned to duty with Gen. Davies' brigade, 
and went into camp for the night. The next day, Sunday, 
Cos. D, F, H, K, and M, under command of Capt. Myrick, of 
Co. K, were detached to form a part of CoL Dahlgren's force. 
This force, consisting of five hundred men, left Stevensburg at 
sunset that Sunday night, — two hours earlier than the main 
body, — crossing the Rapidan at Ely's ford half an hour after 
midnight, the First Maine detachment having the advance. 
Here they captured the enemy's pickets, while a small party 
that crossed a mile or so higher up the river, captured a picket 
reserve of fifteen men and their commanding officer. The 
march was continued across the Chancellorsville battle-field to 
Spottsylvania Court House, reaching there before dawn. 

After a halt of an hour or so, to feed the horses, the march 
was resumed to Frederickshall, on the Virginia Central Rail- 
road, which was reached at three o'clock that afternoon, where 
a general court martial, consisting of thirteen rebel officers, was 
surprised and captured. Gen. Lee had passed through here 
but an hour before, on his way to Richmond. Some sliglit 
damage was done to the railroad, and then the march was 
continued, through dense woods and swamps, in a drenching 
rain, until two o'clock the next morning, when a short halt was 
made, and the men got what sleep they could under the circum- 
stances. The command was in the saddle before daylight, and 
reached the James River about seven o'clock. 

While passing the estate of John A. Seddon, rebel Secretary 
of War, the troops destroyed considerable property devoted to 
the use of the Confederate government, as well as his barns 
and outbuildings ; and at Dover Mills, on the James River and 
Kanawha canal, tliey destroyed several mills in government 
employ, together with a number of canal boats loaded with 
army supplies, and a large amount of forage and quarter- 
master's stores. 

Had Col. Dahlgren reached the vicinity of Richmond, as was 
designed, on Mondaj^ night, or even on Tuesday morning, he 
would have effected a complete surprise, and perhaps have 
accomplished his object ; but after marching as rapidly as possi- 
ble nearly all night toward Richmond, as he supposed, he was 




JOHN D. MYRICK, Co. K. 

Augusta. 

Brevt. Maj. U. S Vols. 

Deceased. 



TlfE DMILdliKN HA ID. 



237 



amazed when moniiiio' dawned io iiiid liiuisclf not at the 
entrance of the city, but movino- iu an opposite direction, and 
already some eighteen miles away from it, in the direction of 
Goochland. A hasty investigation of the matter satisfied him 
that his gnide, a negro, liad l)etrayed him and was leading 
him and liis connnand to destruction, and he halted the column 
long enough to hang the poor fellow to the nearest tree. 

This accounts for his })()sition on the morning of Tuesday. 
But the colonel was not the man to give up an undertaking in 
this way, and after the work of destruction at Dover Mills was 
completed, he marched through the town, changed his course, 
and in the afternoon halted a short distance outside the first 
line of entrenchments around Richmond. From this point the 
ambulances and most of the pack animals were sent to Hungary 
Station, which was supposed to be in possession of Gen. Kilpat- 
rick, and then the command moved on, reaching and passing 
without opposition the outer line of works. The column was 
proceeding ra})idly, one of the other regiments in the advance, 
and had gone, perhaps a mile and a half, when, as the advance 
guard reached the summit of a hill and entered some woods, it 
was attacked from both sides the pike and in front, at an angle 
of the road. Col. Dahlgren ordered the advance to throw out 
skirmishers through the woods, and repeated his order with 
threats and expostulations to the men, but to no purpose, when, 
seeing he was losing valuable time, he rode back to Capt. 
Myrick and exclaimed : " Well, then, you go in. First Maine ! " 
The order was instantly obeyed, Cos. D and F, on the left of 
the road, and H, K and M on the right. Capt. Myrick then 
advanced the extreme right of the line until he had enclosed 
the enemy in a semicircle, and then pressed rapidly forward, 
and as he saw the eneni}^ waver he ordered a charge, and drove 
him from his position, with some loss. The woods were full of 
felled timber and other obstacles, which prevented rapid move- 
ments of cavalry, and gave the enemy (infantry) the advantage, 
and he soon rallied and presented another front ; but a well- 
sustained fire and a vigorous charge again dislodged him. 
Meanwhile Lieut. Harris, with Co. F, was ordered to charge 
and clear the pike, and did so successfully, and the daring and 



238 FIRST MAINE CAVALIIY. 

l)i-illiaucy of the charge was .s(n-rowfnlly attested by the loss of 
half his men. At this juiictiire Capt. Myriek received orders 
to '' rally on the pike and su[)port another regiment, which is 
already a mile ahead." It was necessary for the skirmish line 
to fall back some fifty yards to gain access to the pike, on 
account of the nature of the ground, and on reaching it it was 
discovered that the other regiment, instead of being a mile 
ahead, was still in the rear. Where this order came from, no 
one knew. Capt. Myriek was again ordered to take the advance, 
and a few moments later, in response to another order, Cos. H 
and K were deployed on the right of the pike as skirmishers, 
and Capt. Myriek waited the order to advance, the two lines 
then being so near together that the First Maine boys could 
distinctly hear the rebel officers instruct their men to "keep 
cool ! fire low ! do not run ! " But not one of them could be 
seen, for they were not only concealed by breastworks and 
bushes, but night, cloudy and dark had come on, and it was 
almost impossible to distinguish a man. The order " Forward ! " 
came when the enemy opened a terrific fire along their whole 
front, and a perfect hail storm of bullets whistled past the First 
Maine boys. Fortunately the rebel aim was too high, the 
Union line evidently being nearer than the}^ thought, and but 
few men were injured. At this volley the support fled, and 
Col. Dahlgren, who, with other officers strove to rally them, 
was borne back with the retreating column, and the First INlaine 
was left alone. On learning the state of affairs, Capt. Myriek 
at once ordered his command to fall back in perfect silence and 
good order, which was done ; but unfortunately the wrong road 
was taken. This mistake was discovered ere long, the pike was 
regained just in advance of the enemy, who was advancing very 
cautiously, and a portion of the force was soon overtaken ; but 
Col. Dahlgren and about one hundred and fifty men had by 
some means got separated from the remainder, and the com- 
mand devolved upon Capt. Mitchell, of the Harris Light. 

It was afterward learned that Gen. Kilpatrick with his force 
made an attack on the other side of Kichmond that same day, 
but withdrew some three hours before this attack of Col. Dahl- 
gren, and that the approach of Col. Dahlgren, owing to his 



THE DAIILGBEN HMD. 



239 



betrayal, had bri'ii iiuule known to the rel)el authorities, and 
tliey were pre}iared to reeeive him. Tlius was the main object 
of the expedition defeated. After becoming- separated from 
the column. Col. Dahlgn'n and his little force crossed the 
Pamunkey and Mattapony liivers and was pushing eastward, 
when he fell into an ambush about midnight and was shot 
down with a number of his men, the rest surrendering at 
discretion. 

Private George AY. Ward, of Co. D, who was on this expedi- 
tion, thus tells the story of Col. Dahlgren's death, and of his 
own subse([uent imprisonment : — 

The iiifjht had shut in dark and cloudy. Col. Dahlgren, with a small force 
of twenty-five or thirty men, was pushing rapidly on, hoping to escape from 
the rebel lines by way of the James River. The main object of the raid had 
failed, and the gallant troopers of Kilpatrick's command, scattered through- 
out the country, were making their escape as best they could. Col. Dahl- 
gren was riding in the second set of fours from the front, and I was one of 
the same set. The jaded horses were plunging through the mud, and the 
sabres were rattling at their sides. Through the darkness Col. Dahlgren 
saw a dismounted man standing in the road close beside him, and at once 
cried out: "To what do you belong?" The man, with the vunuistakable 
accent of a Virginian, replied: "The Tenth Xew York." "You are a liar!" 
shouted Dahlgren, at the same moment firing his revolver at the man's head. 
Then from the surrounding thickets which lined the road a hundred rifles 
flashed a reply. Col. Dahlgren fell, and the survivors of the little squad of 
Union soldiers, among whom were five of my company comrades and my- 
self, cut their way through the Confederate line which surrounded them 
and endeavored to escaj^e. We rode all night and concealed ourselves the 
next morning, but during the afternoon we were discovered and captured by 
our pursuers. Our horses and arms were taken from us, and then, after the 
usual custom of exchanging our good uniforms for tattered garments of 
the Confederacy, our faces were turned towards Richmond, to which city 
we were obliged to walk through a drenching rain. 

At the time of my capture I was wearing a fine pair of new cavalry boots, 
which I had just received from my home in Biddeford. A surgeon of the 
Ninth Virginia Cavalry looked upon them with covetous eyes, and accosted me 
as follows : " Say, Yank, come out here ! " The order was obej^ed. "Now sit 
down there and pull oft' one of them boots ! " This was done, and the vacated 
boot soon contained a Confederate foot. "Now the other." This also was 
handed him. "A good fit, I declare," said the chivalrous Virginian, as 
he surveyed his new acquisitions with evident pride. "Here, Yank, take 
these," throwing me an old pair of red dilapidated shoes, the soles of which 
had nearly become the " uppers," which the officer had just kicked from his 
feet. " But I caimot wear those things on my feet," I persisted. "Don't 



240 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

care whether you can or not — get back in the line there, quick!" I obeyed, 
and the otticer walked away. I remained a prisoner at Richmond sixty days, 
during which time I suffered with both the mumps and the measles, from 
the effects of which I nearly died. I was conlined in the old Pemberton 
Building, nearly opposite Libl)y Prison. When captured I weighed one 
hundred and eighty pounds; when exchanged, at the end of the sixty days, 
I had been reduced in weight, by sickness and starvation, to one hundred 
pounds. 

When Capt. Mitchell found himself in command of the 
greater part of Col. Dahlgren's force, a consultation of officers 
was held, and it was decided to attempt to reach Hungary 
Station, where it was still hoped to find Gen. Kilpatrick, but 
the enemy held the cross-roads, and finding it impossible to 
proceed, the command was concealed about midnight in a 
densely-wooded swamp, to await the morning, and scouts were 
sent to the station. The rain, which had been falling for some 
hours, turned to snow and sleet about eleven o'clock, and 
cleared away bitter cold by midnight. No fires could be 
allowed, and the men suffered intensely. Twice during the 
night large bodies of the enemy's cavalry passed within a few 
yards of their hiding place, fortunately without discovering 

them. 

Even under these circumstances the men could laugh at an 
incident that happened. After the videttes had been posted, 
the men, cold, wet and exhausted, sought the best chance for 
sleep. Many of them threw their overcoat capes over their 
heads for warmth and comfort, and sat do\Yn on the ground, 
holding their horses by the bridles, to doze the night away and 
get what rest they could. One of them, for better comfort, 
took off his sabre and belt, and rebuckling the belt, hung it 
over a stump by his side, that it might be handy, and fell 
asleep. Before morning there was an alarm, when he jumped 
for his sabre and found it gone. He searched in vain for it, 
and then broke out in the most melancholy and distressed 
tones : " Where's my sabre ? I hung it on that stump there, 
right alongside of me, and now the sabre's gone — and the 
stump's gone, too ! " Meanwhile a corporal of the same com- 
pany had got fairly awake, and the load about his neck being 
rather heavier than he was accustomed to, he examined into 



*:» 3;;^^^^ 




HIRAM W. ALLEN, Co. H 
Died in Andersonviile. 




JOSHUA RAY, Co. H. 
Orono. 



M^. 



fl 




Sergt ROBERT A. HEAL, Co. H. 
Lincolnville. 





:.?.^ Corp. JAMES H. HARLOW, Co. H. 

*• ■* Dead River. 



Lieut. JOHN R. ANDREWS, Co. H. 
Zanesvilie.Ohio. 





LLEWELLYN COPELAND, Co. H. 
Corinna. 



Corp. MARTIN C. CYPHERS, Co. H. 
Hancock, Minn. 



THE DAULGREN HMD. 



241 



the mutter and found tliu exti'a l)urd('n to be the missing- sabre, 
while he himself had l)eeii the stump on which the comrade 
had so carefully huiio- it in the darkness. 

U}»on the retui'n of the scouts the command started, just 
before daybreak, for Hungary Station, which was reached in 
due time, but no traces of Kil])atri(dc. An attemj)t was made 
to take the S[)otts3'lvania Court House road, when it was found 
the enemy held the road and the woods. There seemed to ))e 
no chance of escape, but a guide who was with the command 
found a bridle path through the woods, by following which 
the command arrived in rear of the force on the S})ottsylvania 
road, and shortly afterwards crossed the Chickahominy and set 
out at a good smart gait toward King William's Court House. 
Another regiment had the advance until near noon, when a 
force of twenty from the First Maine was sent out to relieve 
the advance guard and flankers. This new advance guard had 
proceeded barely a mile, when, just as it was entering an 
immense tract of pines, it was attacked from both sides of 
the road. A lieutenant of the advance ordered his men to 
charge and he set them a gallant example, but they wheeled 
in a body to the left of the road, leaving the First Maine 
once more at the head of the column. Capt. Myrick at once 
ordered a charge, and with Lieut. Andrews, of Co. H, led 
the men in a brilliant dash through the Avoods, the men 
keeping up such a heavy tire to the right and left, as to drive 
the enemy back from the road and make a safe and easy 
passage for the rest of the column. Two hours later the 
command joined Gen. Kilpatrick's force and the First Maine 
reported to Maj. Taylor, having lost forty-four men, killed, 
wounded and missing. 

The main force, some twenty-seven hundred strong, with six 
pieces of artillery, under command of (icn. Kilpatrick (with 
which was the remainder of the detachment from the First 
Maine), left Stevensburg two hours later than Col. Dahlgren's 
force, and proceeded over the same route to Spottsylvania 
Court House, halting briefly there, and then taking a south- 
easterly course, reached Beaver Dam Station, on the Virginia 
Central Kailroad, about four o'clock on the afternoon of the 



242 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

next day (Monday, twenty-ninth). Capt. Estes, formerly of 
Co. A, acting assistant adjutant general on Gen. Kilpatrick's 
staff, with a party of men, dashed so suddenly into this place 
that the telegraph operator was a prisoner before he had time to 
send word to Richmond of the arrival of the Yankees. Here 
the station buildings were burned, and two companies of this 
regiment were sent out to intercept a train which it was learned 
was then due from Richmond. The conductor of the train, 
however, became alarmed by the smoke of the burning buildings, 
and stopping the train, sent out a guard to learn the cause. 
The column had resumed its onward march, and was leaving the 
station when the jjickets of the First Maine were attacked on 
a road running parallel with the line of march, and driven in. 
Fortunately ]\Iaj. Taylor arrived with his command just at this 
time, and the remainder of the First Maine and the Fourth 
Pennsylvania regiments were deployed as skirmishers, and the 
Sixteenth Pennsylvania formed in line of battle in the road. 
A vigorous attack was made, but the enemy was easily repulsed, 
with some loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, but the latter 
were allowed to escape, as that was easier than to take care of 
them. Two men were wounded in the First Maine in this little 
skirmish. 

The march was continued without further serious molesta- 
tion, parties being sent out in every direction to continue the 
work of destroying railroads, stations, bridges, etc., until half 
an hour after midnight, when the command halted near Little 
Creek for a brief season of rest and sleep, and was in motion 
again before daybreak, moving toward Ashland, on the Rich- 
mond and Fredericksburg Railroad. It crossed the South Anna 
River at Ground Squirrel bridge, eighteen miles from Rich- 
mond, and then, taking the Richmond and Fredericksburg pike, 
marched rapidly, reaching the outer line of works around Rich- 
mond early in the afternoon, having encountered no force of the 
enemy of any account except at Beaver Dam Station, though 
there were several skirmishes with small bodies. 

The first line of defence was passed without resistance, and 
the second almost reached when the advance guard encountered 
a heavy fire, which checked further progress, and at the same 



THE DAHLGREN RAID. 



243 



time a battery opened on the line from a formidable work. 
Gen. Davies, commanding First brigade, at once dismonnted 
his force and deployed it as skirmishers ; a line of battle was 
formed, and preparations made to assault the works immedi- 
ately. An assaulting party of live hundred men was selected, 
including one hundred and fifty of the Second brigade, and, by 
special direction of Gen. Kilpatrick, seventy-five men of tlie 
First Maine, under command of Lieut. Heald, of Co. E, and 
the artillery opened upon the rebel battery. The order was 
given to advance, but was innnediately countermanded. Gen. 
Kilpatrick liad discovered tiiat the works were too formidable 
and too heavily manned for successful assault, and also heard 
the wdiistle of a locomotive, which, as he thought, and as after- 
wards proved to be the case, was bringing up re-enforcements 
for the enemy. He had heard nothing from Col. Dahlgren ; 
the enemy, it seems, had been apprised by scouts of his approach, 
and were prepared for him ; a cold, drizzly March rain was fall- 
ing, with a prospect of a severe storm ; the rear guard had just 
been attacked in its position two miles in the rear ; and under 
all these circumstances he deemed it prudent to retire, and gave 
up the attempt to enter the rebel capital about three hours 
before Col. Dahlgren commenced his attack on the other side 
of the city. 

Crossing the Chickahominy over Meadow bridge, the com- 
mand went into bivouac near Mechanicsville, six miles from 
Richmond, wdiere the men cooked their confiscated rations, 
made themselves as comfortable as possible, and prepared for 
rest and sleep. 

"At ten o'clock in the evening," says Chaplain Merrill, "Gen. 
Kilpatrick summoned Maj. Taylor to undertake an enterprise at 
once difficult and perilous. Col. Dahlgren and his party had 
been heard from ; he had been unsuccessful. This expedition 
had marched nearly one hundred miles in forty-eight hours, and 
the abandonment of its object, so long as a possibility remained 
of securing it, was not to be thought of. It was decided to 
make a demonstration with a party of five hundred ^ncked men, 
under command of Maj. Taylor. The party was to go into 
Richmond by way of Mechanicsville. Our scouts had discov- 



244 FIEST MAUVE CAVALRY. 

ered that on tins route there were but two picket posts with 
reserves. These were to be overpowered quietly, if possible. 
Having gained an entrance into the city, two parties, com- 
manded by competent oflicers, were to go on different errands. 
One was to liberate our prisoners confined in Libby, and the 
other was to secure Jeff Davis. Gen. Kilpatrick liimself was 
to take position at Mechanicsville, with two regiments and the 
battery, to await and cover the retreat. The expedition was to 
start at two o'clock. The men were selected and the arrange- 
ments made." 

At half-past ten, just as those not on duty were getting to 
sleep, the enemy opened a two-gun battery on the camp of Gen. 
Davies, and charged into the camp of the Seventh Michigan 
regiment. The attack was vigorously met; and although the 
enemy had the advantage in the light of the camp-fires, he was 
repulsed after an engagement lasting nearly half an hour. Gen. 
Kilpatrick then decided to move his command, to be prepared 
for any emergency at daylight, and the expedition under Maj. 
Taylor was necessarily, if not fortunately, given up. The line 
of march was taken up in the direction of Old church, the 
Second brigade in the rear. The enemy was all around the 
column, continually harassing it, and about nine o'clock a large 
force of cavalry appeared in the rear, and a fight ensued. Cos. 
A and E, under command of Capt. Cole and Lieut. Hussey, led 
by Capt. Estes, A. A. A. G., charged down the road, driving 
the enemy away, capturing five prisoners, killing five and 
wounding fifteen, while the loss of the two companies was two 
wounded and three taken prisoners. 

The march was then resumed, the enemy still hovering around 
and harassing the column, but refusing to give battle, though 
it was offered several times. During the morning Col. Dahl- 
gren's force, under command of Capt. Mitchell, joined the column 
as before stated. That night the whole command bivouacked at 
Tunstall's Station, and the next day was met near New Kent 
Court House by the force of Gen. Butler, which had come up 
from Yorktown to aid Gen. Kilpatrick, and the men were right 
glad to see those troops, if they were black. The column kept 
on, camping that night at a place called Burnt Ordinary, pass- 




Capt. HORACE S. COLE, Co. A. 

Fergus Falls, Minn 



AFTER THE RAID. 245 

ing through Willianisbiirg at ten the next day, and reacliing 
Yorktown at four in the afternoon of Friday, March fourth ; 
and the raid was over. 

During this expedition the command marched through nine 
different counties occupied by the enemy ; viz., Spottsylvania, 
Caroline, Hanover, Goochland, Henrico, Louisa, New Kent, 
James City, and York, and the men were in the saddle almost 
continually for four days. That portion of the regiment with 
Gen. Kilpatrick lost forty-nine, killed, wounded, and missing, 
a total loss to the regiment of ninety-three, together with over 
two hundred hors<?s^ THis last loss, however, was partially 
made up from the people living along the line of march. 

The command reached Gloucester Point on the seventh, and 
on the eighth Capt. Chadbourne, of Co. I, with a detachment of 
forty-two men, was sent on an expedition to King's and Queen's 
Court House, which resulted in the ca]^)ture of some prisoners 
and the obtaining of much valuable information, without the 
loss of a man. This expedition was gone three days. On the 
ninth a portion of the regiment embarked for Alexandria, and 
another on the tenth, and on the eighteenth the whole detach- 
ment was back in the comfortable winter quarters near Warren- 
ton, which they reached with a most thorough feeling of "• getting 
home." 

The portion of the regiment that remained in camp Avhile 
this expedition was gone, passed the time as before, picketing, 
scouting, etc. Maj. Cilley was in command of the regiment 
the greater portion of the time from February third until 
April fifteenth, Col. Smith being in command of the brigade. 
February twenty-ninth the new chaplain, Kev. George W. 
Bartlett, joined the regiment, and held services at headqiuirters 
March sixth and April tenth. March nintli, Maj. Thaxter and 
one hundred men were ordered to go to Sperryville and Luray 
to release conscripts, bul' the order was countermanded at corps 
headquarters. March twenty-third the camp was inspected by 
the medical directors of the Army of the Potomac and of the 
corps, and was pronounced by the corps medical director the 
best camp in the corps. The camp and the regiment were 
inspected April thirteenth by Gen. Gregg, and on the seven- 



246 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

teentli the regiment joined in a brigade review b}' Gen. P. H. 
Sheridan, who had been appointed commander of the Cavalry 
corps, Army of the Potomac. April twenty-first the boys bade 
good-by to the homes they had enjoyed so much, and went into 
camp at Turkey Run, only a short distance away, still scouting 
and picketing, crossing the Rappahannock (never to recross it) 
on the twenty-ninth and camping at Paoli Springs, near Brandy 
Station, and again moving camp on the third of May to Richards- 
ville, near the Rapidan, never to see Bealton, or Warrenton, or 
Brandy Station, or the Rappahannock again. 



CHAPTER XI. 

FIRST CxVMPAiaX UNDP:R SHERIDAN. 

ChANGK IX COMMANDEIIS — WlIO Is GeN. SlIEUIDAN ? — ROSTER OF OfFI- 
CEUS AT THE Ol'ENING OF THE SPRING CAMPAIGN, 1864. — ThE CAM- 
PAIGN Commenced. — Gen. Meade's Address to the Army. — A 
Few Days on the Left of the Army of the Potomac. — In the 
"Wilderness" again. — Skirmishing. — Fight at Todd's Tavern. 

— Successful Charge upon Infantry. — Sheridan's Raid to Rich- 
mond. — The Fight at Beaver Dam Station. — Lieut. Col. Booth- 
BY Fatally Wounded. — Fight at Ground Squirrel Bridge. — 
Inside the Fortifications of Richmond. — Heaven's Artillery 
Joins in the Fray. — Fighting Home Guards. — Out of the Trap. 

— Getting Acquainted with Sheridan. — The Sounds of Shells 
from Union Gunboats. — Bridge Building. — "At Home" again. 

— Gen. Grant's Report of the Raid. -*- Services of a Separate 
Detachment of the Regiment in May. 

THE spring campaign of 18G4 opened under the lead of 
Gen. U. S. Grant, who during the winter had been made 
lieutenant general and assigned to the command of all 
the armies of the United States, but who made his headquarters 
with the Army of the Potomac, which from that time operated 
under his immediate supervision, though Gen. Meade still held 
the command of that army, as he had done from just previous 
to the battle of Gettysburg. This change was looked upon with 
favor, both by the loyal people at large and by the boys in the 
Army of the Potomac. The boys were well acquainted with 
the services of Gen. Grant in the west, and believed in him, 
though they could not help qualifying their belief and their 
hope with the fact that he had never yet had the Confederate 
general, Robert E. Lee, to contend against, and the latter might 
perhaps prove to be worthy the name he had won among his 
own people, of " the al)lest military chieftain in the world." 
However, the change made it evident that the government 
meant business, and had at last come to a realizing sense of the 



248 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

fact that it could not run the country and the war, too, and was 
^A'illiug to place the war entirely in the hands of one who had, 
at least, shown the greatest capacity for that service. This was 
a good sign. Another change was made which was of great 
importance to the cavalry men, and proved to be so to the whole 
army and the country at large, viz., the assignment of the Cavalry 
corps of the Army of the Potomac to the command of Gen. 
Philip H. Sheridan. Who this Sheridan was no one seemed to 
know, only that he came from the west, which was some recom- 
mendation. Indeed, so little was he or his services known at 
that time that some of the northern pa'pers, in publishing the 
telegraphic news of this appointment, announced in display 
heads, " Gen. Sherman to command the Cavahy corps of the 
Armvof the Potomac," thinking, evidently, that "Sheridan" 
was an error in telegraphy. But they became better acquainted 
with him, as did the boys under his command, ere long. Some 
idea of the changes in the regiment for a year may be obtained 
by comparing the rostei; of field, staff, and line officers at the 
opening of the sj)ring campaign of 1863 with the roster for May 
7, 1864, though this does not show all the changes that were 
made, nor does it show who were and who were not on duty at 
that time : — 

Field and Staff. 

Colonel, Ch^vijles H. Smith, Eastport, June 18, 1863. 
Lieutenant Colonel, Stephen Boothby, Portland, June 18, 1863. 
Majors, Jonathan P. Cilley, Thomaston, May 8, 1862. 

Sidney W. Thaxtek, Bangor, June 18, 1863. 

Constantine Taylor, U. S. Army, February 18, 1864. 
Adjutant, Andkew H. Bibber, Eastport, June 1, 1863. 
(Quartermaster, Clarence D. Ulmer, Rockland, March 17, 1863. 
Surrjeon, George W. Colby, Richmond, October 31, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeons, Horace Stevens, Skowhegan, March 26, 1863. 

Alexander M. Parker, Westbrook, March 26, 1863. 
Commissary, Martin T. V. Bowman, Hallowell, February 9, 1864. 
Chaplain, George W. Bartlett, Litchfield, February 13., 1864. 

NON-COMMISSIONED StAFF. 

Sergeant Major, Jamp:s "W. Poor, Belfast, February 1, 1864. 

(Quartermaster Sergeant, Ebed L. Shackford, Eastiiort, February 12, 1864. 

Commissary Sergeant, Nathan V. Cook, Solon, March 1, 1864. 



ROSTER OF OFFICERS. 



NON-COMM1SS1()MCI> STAIK— ('(i)llilUU(l. 



249 



lloftpital SteioanU, Sajiuki, C Lovk.tov. Uocklniul. October 14, 1861. 

Emuky T. Gatciikll, Bninswick, September 28, 1862. 
Saddler S('r<n'(tn1, Hknky AV. Nokwood, I'aiifror, Mareh 1, lS(i3. 
Chief Trumpeter, Isaac C. Diiick, Au{-"«t:i, May 1, ISC):',. 



Com TAN V ()fficei!s. 

CO. A. — Ciii)t(i!n, IIoKACE W. Colk, Hampden, Dec. :]1, 186:5. 

First Lieutenant, Miles Colbatii, Exeter, Dec. 31, 1663. 

Second Lieutenant, Okkin S. Haskell, Levant, February 13, 1864. 
CO. B. — Captain, BEX.rAMm F. Tuckek, U. S. A., May 8, 1862. 

First Lieutenant, Wm. F. Coleman, Lincolnville, September 26, 
1861. 

Second Lieutenant, Fkank M. Cutlek, Union, October 4, 1861. 
CO. C — Captain, Addison P. Russell, Houlton, August 36, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, Horatio S. Liiiby, Gardiner. ^larch 12, 1863. 

Second Lieutenant, Jonathan K. Bkooks, Bowdoinbani, June 20, 
1863. 
CO. D. — Captain, Wm. Montgomeky, Orland, February 9, 1864. 

First Lieutenant, Phineas Foster, Jr., Machias, February 9, 1864. 

Second Lieutenant, George E. Bugbee, Perry, June 1, 1863. 
CO. i:. — Captain, Osco A. Ellis, Lincoln, May 1, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, Geo. W. Hussey, Houlton, June 20, 1863. 

Second Lieutenant, John A. Heald, Lincoln, August 20, 1863. 
CO. ¥. — Captain, Walstein Phillips, Portland, February 16, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, William Harris, Machias, February 16, 1863. 

Second Lieutenant, Wm. L. Boyd, Houlton, February 16, 1863. 
CO. G. — Captain, Isaac G. Virgin, Dixfield, December 31, 1862. 

First Lieutenant, Calvin B. Benson, Hartford, February 9, 1864. 

Second Lieutenant, Henry F. Blanciiard, Runiford, April 30, 
1864, 
CO. R.— Captain, Henry C. Hall, Starks, June 18, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, John E. Andrews, Biddeford, June 18, 1863. 

Second Lieutenant, William F. Stone, Portland, October 23, 1862. 
CO. I. — Captain, Paul Chadbourne, Waterboro', December 2, 1862. 

First Lieutenant, Frank W. Pray, Shapleigh, December 2, 1862. 

Second Lieutenant, Samuel C. Smith, Alfred, June 20, 1863. 
CO. K. — Captain, John D. Myrick, Augusta, January 4, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, Charles W; Ford, Bristol, January 9, 1863. 
Second Lieutenant,GKORGE F. Jewett, Bath, February 4, 1864. 
CO. L,. — Captain, John P. Carson, Mt. Vernon, April 4, 1864. 

First Lieutenant, Charles O. Gordon, Phillips, April 4, 1864. 
Second Lieutenant, Levi H. Daggett, New Sharon, April 4, 1864. 
CO. M. — Captain, Zenas Vaughan, Freeman, June 4, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, (-harles K. Johnson, Carmel, June 20, 1863. 
Second Lieutenant, William H. Bradman, Parkman, June 20, 
1863. 



250 FIB ST MAINE CAVALBY. 

The brigade still remained the Second brigade, Second divi- 
sion, Cavalry corps, was composed of the First Maine, Second, 
Fourth, Eighth, and Sixteenth Pennsylvania, and Tenth New 
York regiments, and was still commanded by Col. J. Irwin 
Gregg, while Gen. D. McM. Gregg still commanded the 
division. 

At midnight, Tuesday, May third, the regiment was in the 
saddle, and prepared for the advance under the new leaders. 
After waiting patiently till nearly daylight the next morning, 
the column moved, crossing the Rapidan at Ely's ford at sun- 
rise, and proceeding to the battle-ground at Chancellorsville, 
where there was a short halt. Then came a march of a couple 
miles or so on the Fredericksburg plank road, and a halt which 
lasted all night. The great campaign which was to show how 
Gens. Grant and Lee compared with each other as generals, had 
commenced. Gen. Grant had decided to " fight it out on this 
line if it takes all summer," although the official despatch 
which made that sentence famous had not yet been sent,^ and 
appeared to be ready to take advantage of anything that he 
could construe in his favor, and while he doubtless had a 
general plan of operations, he was not confined to it altogether, 
if lie could gain more by disregarding it. Hoav the campaign 
proceeded by successfully turning the right flank of the enemy, 
and by continually fighting and forcing him back until Peters- 
burg was reached, and that without regard to the dangers that 
might threaten the capital, are matters of general history, and 
too well known to need repetition here. To the cavalry was 
assigned the left of the army, opposite the enemy's right, while 
the infantry strung its lines through the " Wilderness" to the 
right, miles away. 

Early Thursday morning this address was read to all the 
troops in the Army of the Potomac, at roll-call : — 

Headquauteks Akjiv of the Potomac, 
May 4, 1804. 

Soldiers: — Ao^ain you are called upon to advance on the enemies of your 
country. The time and the occasion are deemed opportune by your com- 
manding general to address you a few words of confidence and caution. 

^This despatch bore date, "Headquarters in the Field, May 11, 1864, 8 A.M.," and 
said: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time 



IN TlIK WILDERNESS. 



251 



You have been rcorj^'anized, stii'iijitlienod, and fully LMiuipiii'd in every 
respe(;t. You form a part of the several armies of your country, the whole 
under the direction of an able and distinguished general, who enjoys the 
confidence of the government, the people, and the army. Your movement 
being in co-operation with others, it is of tlie utmost importance that no 
effort should be left unspared to make it successful. 

Soldiers! the eyes of the whole country are looking with anxious hope to 
the blow you are about to strike in the most sacred cause that ever called 
men to arms. 

Remember your homes, your wives and children, and bear in mind that 
the sooner your enemies are overcome the sooner you will be returned to 
enjoy the benefits and blessings of peace. Bear with patience the hardships 
and sacrifices you will be called upon to endure. Have confidence in your 
officers and in eacli other. Keep your ranks on the march and on the battle- 
field, and let each man earnestly implore God's blessing, and endeavor, by 
his thoughts and actions, to render himself worthy of the favor he seeks. 
With clear consciences and strong arms, actuated by a high sense of duty, 
fighting to preserve the government and the institutions handed down to us 
by our forefathers — if true to ourselves — victory, under God's blessing, 
must, and will attend, our efforts. 

GEORGE G. MEADE, Major Ccneral Com iiinn>)iiit/. 

The boys believed this meant lighting, and figliting till the 
enemy was whipped, and they took new courage from it. 
The regiment made a reconnoissance to Fredericksburg that 
forenoon, and on returning proceeded to join the main column 
near Todd's Tavern. Here it found the First brigade actively 
engaged with the enemy, and was held in reserve as its sup- 
port, but was not called upon. The regiment bivouacked in 
that vicinity, and the boys were in the saddle by three o'clock 
the next morning. Considerable marching and scouting in 
various directions ; a short season supporting a battery ; a time 
on the skirmish line in the afternoon, where, in the lull of 
tlie tiring, some of the men fell asleep, although the regiment 
the Maine boys relieved called it a lively contest ; a trip on the 
wrong road, and a period of being entirely cut off from the 
Union lines, during which the regiment was exposed to a sharp 
fire ; and finall}- a night of picket duty near Pine Run church, 

is much in our favor. Our losses liave been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think 
the loss of the enemy must be greater. We fiave taken over live thousand prisoners V)y 
battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. 1 prcjpose to fight it out 
on this line if it takes all summer." 

Signed, U. S. GR.VXT, Lieut. Gen. Couimandinij the Armies of tlte United States. 



252 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



made up tlie sum of this da3^'s duties for this regiment, while, 
from sunrise to sunset, came the thunder of heavy firing from 
the right. A newsjjaper correspondent's account of this day's 
fighting, written at the time, says : — 

Late in the day Stuart made a demonstration upon botli our right and 
left flanks, but was handsomely repulsed by Custer's brigade of the First 
division on the right, and Col. Gregg's brigade of the Second division on the 
left. Gen. Custer went into the fight with his usual imijetuosity, having his 
band playing patriotic airs in front, himself charging at the head of his 
brigade, and the artillery playing into the enemy at the same time. The 
attack on the left was very stubborn, and looked for a time as though it 
would be successful ; but Gen. Gregg, who is the coolest man under trying 
circumstances I ever saw on the field, ordered Col. Gregg to send in the 
First Maine and drive " those people " away. The general always speaks of 
the enemy as " those people." Besides the First Maine, the Second, Fourth 
and Eighth Pennsylvania regiments were engaged on the left. 

Saturday, May seventh, the regiment remained on picket till 
nearly noon, when it was relieved and sent to the front Avith 
the rest of the brigade. There were two or three hours of 
waiting, and then a dismounted line was formed near Todd's 
Tavern, across the Catharpen road, the First Maine being in the 
edge of some woods on the left of the road. The led horses 
were taken to the rear under charge of the " No. 4 " men, each 
man having charge of the led horses of his set of fours, while 
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 marched to the line. There was then no 
appearance of an enemy in front, and no sounds of fighting ; 
but the boys knew they were there to fight, and made prepara- 
tions accordingly. A rail fence along the road was quickly 
transformed into breastworks, for the men had now been 
in the service long enough to learn that it was the part of 
valor to protect themselves as much as possible. While the 
boys were busily engaged in carrying rails, a voice came from 
the right of the road, saying: "What regiment is that?" 
" First Maine," was the reply of one who had too many rails on 
his shoulder to waste much strength in talk. " Bully for you ! 
tliis is the Sixteenth Pennsylvania," was the joyful reply ; and 
then the strange voice rang oul to his comrades : " We are all 
right, boys, the First Maine is on our left," while the fact that 
the " Sixteenth is on our right," went down the First Maine 



TODD'S TAVEIiN 



253 



line as giadl3% Tlie strong friendsliij) which these two regi- 
ments had formed for each other at Shepardstown, and the firm 
confidence which each liad acquired for the other, had been 
strengtliened (hiring the campaign which f()lh)wed, and this 
friendsliip and contidence were never hroken. Either regiment 
always felt " all right " with the other near. In quick time the 
breastworks were completed, and they were good works for 
the time and materials used ; half the men were sent a short 
distance to the rear for support, and to be used where exigen- 
cies might require ; and the remainder, carljine in hand, waited 
patiently the turn of events. Before them was a large open 
field, and beyond that, not two hundred yards away, more 
woods. Two guns of " horse battery A," regulars, the battery 
belonging to the division, were in position on the skirmish line, 
clear up to the breastworks, their muzzles running out through 
embrasures left for that purpose, — the only time the boj^s sa^v 
the artillery on the skirmish line close to the front. The prep- 
arations for fighting had hardl}?" been completed when firing 
was heard in the front, and a force under command of Capt. 
Myrick, which had been sent out on the road to find the enemy 
and watch his movements, came back, followed by a large force 
of rebels. Out of the woods the enemy came, yelling as only 
they could yell, and they had but fairly got into the field when 
cannon and carbines opened a terrilic fire, and the rebel yell 
was turned into a whine as they quickly disappeared in the 
woods. The sight was enougli to make the boys laugh, so 
suddenly did the enemy turn. They evidently did not expect 
to find any considerable force so near, and that battery's grape 
and canister thoroughly astonished them. All that afternoon 
the fight was kept up, the rebels making several unsuccessful 
charges, and all that afternoon the brigade held the position, 
with the battery alongside. It was an afternoon of si)irited 
attacks and of stubborn resistance. 

During one of the lulls in the firing, one of the boys of Co. L 
had a skirmish of his own with a rebel who was concealed in the 
woods. He first held his cap up above the works to draw the 
fire of his foe, and succeeded. The cap was not harmed, and he 
sent back a shout of derision. Thereu})on the rebel put up his 



254 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

hat, as if inviting him to give an example of his marksmanship. 
He did so, and back came a simihxr shout of derision. This was 
repeated two or three times, both parties getting more and more 
excited, while the comrades of each of the skirmishers took 
quite as much interest as did the principals, and forgot for a 
moment their surroundings. Finally the Co. L man got a little 
too excited, and in watching the foe as the latter was drawing 
a bead on the Union cap, he unconsciously exposed the broad- 
est part of his body above the rails. Johnny fired, and a jump 
by the Yankee and a quick application of his hand to the ex- 
posed part, told where that bullet struck. Then came over a 
hearty laugh from the rebel line, in which the comrades of the 
wounded man could not help joining. It may be remarked that 
with the laugh against him he could not with good grace leave 
the field, but pluckily remained to square accounts with that 
particular rebel. 

The brigade remained on the skirmish line that night and the 
next forenoon, being relieved long enough in the morning for 
the men to go back to the horses and get breakfast. About 
ten o'clock the rebels appeared in front, advancing, and there 
was a sharp fight for a few moments. This fight did not seem 
to amount to anything at the time, but afterwards it was learned 
that the enemy's infantry had attempted to make an advance 
upon the Union force, but had been checked; that dismounted 
cavalry had forced the infantry back. There were indications 
that a strong effort was to be made to carry the line, and the 
men waited anxiously, being in readiness at any moment — at 
every moment. A little later a charge was made on the enemy's 
right flank by the left of the Union line, in which the greater 
portion of this regiment joined, and the rebel infantry were 
driven from the woods by dismounted Union cavalry men. 
Shortly after this the brigade was relieved by infantry. The 
loss to the regiment in this engagement, borne on the flag as 
" Todds Tavern," was six wounded, one of whom died. One 
reason for the loss being so small in so severe an engagement, 
lasting so long, was the fact that this regiment had excellent 
protection in the breastworks. As the enemy made the attack 
in this engagement and failed to achieve an}'- advantage, the 
result is rightfully claimed as a victory for the Union forces. 



TODJys TAVERN. 255 

Maj. Jolni D. Myrick, at the reunion in lUingor, 1873, thus 
spoke of this eil<;agenient : — 

You, Mr. rrosideiit. and oonniuk's, \\\\o wore witli tlio old ro^iiiifut 
durin<;- the '•Wilderness" eamjiaij^n, will recollect the memorable ti<;ht at 
Todd's Tavern on the seventh and eighth of May, lS(i4. Gregg's division 
held the C'atharpen road, our lines being established in the edge of the 
woods, and having in our front a broad stretch of open groimd, skirted 
again beyond with timber. Late on the morning of the second day, the 
enemy, having comi^leted his preparations, ordered the advance, and as we 
lay there impatiently watching his movements, every man gras^ied liis car- 
bine more tightly, while flashing eyes and compressed lips betokened on 
every hand a stern determination there to nobly do or die. 

The long, glistening lines of the rebel infantry pressed on with rapid 
strides and perfect alignment, until they came within pistol range of our 
men, and then a rattling volley from the deadly carbines tore crashing through 
their ranks; and seizing the opportunity afforded by the momentary confu- 
sion, our gallant fellows, the dear old First Maine in the advance, without an 
order, so far as I could ever learn, with one impulse, as if fired with a sudden 
inspiration, leaped over their frail barricades and fell with impetuous valor 
on the rebel lines — the lithe, active trooper against the sturdy infantry man, 
— the carbine against the bayonet, — and hurled them back, and crushed 
them down, and utterly routed them ! 

Tlie manner in which soldiers accustom themselves to their 
surroundings and make the best of circumstances was thus 
illustrated that morning. Tlie sun was very hot, even early in 
the morning, and the boys on the right of the regiment, thinking 
perhaps they might have to stay on the skirmish line all day, 
made themselves shelter with small trees and branches, and ere 
long were comfortably shielded from the sun. They were 
interrupted in this by the advance of the enemy, when they 
left their fancy work, sprang to the breastworks, and in a 
moment were fighting sharply, forgetting all about the shelter 
or the hot sun. The idea of fighting under a brush canopy was 
certainly unique. After this attack was repulsed the shelters 
were finished. But this was not enough. The ground was not 
the cleanest to sit or lie down upon, so a thick carpet of fresh 
green leaves was put down. Then there was comfort, even on 
a skirmish line, and thorough comfort, too ; and thus situated, 
the boys calmly watched their comrades on the left make that 
famous charge upon the infantry already spoken of. When the 



256 J^7i?,Sr MAINE CAVALEY. 

infantiy relieved the cavalry, one of the boys who had been 
enjoying this comfort, drolly remarked : " That's just the way ; 
we never could get a real nice place to have a good game of 
ball, but the fellows from some other town would come and 
take it away from us." 

Upon being relieved, the cavalry advanced along the Cathar- 
pen road for some distance, being furiously but harmlessly 
shelled by the enemy, but the latter had gone too far on the 
impetus given by that dismounted cavalry charge, and no more 
fighting was in order that day. The brigade went to the rear 
at night and went into camj:), and next morning started, with 
the whole corps on Sheridan's raid to the vicinity of Richmond, 
bidding good-l)y forever to the "Wilderness," the Kapidan, the 
Rappahannock, the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Bealton 
Station, Warrenton, and the various localities where they had 
campaigned so long. 

Starting at daylight on the morning of May ninth, and pass- 
ing around the right flank of Lee's army and not far from it, 
the corps reached Beaver Dam Station, Hanover (^ounty, on the 
Virginia Central Railroad, at night, having had heav}' skirmish- 
ing all day on the right, though this regiment got none of 
it. At the station Gen. Custer's brigade of the First division 
forded the North Anna River and charged, driving the enemy 
and recapturing nearly four hundred Union prisoners belonging 
to the Fifth corps, who had been captured while charging rebel 
breastworks near Todd's Tavern. Three long trains loaded 
with commissary stores, and a large warehouse filled with flour, 
bacon and whiskey, were destroyed. It was estimated that a 
million and a half rations were destroyed at that point. The 
station was Inirned, railroad and bridges destroyed for miles, 
and other damage done, and the command went into bivouac 
about nine o'clock, the First division being on the south side 
of the river, and the others, with which was this regiment, on 
the north side. 

The reveille of the morning of Tuesday, the tenth, was the 
sound of shells flying thick and fast from a rebel battery posted 
on the hills in rear of the column. This created no scare ; a 
force was sent to ca^pture the battery, which liushed it up, and 




Sergt. JOHN B. DRAKE. Co. G. 
Boston Highlands, Mass. 





CHARLES R. DELANO, Co. G. 

Killed Beaver Dam Station, 

May 10, '64. 



Lieut. CALVIN B. BENSON, Co. G. 
No. Abington, Mass. 



Sergt. JAS. W. DOCKENDORF, Co, G. 
Deceased. 






Sergt. HENRY LITTLE, Co. G. 
Auburn. 



^^ 







\ 



Sergt. CHAS. L. MARSTON, Co. G. 
Yarmouth. 



c«..^+ nAMici \A/ r:Ar;p Pn n. 



BEAVEB DAM STAT f OX. 257 

the men were allo>yed to eook and eat breakfast before start- 
ing on the niareh. Soon after daylight the eohimn Avas on the 
move, the First Maine being given the advance, and Co. G 
the advance of the regiment. The advance guard was formed 
in the usual order, one man alone in the advance, then two men 
a few 3'ards behind him, then a sergeant and four men a few 
yards away, then a squad of eight men with a sergeant, then 
the company, then the regiment, and then the column, the dif- 
ferent bodies being some twenty or thirty yards apart. Beside 
this arrangement, a corporal and four men in line of skirmishers 
marched in line with the advance of the column on either flank, 
always keeping in sight of the advance, and therefore at dis- 
tances according to circumstances, being nearer the column in 
a wooded country than where it was open. Scared}^ had the 
advance been formed and got started, when the foremost men 
saw two or three men and horses by the side of the road at the 
edge of some woods. A remark was made by one of them : 
"■ Can these be our pickets, so near Sheridan's headquarters as 
this ? " to wliich the other replied : " I shouldn't suppose so." 
To their surprise the men mounted their horses, fired at the 
Advance, and galloped into the woods. So sudden and unex- 
pected was this that for a moment the advance could not 
understand it, and did not have time to return the fire before 
the enemy was out of sight. Possibly in the formation of the 
advance they had marched further than they thought ; but the 
impression was that they were close to Gen. Sheridan's head- 
quarters, and it was impossible for them to realize that these 
men were the enemy's pickets when they could not believe 
they were even their own pickets. Lieut. Col. Boothbj^ who 
had charge of the advance, rode up and ordered the men to 
move on as if nothing were there, and to shoot ever}- time one 
of the enemy showed himself. This order was obeyed, and for 
a mile or two a running fight was kept up without loss on either 
side, the advance keeping steadily along, and the retreating 
eneni}' appearing at intervals long enough to fire and be fired 
at. Then came a turn in the road, where the advance found 
a force of some twent}- men drawn up in rear of a rail fence 
on the left of the road, on the brow of a hill. This sight stag- 



258 FIB ST 2TAINE CAVALBY. 

gered them for a moment, but Lieut. Col. Boothby gave the 
order " Charge ! " and the three men in the road, the corporal 
and four men on the left of the road, and the squad of four 
under the sergeant, obeyed the order with such spirit that the 
enemy fled down over the hill. The little force followed till 
it reached the top of the hill, when it ran into a hornet's nest, 
finding a much larger force in line on the other side of a ravine, 
some two hundred yards away. The order was again given to 
charge, but was not obeyed, the boys thinking the}- knew bet- 
ter. However, the squad of eight in charge of the sergeant, 
Henry Little, came up, and without orders the men dismounted 
(the fire was too hot for them to remain mounted), sent the 
horses to the rear, and the squad of a dozen or so took position 
behind a rail fence, and kept up a lively fire upx3n the enemy's 
line, which was as vigorously returning the fire. In the mean- 
time Col. Smith came up and took command (Lieut. Col. 
Boothby having been wounded), a portion of the regiment was 
fo^'med for a charge, a part in line in the field and the 
remainder in column in the road, and just as the little squad 
was beginning to get out of ammunition and consequently 
nervous, swoop came the line over the hill in their front and 
the column in their rear (as welcome a sight as they ever saw), 
and the squad stopped work to look. The line charged down 
the hill and across the ravine, and the enemy waited no longer. 

In this charge one of the men managed to run his horse 
a-straddle of a small tree, just after crossing the ravine, and 
in his excitement, instead of backing him out, he sat there 

spurring the animal fearfully, and shouting : " Climb, d n 

you, climb!" which somewhat interfered with the solemnit}'" 
of the occasion. 

The regiment lost in this little brush Lieut. Col. Boothby, 
who received a wound from which he died, a serious loss to 
the regiment, one man of the advance killed and two wounded, 
— one severely, — and one or two men wounded in the charge. 
The man killed was Private Charles R. Delano, of Co. G. He 
was one of the advance, and started out on the right of the 
road, — one of the two who rode together, with only the single 
man in their front. When the first shot was fired by the rebel 



A SOLDIER'S BURIAL. 



269 



pickets the bullet struck iu the road in front of him, a short 
distance away, seeing- which he made the remark : " That was 
meant for me, hut there Avasn't powder enough behind it." 
When the advance began firing, his horse became a little 
nervous and would not keep in place, and he asked his com- 
rade to change sides with him, saying perhaps his horse would go 
better on that side of the road, as it was all the time working iu 
that direction. So the two changed places, and continued on 
in their running fight. When the squad under charge of Sergt. 
Little rode up, this comrade inquired of George M. Delano (a 
brother of Charles R.) if any one was hurt, and received the 
reply : " Charley is killed." This news struck him like a blow, 
as there flashed before him the remembrance of his dead com- 
rade's remark at the first fire, and of the fact that they had 
changed places, by which action ■ his own life had been saved, 
while his comrade had been killed. Poor George ! he was too 
good a soldier to leave his place in the line in time of action, 
and rode by the body of his dead brother into the fight, nor 
left until the sergeant ordered him to go look after his brother. 
After the skirmish was over, the body was buried by a squad 
under charge of Sergt. John B. Drake, near a house by the 
side of the road. The burial was one that will never be for- 
gotten by any one of the half dozen who were present. Sergt. 
Drake had found a large box, — a sort of meal-chest, — in the 
house, and made this into a coffin by kicking out the partitions. 
The owner of the house protested so strongly against this use of 
his meal-chest that the sergeant was forced to draw his revolver 
and threaten to put him into the box, also, if he did not keep 
still. Chaplain Bartlett made a brief prayer, and the comrades 
reverently placed the body in its last resting-place, while all 
the time the column was marching by and paying no attention 
to the little funeral. This over, the comrades mounted their 
horses and followed on with the column, with other things to 
think of than the comrade they had just buried, who less than 
an hour before had started out as well as they were, and like 
whom they themselves might be, as one of them was, before 
the morrow night. Alas I that many a soldier's burial was 
even less formal than this. 



260 FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 

Gen. Smith, in a private letter to Lieut. Libby, thus tells the 
story of this skirmish : — 

Gen. Sheridan ordered me to take the advance, move out rapidly, and 
brush all resistance out of the way. It was known tliat a force of the enemy 
held the road that we were to take. Our pickets were out only a short dis- 
tance. It was necessary to put out flankers on both flanks. I put Boothby 
in charge of the advance, while I directed the putting out of flankers, the 
column being in motion. As soon as the flankers were well out I started to 
the front, about the time the firing began. I met Boothby going to the rear, 
accompanied by Chaplain Bartlett. His looks indicated that he was badly 
hurt. I despatched an orderly to find Surg. Colby, and then hurried to the 
front, where I found all at a standstill behind a little ridge where Boothby 
was shot. The enemy was beyond and across a little creek, but within easy 
range. One man had been killed and two wounded, besides Boothby, before 
I got there. The ridge was highest to the right of the road, and the enemy 
was mostly on that side of the road. On the right the road was fenced 
with rail fence. As soon as I took in the situation I caused the fence to be 
thrown down, and deployed Myrick's company (K) just behind the ridge, 
and put Co. G in line behind Myrick's. I put your company (C) in line on 
the left side of the road, and Co. D in column of fours in the road. Just 
before we were ready to start two staff officers came up from the rear to find 
out the cause of the delay. They saw my preparations, and waited to see 
the result. When I gave the word we all went forward together. Two of 
the men in Myrick's front were killed — all the others fled. Myrick used 
revolvers on that occasion — not sabres. We did not lose a man — one man 
of Co. D was hit slightly in his leg; no other casualty. Myrick had the 
advance the rest of the day, and I kept along with him, but we did not 
encounter another Johnny that day. 

The column then proceeded, with no further molestation dur- 
ing the day, crossing the South Anna River at Ground Squirrel 
bridge (about twenty miles from Richmond), and bivouacking 
on the south side at night, a portion of the regiment being on 
picket, and the remainder being allowed to unsaddle, which 
was something new on a raid, and the boys began to get 
acquainted with Sheridan. 

The enemy had by this time got thoroughly waked up as 
to the presence of the Union cavalry and its probable mission, 
and had made great preparations to stop its course. Indeed, it 
was afterward currently reported that Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, the 
rebel cavalry general, had invited Jefferson Davis and the Con- 
federate cabinet to come out and see the Yankee cavalry fall 
into his trap and be captured. After crossing the river the 



GROUNn SQUIRREL BRIDGE. 261 

bridge was burned, as a matter of safety, on the sui)i)ositi()n 
that the river was not fordable. This, however, proved not to 
be so, as the regiment found to its sorrow the next morning. 
The reguhxr arrangement for marching at that time was for 
each division to take the advance one day, the rear tlie next, 
and the centre the next, and so continue in reguhir I'otaiion, 
while there was the same arrangement of the brigades within 
the divisions, tlie regiments within the brigades, and the battal- 
ions within the regiments. This of course brought the Second 
division, which had the advance on the tenth, to the rear on 
the eleventh, and the First Maine to the rear of the division, 
or rear guard for the whole column. 

After a good night's sleep and an early breakfast Wednesday 
morning, the regiment was sent out to wait till the column had 
passed, and then take its position at the rear, Capt. Chadbourne 
being sent to the rear on picket as a necessary precaution. A 
tine grass plat was chosen for the waiting-point, and the boys 
improved their time by grazing their horses, some of them even 
taking the bridles out for that purpose. Suddenly an order 
was received for the regiment to go to the support of the 
pickets, who had been attacked. Proceeding to an open field, 
a detachment was dismounted and advanced to the picket line 
as rapidly as possible, while the rest of the regiment remained 
mounted as support. There was a lively skirmish going on, 
but the boys had been there but a short time when an order 
came to rejoin the led horses as quickly as possible. There 
was a scramble for their horses, and the men had scarcely 
got mounted before the enemy appeared in three columns, 
mounted, but a few yards away, in the road and on each side, 
charging down upon them like so many demons. Col. Smith 
ordered a volley from the carbines, which was given, and then 
ordered : " Fours, Right About I " After marching a few steps 
to the rear and giving the men time to reload, they were again 
ordered about, and gave the rapidly approaching enemy another 
volley. This was repeated two or three times without effect 
upon the enemy, and, unfortunately, in tlie haste of mounting 
the men had not got back into their places, there had not been 
time to count oif, and the men knew not where they did belong, 



262 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

SO that by tlie time the}' had wheeled two or three times they 
were terribly mixed up, the enemy was all in among them, and 
it is not to be wondered at that the regiment was forced back 
in some confusion before the impetuous charge of a force out- 
numbering it three to one. But the boys fought gallantly, 
though under disadvantages, and won (at how great cost) 
another name on the battle-flag. Artillery was got into posi- 
tion and opened, checking the rebel advance, the regiment was 
rallied, the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment came up, and the 
fight at Ground Squirrel bridge was over. 

Chaplain Merrill's account of this fight is as follows : — 

Eai'ly in the moniing word was sent to Gen. Gregg that the enemy was in 
the rear. Thinking tlie force to be inconsiderable, he directed Col. Smith, of 
the First Maine Cavalry, to go back to the Yellow Tavern (Goodall's Tavern 
according to southern accounts), and guard the rear till the column had 
passed on, relieving the Tenth Xew York. On reaching the place the regi- 
ment was dismounted in the open ground, and Capt. Chadbourne, in com- 
mand of a l)attalion, advanced to post the pickets in the woods. But while 
they were advancing they met the enemy and were forced back to tlie reserve. 
Eallying with the reserve, they checked him just in the edge of the woods. 
The check, however, was but momentary. Struck by the whole force of 
Gordon's brigade, the regiment was forced back. Few of our men had time 
to mount before the enemy was upon them. Those first mounted instantly 
charged and pushed them back, whilst the others remounted. No sooner 
was this done than Col. Smith ordered a charge of the whole line. The 
incessant rattle of musketry, together with the demoniac yells of the assail- 
ants and the answering shouts of our own men, however, prevented the 
order from being generally iniderstood. A portion of Capt. Chadbourne's 
battalion, together with Cos. L and M. charged with a valor unsurpassed, 
but after driving the enemy some distance they were compelled in turn to 
fall back. As they did so Col. Smith was seen in the extreme front, almost 
alone. Seeing Sergt. (afterwards Capt.) Wilson, he called out to him: '* Ser- 
geant, tell the officers to rally their men, if the number is ever so small, 
and bring them up." In a few moments there commenced one of the most 
hotly contested actions of the war, the rebels fighting with terrible fury, 
and the First Maine boys with the dauntless valor of Roman veterans. 
S<iuadron after squadron charged, and fiei'ce and fiercer grew the contest, 
and near and nearer the main forces of the contending parties, till friends 
and foes were repeatedly mixed up, and fought hand to hand. In one of 
these encounters a rebel colonel made a thrust at Lieut. Boyd, his sabre 
passing through his sleeve and through his vest. At the same instant a ball 
from the revolver of a private laid the rebel low — he had fought his last 
battle. In the first charge that was made a younger brother of Capt. Chad- 
bourne fell, severely wounded. The men, forced l)ack, yet fighting at every 
step, tried to take him with them, but were finally compelled to leave him. 



GEOUXD SQlTIliREL BUWGE. -63 

(lie w;is captured and survived his wounds; after beinj? held a prisoner 
three niontlis he was paroled and sent to Annapolis, but died seven days 
after his arrival, — one of the many martyrs to the cause of <jood govern- 
ment.) It was a touching sight to see the gallant captain, on that terrible 
day, lighting under the two-fold inspiratit)n of patriotic and fraternal love — 
fighting hand to hand to drive back the foe and rescue his wounded brother. 
Once during the light he became separated from his men and entirely cut 
otf. Disguised, however, as he was, by smoke and dust, he was not recog- 
nized. Perceiving this, he at once took a position in the rebel line, and 
charged with them. Soon after, an opportunity offered to slip out, of which 
lie was not slow to avail himself. To the great joy of his men he returned 
unharmed. When Gen. Gregg learned the true situation, and saw the retro- 
grade movement of the regiment, he is said to have been more moved than 
he had ever been known to be on any other occasion, exclaiming: " My God! 
is the First Maine coming back ? " Instantly ordering up the artillery, how- 
ever, the enemy was checked, and the fight at this point ended. 

Col, Smith, ill the letter to Lieut. Libl)}^ referred to a few 
pages back, thus speaks of this clay's battle : — 

The next day. May eleventh, our regiment was assigned to the rear of 
the whole cavalry corps. The bridge across the river had been destroyed. 
The whole corps had got well off on the road towards liichmond, and I was 
about to draw in the pickets and follow, when the pickets were vigorously 
attacked. Gordon's brigade of cavalry had forded the river at some point 
above, and gave us an unexpected attack. I dismounted four companies to 
cover and rescue our pickets. Then I deployed the rest of the regiment, 
to enable the dismounted men to remount. In the meantime I sent three 
messengers, one after another, at short intervals, to inform the brigade 
commander, Col. Gregg, that we were overpowered. He returned answer 
in each case to "fall back." He had in that case too much confidence in 
the First Maine. He had never seen it beaten, and thought it could take 
care of itself, and fall back against any odds. With charge after charge 
Ave held that open field, each comiiany becoming more broken and reduced 
every minute, till we reached the tinrl)er, when the entire regiment went to 
pieces for the first time in its career, and every man took the road for him- 
self. Then Col. Gregg soon discovered that he had work in hand, and 
deployed the whole brigade and put the artillery in jiosition, and used it, 
too. We lost fifty men. My horse was shot early in the fight, but not dis- 
abled; a ball passed just underneath the skin of his hind leg, setting him 
to kicking fearfully for a few seconds, while I was under heavy fire, much to 
my discomfort. At anoth.er time I was completely enveloped in a charge 
by the enemy, and expected to be taken prisoner, but escaped, much to my 
own surprise. I was covered with dust, and had only eagles on my shoul- 
ders, without straps. I was not observed by the enemy. I had two revolvers 
in my holsters, and during the fight I drew one after the other, and fired 
eleven shots. One Ijarrel missed fire. I could not, or did not, return my 
sabre, but held it in my bridle hand while I was using my revolvers. I lost 



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FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 



my field glass. I tliink the strap must have been shot in two, as it was 
quite a strong one, that could hardly break. At one time, while in the road, 
I was at the extreme rear of the regiment, and was firing to the rear at 
some of the enemy in hot pursuit of us. I had cocked my pistol on one 
occasion, and turned my head to the rear to look for the enemy, when, 
in my trepidation, I presume, I discharged my revolver prematurely. I 
tixrned my head to the front, and saw one of our own men falling from 
his saddle. It is possible, if not probable, that my accidental shot killed 
him. Many others were shooting at the same time, especially the enemy, 
from behind us ; yet I felt quite sure that mine was the fatal shot, and was 
glad that I did not recognize the man. 

The regiment's loss was Capt. Vauglian taken prisoner, Lieut. 
Libby, of Co. C, wounded, six men killed, fourteen wounded 
and twenty-nine taken prisoners. Maj. Thaxter's horse was 
shot under him, and he, thoroughly exhausted by exertion on 
foot, was in danger of being captured, when Private Isaiah 
Welch, of Co. L, seeing his situation, galloped up to him, gave 
him his horse and ran into the woods. The major escaped on 
the horse, and the brave boy managed to hide in the woods 
between two logs, where he remained until he found a chance to 
escape, which he succeeded in doing, and rejoined his company. 
This was the only instance in the history of the regiment where 
it was completely broken. 

These extracts from a southern account of this engagement, 
dated " Headquarters Gordon's brigade, Brook church, May 13, 
1864," may cause a smile on the part of the men who were 
there : — 

Individual instances of daring are numerous, and we hojie not to be invidi- 
ous in mentioning an instance : In the charge, the Yankee colors at one time 
being almost within reach, Lieut. Lindsay, of the Fifth North Carolina, 
dashes at them and grapples with the color bearer. As he reaches for them 
an expert shift from one hand to the other by the color bearer saves them 
from liis grasp ; but with a w^ell plied stroke of the sabre, he almost unhorses 
the bearer, who, bleeding, reels, but gathers his equilibrium, and, by means 
of the fleetness of his horse, saves himself with his devoted Yankee bunting. 
Another instance is also worthy of publicity: Private Brown, of Co. H, 
Fifth Xorth Carolina Cavalry, a mere strippling, dashes into the heavy ranks 
of the First Maine regiment and encounters an atldetic Yankee captain, who, 
with a stunning blow with his broad sabre, knocks the lad from his horse ; 
at tlie same instant the Yankee captain's horse was shot from under him. 
Just as this brave lad was rising from the ground his eye caught the situation 
of his antagonist, and raising the butt of his gun, he commenced clubbing 




li^ 



Lieut, HORATIO S. LIBBY, Co C. 



Boston, Mass, 



MARCHING AND FIGIITINd. -^^ 

the Yankee, who lustily oried tmt for (luaiter. The brave boy had the satis- 
faction of seeing him subsequently shipped to J.ibl»y. At this i)()int the 
Yankees had settled down to have a good time, for a while, at least, from 
the number of chickens, geese, eggs, etc., they had collected into camp,— 
some with heads just wrung off, some half picked, while eggs, boiled and 
unshelled, lay in profusion around. The ladies' pantries had contributed no 
little to the occasion, as pickle jars and preserve cans lay scattered about 
around their camp-fires. Amid these spoils also lay a number of dead and 
wounded Yankees. A remarkable instance of immediate retribution came 
under our observation on this ])art of the Held. Just at tlie head of ;i (U';ui 
Yankee who had fallen near the roadside, lay a large, line preserve can, with 
its rich contents scattered around the unhappy wretch's head. The peculiar 
cause and circumstance of his death Avas some subject of remark, when a 
little North Carolina lad curtly replied, "Ah, boys, he took his sweetened."' 

In the meantime the advance of the colnmn had been having 
a hot time with the eneni}^ and had succeeded in opening the 
way only after a severe contest, during which Gen. J. E. B. 
Stuart, connnanding the Confederate cavalry, received wounds 
from which he afterwards died. 

But the day's duties were not linished with the morning work. 
The march was still onward, the Second division was rear guard, 
and the regiment had its full share of work to do. All day the 
enemy delayed the advance and harassed the rear, and progress 
was slow. Several times the regiment dismounted and formed 
a skirmish line to repel a threatened attack of the enemy, or to 
prevent a suri)rise, staying on the line until the column was well 
out of the way, only to mount, advance a short distance, and 
again " prepare to fight on foot." But the enemy, though close 
behind the column and all around it, showed no disposition to 
risk another such charge as that of the morning, at least on the 
Union rear, but contented himself with watching matters, threat- 
ening, and occasionally exchanging a few shots. 

On this day the men wonderfully increased their admiration 
for the new chaplain. Rev. George W. Bartlett, who had joined 
the regiment late in the winter before, but who was at this time 
hardly known to the men, owing to the character of the duties 
of the winter, the large detail for Gen. Kilpatrick's raid, and the 
absence of many men on " veteran furloughs." As the regiment 
was hurriedly forming a skirmish line at one time, the chaplain 
rode along the line, saying in a cheery tone : "- Be lively, boys, 



'^^^ FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

the quicker you get iu there the better chance you'll get," 
which was as encouraging as it was soldierly. 

In this slow, tedious, discouraging way, the day's march pro- 
gressed. Along towards night word came back to the rear 
guard that Custer had captured the outer line of the fortifica- 
tions of Richmond and several big guns, or words to that effect, 
which was received with cheers, but the effect of the good news 
was somewhat lessened, as far as this regiment was concerned, 
by the fact that just then there was a flurr}^ in the rear, and the 
boys had to hurry back to the skirmish line they had left but 
a few minutes before. Darkness was most welcome that night. 
Soon after it came the regiment reached the Richmond pike, 
where it found a nice, wide road, in good condition, with 
a beautiful hedge fifteen or twenty feet high, on either side, 
over which the column marched "by j^latoons" easily and as 
pleasantly as could be under the circumstances, and without 
molestation. Just at daylight of Thursday, the twelfth, the 
regiment passed inside the first line of the Richmond fortifica- 
tions, where Custer had made the break, and halted, as the boj'S 
supposed, for breakfast. 

It appears that here was another trap set for the Yankee 
cavalry. The whole command was now inside the outer wall 
of fortifications. On the right was a deep ravine, through 
which no troops could pass. In front was Meadow bridge, a 
bridge nearly a mile long over a swamp, with now and then 
small streams. At the further end of this bridge was a strong 
earthwork, well manned, while the bridge had been partially 
destroyed. In the rear a large force appeared soon after the 
rear guard had passed through the works, and on the left was 
the line of fortifications. The only way out was to cross 
Meadow bridge, or to take the back track. Had Sheridan been 
as well known at that time as he afterwards was, there would 
have been no question as to which he would do. He had 
started to go through, and he was going through. And he did 
go through. 

The Maine boys had scarcely got out of their saddles before 
there was an order to draw ammunition ; and this over, without 
time to cook coffee, barely time to eat a "hardtack straight," 



IN AND OUT OF THE THAI'. 267 

there was an oi-der to inoinit aiul a-way. Swearing was of no 
use, and the only eonsohition the boys got was to wish they 
had cooked breakfast instead of drawing anmuinition. Back 
over the road they had just come they went, halting a short 
distance inside the earthworks, where tliey were drawn up in 
the road in rear of a battery, which was at this time vigorously 
at work, and which was getting prompt replies to its missives, 
from a rebel battery. One battalion was sent forward to charge 
on the rebel guns, but for some reason this project was aban- 
doned (probably on account of the great danger of the under- 
taking and the poor prospect of any gain), and the battalion 
rejoined the regiment. Here the regiment remained, for what 
seemed a very long time, as support for the battery, the boys 
sitting still on their horses, with the enemy's shells striking all 
around them, while to add to the confusion a smart thunder 
shower came up, and the rain fell on Yanks and rebs alike, 
while the thunder of heaven's artillery mingled with that of 
the contending human forces. Those who sat on their horses 
that morning, listening to the various sonnds, will never forget 
the sensations they experienced. While here a rebel shell 
struck the ground in front of Maj. Thaxter's horse, splashing 
mud all over the men in the first set of fours. Another 
exploded right over the major, and sent a piece through the 
withers of the major's horse, while another piece struck the 
major's heel, killing the horse and giving the major the cogno- 
men of " Achilles," for, with the other qualifications of that 
hero, he was vulnerable only in the heel. Several of the boys 
at once reined out to assist the wounded major, but he waved 
them back to their places and hobbled off alone. When this 
sitting still under fire had got so tedious that anything was 
welcome for a change, the regiment was marched to the left, 
near the bank of the ravine, dismounted, and sent into the 
woods to the skirmish line. Here the boys had fun. They 
concealed themselves, as they had well learned to do, behind 
a rail fence, trees, stumps, etc., and were comparatively out of 
sight, while their enemy (whom they supposed to be home 
guards, men who had always done duty in and about Richmond, 
and though brave enough, knew nothing aljout actual service. 



268 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



but thought it would be cowardly to seek any kind of protec- 
tion), stood boldly up in line, in an open field, and made excel- 
lent marks for the aim of their unseen and well protected foe. 
It was cruel to shoot at those brave fellows, to look at it now, 
but then the boys thought onlj^ of doing their duty, and really 
enjoyed selecting the men to shoot at. The regiment remained 
on this line a long time, losing one man killed and four wounded, 
and about two o'clock in the afternoon was called in and fol- 
lowed the column, which was passing out of the " trap." 

The fight at the front was more severe, but Sheridan drove 
the enemy, the bridge was repaired, or rather rebuilt, and 
the First and Third divisions crossed, and finally the Second, 
which was unmolested. The whole force then marched to 
near Mechanicsville, half a dozen miles or so, without further 
molestation, and went into camp ; and the boys, the enemy, 
and the country, were better acquainted with Gen. Sheridan. 

Concerning this day's work, a newspaper correspondent's 
account of this raid, dated " Headquarters Cavalry corps, Hax- 
all's Landing, on James River, May 14, 1864," says: — 

In the rear Col. Gregg's brigade of the Second division, and a portion of 
the Tliird division, under Gen. Wilson, were hotly engaged with Stuart. 
Gen. Wilson sent word to Gen. Sheridan that the enemy was driving him 
slowly back. Gen. Sheridan sent word that "he must hold the position 
at all hazards; that he could and must whip the enemy." Col. Gregg's 
brigade, being re-enforced by a regiment from the First brigade, charged 
the enemy and drove them nearly a mile. The day was now ours. The 
enemy had disappeared from our front, and we succeeded in rebuilding 
Meadow bridge, and the First and Third divisions crossed, covered by the 
Second division, which, in turn, withdrew, and also crossed without being 
annoyed by the enemy. The rebels, previous to crossing the river, jilanted 
a large number of torpedoes in the road, two of which exploded, fortunately, 
however, killing nothing but two horses. The rebel prisoners were at once 
set at work, and compelled to dig carefully with their fingers for the remain- 
ing infernal machines. Twelve of these beauties were unearthed in the 
space of a couple of hours, and placed in the cellar of a lady with strong 
rebel proclivities, living on the road. She protested in the strongest terms 
against the indignity, but was told that if she did not handle them they 
would not exjilode. 

These extracts from the same southern correspondent, quoted 
in regard to the engagement at Ground Squirrel bridge, will 
also be of interest : — 



SUELLKl) BY UNION GUN-JiOATS. 



269 



On Tliuisday moniiiii;- tlio riiemy was still on (lie same load. niovinj;- 
toward Richmond, but closely pressed by (ien. (iordon, who came up with 
tlic Yankee rear near Brook church, about a mile from the last line of 
fortiiications. The Yankees turned down a road leading; to Mechanicsville. 
Here Ave were re-enforced by a re<>iment, or a portion of a regiment, of in- 
fantry, wiiich we hoped would assist in arrestino- the raiders. They were 
placed by (ien. Gordon on each tlank, in the place of dismounted men, with 
orders to double quick and charge the enemy's dismounted men simultane- 
ously with the cavalry charoe. Our boys raised the yell and were going in, 
when the necessary support failed. The command was then forced to dis- 
mount and advance as skirmishers, which was done immediately, steadily 
driving the enemy's skirmishers, when the recreant infantry were again 
ordered forward by Gen. (Jordon; but the only execution they did was by 
firing into our dismounted men, who were far in the advance, killing two 
and wounding several. They then fell back upon the road. Our lines held 
back the enemy and drove him gradually till nightfall. Gen. Gordon was 
severely wounded while leading his men in the skirmish. After resting our 
weary frames, it was discovered that the continued thumping we had given 
the enemy had induced him to causeway the Chickaluiminy swamp and 
make his escape. 

On the thirteenth the march was continued, the enemy mak- 
ing no more attempts to hinder it. The command bivouacked 
that night near Bottom's bridge, a dozen miles east of Rich- 
mond, and marching over Malvern Hill, reached Haxall's Land- 
ing, on the James River, fifteen miles southeast of Richmond, 
on tlie fourteenth, where were United States gunboats, which 
had come up to assist Sheridan, did occasion require, as well as 
to convoy transports with rations for the command. By some 
misunderstanding the gunboats commenced to shell the column 
as it came in sight, and the boys will never forget the sound of 
those shells (" cast iron stoves " they called them) as they whirled 
through the air. The signal ofiicers galloped to the front in 
hot haste, and in a short time the firing was stopped, — before 
any casualties occurred in this regiment, though there were 
rumors of a man killed in another regiment of the command. 
Here the men w^ere allowed to unsaddle (all but one battalion, 
which was on picket), and to get a good night's rest, two unex- 
pected luxuries about that time. And the rations were very 
-welcome, for the command had been living on the country 
almost since starting, and such source of supply was rather 
irregular, especially when time to forage c(udd not be spared 
from fighting. And more than all, the boys were cheered by 



270 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

the good news from the Army of the Potomac, which had been 
doing wonders in the few days the cavahy had been away ; and 
though the news was somewhat indefinite, it was none the less 
welcome. 

The command remained here the next day, during which the 
sick and wounded were put on board the boats for transfer to 
Washington, and there was a general, though brief, season of 
refreshing rest. About six o'clock on the afternoon of the six- 
teenth, the regiment and the pioneers of the whole division, all 
under command of Col. Smith, started for the Chickahominy 
River, to repair Jones' bridge, and put it in condition for the 
command to cross. This force reached the locality about mid- 
night, and early the next morning the pioneers commenced 
their work, the regiment acting as support and also doing 
picket duty in all directions, while the bridge building was 
under the direction of Col. Smith, assisted by Capt. Ellis, of 
Co. E. In the morning Lieut. Harris, of Co. F, who had 
been on picket with his company, was found dead under such 
circumstances as to- lead to the belief that he shot himself 
accidentally. There was no trouble from the enemy, though 
guerillas showed themselves at times during the day. By noon 
the bridge was finished, and the command waited patiently, 
some of the men using the time quite profitably the whilst in 
fishing, for the column to come ; but it did not come till the next 
morning. When it arrived. Chaplain Merrill says : " To facili- 
tate the passage of the troops it was then found necessary to 
build the second bridge. The water was deep, the banks high, 
and the bridge must be thirty-six feet between the bearings ; 
and yet so well had the exigency been provided for, and so 
energetic and skilful were the men, that in one hour and forty- 
five minutes the structure was completed, and the first train 
passed over it." This at that time was the quickest built bridge 
on record. The abutments were made by cutting down trees 
that hung over the water on either shore, placing logs from the 
one to the other on the same shore, and resting the stringers on 
these logs. 

The crossing was effected during the day, and there was a 
deal of tedious waiting, for those first over must wait for the 



THE liETUEN MAIiCII. 271 

rest, while to add to the discomfort the hot smi alternated with 
showers all day long. Ahout hve o'clock in the afternoon the 
command started, and about ten o'clock halted for the night, 
being then a few miles from White House Landing. The next 
morning (nineteenth) the command was ordered in readiness 
to move ; but after the order was obeyed it was countermanded, 
and the day was spent in resting, foraging (for the rations were 
out the night before), and picketing. On the twentietli there 
was a hot, tedious march by the Second division, to near Coal 
Harbor. Here there was a couple of days of picketing, this 
regiment getting the second day of it, and on the twenty- 
second the march was resumed, the command halting that 
night near White House Landing, on the Pamunkey River, 
where transports supplied rations and forage, and where the 
horses had another night relieved from saddle and pack. 

Next morning the command crossed the river on a high 
railroad bridge, which was anything but pleasant or easy to 
do, and then started off, passing by King William's C!ourt 
House, and halting before dark on the banks of the Matta- 
pony, near Aylett's warehouse. The order was "unsaddle 
and go into camp," an order always cheerfully obeyed ; and 
soon after that there was a sight such as is seldom seen. The 
river was near, its waters were tem})ting, the boys Avere dusty 
and dirty, and it only needed one or two to lead the way to 
entice large numbers into the water. A brigade in swimming- 
could be seen from the camp of the regiment, and proljably 
the rare, invigorating fun was enjoyed all along the line, and 
it was rare fun and thoroughly enjoyed. The sounds of can- 
nonading in a northwesterly direction at sunset told the boys 
they were getting in the vicinity of the Army of the Po- 
tomac. 

On the twenty-fourth there was another tedious, dusty march 
to near Hanover Court House, and then for a while on the 
Bowling Green road, with the sounds of Grant's cannon all 
day, and about noon on the twenty-hfth the cavalry corps had 
joined the Army of the Potomac, and the boys were again " at 
home," this being the seventeenth day the corps had been 
outside the army lines. As an indication of the severity of the 



272 FIBST MAUVE CAVALRY. 

marching on this expedition, it may be said that in one day 
seventy-two horses became unfit for service, and were killed, 
to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy and being 
recuperated and rendered fit for service. Of this expedition, 
which he designates a "raid against the enemy's lines of com- 
munication with Richmond," Gen. Grant thus speaks in liis 
ofhcial report : — 

On the twenty-fiftli (May) Gen. Sheridan rejoined the Army of the 
Potomac from tlie raid on whicli he started from Spottsylvania, having 
destroyed the depots at Beaver Dam and Asliland Stations, four trains of 
cars, large supplies of rations and many miles of railroad track; recaptured 
about four hundred of our men on the way to Richmond as prisoners of 
war; met and defeated the enemy's cavalry at Yellow Tavern; carried the 
first line of works around Pdchmond, but, finding" the second line too strong 
to be carried by assault, recrossed to the north bank of the Chickahominy 
at Meadow bridge, under heavy fire, and moved by a detour to Haxall's 
Landing, on tlie James River, where he communicated with Gen. Butler. 
This raid had the effect of drawing off the whole of the enemy's cavalry 
force, and making it comparatively easy to guard our trains. 

A newspaper correspondent Avho accompanied the expedition, 
thus writes from Haxall's Landing, on the fourteenth : — - 

The Cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac, under the command of 
Maj. Gen. P. H. Sheridan, have during the past ten days covered themselves 
with glory, and accomplished the most decisive results of the war. They 
have fought and defeated Stuart's boasted cavalry for nine successive 
days, flanked his army, destroyed all his communications with Richmond, 
captui'ed and destroyed three long trains loaded with commissary stores, 
together with two first-class engines, recaptured three hundred and seventy- 
eight Union prisoners, including two colonels, one lieutenant colonel, and 
several officers of lower grade, captured three pieces of artillery and about 
two hundred prisoners, taken the outer line of fortifications on the north 
side of Richmond, whipped their cavalry and infantry within the sound of 
the church bells of their capital, and brought the command safely through 
to the James River, under the protection of our gunboats. 

During this part of the campaign of 1864 a portion of the 
regiment had been doing good service elsewhere. Maj. Cillej^ 
and Capts. Virgin and Montgomery found themselves in Wash- 
ington, the former on his return from New York, where he had 
been with the men transferred to the navy from the Second 
division, and the other two on their return from leave of 





Capt. WM. S. HOWE, MD., Co. D. 
Lewiston. 




Asst. Siir. GEO. J, NORTHRO 
Marquette, Mich. 





Dr. MELVIN PREBLE, Co. K. 
Bangot. 



Asst. Sur. SUMNER A. PATTEN, MD. 
Skowhegan. 




Dr. THOS. B. PULSIFER, Co. D 
Yarmouth, Mass. 




Dr. A. O. STODDARD, Co. I. 
Belfast. 



Capt. GEORGE CARY, M.D , Co. K. 
Houlton. 



ox DETACHED SEIiVICE. 



273 



iibsence, after the cavaliy corps had cut loose fi'oin the rest 
of the army, and were put in command of a detachment of 
men at ^ dismounted camp." These men were veterans return- 
ing- from their furh^ughs, convaU\scents from hosi)itals, etc., and 
consisted of one hunih-ed and live from the First Maine and 
detachments from other regiments of the division. They num- 
bered at tirst two liundred and thirteen from the Second brigade 
(including sixty-seven from this regiment), and one hundred 
and two from the First brigade, and were afterwards increased 
to four hundred. This detachment left Washington on the 
twelfth of May for Belle Plain, arriving the next day, and 
there remained until the sixteenth, guarding rebel prisoners. 
On that day the detachment started, crossing the Rappahan- 
nock soon after noon, camping two miles or so from Freder- 
icksburg, and reaching Gen. Meade's headquarters about noon 
the next day. In the afternoon the detachment was sent out 
to support the Thirteenth Pennsylvania regiment, which Avas 
being driven back from a reconnoissance to Guiney's Station, 
and got ready to receive the enemy, but he did not come. 

On the twenty-first Maj. Cilley, then under Gen. Torbet, was 
directed, with three hundied men of his command, to support 
the artillery near Milford Station, and afterwards to drive 
the enemy back from the left of the station. He deployed 
two squadrons as skirmishers, keeping one in reserve, and 
advanced through a wood, pressing the enemy back to the 
rifle pits, and then charged. The first attempt was unsuccess- 
ful, but at the second charge he carried the works, capturing 
fort3"-one prisoners, including four officers of the Eleventh 
Virginia Infantr}\ In the afternoon Capt. Montgomery, with 
a detachment of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, captured ten 
prisoners on the other side of the river. The loss to the 
detachment this day was seven killed and ten wounded, none 
being from the First Maine, as the one hundred men of this 
regiment, under Capt. Virgin, were guarding a road on the 
flank. 

The next day the detachment reported to Gen. Hancock 
and was sent in different directions, scouting and guarding the 
trains, and on the twenty-third the pickets were called in and 



274 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

the detachment was ordered to proceed immediately to Old 
Chesterfield. The roads were crowded by infantry, and the 
horsemen were obliged to take the side of the roads, making- 
marching unpleasant and slow. During this march Maj. Cilley 
had the same satisfaction of being spoken to by Gen. Grant 
that the comrade did who, early in the history of the regiment, 
bragged that the colonel had spoken to him, and on being 
asked what he had said, replied: "He told me to 'push up.'" 
The major was ordered by Gen. Torbet (to whom he reported 
for orders) to move rapidly to his assistance, and for so doing 
was reprimanded by Gen. Grant, who did not know of this 
order. 

That night the detachment was sent on picket near Chester- 
field Station, and Capt. Montgomery sj^ent the night in the 
saddle trying to connect with the left of the infantry, during 
which one of his sergeants was shot by the infantry pickets. 
On the twenty-fourth Capt. Virgin, with a strong detachment, 
escorted a train with wounded men to Port Royal, on the Rap- 
pahannock. Next day Maj. Cilley with his command crossed 
the North Anna River and reported to Gen. Gibbons on the 
extreme left of the infantry, and participated in the fight at 
that point. The next day he reported with his detachment 
at division headquarters, and brought a welcome re-enforce- 
ment of one hundred men to the regiment. 



CHAPTER XII. 

SECOND CAMPAIGN UNDER SHERIDAN. 

On thk Advance again. — The Fight at Hawp:s' Shop. — Mail Deliv- 
ered ON the Battle-field. — The Fight at Coal Harbor. — Death 
OF Chaplain Bartlett. — Sheridan's Raid toavard Gordonsville. 
— Foraging on Foot. — The Fight at Trevillian Station. — A 
Lively Artillery Duel. — Visit to Louisa Court House. — On 
THE Back Track. — A Week of Hot, Dusty, Tiresome Marching. — 
Spottsylvania Court House a Month after the Battle. — Fight 
AT White House Landing. — First Day^'s Rest for Nearly* Two 
Months. — The Fight at St. Mary''s Church. — Intense Heat. — 
The Day with the Led Horses. — " At Home " again. 

THE boys found that " home " had moved since they left it^ 
three weeks before, and was now on the North Anna 
River, instead of in the " Wiklerness." The news of 
what the Army of the Potomac had done in their absence, that 
Grant had gradually been nearing Richmond and forcing the 
enemy back, was inspiriting, indeed, and to this were added 
letters and papers for the boys from home in abundance, that 
had collected during their absence. Not long was the rest, 
however, for the next day, twenty-sixth, the command started 
about noon and marched, as the advance of the Army of the 
Potomac, directly back over the road it had just come, for some 
distance, and then turning to the right, continued on all night, 
reaching the Pamunkey River, near Hanover Town, next morn- 
ing, where there was a short skirmish in which the enemy was 
driven, and crossing the river on pontoons, this regiment getting 
across about eight o'clock. There was some manoeuvering and 
skirmishing on the other side of the river, and then the regiment 
marched down the river a short distance, and went into camp 
on some fine bottom lands belonging to an old lady, who was 
terribly exercised about it, where the horses lived in clover and 

275 



276 FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 

the boys feasted on ripe straM'berries. This movement was 
another of Gen. Grant's flank movements. 

The morning of May twenty-eighth the regiment was still on 
the bank of the river. About ten o'clock the orders came to 
move out, and in a very short time the regiment was moving 
out. It was but a short march before trouble began with the 
advance, and ere long two divisions of the cavalry corps were 
engaged in what was pronounced the severest and most hotly 
contested cavalry fight of the war up to that time, and which 
Gen. Grant in his official report says was a " severe but success- 
ful engagement," the fight borne on the regimental battle-flag 
as " Havves' Shop." In this engagement the regiment was given 
the unenviable, soul-harrowing, though responsible position of 
support for a battery, and a lively battery it was, too, not only 
keeping up a heavy fire, but drawing a smart fire from the rebel 
battery. The regiment was drawn up in line a short distance 
in rear of the battery, a portion of it partially behind some 
woods, while in front of the centre was a tall chimney supported 
by a large brick oven — all the war had left of some mansion. 
Here for an hour or more, and time did drag fearfully, every 
minute seeming an hour, the boys sat on their horses, listening 
to the sounds of the battle they could not see ; listening to 
sounds of the enemy's shells whizzing through the tops of the 
trees in front of them or close by that tall chimney, and think- 
ing how the bricks and mortar would come down among the men 
if a shell or solid shot should strike it ; watching the shell and 
shot strike the ground in their front, for the enemy had remark- 
ably good range ; and all the time wishing they were anywhere 
but there. Then they were allowed to dismount and sit or lie 
down on the ground in front of their horses, which was much 
more comforting. And if some of the men found themselves 
working into the ground before that long, severe strain was over, 
who can blame them, for the fight raged long and hot, and to 
remain under that severe fire doing nothing was a greater strain 
by far than the more active if more dangerous fighting. The 
men under those circumstances get the noise of the battle with- 
out its excitement, and the danger without the glory and 
without the forgetfulness of danger that activity brings. Shells 



H AWES' snoi'. 



277 



never scream so iievcely or soniul so wirkedly as under those 
conditions. Men can only think and liDpc, and tlieir nerves are 
sorely tried. They are inclined tt) wish the enemy would charge 
on the battery they are su])porting, so they can have something 
to do — something to thiidv about besides themselves and their 
chances.' 

Before the regiment was dismounted a shell came bounding 
along the line from right to left, taking off the legs of three 
horses in its course, and rolling along directly under the horse 
rode by Maj. Cilley, just in rear of Co. I. There was a general 
shudder for a moment by all who saw it, in anticipation of its 
explosion, for the fuse was smoking and the major's horse was 
so thoroughly frightened that it could not be induced by the 
most vigorous application of the spur to leave the dangerous 
locality. However, the explosion resulted harmlessly, as far 
as the major or his horse w^as concerned. 

One of those hair-breadth escapes which were so connnon 
as to excite not nnich w^onder at the time, occurred during this 
engagement. When the regiment dismounted, Sergt. Jumper, 
of Co. G, lingered by his saddle-bags for a moment to get 
some tobacco, and hardly had he left them and seated himself 
on the ground, when a shell struck his horse in such a manner 
that, had he stood as he did the moment before, or had he been 
on the horse, he would probably have been instantly killed. 
The boys learned to look upon such instances not as matters of 
luck, but as evidences of the protection of a higher power. 
The horse was killed. The sergeant took off his blankets, 
tent, etc., emptied the saddle-bags, distributed among his com- 
rades, to take care of until he returned, so much of his worldly- 
goods as he could not conveniently carry on foot, bade his com- 

^ This feeling is well described by J. W. DeForest, iu a short sketch entitled " A 
Xight at Sea," published in 18Gi): " What does a man think of when he stands consciously 
on the borders of the grave ? The writer of this knows by frequent experience that there 
is in such conditions very little consecutive thought. The mind acts in brief and numer- 
ous yet not violent corruscations, which seem almost to explode at once, and which 
instantly extinguish each other. The peril — the distant home— again the peril— what is 
beyond — the movement of some object — tjie outline of another — the dread of bodily 
pain — the chances of escape — what happened yesterday —what should be done to-morrow 
—hopes that may be dashed — once more the loved ones — then again the peril — always a 
foreboding — a dull, persistent foreboding. Such is tlie waiting for conflict; a very dif- 
ferent thing from conflict actual, — a thing much harder to bear." 



278 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

rades good-by, as he knew not when he should see them again, 
and left the field. In less than half an hour he was back 
again, having obtained a horse from one of the comrades who 
was ill, when he gathered up his worldly goods, packed saddle 
and saddle-bags, and took his place in line as though nothing 
had happened. 

For three or four hours the fight raged, and then, the enemy 
having apparently got all he wanted, the firing ceased, though 
the battery and the regiment remained in position until nine 
o'clock in the evening, when the regiment went back to the 
river, the horses were unsaddled, and the men went into camp 
as if there was not a rebel within a thousand miles. The loss 
to the regiment in this engagement was one man killed and 
three wounded, while four horses were killed. The regiment 
had taken part, and an important part, in one of the most 
severely contested cavalry fights of the war, yet the men had 
not fired a shot or seen a rebel. They had really been in little 
danger, — the loss was small, — but they had shown quite as 
much courage as their comrades in the thick of the fight, and 
there was no time during the engagement that they would not 
willingly have changed places with them. 

On tlie twenty-ninth the regiment remained comparatively 
idle, doing a little picket and other duty, and moving two or 
three miles to secure better grazing ground. Next day prep- 
arations were made to move early in the morning, but they 
were afterwards countermanded, and the men got a rest until 
two o'clock in the afternoon, when the pickets were attacked, 
everything went to their sup])ort, and a smart fight commenced 
near Old Churcli Tavern. This fight lasted a couple of hours 
or so, but the down east boys did not get engaged, being held 
in reserve. During its progress the train arrived, and forage 
was issued and mail delivered on the field, while the regiment 
was in position as support. Such are the comforts and con- 
veniences of modern warfare. 

On the thirty-first there was marching, countermarching, 
picketing, scouting, etc., the re'giment camping at night near 
White House Landing, the new base of supplies for the Army 
of the Potomac, and the first of June was like unto the last of 



COAL HARBOli. 



279 



May, the regiment ])k'ketiiio' on the Hank oT (Jen. IJahly Smith's 
forces, which were moving up to join Gen. (xrant's army, and 
camping that night on the Coal Harhor road. 

The morning of June second the division was early on the 
move in the direction of and by Barker's Mills, this regiment 
having the advance. Abont eight o'clock a portion of the 
regiment was deployed as mounted skirmishers, and ordered 
to advance through the woods, whiU; the remainder advanced 
in column through a road on the left. This last portion, as 
well as the left of the line of skirmishers, soon got through 
the woods, when, finding the enemy's skirmish line posted on 
top of a hill. Col. Smith at once charged up the hill with 
this force and drove the enemy ; but his command had barely 
reached the top of the hill and got into position when the 
enemy opened a severe fire with several batteries of artillery, 
from a larger and longer hill on the right. It seemed as if the 
air was full of deadly missiles, and the cannonading was inces- 
sant. Sending the horses back, a skirmish line was formed, and 
the position was held the greater part of the day (the Second 
and Thirteenth Pennsylvania regiments coming up and taking 
position on the right and left of the regiment), in spite of the 
heavy artillery fire and the frequent spasms of musketry with 
which the enemy was affected. 

In the meantime the right of tlie regiment, which attempted 
to ffo throuPfh tlie woods mounted, found itself in thick under- 
brush, — such woods as they seldom saw in Virginia, — and it 
Avas with difficulty they got through, and that not until after 
the charge had been made and the artillery had opened. They 
reported the sounds of the cannon, mingled with that of the 
shot and shell crashing through the trees, as perfectly terrific ; 
and they got out of the woods as quickly as they could, when 
they were sent on picket duty on the right and left of the 
skirmish line, and then to support the dismounted line, in 
which position they remained till the line was withdrawn. 

No attempt was made to advance from the position on the 
hill, and though one or two attempts were made to drive 
the regiment from there with dismounted men and the artil- 
lery, they were not successful. The regiment remained on 



-80 FIE ST MAINE CAVALET. 

the line till after four o'clock that afternoon, when it was 
relieved (the infantry coming up), and marched to near Bot- 
tom's bridge, and went into camp. The loss in this engage- 
ment was one officer and one enlisted man killed and five men 
wounded. The position of the regiment, just behind the brow 
of a hill, accounts for the comparatively small loss, for there w'as 
ammunition enough thrown at it to have given each man his 
weight, almost. This was known among the boys as the fight 
at Barker's Mills, but is on record officially as the battle of 
Coal Harbor, it being the preparation for, and commencement 
of, that engagement. 

At the very first of the engagement Chaplain Bartlett was 
instantly killed. He had charged up the hill with the regi- 
ment, and when the enemy's artillery opened, a shell or solid 
shot struck him in the body, cutting him in two. His body 
w^as buried, after the fight was over, a short distance from the 
field, and that night his horse and effects were sold at auction, 
and naught but the memory of the kind, brave, patriotic chap- 
lain remained with the regiment. In the cool pursuits of civil 
life, to read of such a proceeding thrills one with horror ; but 
in the hurry and bustle and exigencies of active service, it was 
looked upon as a matter of course, and the men turned from 
the tears at his grave and in his memory, to the curiosity of the 
auction sale, and then to the round of duties, with tender rever- 
ence, but with no thought of undue haste or any impropriety. 
Nor did they the next two days, as the plain board that marked 
his grave was midway between the two skirmish lines, hesitate 
to fire for fear of disfio-uring^ that. 

Narrow escapes were numerous in tliis fight, and many a man 
came very near being hit by shell or shot as they ricocheted 
over the brow of the hill, or were driven from their direct 
course by the trees. Earl}^ in the engagement a shell struck 
into the rails of a light breastwork, hastily thrown up, behind 
which was a portion of Co. A. At this the men stepped back 
down the hill a bit, when Col. Smith, who saw them, quietly 
remarked : '■'• You are safe up there, that place has been hit." 
The men returned to their places. Later in the day, as Col. 
Smith, Maj. Cilley, Adjt. Bibber, and other officers and men — 





Capt. JACOB B, LORING, Co. 
Rockland. 




Sergt. JACOB B. LORING. 

Horse shot under him May I 2. I 864 

in front of Richmond, Va. 




Lieut. HENRY D. FULLER, Co. B. 
Deceased. 



Sergt. MELVILLE B. COOK, Co. B. 
Friendship. 



NABROW ESCAPES. 281 

nine in all — were sitting- on the grouiul, in shade of a small tree 
jnst in rear of this breastwork, Adjt. 13i])l)er said: "Those 
fellows have got our range, and T think the next shot will 
come about here"; and he got u)) and walked about. Sure 
enough, a moment later a shell jjassed between the bodies of 
Col. Smith and Maj. Cilley, struck in the middle of the group, 
ploughing the ground up along the leg of Corp. Thomas J. 
Neal, of Co. C, who was on duty at headquarters, and knock- 
ing his sabre hilt against him without hurting him, though it 
gave him a severe blow. Had Adjt. Bibber not got uj) just as 
he did, that shot would have gone through him. The boys of 
Co. A, to wliom the colonel had spoken a little while before, 
saAV this incident, and the colonel fancied he could see a sort of 
smile creep over their faces, as they thought of what he had 
said to them. Capt. Tucker and Lieut. Boyd were both hit 
by balls from shrapnel, but neither were injured, and Sergt. 
McCobb, of Co. B, had a portion of the rim of his hat carried 
away by a shell, while his forehead was torn by a sliver from 
the pile of rails behind which he had taken position for protec- 
tion. And there were other escapes as wonderful, which have 
not come down to history. 

The next forenoon the men got a bit of rest, but at noon 
were again on the move, going back to near the ground of the 
fight of the day before, at Barker's Mills. Here they went on 
picket as a dismounted skirmish line, in sight of the enemy, the 
men putting u}) breastworks, and remained that night, the next 
day, and until the morning of the fifth. While on this line the 
men heard the sounds of the severe battle at Coal Harbor. On 
the fifth the regiment moved to Bottom's bridge, remaining 
there that night, and the next afternoon marched at a rapid 
rate back to near Old Church Tavern, crossing the Pamunkey 
Kiver at Newcastle Ferry, lialf a dozen miles or so below Han- 
over Town, and going into camp about eleven o'clock. 

The morning of the seventh, the regiment, with two divisions 
of the corps, under Gen. Sheridan, who by this time wns well 
known to the men personally, and had won the pet name of 
" Little Phil," started on an expedition against the Virginia 
Central Railroad, with instructions to Gen. Hunter, Avho was 



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expected to meet Sheridan at Chaiiottsville from the Shen- 
andoah valley, to join his force, then to effectually break up 
the railroad connection between Richmond and the Shenan- 
doah valley and Lynchburg, and then rejoin the Army of the 
Potomac. This was known among the boys as Sheridan's 
second raid, or the raid toward Gordonsville. The command 
camped the first night near Aylett's ; crossed Altoona swamp 
the second day, camping that night near Pole Cat Station, on 
the Fredericksburg Railroad, having marched slowly and halted 
much during the day ; marched a while on the direct road to 
Fredericksburg the third day, and then struck to the left, pass- 
ing through Newmarket, the regiment doing picket duty that 
night on the road leading from Newmarket to Bumpass vStation, 
on the Virginia Central Railroad, and a detachment under 
Maj. Thaxter reconnoitring the railroad during the night ; and 
marched slowly behind the trains the fourth day, passing by 
Waller's Tavern, Good Hope church and Andrews, crossing the 
North Anna River, and going into camp near Nelson's Branch, 
on the road to Louisa Court House. 

There was little to distinguish this march from others, only 
that the orders against taking horses from the column, except 
with permission or by order, were so stringent and so rigidly 
enforced, that private foraging had to be done on foot, which, 
however, did not prevent it being quite extensively done. 
Adventurous and hungry boys would start off on foot in 
advance of the column in the morning, and scour along the 
line of march as well as they could, leaving their horses to be 
led along in the column by comrades, recompensing the com- 
rades for this trouble by dividing the spoils with them on their 
return, which oftentimes was not till the command had halted 
for the night. This method of foraging was quite successfvd, 
though now and then some of those who had wandered too far 
from the column visited Richmond before the comrades leading 
their horses got their share of the spoils. The foragers sent 
out by orders from headquarters were also quite successful, 
though some of them were fired on, and occasionp^lly men were 
killed or captured. Lieut. Gordon, while out with a foraging 
party, was fired upon, but no one was injured. On the Avhole 



A NE]V MI LIT A I! y OUDKU. 283 

the uicii (lid not suffer a great deal fi'oiu lumber, while many of 
thcni lived on the fat of the land. 

On the third night out there was a bit of a scare, followed he- 
lots of fun. The regiment was on picket, and after the line had 
been established the men at the reserve were allowed to unsad- 
dle their horses for an hour to rub them down and rest them. 
They had unsaddled and were busily engaged in getting supper, 
when the sound of the sharp crack of a rifle, followed by an- 
other and another, came from the direction of the pickets. Col. 
Smith, who was resting under a tree a short distance from the 
regiment, at once jumped to his feet and sang out, " Attention ! " 
Then there was a hustling, a jumping for the horses, and a 
throwing on of the saddles such as the reoiment but seldom 
witnessed. Before half a dozen of the liveliest had got saddled, 
an orderly rode up to Col. Smith and said a word, whereupon 
the colonel turned round, and with military voice and manner 
gave the entirely new order, " Go on with your Apple sauce ! " 
an order which was long remembered. The boys obeyed this 
most M'illingly, the excitement was over, and hilarity ran ram- 
pant for a few moments. It appeared that the commander of 
the pickets found near his line some fine, fat cattle, and wisely 
judged they Avould do his men good, so he concluded to shoot 
one or two of them, first sending an orderly to notify Col. 
Smith, that no alarm might be created. The orderly had some 
difficulty in finding the regiment, and the cattle were killed just 
before he arrived, the officer thinking he had waited long 
enough. 

The morning of June eleventh the command started at an 
early hour, this regiment next the advance, instead of at the rear 
where it properly belonged, owing to its being first in readiness 
to move out. The advance soon met the enemy in force near 
Trevillian Station, on the Virginia Central Railroad, eight miles 
or so from Gordons ville. Skirmishing commenced between six 
and seven o'clock in the morning, and the engagement soon 
became general and severe, lasting all day long. This is known 
as the fight at Trevillian Station, and was a hard day's work for 
the command, while the Maine boys considered it one of the 
hardest days in their experience, for the amount of actual fight- 



284 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

ing they had to do. The regiment prepared to fight on foot 
half a dozen times in as many positions, without firing a shot. 
It moved all along the Union lines, taking up various positions, 
only to leave them without getting into action. In short, it was 
moving round and getting ready during the most of the engage- 
ment, a great part of the time supporting a batter}- which could 
not seem to get where it wanted to. 

At one time the battery was drawn up behind a piece of 
woods, and so close to them that it was reported that the officer 
commanding declared, in response to an imperative order from 
Gen. Gregg to open on the enemy's battery, which was doing 
lively service, that he could not fire in that position, to which 
the general replied, '' Well, 1 can," and he did, sending a shot 
through and over the Avoods, followed by others, that silenced 
the enemy's battery for a while. While there, a shot or shell 
came whizzing through the trees, knocking one of the battery 
drivers from his horse. Another came bounding sportively 
along toward the regiment, which was in line a short distance to 
the rear, almost tempting one to tiy and stop it with his foot, 
and passing between two companies. As it neared the regiment 
there was a general scattering of the men in its way, which 
caused a laugh from one who was farther off, and the query : 
"Can't you dodge anything coming so slow as that?" to 
which a dry joker replied : " Yes, but the darn thing may 
be rotten." The fact that it might be a shell, and liable to 
explode, had not crossed the mind of the questioner. At 
another time, wliile the battery was apparently in reserve, the 
regiment had a position where the shells and pieces of shell flew 
round altogether too thickly to be encouraging to men who had 
nothing to do but wait in patience and watch for the missiles, 
and the boys were not sorry to get orders to move, though 
they knew not what was in store for them next. Other portions 
of the command had severe fighting, and this regiment only 
escaped by the fortunes of the service. 

About five o'clock a determined attack was made on the 
enemy's position by the dismounted men, accompanied by this 
regiment and its battery, who went down the pike, which 
finall}' succeeded in breaking the enemy's lines, and in a moment 



TBEVILLIAN STATION. 285 

the battery was in position on a hill in tlie very phice the 
rebel battery had just left, and the regiment was in line in 
a small field behind it, while the dismounted men had advanced 
and taken up a new position. Then all was quiet. The men 
began to get careless. Some were sitting on the ground in 
front of their horses ; some had gone for water, leaving their 
horses in charge of their comrades ; some were writing, and 
some were lying doAvn. A portion of the artiller}- horses had 
been taken to water, and one or two companies of this regiment 
had led their horses away for the same purpose. Everything 
looked as little like fighting as it is possible to imagine, and 
there was a free and easy look to the whole field. Suddenly 
the dismounted men commenced tiring briskly, and more 
briskly, and then the rebel artillery opened. Their gunnery 
was excellent. They had the exact distance, as they knew 
well enough the Yaukees would place their battery on the 
ground they had just left, that being the only available place 
in the immediate vicinity; and they knew just how to time 
their fuses. (This knowledge of the country, and of the dis- 
tances from one position to another, was an advantage the 
enemy's artillery had all through the war). The first shot that 
came over was shrapnel, and it struck plumb into the Union 
battery, wounding the commanding officer, disabling two horses, 
and bursting, scattered pieces of shell and iron balls all over the 
regiment. Others followed in rapid succession, all striking in 
the battery or between it and the regiment, and filling the air 
with their contents. Then there was excitement, but no confu- 
sion. The men who had wandered from the line returned in 
hot haste ; the horses that had strayed from their places were 
brought back ; the artillery horses came galloping to their posi- 
tions. Still came the shells from the rebel guns with wonder- 
ful precision, striking in front of the regiment, and sending 
a shower of iron in all directions. The Union battery got ready 
to reply quicker than it takes to tell it, and opened fire. (^ol. 
Smith took in the situation at once, and coolly riding along, 
sang dut in his clear, ringing voice and well-known manner : 
"^^ — TEN— TION! Fo^irs Left ! — FORWARD ! " These 
orders -were obeyed with exceeding pi'omptness, and before half 



286 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

a dozen shots had been fired the regiment had moved its length 
to the left, and was out of range, and the shot and shell, for 
the most part, went harmlessly by on the right, though the 
stray shrapnel bullets occasionally bounded round strangely, 
some stopping so near the men that they picked them up as 
mementoes of the fight, almost without leaving their places. 
This artillery duel was of short duration, the enemy soon get- 
ting enough, and quiet was restored. Col. Smith then rode 
along the line, inquiring of each company : " How many men 
hurt in this company ? " To his surprise he found but three or 
four, and one or two horses (the regiment's loss in the engage- 
ment was three wounded and two missing, and five horses 
killed), and he rode back shaking his head, and saying, half to 
himself : " I cannot understand it ; I cannot understand it. I 
cannot understand how they can throw so much of that stuff in 
amongst us and not hurt more of us ; I cannot understand it." 

Private Thomas A. Trask, of Co. B, was severely wounded 
in the arm in this engagement. On being taken to the sur- 
geons they decided to cut the arm off ; but Trask was not 
agreeable to that idea, so he darted out of the house used for a 
temporary hospital, and made his way to his company, where 
he stayed until he could be sent to a hospital. He was absent 
six weeks, and returned a sound man. 

Gen. Grant, in his official report, speaks of this fight as an 
obstinate contest in which the enemy was driven from the field 
in a complete mob, leaving his wounded and about four hun- 
dred prisoners and several hundred horses in our hands. 

It was now nearly dark, and there was no more fighting that 
night. One battalion of the regiment went on picket on the 
road to Louisa Court House, and the remainder bivouacked on 
the field behind the battery. The boys of this latter portion 
would have got a good night's sleep but that a great part of 
the night was spent in drawing rations (service the men were 
generally most ready to perform, but they would have preferred 
some other time than most of the night after a hard day's work), 
and before morning a drizzling rain rather interfered with first- 
class sleep in the open air. 

Early rising was in order next morning, and at six o'clock 



LOUISA t'ounr house again. 



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the regiment was again on the move, a portion to go on picket, 
and the remainder to go by itself on a reconnoissance to Louisa 
Court House, going by different roads, a portion under com- 
mand of Maj. Cilley, and another portion under command of 
Maj. Thaxter, all under command of Col. Smith. There were 
small bodies of the enemy in the vicinity, slight skirmishing 
took place at times, and one or two charges were made ])y ])or- 
tions of the regiment ; but no large force was found, and the 
command reached Louisa Court House with but little trouble 
or hindrance. Here was a wonderful place in which to revive 
old memories. Well did tlie boys remember their visit the 
year before, under Gen. Stoneman, and well did the citizens 
remember it, too, and there was some sharp sparring about it. 
Beside, there were with the detachment some of those who 
were taken prisoners at Brandy Station, and who had promised 
the citizens of this village, as they went through there on the 
cars en route to Richmond, just a year before to a day, to call 
and see them again in a year ; and right glad were they to 
make their promise good, especially when they remembered the 
taunts, and jeers, and insults they received from the inhabitants 
Avhen they were under guard. No enemy was discovered in 
this vicinity, and the command did not make a long stay. 

Before it left, however, the boj^s had done some foraging, 
securing goodly quantities of forage, bacon, and tobacco, and 
some government stores had been destroyed. The men who 
were on that trip, or a portion of them, at least, will never for- 
get the appearance the head of the column made as it left the 
town. Some of the boys, in their investigations, had found 
several jars of preserves, and of course helped themselves. The 
jars were brought out to the column, and each man, even to 
the officer who rode at the head, dipped in his hardtack for 
a bit of the delicacy. While this was going on, the order was 
received, "Forward I" and away the column went, nearly every 
man eating from a hardtack daubed with rebel preserves, to the 
general disgust of the citizens. In another portion of the vil- 
lage was a sweet time, also. The boys found some bee-hives, 
and being more powerful than the bees, captured the honey. 
During this operation Maj. Cilley had a similar experience to 



288 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

that of Maj. Taylor at Luray the December before, for which 
he has smce been accused by Sergt. W. B. Smith of " fighting 
the busy bee with the sabre." However, the honey was a suc- 
cess, if the tight was not. 

The detachment got back to the field of the day before about 
noon, and went on picket in the afternoon. During the day 
other troops had been engaged in destroying the railroad 
between Trevillian Station and Louisa Court House. There 
were sounds of fighting on tlie right along towards night, but 
this regiment got none of it. At dark the order was received 
to " unsaddle and go into camp," a very welcome order, and 
the boys had prepared for a good night's rest, when a second 
order came which was not so welcome ; viz., " Saddle up, pack 
up, and be ready to move immediately!" There was no help 
for it, and those who had been feasting in imagination on the 
baked beans they were to eat in the morning (confiscated at 
Louisa Court House) had to take a late supper of parboiled 
beans, and make the best of it. 

Gen. Grant's official report in regard to this expedition says 
that on the afternoon of this day Gen. Sheridan advanced in 
the direction of Gordonsville, and after a heavy engagement, 
during which his reserve brigade carried the enemy's works, 
five miles from Gordonsville, twice and was twice driven there- 
from by infantry, night closed the contest, and not having suf- 
ficient ammunition to continue the engagement, his animals 
being without forage and the country furnishing but inferior 
grazing, and hearing nothing from Gen. Hunter, he withdrew 
his command and commenced his return march. Tliis is the 
reason given for the abandonment of the expedition, and 
accounts for the contradictory orders. 

About midnight the command started on the back track 
and marched till daylight, halting for breakfast near the camp- 
ground of the night of the tenth. Tliis regiment then took 
the advance, crossing the North Anna, and went on picket 
for the day near Ty man's store. The enemy made no sign, 
and picketing was quiet. Indeed, it was too quiet for one of 
the men posted on aft outpost on a road, who was found on his 
post by the sergeant in charge of the relief, sound asleep. It 



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Rev. DANIEL W. DAVIS, Co I. 
Amesbury, Mass. 



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Rev. THOS. G. LYONS, Co. K 
Friendship. 




Rev. HUDSON SAWYER, Co. D. 

Chief Bugler. 

Houlton. 







Rev. HORACE W. BOLTON, Co. F. 

Sergt. 

Chicago, III. 



V 



Rev, SYLVANUS L. HANSCOM, Co. F. 
Bucl<sport. 





Rev. LORING L. HANSCOM, Co. F. 
Rockland. 



Rev. WARREN F, BICKFORD, Co. 8. 
Berkeley, Cal. 



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was a bad breach of discqjline, ami one that wouhl have caused 
him the severest punishment; but lie was a oood sohlier, and 
the sergeant, knowing he had been without sleep for two 
nights, felt like excusing him, and as none but the two knew 
of it, the secret was locked in their own breasts, where it 
remains to this da}'. And it may be said the sergeant never 
regretted that action. A foraging party sent out this day was 
hred on and one man wounded and three horses killed. 

The regiment was relieved from })icket about dark and went 
into cam}), but was called out in a hurry at three o'clock next 
morning, and galloped down to support the Fourth Pennsyl- 
vania reQ-iment in coveriny- the right flardc while the column 
moved by, and then followed after the colunni on the direct 
road to Fredericksburg, halting soon after noon on the Cathar- 
])en road, on the ground occupied by the enemy on May eighth 
after being driven from their first position near Todd's Tavern. 
Here the boys got three or four hours' rest, and then the regi- 
ment moved back a short distance and went into camp. 

From the fifteenth to the twenty-first were days of most 
tiresome marching. The sun w\as extremely hot, the roads 
extremely dusty, the men were tired, worn, and, for the most 
part, hungry (as foraging was hard and not over-profitable), 
and decidedly cross, and the horses were worn out and half 
starved, which made riding much harder, ^"ery many of the 
horses were played entirely out, and the rear guard had a large 
numl)er of such to shoot before starting each morning, so they 
might not be recuperated and furnish aid to the enemy. The 
first day of this tedious march tlie command passed over the 
battle-ground of Spottsylvania Court House, where a halt was 
made to allow the pioneers to bury the Federal and Confed- 
erate dead, who were lying around in all directions. Camping 
at Guiney's Station that night, the march was continued on the 
second day across the Po River, through Madison and Bowling 
Green, to White Marsh Run; through New TowJi and Clarks- 
ville to within four miles of Walkertown, the third day ; and 
through Walkertown and King and Queen's Court House (or, as 
one diary has it, where King and Queen's Court House was be- 
fore Kilpatrick's raid), and a few miles beyond, the fourth day. 



290 FIEST MAINE CAVALTiV. 

The morning of the fifth day the trains, with sick, wounded, and 
dismounted men, were sent to West Point, for transportation 
north, and the cavalry took the back track, the First Maine in 
the rear, reaching Chirksville that night, where the Maine boys 
went on picket. The morning of the sixth day the regiment 
was ordered to move before time for breakfast, and soon after 
starting crossed the Mattapony River on pontoons, near Dun- 
kirk, finding tlie corps train on the other side, which gave 
cheerful promise of something to eat. The command halted 
just long enough to draw forage and receive the mail, but 
orders came to move before rations were issued, and the boys, 
who were prepared to take in a good square meal, suffered severe 
disappointment. It was noticed that the command moved out 
with more than usual haste, and that Gen. Sheridan and his 
staff rode to the front faster than was his custom (for he 
seemed to make it a point to ride along the whole length of 
the column each day on the march, as if to let every man in the 
command see him daily, which calls to mind the same charac- 
teristic of Napoleon Bonaparte), and the boys began to suspect 
something was up, a suspicion which was soon verified by the 
sounds of cannon in the distant front. On went the column, 
at a rapid walk, through Aylett's and Lanesville to White 
House Landing, when the cause of the commotion was discov- 
ered by learning that the rebels had attacked the force guarding 
a large wagon train parked there, expecting to make a handsome 
capture ; but fortunately the gunboats came up in time to pre- 
vent their success, and the enemy retired before the cavalry 
arrived. The rations that were almost given out in the morn- 
ing were issued in the evening, and the boys camped down on 
full stomachs, and consequently happy. 

At three o'clock next morning, twenty-first, the division was 
sent across the river, the First Maine going mounted and the 
other regiment dismounted, to find tlie enemy and drive him 
back. They found him without dilficulty and pressed him 
back to Black Run, where he made a stand and a stubborn 
resistance. Skirmishing was kept up until the middle of the 
afternoon, when the enemy advanced in line of battle, but was 
repulsed after a sharp fight, the Union forces having the best 



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291 



position. The First Maine lield the right of the line and re- 
mained mounted until after noon, when it was dismounted. By 
a blunder of some staff officer two companies were withdrawn 
and a gap was left in the line, through which the enemy pene- 
trated, and a portion of the regiment had a severe fight before 
driving him back. The loss of the regiment during the day 
was three wounded, one of whom died from the effects of his 
wounds. 

Capt. A. H. Bibber (then adjutant) had a little experience 
durinfr this enfrao-ement, which is thus told in his own words: — 

Our regiment was in line on the right of a brigade or division lino of 
battle. Our left was on the top of a hill facing an open space for some dis- 
tance. At the foot of the hill, on our front, and possibly eight or nine 
hundred yards away, was Black Creek, or Black Run. Our regiment's left 
extended from the top of this hill down its side to the railroad at its base, 
which crossed the creek on our front. The Johnnies' skirmishers occu- 
pied tlie other side of the creek, and fired at us whenever we showed our- 
selves. Half of the hill to our rear was wooded, and our line, dismounted, 
lay along the edge of this wood. The clear ground lay between us and the 
Johnnies. Further to the left the woods grew down to and crossed the 
creek and extended beyond, hiding the view. I happened to go along 
the left of our line about noon, and discovered that it was not connected 
with anything. I immediately reported to Col. Smith. He said : "Ride out 
there and know the reason." I found the last man on the left, and asked 
him how long since the man on his left had gone. " About an hour," was 
the reply. I moved along the face of the wood, with the intention of find- 
ing that man and the line, but had not gone more than three hundred yards 
from our line when five Johnnies " of the deepest dye " stepped out of the 
woods not more than seventy-five yards in front of me, and bringing their 

guns up to their faces, said: "Surrender, you d d Yankee." Holding 

up my hand I said: "Hold on there! what in thunder are you going to 
shoot at?" Down came their guns, and they proceeded to " take me in." 
I was an object for examination. I had on a pair of corduroy pants and 
straw hat, and was mounted on a citizen saddle (not exactly a regulation 
suit). Directly they saw my shoulder straps, and that settled it. Again I 
was summoned to surrender. Of course I said "yes." I threw the reins 
on my horse's neck and touched him with my right spur. The horse turned 
partly round, bringing his side toward them. Disengaging my left foot 
I left the saddle in a second. I hardly touched the ground before they all 
fired, my horse falling where it stood. I jumped into the woods. There I 
saw a skirmish line of them moving to our rear and evidently getting into 
position to assault our fiank. My record for getting towards Col. Smith 
never was reached by any man in the regiment during the balance of the 
war. I did not know exactly where to find him, so used my voice. It was 
no "still, small voice." He heard me. (He never failed to hear the cry of 



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every man in his command.) With what little breath I had I told him the 
situation. "Immediately two companies went to the rescue of our left, and 
none too soon. Every survivor knows the result. I have no hesitancy in 
saying that the fast time made on that hot, hot day (I think it was not less 
than 1000 in the shade) saved a number of Co. D, as they were on the left, 
and would have been the first to suffer. 

At the moment this attack occurred. Col. Smitli, Maj. Cillej^ 
and Capt. Chadboiirne were preparing for dinner. A box of 
sardines, the last one of a lot and one that had been kept with 
great care through the march to Trevillian Station and back, 
had just been ojjened, and they had got a single taste of the 
delicious bit, when "pop! pop! pop, pop, pop!" and a volley 
of musketr}^ caused them and the line of men in their immedi- 
ate front to leave in a hurry; and instead of eating they found 
their hands full in re-forming the line and repulsing the enemy. 
But they never forgot or forgave tlie loss of that box of sardines. 

A curious incident happened in this fight. A bullet struck 
over the heart of Private Charles W. Jordan, of Co. G, and 
knocked him down. He supposed at first he was dead, or 
would be in a moment; but finding he had some life left he 
got up, and was much surprised to find himself unhurt. The 
bullet had struck a small pair of scissors in the watch-pocket 
of his vest, which saved his life, and he kept on with his fight- 
ing, though he could not help shaking his head now and then, 
as he thought of his narrow escape. 

The regiment remained on picket on the field till midnight, 
when it was relieved and went into camp. Next morning the 
horses were unsaddled, and the boys enjoyed the first whole 
day's rest since crossing the Rapidan, May fourth. The march 
was resumed on the following day, the brigade being rear guard 
for the immense train which had been in park at White House 
Landing, and which the corps was to escort to the James 
River. The Chickahominy was crossed near Jones' bridge, on 
pontoons, and the regiment went into camp near Charles City 
cross-roads, in the driest country it ever camped in, the boys 
getting water to cook with only after long search and patient, 
persevering exertion. 

The morning of the twenty-fourth the First division took the 



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advance, with the train, ami the JSecoiid ilivisioii was sent off 
(»n a road running to the right rear, — the only .road leading to 
Richmond which would intercept the main column, — to prevent 
an attack on the train, the main force of the enemy being in 
that direction. The First Maine had the advance of the Second 
division, ami as it passed by the camp of another regiment, 
inquires were made, "What regiment?" and on being told, the 
cry was passed along : " Fight, to-day, boys, the First Maine's 
got the advance!" This had come to be considered a sure sign 
throughout the corjjs, and a careful study of the regiment's 
history will show that there was reason for it. The i-egiment 
advanced in the usual form, Co. G being the advance guard, 
and after a few miles' march the pickets of the enemy were dis- 
covered in the road a couple of miles from St. Mary's church. 
The advance halted, and word was sent back to Col. Smith, and 
from him to Gen. Gregg, both of whom immediately rode to the 
front and took a survey of the position. ^Meantime the advauce 
guard and the enemy's pickets sat quietly on their horses look- 
ing at each other, as if either were a great curiosity, and passing 
not a \vord except the first peremi)tory "Halt!" of the gray 
coats, which ^vas of course obeyed. On the' left of the road 
were Avoods and ou the right an open field, while in front of the 
field were more woods, the pickets standing in the road at the 
edge of these last named woods. A company of the regiment 
was dismounted, and advancing through the field, out of sight of 
the pickets, the men entered the woods without the knowledge 
of the enemy's pickets, and the first warning the latter had of 
their presence was when they burst from the woods within a few 
feet of them, looking for all the world like so many buys hunt- 
ing for partridges, and opened fire. The pickets fired one volley 
and left, and the advance guard, who sat on their horses and 
saw this proceeding, made merry over the fact that as the bullets 
from the rebel rifles Avhistled down the road. Gen. Gregg, who 
sat by the side of the road watching events, made as polite a bow 
to them as did ever a common soldier. The command rapidly 
followed the pickets until the church was reached, where a stand 
was made, the regiment and in fact the greater part of the com- 
mand were dismounted, and a line was formed and breastworks 



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thrown up. This was the beginning of the severe fight at St. 
Mary's church, into which the First Maine led the division, 
whicli engagement is thus described by Chaphxin Merrill : — 

Skirmishing continued through the forenoon. Discovering the enemy's 
purpose, Gen. Gregg despatched two orderlies, in quick succession, for 
re-enforcements, both of whom were captured with their despatches. From 
these despatches the enemy learned the weakness of this part of the line, 
and at once concentrated his forces to crush these two brigades. At about 
two o'clock the grand attack was made. It fell on this regiment like a 
thunder bolt. Our men, struck thus suddenly by a greatly outntmibering 
force, were falling back rapidly. Col. .Smith's horse had been shot under 
him, and he himself was wounded and bleeding. Still, perceiving that every- 
thing depended on checking the enemy here, he resolved to reti-eat no 
further. Halting, he called on his men to rally. " Like commander, like 
soldiers," involves a principle as true in military as in moral and religious 
matters. As by a magnetic influence the sound of his voice seemed to 
inspire the men with the same indomitable spirit which animated their 
commander, and bore him through that terrible fight. As his voice, clear 
as the sound of a trumpet, rang out over that bloody field, calling on the 
men to rally, an answering shout came back from the whole line. Above 
the din of battle rose the loud "'Hurrah for Col. Smith!" Instantly they 
rallied and turned upon the foe, who, strong in numbers and confident of 
success, was pressing close upon them. In a moment he was checked, and 
then came the "tug of war." Backward and forward the tide of battle 
surged. Capt. Phillips, a splendid officer (on detached duty, commissary of 
musters on Gen. Gregg's staif), was struck by a shell and killed. Ten offi- 
cers and fifty-eight men went down. When the order was finally given to 
fall back, they did so, fighting still. Once, the enemy was so near capturing 
the artillery as to lay their hands upon the guns. It was the first and last 
time. Their temerity cost them dear. Three times the Maine boys rallied 
and fell back, stopping behind every tree, and log, and fence, and hillock, to 
load and fire. Col. Smith, though severely wounded, still kept the field, and 
was one of the last to retire. By this desperate resistance the enemy was 
disappointed of his prey, the train was safe, and the imperilled command of 
Gregg escaped. 

This incident of the figlit is from the diary of Maj. Cilley : — 

In the afternoon, after the line had been in position for some hours, and 
there were indications in the air that an attack might be expected, I reported 
to Col. Smith that my battalion, which was on the extreme left of the line 
occupied by the regiment, did not connect with the next battalion on the 
right, though drawn out to a thin skirmish line. A squadron of a Pennsyl- 
vania regiment had reported to Col. Smith by order, and tvirning to the offi- 
cer in conuuand of the same, he said: "You may fill the gap if the attack 
comes and the major calls on you." This squadron was then placed some 
ways in the rear and at the edge of the woods, and in front of quite a clear- 



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ing, my battalion being cliieliy in tho woods some ways in advance, except 
the left, which faced a large open lield. 

I then returned to my battalion and walked along the line till 1 came to 
its extreme right, where was Co. II, or a part of it, nnder the command of 
Lieut. Andrews. In a few minutes Andrews called my attention, and said : 
"There they come." And through the trees the rebs could be seen, march- 
ing in column of fours, on a road a little diagonally across our front and 
towards St. Mary's churcli, whence a road at right angles came wliich 
crossed our line at nearly right angles. 

The boys opened fire most merrily. Telling Andrews to hold on as long 
as possible, I hastened back to the Pennsylvania squadron, who was to sup- 
port this weak place. I was surprised and disappointed to find they had 
moved, but soon saw the dismounted squadron I was seeking appear in 
line, advancing from the opposite side of the clearing. Shouting for them to 
come on, and waiting till a few of the leading ones were near me, I started 
ahead, yelling vigorously with the rest. I noticed the firing was heavier both 
to the right and left than in front. Soon I saw a soldier coming towards 
me, and thinking him a straggler making for the rear, I shouted: "For- 
ward!" He suddenly stopped and looked surprised, as I was then closing 
on him. He turned, and I noticed his gray uniform. I drew my pistol, sang 
out ' ' Surrender ! ' ' and commenced firing at him ; but the circumstances were 
not conducive to good shooting. We charged through to the former position 
of Co. H, but found entirely different material in its place. The firing soon 
lulled, indicating some readjustment of the lines, and I proceeded to find my 
battalion. They had intuitively concentrated towards the left, and towards 
the large open field, where the enemy could be seen in considerable force. I 
was anxious to find the rest of the regiment and connect witli it, as the lull 
presaged a heavier attack. I started back towards the clearing mentioned 
before, which was quite a knoll or hill, and enabled one to look round. As 
I approached the summit I was surprised to find that I offered a fair target 
to the rebel line in the large field, and became vexed, and began to cuss 
myself for such a foolish, heedless manoeuvre, as certain hummings went by 
my ears and little patches of dust were raising themselves on my right and 
left. The temptation to run was almost irresistil)le, 1)ut there were the men 
of my battalion looking at me. On this account I dare not even sto(_)p or 
bow my head. When I reached the other side and the shelter of the woods, 
I found Maj. Thaxter, who told me Col. Smith had just been wounded, and 
the command of the regiment was in my hands. 

The rest of the line was quite broken at this time, and I decided to 
re-form the line on this side of the knoll, and moved the battalion I had com- 
mand of to that position, connecting it with the other two vyho had fallen 
back to near that position. We held them there for a time, and then fell 
back and formed in line near quite a number of buildings, and held them in 
check again. Near this point Col. Smith was seen riding towards our line 
with a handkerchief tied round his wounded leg, and ere he reached it down 
his horse went, by a bullet from the enemy. His orderly, or some mounted 
man near him, immediately dismounted, and Col. Smith took his horse and 
resumed the command of the regiment. Then followed a series of falling 
back and re-forming the line to check the enemy, until the enemy intei-fered 



296 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

with the motion of one of my legs, and two men helped me to walk, till I 
reached Gen. Davies, who dismounted one of his orderlies and put me on the 
horse. The orderly held me on, and I took a rest by ,i»oing to the rear, and 
about sunset enjoyed the liospitalities of Surg. Stevens. Then followed an 
all night ride in an ambulance with Capt. Montgomery and ( Japt. Tucker. 

Lieut. Blancliard, of Co. G, in liis address at tlie reiiiiioii at 
Augusta, 1878, thus speaks of St. Mary's church: — 

How many will remember that summer morning at St. Mary's church, a 
morning not soon forgotten. St. Mary's church, June twenty-fourth. Did 
you tliink of it, you of the mystic tie ? It was good St. John's Day. A day 
dedicated by masons to their i)atron saint. Who, as he stood in the little 
grove which surrounded that quaint old quiet church, with its dark weather- 
beaten sides and decaying steps, with its quiet hallowing thoughts and soft- 
ening reflections, so like the little church in many a Xew England town, 
whither we on many a Sabltath morning had bent our childish steps — who, 
as he stood in its shadows on that lovely morning, could liave dreamed what 
a conflict would in a few short hovu-s be raging there ? 

But, comrades, I have said I would not dwell upon any of the battle scenes 
in which our regiment took a part, and I am unwilling to detain you with 
the details of this encounter, many of you having participated. Yet be it 
known that here for twelve long hours we contended in the dust and heat, 
abandoned by our support, driven from position to position, disputing every 
inch of grovuid in the face of terrible odds, with the most obstinate and 
determined resistance; under a terrific fire of shot and shell from the 
enemy's guns, as their missiles came screaming and tearing through the 
trees, or jilovighing up deep "furrows through the ground ; charged on front 
and flank, we are driven, but not roiited, beaten, but not conquered or dis- 
mayed. Slowly and in order we retire from the unequal contest. The dusty, 
sunburnt cavalry man turns his face backward towards the enemy he is 
slowly and sullenly leaving behind him; and though overpowered by superior 
numbers as he has been — at times almost surrounded — crushed and driven 
from one position to another, set upon by infantry, cavalry, and artillery, yet 
he mutters his grim deliance to the foe, and hopes to square up that account 
on another field. 

Our object has been attained, and we realize a victory out of our defeat. 
The one thousand baggage wagons of Grant's army have passed safely 
over from the Chickahominy to the James, and the rebels have foaght and 
contended in vain for that coveted prize, but have won an empty victory. 
The casualties to the First Maine were sixty-eight officers and men killed, 
wounded and captured. Among the many wounded were Col. C. H. Smith, 
afterwards major general; Lieut. Col. J. P. Cilley, afterwards brigadier 
general, and now our present honored adjutant general of the state. 
Among the killed were the brave and impetuous Caj^t. Phillips and the 
gallant Capt. Ellis. 

Maj. Myrick thus told the story of this engagement, at the 
reunion at Pittsfiekl, 1880 : — 



ST. }fAUV\s curiu'ii. 



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The advance j^uanl soon met and drove the enemy's jiiekets, and ( liai<i- 
iny-, routed their reserve and seized the chureh. Hastily throwing up breast- 
works in the edoe of the woods, tlie regiment made prepaiations to liold 
the position, and before nine o'ek:)ek the whole regiment was in, dismounted. 
They held the road, our lines extending some distance to the right and left 
of the ehureh. Skirmishing continued, at intervals, throughout the fore- 
noon. The enemy felt occasionally of our whole line, hoping to find some 
weak point, and at noon made a heavy attack on our right, while a large 
force was hurled against our right Hank. The advance line of skirmisliers 
fell back on the second line, behind our rude works, constructed chielly of 
stumps and logs. The timber had been slashed in our front, and effectually 
biirricaded the road against any cavalry charge. 'J'wo scpiadrons of the 
Thirteenth Pennsylvania were i)ut in as supi)ort for our right Hank, and for 
half or three-quarters of an hour the tight raged hot and furious all along 
our right; but an ominous stillness on the left foretold the tempest coming 
in that <piarter. and during a lull in the firing on the right a heavy column 
suddenly burst through our lines near the right of the Second Pennsylvania, v 
coming stealthily on through the dense underbrush till within a few yards 
of our position, when they dashed on at double quick, discharging and 
then clubbing their pieces in a manner familiar to infantry. Our men met 
them manfully and resolutely, loading and firing their carbines till they 
could use them no longer, and then using the revolver. The regiment 
was ordered back, but every few" rods Col. Smith, who, although severely 
wounded, persisted in remaining on the field, would order a stand, when, 
with cheers for their gallant commander, the regiment would face about, 
and by their terrible tire again and again they checked the rebel advance. 
The Sixteenth Pennsylvania, which had been ordered to our sujjport, had 
been called away to re-enforce a broken and disordered regiment of the First 
brigade, and the First Maine was left to struggle alone with the overwhelm- 
ing numbers of the enemy. Then two of our twelve-pounders opened on 
the rebels, and with three hearty cheers our men struggled on with renewed 
courage; but the odds were too great, and soon we were pressed back, cover- 
ing the retreat of the guns. Now we hear a terrific roar of musketry on the 
left, followed by the roar of our entire battery, as the enemy debouched 
from the woods and charged our left tiank. The gunners poured volley 
after volley into their ranks till the enemy was close upon them, and then, 
as their horses and men melted away under the murderous fire of the 
enemy's musketry, they were compelled to retire to a new position. Then 
they wheeled again into line and opened their fire, checking the rebel 
advance for some minutes. A moment later, just as the enemy had massed 
once more for a desperate charge upon our guns, a rattle of wheels was 
heard in our rear, and, with horses lashed into foam, the First brigade 
battery whirled up the hill, and in a twinkling eight guns were hurling 
shell and canister with murderous effect into the compact columns of the 
foe. Not a moment too soon came the unexpected aid, for once the rebels 
had their hands upon the Second's guns. Our artillery, double-shotted 
with canistei-, swept them down like a whirlwind, and to crown all, the 
Eighth Pennsylvania charged down upon their fiank with desperate valor, 
and they were forced to fall back in great disorder, and did not attempt to 



298 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

renew the fight in that quarter. During all this time the P'irst Maine was 
contending gallantly against fearful odds, and though forced back by sheer 
weight of numbers, it was only inch by inch, and still holding the enemy 
at bay and protecting the right flank of the division. In this, one of the 
severest battles the regiment was ever engaged in, the First Maine lost ten 
officers and fifty-eight men, killed, wounded, and missing, out of a total of 
two hundred and sixty engaged. The enemy was so severely handled in this 
ac'tion that when Gen. Gregg finally withdrew his division from the field he 
did not attempt to follow us up. 

This extract concerning this engagement is taken from "Maine 
in the War for tlie Union " : — 

For two hours the conflict raged, our force stubbornly holding them, until 
by overwhelming numbers they were able to fiank us, both right and left. 
The First Maine and First Pennsylvania Cavalry were the last to leave the 
field. By the stubborn tenacity of these two regiments our battery was 
kept upon the field until they had exhausted their ammunition, and then 
brought safely off. To no two regiments in the corps, perhaps, could this 
position have been better assigned. The train was now safely passed, and 
fortunately for it that it was; for at this juncture of affairs Gen. Gregg's 
division of cavalry was, for the first time in the history of its organization, 
compelled to retire, but in a masterly manner, leaving the field in the hands 
of the enemy. In the many battles in which Gen. Gregg has fought his 
division, always distinguishing himself by his cool bravery and high-toned 
military ability, never has he so covered himself and his command with 
glory, and so fully established its fighting qualities, as on this occasion. 

Among the casualties not mentioned in these accounts, Capt. 
Ellis, of Co E, died that night from the effects of heat and 
exhaustion, having been borne from the field by private James 
Donnelly; Maj. Cilley,i Capt. Tucker, of Co. B, Capt. Mont- 
gomery, of Co. D, and Lieut. Hussej^ of Co. E, were wounded, 
and Capt. Carson, of Co. L, Lieut. Gordon, of Co. L, and 
Lieut. Johnson, of Co, M, were taken prisoners. The da}^ was 
fearfully hot, and the men suffered terribly from the heat and 
from thirst. Several were overcome by heat, among whom 
were Capt. Myrick, of Co. K, and Lieut. Benson, of Co. G. The 
former, however, recovered, and was able to resume duty in a 
very short time, losing none of the fighting, while Lieut. Benson 
was ill for some time, finally going to the corps hospital, from 

' The twenty-fourth appears to be an unfortunate day for Gen. Cilley. May twenty- 
fourth he was severely wounded at Middletown ; February twenty-fourth his father was 
shot; and June twenty-fourth he was ag'ain wounded. 



TI'/VV/ THE LED HOUSES. 299 

■\vliicli he was discharged at the cxpii'atioii of his term of ser- 
vice. CoL Smith liad two horses shot uiuh'r liim after he was 
wounded. 

The men who had charge of the led horses in this engagement 
(No. 4 of each set of fours), a position that a few men sometimes 
eagerly sought, had an experience they did not care to repeat, 
and some of them Avere iieyer again found No. 4 men if they 
could by an}' means help it. The men had been at work all day 
in the heat, changing position, watering the horses, and the usual 
duties of caring for four horses each, and late in the afternoon, 
when the line gave way, the horses were ordered further to the 
rear. The}' had scarcely got into a new position when they 
were ordered still further to the rear. They had just started 
when an order came to halt, a new position was taken, and that 
was left as soon as taken. This was not owing to any conflict 
of authority, but to the necessities of the case — the exigencies 
of the tide of battle. Finally the column of led horses was in 
full retreat, not hurriedly, but as orderly as could be expected, 
with the shells of the enemy whistling over them. Soon this 
column was overtaken by the retreating men as the line was 
pushed back by tlie enemy — at first stragglers and those who 
got scattered or did not rally when the command made a brief 
stand, and later by the men in greater numbers. Appearances 
indicated that but for the opportune coming on of darkness the 
whole command would have been driven back, and that the stub- 
born resistance could not have been maintained much longer. 
However, as the train was safe there was no need of further 
fighting, and the men began to consider their own preservation. 
Back went the led horses, men joining and mounting every 
moment with a feeling of relief such as only those wdio have 
been in such situations can realize, the men already mounted 
keeping up a continual shouting of their company and regiment 
as a guide for such of their comrades as might be making their 
way through the woods in the vicinity, and the regiment Avas 
perhaps half mounted when it came to a halt for the night near 
Charles City Court House. Here ensued a scene that beggars 
description. Dismounted men from all regiments were continu- 
ally straggling by, singing out the names of their regiments, in 



300 FIRST MAINE CAVA LEY. 

the hope of receiving a response which shouhl indicate that their 
regiment was close by, and that thus their weary retreat was 
over, while the men of each company in this regiment were 
shouting out " Co A this way ! " " Co C, First Maine, here ! " etc., 
reminding one of the hackman in the crowded depot of a city, 
to tell their missing comrades where they were. It was some 
time before the procession stopped and the cries ceased, and the 
men did not all get in that night, many of them remaining 
concealed inside the rebel lines and within sound of the rebel 
pickets until they had been refreslied ])y sleep, and then cau- 
tiously making their way out, rejoined the regiment the next 
morning after it had started on the march. During this mai'ch 
from the field to the court house the column crossed a large 
brook, whereupon the tired and thirsty men jumped from their 
horses, and stooping down among the horses' feet, drank eagerly 
and freely of the water muddied by the tramp of hundreds of 
liorses, and water never tasted better to them. 

The men were thoroughly exhausted, but there was no rest 
yet, a portion of the regiment being sent back in the direction 
of the field and going on picket. The next day was also very 
hot, and several men were overcome by the heat, though only a 
short march was made, and the regiment now under command 
of Maj. Thaxter (the wounds of Col. Smith and of Maj. Cilley 
necessitating their absence) was in camp at Wilson's Landing, 
on the James River, by noon. Here it remained, men and 
horses getting some needed rest, until the morning of the 
twenty-eighth, when the boys were aroused at three o'clock in 
the morning to start at lialf-past four, marched a couple of miles 
to the river, and after waiting there until abt)ut six o'clock in 
the afternoon for a chance, crossed the river by steamers, land- 
ing at Fort Powhattan and going into camp a mile or so from 
the landing, and was once more " at home " with the Army of 
the Potomac, having been outside the lines twenty-two days. 




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CllAPTEK XIII. 

FIRST CAMPAIGN AROUND PETERSBURG. 

Tkii' to the Blackwateu to assist Kautz. — Light House Point. — 
On Picket at the Guki-ey Fakm. — Pickei' Skikmish. — A Feint 
ON the Right. — A Trip achoss the Appomattox and the James. 

— Skirmishes at Malvern Hill. — Another Movement on the 
Right. — A Funny Little Fight. — A Mail on the Skirmish Line. 

— The Fight at Deep Bottom. — Col. Gregg Woundp:!). — A Seri- 
ous Fight on Picket. — Return of Col. Smith. — Back across the 
RiVEK. — Skirmish by Moonlight. — The Fight at Reams' Sta- 
tion. — A Couple of Weeks of Picket. — Arrival of the First 
District of Columbia Men. 

THE Army of the Potomac was now in position in front of 
Petersburg, and the long siege of that city had com- 
menced. From this time forth it was tlie lot of the 
Second division, Cavalry corps, including, of course, this regi- 
ment, to take a prominent part in the various movements con- 
nected with that siege, — to go from tlie right of the Arm}- 
of the Potomac to the left of the Army of the Potomac, and 
back again, — in short, to get full rations of hard fighting 
and unpleasant campaigning in a dreary pine wood country, and 
with few of the more exciting features of the previous cam- 
paigns. The first of August Gen, Sheridan, whom the boys 
had come to have the utmost confidence in, and to really love, 
and whom they were willing to follow anywhere, was sent to 
Washington to repel Gen. Early's invasion, taking two divisions 
of the cavalry corps with him, and going subsequently to 
the Shenandoah valley, where he was placed in command of the 
forces, and where he and his cavalry won everlasting fame 
and did most valuable service later in the summer. This left 
the Second division to share the fortunes of the Army of the 
Potomac, and the Army of the James as well, under their tried 
and trusted leader. Gen. David McM. Gregg. 



302 FIliST MAINE CAVALEY. 

The boys waked up on the morning of Wednesday, June 
twenty-ninth, near Fort Powhattan, on the James River, liaving 
crossed the day before. That was an easy day in camp, until 
live or six o'clock in the afternoon, when the command was 
again in marching order. A diary of that day says : " Both- 
ered around without doing much marching till eleven or twelve 
o'clock, and then toddled right along." The command reached 
Prince George Court House, about eight miles from Peters- 
burg, the morning of the thirtieth, halted for breakfast, and 
then pushed on to the Blackwater, Avith a view of assisting 
Gen. Kautz's division of cavalry, which was out on what is 
known as " Wilson's Raid," and, as near as could be learned, 
was having a hard time on the way back. The Blackwater, 
a mixture of water and swamp, filled with dead trees — a most 
desolate-looking place — was reached about night, and the 
command went into camp. The boys had just got to sleeping 
soundly, as only tired soldiers can sleep, when the First Maine 
was roused up and ordered on picket near Old Shop church, 
iind even the near presence of the church did not prevent some 
profanity at liaving their slumbers thus disturbed, and for such 
a purpose. The picket duty lasted until eight o'clock July 
hrst, when the regiment joined the column, which crossed the 
Blackwater, marched three or four miles, drew up in line of 
battle, and remained till nearly night, and tlien marched back 
a mile or so and went into bivouac. 

On tins march some little excitement was occasioned by 
another regiment of cavalry, which was moving on a cross-road 
at rio-ht angles with the line of march of the First Maine, 
attempting to cut through the latter's column, between the 
third and first battaUons. Capt. Myrick, who was in connnand 
of the first battalion, well knowing he had the right of way, 
ordered his men to close up, whereupon the colonel of the 
other regiment fiercely attacked Capt. Myrick with his sabre, 
and a contest ensued, lasting several minutes. The captain, 
who soon saw that he was master of the situation, simply 
defended himself, and finally Lieut. Col. Bristow, commanding 
the Second Pennsylvania, the regiment in rear of the First 
Maine, came up to learn the cause of the delay, and moved the 



COURTESIES ON THE PICKET LINE. ')<>-^ 

column forward, and no further attempt was made to break 
tlirougli the line. There wan much excitement, and the men 
of both regiments only wanted the word to make the tight 
general. The matter was afterwards investigated, and Ca})t. 
Myriek relieved of all blame for his part in the affair. 

Saturday, July second, the command marched back to Prince 
George Court House, not having found any of Gen. Kautz's 
cavalry, camping near there till the morning of the fourth, 
when it started about seven o'ch)ck, and after an}- quantity of 
halting and a e()U})le of miles of marching, went into camp near 
Light House Point, and celebrated the anniversary of Ameri- 
can Independence by drawing soft bread, — the first time since 
crossing the Rapidan, just two months before. 

An incident occurred that morning which illustrates some 
of the dangers of campaigning beside the bullets of the enemy. 
The boys were leisurely packing up in the morning, when, as 
Sergt. Little, of Co. G, lifted his overcoat, which had been 
rolled up and used for a pillow, he found under it a venomous 
snake, nicely coiled up and a})parently well satisfied with his 
comfortable quarters. Few who saw it could help shuddering 
as they thought wdiat might have been, and it is needless to 
say his snakeship did not live to frighten any one else. 

The regiment, now in command of Maj. Thaxter, who retained 
command until the return of Lieut. Col. Cilley, the latter part 
of the following September, remained in camp near Light 
House Point, resting and recruiting men and horses until the 
tenth, when it was ordered to rejiort to Col. Bryan, command- 
ing a cavalry detachment at army headquarters, and was sent 
to the left of the army, where it performed picket duty in 
various positions until the sixteenth, and then rejoined the 
brigade at Lee's Mills and rettirned to camp. 

A portion of this picket duty was near the Gurley farm, 
where several incidents occurred that showed with what feel- 
ing the soldiers of either army regarded their foes, personally. 
The Gurley house stood on a road near the centre of the line 
picketed by this regiment. On the right of this road the 
line ran a short distance through an open field and then into 
the woods, while to the left it ran through some woods and 



304 FIRST MAINE CAVALHV. 

then along in front of woods, with a fine field of growing oats 
between it and the rebel line, which was also in the edge of 
some woods. The boys on both sides looked with longing eyes 
on this oat-field, and thought of the good a i)ortion of the grain 
would do their horses ; and finally it was proposed that they 
suspend their hostilities for a while, and the men on both sides 
o-ather oats. It was agreed to, and without delay men in blue 
and men in gray rode out into the field, dismounted, shook 
hands, and went to cutting grain. This action was contagious. 
A First Maine relief, which just then came down to go on post, 
joined the reapers, more joined from the other side, and in a 
very few moments the men from Maine and the men from 
Virginia and North Carolina were talking together freely, 
swapping jack-knives, and talking of swapping horses, while 
the animals, left to themselves, wandered over the field at will, 
eating wherever they chose. It was a remarkable sight, and 
it was fortunate that the scene was not discovered by officers 
high in rank. However, the affair passed off without trouble, 
though it could not be kept from headquarters, and the most 
stringent orders were issued against a repetition. 

On this same day a man rode out from the rebel line opposite 
the farm house, waving a paper. The sergeant in command 
of the relief sent out a man with a paper for the purpose of 
exchange. The two pickets met half way between the lines 
and exchanged papers, though the rebel at first demurred at 
o-iving a Petersburg Register of that morning for a religious 
paper a week old, but finally consented. He also sent over 
a note to the sergeant, by which the latter learned that the 
Ninth Virginia and Fifth North Carolina regiments were on 
duty on that side of the line. Next morning, about eight 
o'clock, as the same relief was being reheved, and a portion 
of the men were washing in the farm house and around 
the pump, the same Johnny came out and waved another 
paper. The sergeant was looking for a paper to send over 
for exchange, when, crack I crack I a dozen times, came the 
sounds of rifles from the right of his line, where the new relief 
had just gone. Getting his men mounted as soon as i)OS- 
sible, the sergeant luirried to where the sounds came from, 



A MOVEMENT ACROSS JA.yfKS IIIVEU. 



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and found an attack had been made upon his right by about 
a dozen dismounted men, and that the enemy had wounded one 
man, captured one man and horse, shot anotlier horse, and then 
retired. Considering the friendly rehations tliat had existed 
among the pickets the day before, and the fact that the rebel 
picket was waving a paper, in token of friendship and a desire 
to trade, at the time the attack was made, the sergeant felt 
decidedly ugly about this little affair, and determined to at 
least express his opinion the next time he was on post. How- 
ever, before that time came a note was sent (jver to him from 
his friend of the newspaper exchange, stating that neither he 
nor his regiment was to blame for the attack ; that the regi- 
ment on their left, which was opposed to the extreme right of 
the First Maine line, was relieved the night before by a regi- 
■ nient from Texas, Avho, not knowing anything about picket, 
had made the attack, and they had been censured for it. This 
restored the sergeant to good humor, and he and his rebel 
friend to good feeling. 

After getting back to camp there was another season of com- 
parative rest and quiet, until the night of the twenty-sixth, 
when, as Gen. Grant says in his official re})ort, " With a view of 
cutting the enemy's railroad from near Richmond to the Anna 
Rivers, and making him wary of the situation of his army in 
the Shenandoah, and, in the event of failure in this, to take 
advantage of his necessary withdrawal of troops from Peters- 
burg to explode a mine that had been prepared in front of the 
Ninth corps and assault the enemy's line at that place, the 
Second corps and two divisions of the cavalry corps and Kautz's 
cavalry were crossed to the north bank of the James River, and 
joined the force Gen. Butler had there." In this expedition 
the Second division, Cavalry corps, took part, and, of course, 
the First Maine. 

The regiment left camp about five o'clock, crossed the Appo- 
mattox River, at Point of Rocks, about eleven o'clock, and 
marching to the James River, near Jones' Neck, drew up in line 
and halted, where it remained, the boys holding their horses 
and some of them getting some sleep, till morning. On the 
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306 FIE8T MAINE CAVALBY. 

the regiment getting across about noon, and after marching 
a short distance halted, remained standing '•' to horse " till 
night, and then went into bivouac. Next morning there was 
a march of three or four miles, and the regiment took position 
near Malvern Hill, on the right of the First division, which 
had been fighting before the Second arrived. Only one 
battalion of the regiment Avas engaged, which advanced by a 
path through the woods, and surprising the force there, suc- 
ceeded in driving it from the works, killing, wounding and 
capturing a number of the enemy, and losing five men wounded. 
The regiment went on picket at Malvern Hill that night, and 
remained till about five o'clock the next afternoon, when the 
pickets of the regiment were fiercely attacked, and at first 
driven in ; but after a severe skirmish, during which two men 
were wounded, the attack was reimlsed, and the pickets were 
reposted on the line from which they had been driven. Soon 
after this the regiment was relieved by the Thirteenth Penn- 
sylvania, and went into bivouac on the camp-ground of the 
twenty-seventh. 

The first object of this movement having failed, by reason of 
the very large force thrown there by the enemy, the force was 
withdrawn to engage in the assault in front of Petersburg, 
a portion of the Second corps recrossing the river on the night 
of the twentA^-eighth, and the remainder, with the cavalry, on 
the night of the twenty-ninth. The boys had just got well to 
sleep on this night when they were roused, and daylight found 
them on the other side of the river. The march was continued 
— by the famous mine, which was exploded that morning, and 
which, unfortunately, was not so much of a success as had 
been hoped — down to the left of the Army of the Potomac, 
where a fight was going on near the Blackwater. Here the 
regiment was placed in support of the reserve artillery, and 
remained " ready, if wanted," all day, but was not wanted, the 
First brigade having done the division's share of fighting that 
day, and driven the enemy from the Blackwater, where the 
horses of the First Maine were watered that night. The line 
of march was taken up before dark, and with marching and 
halting the regiment reached Prince George Court House at 



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sunrise the next morning, July tliirty-lir.st, and wiis sent on 
picket. 

From the first to the thirteenth of August the regiment 
i^pent the time in picketing, scouting, etc., on the left of the 
army, getting a fair quota of rest. On the thirteenth another 
movement across the James was commenced, to threaten llich- 
mond from the north side of the James and prevent the enemy 
from sending troops to re-enforce Gen. Early in the Shenandoah 
valley, as well as to force him to call back those already sent, 
which was successful in detaining troo])S that were under march- 
ing orders for the valley, in capturing six pieces of artillery 
and several hundred prisoners, and in drawing so many of the 
enemy's troops from Petersburg as to make it possible for the 
Union forces to take possession of the Weldon Kailroad, which 
was done by the Fifth corps on the eighteenth. 

The regiment started at four o'clock on the afternoon of the 
thirteenth, crossing the Appomattox on pontoons, at Point of 
Rocks, about midnight, and the James on pontoons just before 
daylight next morning. After resting on Strawberry Plain till 
about nine o'clock the line of march was taken up, the First 
brigade having the advance. This brigade soon found the 
enemy and commenced skirmishing, but the Second brigade 
kept on, scouting between Newmarket and Charles City cross- 
roads, marching through highways and by-ways, apparently in 
all sorts of directions, till the boys came to the conclusion that 
they were in a great country for by-roads. Along towards 
night the First Maine and Thirteenth Pennsylvania were sent 
off alone on the crookedest kind of a road, through the woods, 
where they had to march in single file. The advance soon 
found the enemy, and the sound of the skirmish fire was any- 
thing but encouraging to the boys back in the woods, who 
fancied they were getting into a tight place, without a chance 
to manoeuvre or even to turn around. The command was 
hurried as much as possible, and as soon as a sufficient number 
of the First Maine got out of the woods to form a line in a small 
open field, a small line was ordered to charge into the woods 
where the enemy had just been. They went in with a yell, a 
shot or two was fired, then all was still, and a few moments 



308 FIRST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

later the rest of the command, which liad 1)}^ this time arrived 
at the open field, was somewhat surprised to see the men who 
went into the woods so fiercely come out like lambs, many of 
them eating something with apparent relish, while others had 
evidently found something they did not expect in the woods. 

It appears that a rebel picket reserve occupied that position, 
but the Yankees came upon them so suddenly, in their rear, 
through a path they evidently thought no cavalry could come, 
that they were thoroughly surprised, and after a brief resistance 
fled, leaving one officer, one man, and five horses in the hands 
of the Yankees, as well as camp equipage, cooked rations, etc. 
Some of the Maine boys got a good supper out of the operation. 
A merry laugh rang out when the state of affairs became known, 
and the boys ate their captured rations with great gusto. A 
few moments later there were reports of the enemy's cavalry 
advancing along the road the rebel pickets had just gone. This 
might not be so funny an affair, after all. Preparations were 
hurriedly made to receive the advancing foe, and a few shots 
were exchanged, wlien it was discovered that the supposed 
enemy was the Second Pennsylvania Cavalry. Firing ceased at 
once. It was rumored that a lieutenant in the Second Penn- 
sylvania was killed in this skirmish, but the boys never had 
ofiicial knowledge of such a casualty. After another march of 
two or three miles the regiment went into bivouac. 

The morning of the fifteenth the regiment started about ten 
o'clock, marched a short distance, and prepared to fight on foot. 
Breastworks were hastily put up in the edge of some woods, 
and just as they were about finished the line was advanced to 
the top of a knoll in a corn-field, and the boys had to build 
breastworks over again. It was extremely hot and the men 
suffered severely, but they worked manfully until the works 
were completed, and then they rested from their labors. They 
were on the second line, in the nature of support, and got no 
fighting for the day, though the line in advance got plenty of 
it, but held its own, and stray bullets now and then found tlieir 
way into the rear line. The boys feasted on apples and green 
corn in abundance, cooking it on the skirmish line, and just at 
night killed a heifer that wandered between the lines, thereby 



DEEP I', or TOM. -^'^^ 

ovtting some fresh beef, and on the whole they thought they 
had a good tune for a day on tht- skirmish line. Several 
times during the day, wlu'ii the hring in front became very 
severe, the boys got ready to be called u[)on, but the enemy 
was repulsed every time, and they were not Avanted. During 
the afternoon a mail was received, and in fact it was no uncom- 
mon thing to receive a mail on the skirmish line. The regiment 
was called from the line after dark and went into camp on the 
ground of the night before, but the boys had scarcely got 
to sleep when a portion of the regiment was ordered to go 
on picket, dismounted. What this meant the boys wondered 
oreatly, and some of them have not got over the wonder yet. 
It succeeded in keeping them up all night, and they got back 
to the regiment just in time to start out at daylight. 

On the sixteenth occurred the fight known as the tight at 
Deep Bottom, which is thus described by an officer who took 
part in it : — 

Oil the morning of the sixteenth of August tlie First Maine was called 
from the rear of the brigade to assume the advance with the Sixteenth 
Pennsylvania, and shortly after met the enemy on the Charles City road, 
about half-past five o'clock, and after a sharp contest drove them back three 
miles. Col. J. I. Gregg was wounded at this time, and in the absence of Col. 
Smith the command of the brigade devolved upon Col. Kirwan, Thirteenth 
Pennsylvania, while Maj. Thaxter commanded the regiment in the absence 
of Col. Cilley, Avounded. Gen. Chambliss, commanding the brigade opposed 
to us, was killed, and his body fell into our hands. Our troops pressed on to 
White's Tavern, seven miles from Richmond, and were there ordered to 
support the infantry lines, being drawn up facing and close in front of a 
dense undergrowth of pines, with the infantry skirmishers lying immediately 
in their front. At the first shots the infantry broke and fell back, leaving 
the cavalry to bear the brunt of the whole attack. There was slight confu- 
sion for a few moments among the cavalry, but it was soon checked, and the 
entire brigade was shortly after put into position by columns of squadrons, 
in a sort of basin, and the enemy ran up two guns to the summit of the hill 
in their front and opened on them with shrapnel. Under this fire the com- 
mand lost heavily till Maj. Thaxter moved two scpiadrons of the First Maine 
up under cover, within short range, who quickly drove the guns back. In 
this position the brigade was exposed for some time to fire, unable to return 
a shot, while the enemy could be seen working dowi through the woods on 
the left of the road, to gain our rear and cut off retreat. Maj. Thaxter was 
solicited by the commanding officers of other regiments to withdraw his 
command and the others would follow, but he replied he had been placed 
there by order of the brigade commander, and would remain there while a 



310 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

man was left him, unless ordered away. At length, after sustaining heavy 
loss, the brigade was ordered back, and took up a new position in front of 
White Oak swamp. At the crossing was stationed a section of artillery, 
while the brigade, mounted, stretched away far to the right. In our front 
was an open field, perhaps two hundred yards in extent, and beyond this our 
dismounted skirmish line was placed, in the edge of the woods. The rebels 
advanced in three lines of battle (infantry), while their guns opeived with 
shell. Our own artillery replied vigorously, but was soon compelled to 
limber up and fall back across the swamp, where they took position in some 
earthworks. Our skirmishers were driven in, and the overwhelming infantry 
force advancing rapidly, our mounted line, which was drawn up with a high 
rail fence in rear, and behind all the swamp, which was impassable except at 
the road, with earthworks, abatis, and felled trees obstructing the hillside, 
soon gave way, escaping as best they could. Many were killed at the road, 
many rode into the swamj), where their horses perished, and many followed 
several miles down the swamp to find some road around it by which they 
could rejoin the command. The men were, however, quickly rallied on the 
other side of the swamp, and held the earthworks, pouring in such a heavy 
fire that the enemy did not attempt to force the crossing. 

A sergeant who was in this engagement thus wrote home 
about it at the time : — 

The rebs had left the position they held the day before, and we advanced 
over that ground to the Charles City road, or, as some papers have it, the 
Newmarket road. The Sixteenth Pennsylvania had the advance, dismounted 
as skirmishers, and we came next, mounted. The advance had a sort of run- 
ning fight for a couple of miles, while we kept close up with them. The 
rebel Gen. Chambliss was killed that morning, and his body lay by the side 
of the road as we passed along. Finally the rebs made a stand in some 
woods, and would go no further. A brigade of the Second corps was along 
with us, and a portion of them was sent into the woods to help our dis- 
mounted men. Lively skirmishing was kept up for a while. We were in 
the road, ready, if wanted, but the skirmishing began to die away, and as a 
battery opened on us, throwing shell rather near, we were taken back 
a short distance and formed a line of battle in the field, dismovuiting, and 
I made up about an hour of the sleep I lost the night before. There had 
been scarcely any firing for an hour when the infantry was most all called 
back to strengthen another part of the line, and we wei-e ordered up again. 
Got most up there when the Johnnies opened on us fiercely, emptying three 
or four saddles and laying out two or three horses. Whew! didn't the 
bullets sing! We were taken out of the road lively, and formed a line in 
the field on the right of the road. We had noticed fires all along the edge 
of the woods, and supposed they had caught from the guns; but we were 
soon made very well aware what the matter was. The rebs had set the 
woods on fire and formed a strong line under cover of the smoke, and when 
they did open they opened big. Bullets flew thick and fast. We could do 
nothing but sit there on our horses, awaiting orders. Our dismounted men 



DEEP BOTTOM. 311 

were in front of us, so we could not lire. On the left of the road was a 
corn-field, and we had infantry in the woods that side of the road, but they 
broke and ran back through the eorn-lield, lettinj;- the rebels down on our 
left, an opportunity of which they (piickly took advantage. That lield was 
just alive with rebels, yelliny' like demons, and ijourinfi" a eross-tirc into us 
that was telling- fi'arfnUy. Our I'e^inient was alone in the field, though the 
rest of the brigade was in supi)ortin<;- distance. Men and horses in the regi- 
ment were getting laid out strangely. We were told not to fire, as we might 
hit our men ; and in fact we could not fire to much advantage, being side- 
ways to the enemy. But it was too good a chance, and some of the boys 
could not help it. I began to get nervous. I had been under fire long enough 
without doing anything, and wanted to be busy. I was bound to fire, if I 
did no good. Was just getting a cap on my carbine when we got the order: 
"Fours — Right ABOUT!" which showed plainly our officers saw it Avas no 
use to stay there, as we could do nothing. I dropped my carbine, and just 
as we were wheeling a bullet struck my elbow. It numbed my arm Snd 
hand so quickly, and struck so solid, I thought I was pretty well used up. 
I told the one next to me I was hit, and he left tlie field with me. When we 
got out of range we stopped, looked at my elbow (and I will own I did 
dread to pull up my sleeve), and finding I was more scared than hurt he 
went back, and I kept on down to the hospital. That is all I know about 
the light, only that they drove our men back to where we fought them the 
day before. 

The loss of the regiment in this engagement was five men 
killed, one officer and twenty-four men wounded, and two 
men captured. Six horses were shot, and on the retreat sev- 
eral had to be left in the swamp to perish. Those who were 
there will remember how the infantry men (or rather heavy 
artillery men) ran through the cavalry lines, and long after- 
wards it was a saying in the regiment that the "heavies got 
round shouldered going under our horses in their skedaddle." 

In the skirmish on the fifteenth, Charles H. Cobb, of Co. B, 
became separated from the company when they retired from 
the line, and reported to the Thirteenth Pennsylvania, when he 
was marched to the front and remained on the skirmish line 
all night ; when the First Maine relieved the Thirteentli Penn- 
sylvania in the morning, he was relieved with the rest, and in 
answer to the question " Where have you been, Cobb ? " he 

replied : " Fighting the d d rebs, where you ought to have 

been " ; he then joined his company and was engaged in the 
fight at Deep Bottom until about four o'clock in the afternoon, 
when he was wounded by a cannon ball, from the effects of 
which he did not recover for a lonsr while. 



312 FIIiST MAINE CAVALRY. 

The regiment remained in line near the swamp till about 
dark, and then was relieved and went into camp on the ground 
of the night before. The next day was a quiet one, though 
a scare on the right, along toward night, caused a lively sad- 
dling up. On the eighteenth a portion of the regiment was 
on picket at Malvern Hill, on the right of the Second Penn- 
sylvania, while the rest of the regiment was serving as sup- 
port. About four o'clock in the afternoon the picket line 
was attacked, and quite a skirmish ensued, during which the 
regiment lost three killed, and the picket line was taken in 
somewhat. The regiment remained in line as support for the 
pickets the nineteenth, the men in constant readiness and expec- 
tancy, and on the morning of the twentieth moved a short 
distance and took position in an open field, where all around 
were skulls and bones of the soldiers killed at the battle of 
Malvern Hill during the peninsular campaign of 1862. This 
was not an encouraging sight for the boys, though some of 
them obtained pieces of bone suitable to make a ring of, for 
ghastly keepsakes. It was a blue day in every respect. The 
boys felt as if the whole movement had been unsuccessful and 
many lives wasted (the}^ did not know, till afterwards, that it 
had been a success in the highest degree), they were tired and 
worn, they had lost their long-tried brigade commander and 
the brigade was in the hands of a man of whose ability they 
knew nothing, and, all in all, it was one of the bluest days in 
the history of the regiment. Along about noon there was a 
scare, a hurried mounting, and a getting ready for emergencies 
which did not come, and then the men returned to their list- 
less, blue, homesick state. Suddenly Col. Smith, just recovered 
from the wounds received at St. Mary's church, rode into 
camp, and the transformation was instantaneous. Three as 
hearty, soul-felt cheers as ever greeted a man, greeted him, 
and the boys took new courage. They were glad to see his 
Avell-known form and features, and they were glad to know he 
would, by virtue of his rank, take command of the brigade, 
which he did at once, and they recovered their spirits won- 
derfully. 

That nip-ht the regiment moved back to the river, in a 



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tlreiieliiiio- rain, witli tlu' division; ii't-rossed aUoiil luidiiiolil, 
readied the Appomattox, and recrossed it l)et'oie daylight; 
luaiched to near Prince Georae Court Ilonse and halted for 
breakfast; then inarched to near the Jernsaleni plank road and 
lialted a^^•hile, \vhen the ])ayinaster joined thein, and the l>oys 
had the fun of signing the pay-rolls ; and after dark marched 
out to the Gurley farm and went into bivoiuu; for the night. 
Tlie next afternoon the men received their i)ay up to June 
thirtieth, and very many of them sent a large i)ortioii of the 
money to City Point, to be expressed home. The regiment 
changed position two or three times during the day, and tinally 
went into camp near the Weldon Railroad (wliich, as already 
stated, had been captured during the absence of the cavalry 
across the river), the horses being unsaddled for the first time 
in many days, and two or three heav}' showers cooling the air 
and whetting everything just at night. 

On the twenty-third the regiment moved three or four miles 
down the railroad to near Reams' Station, then back again and 
then down again, this time halting by the side of the road 
while the boys got a good dinner from a corn-field near by. 
About five o'clock the pickets were attacked and the regiment 
galloped to the front, the men dismounted, and a lively skirmish 
ensued, lasting till about nine o'clock in the evening, when the 
regiment was relieved and went back to the position so hurriedly 
left. This skirmish, during which the regiment lost three killed 
and four wounded, was known as the ''fight by moonlight."" 
Several times the enemy attempted to surprise the First Maine 
under cover of the darkness, and once succeeded in almost reach- 
ing the line in what may be called a silent charge, but their 
coming was made known, either by some one of their number 
firing a shot too soon, or by some exclamation, and each time 
the boys rose up and poured such a rapid fire into the foe that 
they were only too glad to get back to their lines, and they 
finally gave up the attempt, having made nothing by it.^ 

Next morning the First Maine returned to the position, and 

* The reniainder of the brigade had a very hard light, although in front of this regi- 
Jiient it was only a very lively skirmish. Col. Smith commanded the brigade, and lost four 
out of his five regimental commanders, while he himself was struck by a bullet in the 



314 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

building rifle pits, made themselves not only comparatively well 
protected, but comfortable. The boys threw up embankments 
two feet high or more across the open field, and then they 
could sit on the ground behind the mounds, with their feet in 
the holes the dirt was taken from, very comfortably. Thus the}' 
awaited the advance of the enemy, but the enemy did not 
advance that day, and after an hour or two of expectancy the 
boys amused themselves reading, writing, sleeping, etc., until 
nearly night, when the infantry took the position and the regi- 
ment went into camp on the ground of the night before. 

This account of the movements of the regiment, from recross- 
ing the river to the night of the twenty-fourth, is from a private 
letter written at the time : — 

Deak Motheu: — I believe in my last letter to you I left off just as we f;ot 
back this side of the river after our campaign at and near Deep Bottom, 
Charles City road, etc. At any rate, I will go on from there. We got Ijack 
the morning of the twenty-first of August, after marcliing all night, feeling- 
somewhat tired, but as we were evidently steering for our old camp near 
Prince George Court House, we expected some rest there, and tried to keep 
in good spirits. But, as if to aggravate us, they marched us to within half 
a mile from there, halted for us to get breakfast, and then started us for the 
left of the army, on the Weldon Railroad. That was rough on us. We 
halted soon after noon near the Jerusalem plank road, where we learned 
the paymaster was up with us to pay off. That was good news, and sure 
enough in a few moments the i)ay-rolls were brought around for us to sign. 
Got them partly signed when "Get ready to move out immediately!" was 
passed along the line. We got ready, marched a short distance across the 
plank road, and again halted. Finished signing the rolls there, and drew 
forage for the horses. Dark by that time, and we turned in. Got to sleep- 
ing nicely when we were routed out to start immediately. Some growling, 
but it had to be done. Marched a couple of miles in about two hours, the 
road being just awful, and halted again. Did stay there all night, and till 
the next night. Were paid off the next day. Just before night of the 
twenty-second we moved about lialf a mile, to within sight of the works on 
the Weldon Railroad. Had a series of smart showers just as we halted, 
while we were in the worst state we could be to receive them, and most of 
us got wet, while the water stood on top of the ground, making it anything 
biit nice to sleep on. But we made ourselves as comfortable as we could, and 

ankle. The surgeon offered him a twenty days' leave of absence on this wound, but he 
would not accept it, preferring to remain with his command. For Col. Smith's conduct of 
this engagement (ien. Gregg recommended him for a brigadier generalship, but there was 
no vacancy. However, he was brevetted brigadier, to date from St. Mary's church, June 
twenty-fourth, and from this time was given a command according to his brevet rank, 
another brigade soon afterwards being formed for liim for that purpose. 



FIGHT IN a BY MOOy LUillT. '^l'"> 

got ii yood iiij^Iit's rest. Xext inoniiiig. twciity-lliiicl, started early and 
moved down alon;;' tlie railroad towards Reams' Station. The Second corps 
was bnsily en<;'a<;ed in tearing up the traek and destroying the railroad as 
thoroughly as possible. "We went to within a short distance of Keams' 
Station, found some reh pickets, skirmished with them slightly, and came 
back. No damage done on our side, and I guess not on theirs. Came 
back to where we stopped the night before. Were dismounted and mak- 
ing ourselves easy, when ''Attention! Phepaiuo to Mount! MOUNT!" 
came from the major, and we were oft' again. Went right back down the 
railroad, this time to Reams' Station, diawing uj) in line and halting a little 
beyond. Dismounted, pitched into a corn-field, had a fair time eating roast 
corn, and laid around till about four o'clock. About that time the pickets 
in front of us were attacked, and the First Maine was sent out to support 
them. We Avent out at a trot, meeting pack mules, led horses, etc., coming 
to the rear in brisk confusion. We drew up for a charge when we got in 
sight of the ligliting, but the order was countermanded, and "Prepare to 
FUjIit on Foot."' came instead. Stray bullets began to whistle around us. 
and. indeed, one of tlie regiment was w^ounded way back there before dis- 
mounting. We were not long in dismounting and getting into line, for it 
is much nearer pleasant to be on foot when minnies are flying than on 
horseback, — they are more likely to go over our heads. We were marched 
up to some old buildings, and ordered to hold them at all hazards. At that 
time there was a skirmish line in front of us, fighting briskly, and in case 
they got driven back we were to help them. We fortitied aroimd the build- 
ings as well as we could with rails, and kept ourselves under cover, as the 
bullets kept up a continual whizzing over us. Cos. A and G were there by 
the buildings together. We could see no rebs, but could tell where their 
line was, in some bushes, by the smoke of their carbines. We staid at the 
buildings but a short time when we were ordered to go to the right intt) 
the edge of some woods, where part of our regiment was engaged. Did so, 
and built another cheap set of breastworks. Just got to firing — having 
tired but two or three shots — when word came that the left of the line was 
giving way, so of course we had to go back or perhaps get surrounded. 
Fell back a short distance into more woods, or rather into another corner of 
the woods, when the major sang out: " Ealhj, boys. Rally!" and we 
stopped and faced the Johnnies again, which was the same as telling them 
to "Come on, if you wish; we are going no further." We sheltered our- 
selves as best we could behind trees, etc., and held them where they were. 
We were just behind a slight rise in the land, where we could lie flat on the 
ground, and they could not trouble us. We staid there till about nine 
o'clock. W^e would rise up, fire, and drop down as quickly as possible. 
Shooting was brisk, and bullets did everlastingly hum there. By some good 
fortune we were kept well supplied with ammunition all the time, — all we 
wanted, and some to keep for any emergency. After dark we could only see 
the flash of the reb guns to fire at, and that was all they covild see of us. 
•"Fighting by moonlight" was just gay. At times we would be all quiet 
for perhai)s fifteen minutes, and then would commence a firing on both 
sides that woidd make the woods ring, sometimes by volleys and sometimes 
scattering. When the rebs fired by volley we could see their whole line in 



316 FIRST MAIXE CAVA LB Y. 

the flash. Then all would he (iiiict aj^^ain, hoth sides listening intently to 
catch the least sound of any attempt of the other side to steal up in the 
dark. They tried that on us once, but made nothing out of it, if they lost 
nothing. Then some one would fire, and all would commence. That is the 
way we had it till about nine o'clock, when we were drawn off the field 
silently and marched back to the horses. They had moved the horses hack 
a long distance, which caused any amount of grumbling, for Ave icere tired. 
But grumbling did no good, and walk back to them we were obliged to, — 
back beyond where we got dinner. Found them at last, mounted, and then 
were taken right back a good half mile over the road we walked, and halted 
for the night. "Strategy," that was. Part of the regiment was left down 
near where we had the skirmish line, on picket, and the rest of us turned in 
and had a good night's rest. The loss of the regiment was small, — some 
half a dozen wounded, one of whom died the next morning. Other regi- 
ments in the brigade lost heavier. Next morning, twenty-fourth, as soon 
as we got breakfast, "Prepare to Fight on Foot!" was the order again, 
which meant every "1^0.4 man" stay there and take care of his four 
liorses, — the rest take their carbines and "fall in.'" We did so, and were 
marched through a small pine grove into a large field back of where we 
had the skirmish the night before. Marched some little distance from the 
woods, were deployed as skirmishers, which means spread out some six or 
eiglit feet apart, and ordered to build breastworks. We had pickets a long 
distance in front of us, and knew we could work uninterruptedly till they 
were attacked, so at it we went. We had the pioneers down there with axes 
and shovels, and in a couple of hom-s we had some w(n-ks we felt safe to 
fight behind, built of rails, logs, earth, etc. It was hot work, though. The 
sweat poured oft" of us wonderfully. Seeing no prospect of any fighting 
riglit away, we went to work getting brush, and soon had something to 
shade us jfrom the hot sun. After that we took things easy. We had a 
good chance. Front of us was a large open field, which the rebs would 
have to advance through to get at us to hurt. We felt that if we were 
obliged to fight, we would like to fight in that position. Some of the boys 
went to reading or writing, some went to sleep, and others amused them- 
selves in various ways. I would like to have luid some of the good people of 
Lewiston taken a look at us there. Do not think they would have imagined 
we were there waiting for somebody to come and shoot at us. Reckon they 
would have concluded if that was fighting, it was not so bad business, after 
all. At noon they allowed half of us to go back to the led horses and get 
our dinners, bringing back dinner for the rest of them. Luckily I had 
received three or four papers by mail the day before that I had had no 
chance to read, which I carried back to the lines, so I had plenty of reading 
matter for the afternoon. The Johnnies either knew better than to attack 
us, or had left altogether. All was quiet. Along towards night we were re- 
lieved by some infantry, and went back to camp. Got another good night's 
rest, having the privilege, also, of unsaddling our horses. 

On tlie twentj^-fifth was the battle, which was the continua- 
tion of the fight of the twenty-tliird, known as ^' Reams' Sta- 



liArTLK OF nEA^fS• STATIOX. BIT 

tioii," the whole resultiut^- I'roin an attempt mi tlie \yA\i of the 
eiieiin- to n'ca])ture the railroad, the loss of which was a sevei-e 
blow to hiiu. Deserters from the rebel lines reported that tlie 
day after the road was ea})tured I'ations and fora,i:je were reduced 
one-half. Early in the niornino- Gen. A. 1'. II ill's eorj)s attacked 
tlie Second corps below the station. The cavalry was on the 
flanks, and went from [)osition to position all day long. This 
regiment had its share of this, of course, getthig under fire 
several times without getting any lighting of its own. Soou 
after noon it was ordered into position, dismounted, on the left 
of the line, but after an hour's hard work building breastworks 
was relieved by the infantry, who took the works, wdiile the 
cavalry men, already tired out, were sent further to the front 
and put into position on the ridge of a hill and in front of some 
woods, wdiere they built another set of works. They had got 
these works nicely done when the boys found themselves 
exp)Osed to a new danger. The Union line had assumed the 
shape of a siphon, facing outward, and this regiment was on 
the left, or the short side. Scarcely were the works finished 
wdien the enemy commenced a heavy artillery fire on the front 
of the line, and the two flanks were so near together that the 
shot and shell that went over the front came over into the left. 
This drove the boys to the outside of their w'orks at once, 
whereupon Maj. Thaxter rode down the line, coolly saying : 
"If the enemy comes out in front, you must get inside the 
works and stand the shelling." No casualty occurred to 
the regiment while here, and after a while it was ordered 
to advance to the woods, which it did, without finding any 
enemy, and then w^as ordered somewhere else. It halted under 
the brow of a hill, where the bo3^s felt perfectly safe, thinking 
the shot and shell, which had all the time been flying over and 
iiround them, could not get at them there, and they settled 
down for a few moments' rest, of which they felt sorely in 
need. They had but begun to enjoy this rest when a shell 
struck the top of a dead tree that stood on the hill, and was 
low^ered into the regiment, killing two men in Co. G (cutting 
them in two), and then exploded, wounding two men in Co. E, 
which was the total numl)er of casualties in the regiment during 
the day. 



318 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

About dark the regiment went back to near the Gurley farm 
and went into camp, the men being extremely tired with the 
hard day's work. Then there was two or three days of })icket 
duty, and then the regiment went into camp on the Jerusalem 
plank road, five miles south from Petersburg, and here closed 
the month of August, having marched more than one hundred 
miles, participated in six distinct actions, and lost forty-nine 
men killed, wounded, and missing, and twenty-one horses killed 
and forty-four wounded. 

September second the regiment went on a reconnoissance 
with the brigade, passing out through the infantry line near 
the Yellow Tavern, on the Vaughan road, and thence moving 
out on the Poplar Spring road, drove in the rebel pickets 
and pursued them till they met the enemy in force and forti- 
fied on the Boydton plank road, when, having accomplished 
the purpose of the scout, viz., to learn what there was at that 
point, the force withdrew.^ 

Then came a couple of weeks of picket duty, which was 
somewhat dull after the excitement of the previous month, but 
there was little complaint, as the boys had no objection to rest. 
On the sixteenth the regiment, with the division, was sent in 
pursuit of Wade Hampton's cavalry, which, with three brigades 
of infantry, had made a successful raid on the Union pickets 
at Sycamore church and captured a large number of cattle, 
etc. The division reached Stony Creek, fifteen miles south of 
Petersburg, where the enemy was found in a strong position 
on the other side of the creek, and a slight skirmish took place. 
The bridge was impassable, and it was deemed impracticable to 
ford the stream in the face of the opposing force, so tlie com- 
mand returned to camp, having lost two men wounded in the 
skirmish. On the nineteenth one battalion advanced to Lee's 
Mills, met and drove in the rebel pickets, and re-established the 
old picket lines. Then a day or two of rest, and then three 
days' picket on the Norfolk Railroad. 

' This was just a dash into tlie enemy's lines, the ortlers being not to be gone over 
forty-five minutes, and tliese were the 'first troops that went beyond tlie Weldon Railroad 
across the Peebles farm. The force ran into the camp of Gen. Deering's brigade of reltel 
cavalry, causing a deal of consternation, and as quickly came out again, losing two 
wounded, and bringing out as prisoner the old man Peebles. 



FinsT DTSTUICT OF COLUMBIA CAVALIIY. -n'J 

On the twenty-foiirtli tlie men composing tlic eiglit com- 
panies of tlie First District of Colnmbia Cavalry which were 
enlisted in JNIaine, were formally transferred to this regiment, 
and so many as were at the time serving with that i-egiment and 
were in a condition for service, arrived and were assigned 
to the different companies, A very large portion, however, 
were absent, — some in hospitals, some at dismonnted camj) 
(called cavalry depot), awaiting horses, and some on detached 
dnty ; bnt by far tlie greater nnmber of the absentees were in 
rebel prisons, captured on Wilson's raid and in the fight at 
Sycamore church. In this condition of affairs it is not to be 
wondered at that the names of many men were borne on the 
transfer rolls and placed on the rolls of this regiment who were 
at that very time dead, or who died before release from prison, 
and who never saw the regiment. This transfer at first created 
considerable ill feeling on the part of the men of both com- 
mands, especially among the commissioned and non-commis- 
sioned officers, whose chances of promotion were lessened ; and 
beside this, the old boys of the First Maine were inclined to 
look upon the new comers with disfavor. But after the}' had 
been under fire together this last feeling was entirely overcome, 
and from that time the men were all members of the First Maine, 
and all alike jealous of its glory and its fame, and the regiment 
lost none of its prestige by this addition, while the feeling 
among the officei'S gradually grew less, even if it was never 
entirely obliterated, and the matter of promotion was made as 
fair as it could possibly be done. The men thus joining the 
regiment brought with them the famous " sixteen^^hooters," 
which afterwards gave the regiment the reputation among the 
enemy of being "the regiment which loaded up Sunday and 
fired all the week." 



CHAPTER XIV. 

CAMPAIGNS OF THE FIRST DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CAVALRY. 

"Bakek's Cavaluy."— Oeigix. — Regimextal Orgaxizatiox. — Henky's 
Rifles. —Katjtz's First Raid. — Fight at Nottaway Bridge.— 
Return to City Point.— Another Raid. —Assigned to Gen. Bi'tler's 
Department.— To Bermuda Hundred.— In Fortifications. —Under 
Artillery Fire.— An Attack and a Repulse.— Advance on Peters- 
burg. —Mounted at Last. —Second Advance on Petersburg.— 
Wilson's Raid. — Fight at Roanoke Bridge. — Fight at Stony 
Creek. — Fight at Reams' Station. —Fight at Sycamore Church. — 
Transfer to the First Maine Cavalry. 

THE history of the First District of Columbia Cavahy, 
from its organization to the time of the transfer of tlie 
Maine men belonging thereto to the First Maine Cav- 
alry, is taken largely from Chaplain Samuel H. Merrill's " Cam- 
paigns of the First Maine and First District of Columbia 
Cavalry," to which has been added such material as the his- 
torian has been able to collect. 

The First District of Columbia Cavalry was originally a 
single battalion, raised in the District of Columbia, for special 
duty at the seat of government, under command of Col. L. C. 
Baker (provost marshal of the War Department), and famil- 
iarly known as "Baker's Mounted Rangers." To this com- 
mand eight companies were added in 18G3, embracing about 
eight hundred men enlisted in Maine, so that it became, to this 
extent, a Maine organization. 

Co. D, numbering one hundred and forty men, under com- 
mand of Capt. J. W. Cloudman, left Augusta on the twenty- 
second day of October, 1863, and arrived at Camp Baker, in 
Washino-ton, on the twenty-fifth. The three officers of this 
company were commissioned by the President of the United 
States, while those of the other companies from Maine were 
commissioned by the governor of Maine. A few days after its 



320 




Rev. JOSEPH W. LEE, 
Lieut. Co. H. 
Bristol, Pa. 



.5 ^s^ ft^l 




Rev. SAMUEL H. MERRILL, Chaplain. 
Deceased. 





Capt. CHAS. C. CHASE, Co. C. 
Portland. 



Lieut. VINCENT MOUNTFORT, Co K. 

1st D. C. Cav. 
Killed Sycamore Church, Sept. I 6, '64. 





ALBERT C. DAM, 

Sergt. Major, 

Portland. 




■ tV 



Lieut. ELI W. PARKMAN, Co. D. 
I 1st D. C. Cav. 

Killed June 25, '64. 



Sergt. JAMES W. BRACKETT, Co. B. 
Portland. 



MAnciifxa AND scorriNG. •>-l 

urrival in Wasliino-ton the comijany was (irdeved to Aiuuidale, 
ten miles west of Alexandria, wliere it remained on duty, under 
connnand of Lieut. Howe, till the twenty-seventh of January, 
when it was ordered with the battalion to Yorktown. Embark- 
ing on board the steamer " Conqueror," it arrived at Yorktown, 
on the twenty-eighth, and went into camj) about two miles from 
the city, on the bank of the beautiful York Kiver. A morniug 
so sunnner like and scenery so charming, few of the men had 
ever seen before in midwinter. The next day they moved about 
eight miles west, and went into camp three miles from Wil- 
liamsburg. January thirtieth, at daybreak, the bugle sounded 
*• Boots and saddles ! " and in half an hour they were off on a 
raid. The men marched about twelve miles, and returned to 
camp with nothing of special interest to report. An expedition 
was made to Bottoui bridge, on the Chickahominy, twelve miles 
from llichmond, on the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth of Feb- 
ruary, which will not soon be forgotten by the men who partici- 
pated in it. They did little fighting, but much hard work. 
From the time they left camp, on the fifth, till they returned, 
on the eighth, they were hardly out of the saddle. Three days 
later the battalion was ordered to Newport News, on the James 
River, a distance of twenty-five miles. On the nineteenth they 
moved out on a scouting expedition, but had not proceeded far 
when an order was received to return and be ready in one hour 
to take transports for Norfolk, where they arrived the next 
morning. From this point they were ordered to Great bridge, 
on the Elizabeth River, ten miles south of Norfolk. The 
weather at Newport News, and during this day's march, has 
been spoken of by the men as the coldest ex})erienced during 
their whole term of military service. On Sunday, the twenty- 
first, Lieut. Howe mai'ched for Pungo bridge, in command 
of Cos. D and E, to relieve another regiment. The march of 
twenty-five miles through the enemy's country, intersected by 
unbridged streams and swamps, and infested by guerillas, was 
slow and tedious, consuming two daj^s. On the twenty-second 
they relieved the Tenth New York Cavalry, and remained on 
duty, well worked and well fed, till the first of March, when 
they were ordered to Dee}) Creek, south of Norfolk, on the 
borders of the Dismal swamp. 



P.-7-9 



FIE ST MAINE CAVALRY. 



The remaining seven companies from Maine were mustered 
into tlie service of the United States at Augusta, February 8, 
1864. Two days later, Co. F, Capt. Sanford commanding, 
left Augusta for Washington. Reaching Camp Baker, a short 
distance east of Capitol Hill, on the fourteenth, they found 
comfortable barracks. Two days later they were mounted, 
and from this time till the seventh of April, a part of each day 
was spent in drilling. This company was followed, on the 
twenty-ninth, by the remaining six companies. 

The regiment was organized as follows : — 

Colonel, L. C. Baker, Washington; Lieutenant Colonel, E. J. Coxgek; 
Major, Bakek; Major, J. W. Ci-ouDMAif, Stetson, Maine; Major, D. S. 
Curtis, Wisconsin; Adjutant, Sprague; Quartermaster, Baker, LeRoy, 
N. Y. ; Surf/eon, George. J. Northrop, Portland, Maine; Chaplain, Sam- 
uel H. Merrill, Portland; Sergeant Major, Howard; Quartenua-ster 
Senjeant, Miller; Commissary, Wolfer; Hospital Steward, Lovejoy, 
Meredith, N. H; Chief Musician, Levi E. Bigelow, Skowhegan, Maine. 

CO. A. — Captain, Hamilton; First Lieutenant, Wilkins; Second Lieu- 
tenant, Clark. 

CO. B. — Captain, McNamara; First Lieutenant, George A. Dickson; 
Second Lieutenant, Wolfer. 

CO. C. — Captain, George Griffin; First Lientenant, McBmDE; Second 
Lieutenant, Goff. 

CO. D. — Captain, William S. Howe, Stetson, Maine; Second Lieuten- 
ant, Eli Parkman, Charleston. 

CO. E. — Captain, T. C. Spears, New York; First Lieutenant, Jackson; 
Second Lieutenant, Albert Spaulding, Newport, Maine. 

CO. F. — Captain, Edwarb T. Sanford, Warren, Maine; First Lieuten- 
ant, James Maguire, Portland, Maine; Second Lieutenant, James F, 
McCusiCK, Warren, Maine. 

CO. G. — Captain, Thomas C. Webber, Gorham, Maine; First Lieuten- 
ant, Daniel F. Sargent, Brewer, Maine; Second Lieutenant, Leander M. 
CoMiNS, Lincoln, Maine. 

CO. H. — Captain, Andrew M. Benson, Oldtown, Maine; First Lieuten- 
aut, Zebulon B. Blethen, Lewiston, Maine; Second Lieutenant, Sylva- 
Nus R. Jackson, Foxcroft, Maine. 

CO. I. — Captain, Robert F. Dyer, Augusta, Maine; First Lieutenant, 
James H. Russell, Houlton, Maine; Second Lieutenant, Joskpu.W. Lee^ 
Calais, Maine. 



JxAUTZ'S FIRST nAII). 823 

CO. K.— Captain, John AV. Fhkkse, Ban};or, Maine; Fimt Lleidmant, 
ViNCKNT MoiTNTFORT, Bowdoiii, ^Slaiiic; Second Lieutenant, Corydon B. 
Lakin, Stetson, Maine. 

CO. L. — Cap«di?r, Charles C. Cuase, Portland, Maine; Second Lieuten- 
ant, William S. Faravkll, Kookland, IVfainc. 

Co. M was subsequently organized and officered as fol- 
lows : — 

CO. M. — Captain, Daniel F. Sargent, Brewer, promoted from Co. G; 
First Lieutenant, Edward P. Merrill, Portland, Maine; Second Lieuten- 
ant, Henry I). Fuller, Corinth, Maine. 

This regiment was the only regiment in the Army of tlie 
Potomac armed with Henry's repeating rifle. The peculiar- 
ity of this gun was, that it would fire sixteen shots without 
reloading. The subsequent history of this regiment proved it 
to be a terribly effective weapon. Fifteen shots could be given 
with it in ten seconds. Thus a regiment of one thousand men 
could fire fifteen thousand shots in ten seconds. 

On the sixteenth of February Co. F was mounted, and 
remained at Camp Baker, engaged in daily drilling, until the 
seventh of April. At that date it left Washington for Norfolk, 
and the next day joined a squadron of the old battalion, on 
picket at Great bridge. On the fourteenth the company 
marched to Deep Creek, Avhere it was joined by three com- 
jmnies of the old battalion, already referred to as having been 
on picket duty at Newport News. These companies remained 
here on picket duty until the organization of the cavalry 
division, under Gen. Kautz, two weeks later. 

On the fifth of May they marched with the cavalry division 
under Kautz, on his first raid. The object of these raids was 
to weaken the enemy by destroying public property, and by 
drawing off detachments in pursuit. In this movement Gen. 
Kautz had passed through Suffolk and crossed the Blackwater 
(where his march could have been easily arrested by destroying 
the bridge), before the enemy became aware of his purpose. 
At half-past two o'clock, on the afternoon of the seventh, he 
had marched a distance of seventy miles, and struck the 
Weldon Railroad just in time to intercept a body of rebel 



324 FIRST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

troops OH their way to Petersburg. A thunder-bolt from a clear 
'sky could hardly have l)eeu more astounding to the enemy. 
Instantly he was attacked. In an incredibly short time the 
action was over, the enemy was whipped, the railroad was cut, 
the public buildings were in tlames, and the gallant Kautz was 
ao-ain on his march, with some sixty prisoners in his train. 

Turning southward, the march was continued to the point 
where the railroad crosses the Nottaway River. Here an ol)sti- 
nately contested fight took place, in which the gallant Lieut. 
Jackson, of Co. E, fell mortally wounded. Here, too, fell a 
brave private, Samuel P. Delaite. In this engagement, as in 
others, the bravery of the men, and the efficiency of their six- 
teen shooters, were put to the proof. Maj. Curtis was ordered 
to deploy his battalion as skirmishers, and charge a much larger 
force of the enemy along the railroad, near a bridge. It was a 
covered bridge, and the rebels soon ran to it for shelter. The 
brave boys charged boldly after them, driving them through 
and into their fortifications on the other side, killing some, and 
taking several prisoners, with small loss. Some of the prison- 
ers said they thought the Yankees had a whole army, from the 
way the bullets flew. One lieutenant asked, "Do you load 
up over night and then fire all day?" He said he thought, 
by the way the bullets came into the bridge, they must have 
been fired by the basketful. Tlie result of the affair was that 
the bridge was burned, and Kautz w^as again on the march with 
forty more rebel prisoners. 

The immediate object of the expedition having been accom- 
plished, the command marched to City Point. Crossing the 
Appomattox on the tenth, they encamped for a day near Gen. 
Butler's headquarters. Twenty-four hours, however, had not 
elapsed when the division moved again on another raid, which 
proved to be one of the most hazardous and effective of the 
war. During the time that Gen. Butler's forces were engaged 
with the enemy, between Bermuda Hundred and Richmond, 
Gen. Kautz adroitly slipped through the lines, and again 
lioldly dashed into the heart of Dixie. He passed rapidly 
through Chesterfield County, pausing at the court house only 
long enough to open the jail and liberate two prisoners. Leaving 



KAUTZ'S 8J£C<)yi) 11 A UK '^-''^ 

the court house, the column moved on to Coaltield Station, 
on the Danville Kailvoad, thirteen miles west from Richmond. 
On the arrival of the trooi)S, at about half-past ten in the even- 
ing, the inhal)itauts were surprised and alarmed quite out of 
their propriety. That the Yankees shoidd have had the audac- 
ity to visit that section seemed al)solutely incomprehensible. 
But there was no remedy. Instantly guards were posted on all 
the roads leading to and from Petersburg and Richmond, and 
the work of the hour was hardly begun before it was ended. 
No harm was done to persons or to private property, but the 
railroad was destroyed, the telegraph came down, and trains of 
cars, depot buildings, and large quantities of government stores 
went up in smoke. On the twelfth, the "history of this affair'' 
repeated itself at Black's and White's Station, on the South Side 
iiailroad, thirty miles west from Petersburg, and forty from 
Coalfield Station. The railroad was torn up and the telegraph 
t(n-n down, while the depot buildings, together with large quan- 
tities of corn. Hour, tobacco, salt, and other articles designed 
for the rebel army, were subjected to the action of the fire, 
and resolved into their original elements. Wellville Station, 
five miles east on the same railroad, a few liours later shared a 
similar fate. The column now flioved in the direction of I)elle- 
field, on the Weldon Railroad. When within two miles of that 
place. Gen. Kautz learned that the enemy was in force to receive 
him. As his object was not so much to fight as to weaken the 
•enemy, by interrupting his communications and destroying his 
supplies, he avoided an engagement, turning to the left from 
Bellefield, and marching via Jarrett's Station, to the Nottaway 
River. 

When the advance reached Freeman's bridge, on this river, 
at ten o'clock in the evening, it was discovered that the whole . 
command was in a trap. One span of the bridge, forty feet in 
length, had been cut out. The river for a considerable dis- 
tance was unfordable. The fords above and below were 
strongly guarded, and the enemy was gathering in force in the 
rear. The position was not a desirable one. The river must 
be crossed, or a battle must be fought on the enemy's chosen 
ground, where little was to be gained, but where everything 



326 FIE8T MAINE CAYALBY. 

must be hazarded. A major of a New York regiment, com- 
manding the advance, declared that the bridge could not be 
made passable before the afternoon of the next day. But on 
the assurance of Capt. Howe that it could be done in a much 
shorter time, Co. I) was ordered up and told what was 
wanted. Working parties were instantly organized. In a short 
time tall pines in the neighboring woods had fallen before the 
axes of one party, and stalwart men, by means of the drag ropes 
of a battery, had drawn them out. Another party had in the 
meantime crossed the river on a little float they had fortunately 
found, and stood on the remaining part of the bridge on the 
other side. The ropes were thrown to them, and the stringers 
were drawn across the chasm and placed in position. To cover 
them with rails was but tlie work of a few moments, and in less 
than three hours from the time the Maine boys began the work 
it was completed, and the column passed on in safety. 

The division reached City Point on the nineteenth. During 
the last nine days it marched on an average twenty hours out of 
the twenty-four, leaving only four hours for rest. It will hardly 
be believed that in some instances hunger compelled the men to 
eat raw corn, like their horses, but such was the fact. On this 
raid they cut the Richmond and Danville and South Side Kail- 
roads in six different places, and inflicted an amount of damage 
upon the enemy's communications and army stores, which told 
severely upon them afterwards. On their arrival at City Point, 
both men and horses were much exhausted. On the twentieth 
the command crossed again to Bermuda Hundred, and went 
into camp about a mile from the river. 

In the services so far narrated, only two companies from 
Maine, viz., D and F, participated. The other six companies 
remained in Camp Baker, under command of Lieut. Col. Conger. 
Previous to their arrival the regiment had been assigned to 
Gen. Butler's department. On the twelfth of May these six 
companies, still unmounted, and having drilled only on foot, 
were ordered to Fortress Monroe. Leaving Washington the 
next afternoon on board of transports, after touching at Fort- 
ress Monroe they proceeded to Norfolk, and reporting to Gen. 
Shepley, were ordered to Portsmouth, where they disembarked 
and went into camp in the rear of the town. 



AT BERMUDA H UNBRED. 327 

Oil the inorning of May tAventy-secoiid tlicy i'e-eiu])iirko(l on 
board the transport steamer '' Monahanset," and proceeded up 
the James River. Althouoh the day was briglit and clear, the 
men were so crowded and uncomfortable that it robbed the trip 
of whatever enjoyment there might have been in it. The water 
the boys had to drink was of a reddish color, called " swamp 
water," and though said to be good, they partook of it sparingly. 
At night the transport anchored near Fort Powhattan, under 
the guns of the iron clad " Atlanta," the strange sea monster 
which had been captured from the enemy, and which some of 
the boys said looked like a huge turtle on a raft, "with his 
back up." The next morning they proceeded up the river and 
landed at Bermuda Hundred, and went into camp about a mile 
from the landing, by the side of the other six companies. Here, 
for the first time, all the companies of the regiment were 
together, one half mounted and the other half dismounted. 
On the twenty-fourth four companies, dismounted, were ordered 
to City Point, to take the place of a detachment of troops that 
had been sent to Fort Powhattan, which Fitz Hugh Lee had 
attacked ; but the enemy had been gallantly repulsed by the 
colored troops before the re-enforcements arrived, and the ser- 
vices of this battalion were not required, so it returned to 
Bermuda Hundred. 

At this point the Appomattox River unites with the James 
River, forming a point of land shaped something like a letter 
V. On the fifth of May Gen. Butler had taken possession 
of this point, and had built a line of works from near Point of 
Rocks, several miles up the Appomattox River, across to near 
Dutch Gap, on the James River, a distance of about five miles, 
and was holding the line with a force of infantry and artillery. 
On the twenty-fifth a portion of this infantry was ordered to 
proceed to the White House to co-operate with the Army 
of the Potomac, and this regiment, mounted and dismounted, 
was ordered to the front to man the earthworks. The position 
of- the regiment was about midway of the line between the 
two rivers, in an open field and on level ground. The tents 
were pitched a few rods in the rear of the breastworks, and 
with no protection from the shot and shell of the enem}'. The 



328 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

enemy lield a formidable line of works in the front, varying 
in distance from half a mile to two miles. Directly in front of 
the camp, at the distance of about forty rods from the main 
line of works, a thick wood prevented the men from seeing- the 
enemy's position. A little to the right the country was open, 
and there, on an eminence some eighty rods in advance of the 
Union breastworks, was a small redoubt, known as Fort Pride, 
defended by a section of a batter}^, and commanded by Capt. 
Pride, an artillery officer, from whom it took its name. Co. 
M, Capt. Sargent commanding, was stationed in this fort as 
an artillery support. A portion of the regiment was constantly 
on picket in front of the main line of works. The regiment 
was to hold this line. It was here that the six companies that 
recently reached the front loaded their pieces for action for 
the first time, and it was here that the pluck of the men and the 
efficiency of their guns were first put to the test. 

The enemy shelled them nearly every day from behind his 
breastworks, and though the regiment received no damage, still 
a vivid recollection is retained of the shelling. The guns of the 
enemy on a part of his line were trained on the redoubt, and 
when the shells failed, as they often did, to explode at the point 
intended, they came directly into the camp of this regiment, 
the Whitworth whistling with a sound like that produced by 
the wing of a pigeon swiftly cutting the air, — others screaming- 
overhead, or tearing up the ground. In one instance the fusee 
of a shell was blown out and struck a colored boy in the face, 
but inflicted no serious iujury. Some of the boys proposed to 
wash his face, to see if the fright had not bleached him. The 
humor of these people is irrepressible. When the fusee whisked 
across this fellow's face he opened his eyes wide, and seeing a 
friend, exclaimed: "By golly. Bill, did you see dat ar snipe?" 
^ Yah, yah, yah," exclaimed the other, " you nigger. I reckon 
you wouldn't like to have dat ar snipe pick you." 

At three o'clock on the morning of the twenty-eighth the 
rebels opened with artillery all along the line, and the whole 
force was ordered to "fall in." It was supposed they were 
about to assault the works. Drawn up for the first time in 
close line of battle, a few paces from the breastworks, in antici- 




Lieut. WILLIAM S. FARWELL, Co. L. 

1st D, C, Cav 



AT U Eli Ml DA UrSDUKI). ^29 

pation of a bloody conflict, the wliolc beariiii;- of tlic men was 
such as to make their galhint commamhT iiroiul of them. 
Wlieii all Avas ready, the intrepid Col. Conner mounted on 
oUl " Barney,'' as Ins war horse was called, the inevitable 
pi[)e in mouth, pulling as quietly as if. sitting at his tent door, 
Chaplain Merrill passed along in front of the line, with words 
of cheer to the men. As he told them what was expected of 
them, and that he trusted they would give a good account 
of themselves in the coming conflict, they answered with the 
utmost enthusiasm : " We will, chaplain, we wdll ; that is what 
we came here for. We wall do it.'' The expected assault, 
however, was not made, and three hours later they returned to 
their quarters. 

On the picket line the time did not entirely pass without 
enlivening incidents. An officer one night discerned a suspi- 
cious looking object moving stealthily tow^ards the fortifica- 
tions. Making a detour he got into its rear unperceived, and 
soon discovered that it w\as a man reconnoitring our works. 
By cautious movements, noAv stepping behind this tree, and 
now crouching behind that stump, still when the game was 
still, and moving quickly when it moved, he succeeded in 
getting sufficiently near, when, taking deliberate aim, he roared 
out: "Lay down!" Disarmed and brought in, the captive 
proved to be a lieutenant in the rebel service. 

Corp. Wilbur F. Lunt, Co. I, thus describes life while on 
duty here : — 

Here the actual experience of war beoun. A little to the right of where 
we were encamped were two Union batteries. Our company lay entirely 
exposed, the breastworks in front being only four feet high, with a shallow 
ditch outside, beyond which the forest had been cleared off, leaving stumps 
and bushes, and trees with limbs sharpened, making an almost impassable 
space of some twenty or thirty rods in front. Once or twice a night, when 
we were certain to be almost dead for want of sleep, the batteries would 
open, the rebel shells come flying through the air, and we would be ordered 
to man the works. This was not so bad in good weather, but on rainy 
nights to be hurried out and compelled to stand in the mud for a couple of 
hours, became extremely tedious as soon as the novelty had worn off. We 
could not remove our clothing, because we never seemed to know the hour 
when we would be called, and when we were called the urgency of the 
occasion was too great to admit of delay, as each time it was expected tliat 



330 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

the enemy was to advance. Every other night we took our turn on picket 
duty, out in front of the works — two hours' watcli and four hours' sleep. 
On clear, warm, moonlight nights this was not ijarticularly disagreeable, but 
on cold and rainy nights it was anything but agreeable, because when we 
had once removed our blankets from the places which we had selected by 
daylight, we were certain not to be again comfortable or dry during the 
remainder of the night, for we could have no fires, and we were not per- 
mitted to strike a light, and if we lay down we most certainly would find a 
puddle of water to receive us. 

The part of the picket line which extended along in front of 
the camp, from left to right, about one mile, was held bj this 
regiment. On the right the line extending on in front of Fort 
Pride, and some distance beyond, was manned by another regi- 
ment. Before daybreak on the morning of the fourth the enemy 
commenced a furious shelling, which was continued till sun- 
rise. Meantime he had thrown out a strong line of skirmishers 
to attack the pickets on the left, for the purpose, doubtless, of 
diverting attention from the point at which he intended to 
strike. The attack was sudden and vigorous, but the reserve 
rallying promptly with their superior arms, the enemy was 
repulsed. The skirmishing continued, however, till about nine 
o'clock, when a regiment of South Carolina troops left their 
entrenchments, farther to the right, and advanced on Fort 
Pride, with a yell peculiarly their own. The pickets of the 
regiment referred to left their posts and came in. Capt. 
Sargent at once sent out twenty-one men under command of 
Lieut. Blethen. This small party, taking advantage of the 
ground, got a position from which, as the enemy advanced on 
the fort, they could give him an enfilading fire. The first volley 
told with terrible effect ; another equally destructive instantly 
followed. Another, another, and another, tore through their 
thinned and thinning ranks. It seemed as if a whole brigade 
was on their flank. In the meantime the artillery opened on 
them with grape and canister. A moment more and the sur 
vivors were seeking the shelter of their works, leaving pieir 
dead and wounded on the field. Among the dead was the 
colonel of the regiment. A detachment from this regiment 
was sent out to man the picket line. Lieut. Blethen returned, 
bringing in thirteen prisoners, among whom was one commis- 



ATTACK ON PETERSUUUG. B'51 

sioiied officer. It is a siiig-uliir fact that this rcgiiuciit had not 
a man harmed. Two hours after the fight the body of the 
rebel colonel who fell was sent, under a flag of truce, across 
tlie enemy's lines, together with his gold watch, a diamond 
ring, and various other articles of value found ui)on his person. 

It is a noteworthy fact that the Sabbath was sometimes 
remembered in the army, even in the midst of a vigorous 
campaign. When the troops were on a march it was different. 
But during the ten months the two great armies confronted 
each other before Richmond, no instance is remembered in 
which the religious services of the Sabbath were interrupted 
by the enem}-. As by common consent, aggressive movements 
on both sides, with rare exceptions, were suspended on that 
day. Usually on the Sabbath all was quiet along the lines. 
Especially so were the first Sabbaths this regiment passed at 
Bermuda Hundred front. At the suggestion of Col. Mix, of 
the Third New York Cavalry, that regiment and the First 
District of Columbia Cavalry attended a united service while 
stationed at that point, the chaj)lains of the two regiments 
officiating alternately. 

At one o'clock on the morning of the tenth, the six mounted 
companies of the First District of Columbia Cavalry moved, 
with the division under Gen. Kautz, as it afterwards appeared, 
to capture Petersburg. The cavalry was to attack the city on 
the south, while the Tenth corps of infantry, under Gen. Gil- 
more, was to attack on the north side. The cavalry moved 
promptly. All the troops did their duty well. No further 
account of the matter, however, can here be given than is 
necessary to show the part borne by this regiment. As tlie 
column, marching by the Jerusalem turnpike, approached the 
enemy's defences, Lieut. Col. Conger, commanding, ordered 
Maj. Curtis to dismount his battalion and charge the enemy's 
works. Every fourth man was left in charge of the horses. 
The balance of the battalion moved steadily forward, firing 
rapidly as they advanced, nor did they pause at all till they 
were inside the rebel works, securing prisoners and destroying 
such camp equipage as they could not remove. It was then 
discovered that they had done this against three times their 



332 FIE ST MAINE CAVALEY. 

own number, ligliting behind l)reastworks. With the common 
arm this woiikl hardly have been possible. Some of the pris- 
oners said : " Your rapid firing confused our men ; they thought 
the devil helped you and it was of no use to fight." During the 
action, Capt. Griffin, of Co. C, with a small detachment from 
his own and another company, charged and took a twelve 
pound brass howitzer, against large odds of good fighting men. 
They could not stand the ready loaded and instant firing arms 
which these men used against them. After the defences had 
been carried, it was ascertained that the infantry had returned 
to Bermuda Hundred without striking a blow, and as the enemy 
was rapidly bringing up re-enforcements from Richmond and 
elsewhere, Gen. Kautz Avas compelled to retire, which he did 
without molestation. In the early part of the action, Lieut. 
Maguire received a painful wound in the leg. This was the 
only casualty. While this affair was in progress, a detachment 
from that portion of the regiment which remained behind 
reconnoitred the enemy's works in the front, found them 
deserted, and demolished them. 

On the thirteenth the regiment was relieved from duty in 
the entrenchments by a regiment of one hundred days' men 
from Ohio. The next day the balance of the regiment was 
mounted, and moved at once with the cavalry division, in 
concert with the Eighteenth corps of infantry, for a second 
demonstration on Petersburg. The disadvantage under which 
they labored will be appreciated when it is stated that a por- 
tion of the District of Columl)ia men took the saddle that day 
for the first time in their lives. And yet the regiment was 
highly complimented for its gallantry in the engagement which 
resulted in forcing the enemy back to his inner line of entrench- 
ments. Lieut. Parkman, of Co. D, a brave and accomplished 
officer, and an excellent man, was killed. 

Hitherto one-half the regiment had served as infantry. Now, 
mounted and released from duty in the entrenchments, they 
were so far prepared to take the field as cavalry. Probably, 
however, no other regiment in the service took the field in a 
condition so unfavorable to success. The expectations, based 
upon assurances given them at the time of their enlistment, 



WILSON'S HA II). 333 

that they wouhl be at oiu-e niouuted ami retained on duty at 
the seat of govenimeut, had been disappointed. The}- hud 
l)een sent to the front to serve on foot, and on aecount of tlieir 
superior arms, in every action they had been ])hieed in the most 
jicrilous positions. And now, no sooner were these remaining 
companies mounted, than they were taken into action before 
they had been drilled in the saddle at all. Now if (as will 
hereafter be seen), notwithstanding all these adverse influences, 
they w^ere distinguished for their braver}^ and efficienc}' on 
every field in which they fought, the fact will prove the ster- 
ling qualities of the men. 

On the nineteenth, they broke camp near the breastworks 
at Bermuda Hundred front, and moved north about five miles, 
to a point near the James, about two miles below Jones' Land- 
ing. At four o'clock in the afternoon of the twentieth, an 
order was received to be ready to march at an hour's notice. 
At nine o'clock the horse equipments arrived from Washing- 
ton. The different parts of the saddle were in different boxes, 
and so unacquainted were the men with horse gear, that many 
of them were unable to adjust the various parts without assist- 
ance. Nor was this strange. Before their enlistment they 
had no occasion to learn, and subsequently, no opportunity, 
and yet, three hours later, they started on the celebrated 
Wilson's raid. 

At one o'clock on the morning of the twenty-first of June, 
the regiment moved with the Third division of cavalry, under 
Gen. Kautz, and joined another division from the Army of the 
Potomac. The whole force numbered about eight thousand 
men, wath sixteen pieces of artillery, and was commanded by 
Gen. Wilson. The object of the movement, like that of similar 
ones Avhich had preceded it, was not to fight, but to weaken 
the enemy b}^ cutting his communications, and by destroying 
army stores and other public property. The Army of the 
Potomac was now entrenched on the south side of Richmond. 
All supplies for the rebel capital must be drawn from the south 
and west. The question of its reduction was only a question 
of time, while ever}- interruption of its communications, and 
every diminution of its sup})lies, would hasten the time. 



I 



334 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

On the night of the twenty-first, the command bivouacked 
at Blanford, on the Suffolk Railroad, four miles south of Peters- 
burg. Of the use of this road the enemy had already been 
deprived. Passing on the twenty-second to Prince George 
Court House, then marching in a southerly direction, they 
struck the Weldon Railroad at Reams' Station, twelve miles 
from Petersburg. The place was guarded by a small body of 
militia. A portion of them were captured and the remainder 
dispersed. Here the sad but necessary work of destruction 
began. All the buildings at the station, together with a loco- 
motive, and a train of five or six cars, Avere consigned to the 
flames. 

After tearing \\\) the road for a considerable distance, the 
command marched to Ford's Station, on the South Side Rail- 
road, eighteen miles southwest from Petersburg. Here the 
work of destruction was resumed. The public buildings, to- 
gether with three locomotives and fifteen cars, shared the fate 
of those at Reams' Station. 

On the twenty-third they advanced to Black's and White's, 
fifteen miles southwest on the same road, destroying the three 
intervening stations, and tearing up the road along their line of 
march. On the morning of the twenty-fourth, a march of eight 
miles led them to Nottawa}^ Court House, Avhere they destroyed 
a railroad station, together with a large storehouse filled with 
cotton. Resuming the line of march, they advanced to Keyes- 
ville, on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, leaving behind 
them a track of smouldering ruins, as far as the public property 
of the enemy furnished combustible matter. Nor is it to be 
denied that within certain limits a good deal of foraging was 
done. 

In a liealthy subject, free exercise in the open air, especially 
on horseback, tends to give an appetite, whose cravings nothing 
can appease but food. This was the experience of the boys. 
And if their haversacks were sometimes empty, and they were 
fain to gnaw the raw corn, " which the horses did eat," their 
appetites were all the more clamorous when they came within 
reach of food. At such times, bread, and meat, and butter, and 
milk, and eggs, and cream, in a word, whatever the smoke- 



WILSON'S UAU). 



835 



house, or the spring-house, or the liehl, or garden, or stall, or 
pasture of a rebel contained, which was capable of being readily 
converted into good food, was remorselessly appropriated with- 
out waiting for either commissary or quartermaster process. 
These acts of tlie boys were never denied ; and yet there could 
never be discovered any signs of penitence on account of them. 
After passing Drake's depot, eight miles further south, and 
paying it the same compliments they had paid to others, they 
approached Roanoke bridge, which crosses the Staunton River 
at the mouth of the Little Roanoke. As this was a point of 
great importance to the enemy, it was fortified and strongly 
o-uarded. On this side of the river, at a distance of about three- 
fourths of a mile, running parallel with it, was a range of hills. 
Between the hills and the river the ground was open and level. 
At tlie left of the railroad was a broad field of wheat, while on 
the right a luxuriant growth of grass and weeds, rising nearly 
to the height of a man's shoulders, covered the ground. The 
bluff on the opposite side of the river was lined with earth- 
works, and bristled with cannon, both above and below the 
bridge, while a strong line of the enemy's skirmishers had been 
thrown across the bridge and deployed along the shore. 

Gen. Wilson's ol)3ect was to burn the bridge, and Lieut. Col. 
Conger, of the First District of Columbia Cavalry, was detailed 
to do it. The regiment was composed of new recruits, with 
little experience, and had received less instruction than any 
other regiment in the command. The undertaking was a peril- 
ous one. Its wisdom the reader will be likely to question. 
And yet, when the final order was given to charge across the 
level ground in the face of the rebel batteries, the gallant First 
District of Columbia moved forward in splendid style, dis- 
mounted (except the intrepid Conger, who, being lame from 
previous wounds, was compelled to ride). The advance squad- 
ron, commanded by Capt. Benson, had not advanced far, when, 
from the line of the enemy's works in front, a murderous storm 
of grape and canister was hurled into their ranks with terrible 
effect. Officers and men went down in large numbers. Still, 
without the least protection, in the face of that withering fire, 
and at too great a distance from the enemy to effect much by 



336 FIIIHT MAINE CAVALBY. 

their own, those In-ave men pressed on till near the bridge. 
Efforts were made to burn it, but they were unsuccessful. The 
regiment did but little actual lighting here, for the simple reason 
that they could not get at the enemy, but the cannonading was 
rapid and heavy. The hills presented a line of fire and smoke, 
and the earth trembled with the terrific concussions. Shells 
screamed across the horizon, bursting into deadly iron hail — 
the grim forms of smoke masked men, the gleam of burnished 
guns in the wheat-field, where the men were not engaged, and 
the flashing of sabres where they were, with horsemen in the 
distance, sweeping to and fro, formed a scene of exciting grand- 
eur such as few of the men had ever witnessed before. When 
at length it was discovered that the object could not be accom- 
plished but at too great a sacrifice of life, the advance was 
ordered back, and as nothing else was to be done in this direc- 
tion, the return march was commenced. The enemy followed 
all day, but made no attack. After a march of thirty-two miles 
directly east, through Greensborough, the column halted for the 
night near Oak grove. 

A march of thirty-eight miles brought them to the iron bridge 
across Stony Creek, about ten o'clock on the morning of the 
twenty-eighth. Here a heavy force of cavalry and artillery ^^-as 
found in position to dispute the crossing. The cavalry consisted 
of Hampton's command, together with that of Fitz Hugh Lee. 
A severe engagement took place, in which this regiment lost 
about eighty men in killed, Avounded, and missing. The result 
was indecisive. The enemy was pressed back, while the raiding 
column turned to the left and crossed the creek at a point above. 

Gen. Kautz's division had the advance, this regiment moving 
at the head of the column, and the Eleventh Pennsylvania next. 
On approaching Reams' Station, Avhich had been supposed to be 
in possession of the Union forces. Gen. Kautz found himself 
confronted by the enemy, both infantry and artillery. Mahone's 
wlujle division, and one brigade from another division, had been 
se§jt out to intercept Wilson's command, which was now out- 
numbered two to one. The enemy was drawn up in strong line 
of battle, extending from the Nottawa}' River, on the right, to a 
point far out on the left. This regiment and the Eleventh 




Hon. DANIEL F. DAVIS, 
Corp. Co. F, Ex-Gov, of Maine 
Bangor. 





Sergt. WILBUR F. LUNT, Co. G. 
LateAtty. for York Co., and U. S. Dist. Atty. 
Portland. 



Lieut. HENRY F. BLANCHARD, Co. G 
Augusta. 




Corp. JOSEPH B. PEAKS, Cc. K. 

Ex-Ins. Com., Co. Atty., and 

Col. 1st Regt. Reserve Militia of Maine. 



WILSON'S h'AIf). 387 

Peiuisylvaiiiii t'liaro-ed direcll)' tlivouo-h. (Jon. Wilson, liow- 
ever, instead of t'ollowiiio- on, fell back, aljaiidoned his artillery, 
A\agous, and aiubidaiices, and by making a wide detoiii', avoided 
the enemy, and abandoned these two regiments to their fate. 

Gen. Kantz had marched bnt a short distance wlien he fonnd 
liimself in a triangle, two sides of which, inchiding his rear and 
left front, were held by the enemy in overwhelming numbers. 
Extending along -his right front was tlie railroad, running 
through a cut from ten to twelve feet in depth. Beyond it, and 
runidng nearly parallel with it, was a stream of considerable 
depth, and beyond that an extensive swamp, supposed to be 
impassable. The enemy now thought himself sure of his prey. 
Under the circumstances, almost any other man would have 
surrendered. Not so the indomitable Kautz. It was a wild and 
exciting scene to see those mounted men slide down tliat steep 
embankment to the railroad track, scramble up the opposite 
bank, dash down the next declivity into the stream, and wal- 
low through mire and water, the horses in some instances 
rolling over and the men going under, amid the thunder of 
artillery, and with solid shot plunging, shells exploding, grape 
and canister raining, and musket balls whistling around them, 
till they reached the opposite shore and disappeared in the 
swamp, which had been made passable by a drought of great se- 
verity. Following their indefatigable commander, they pressed 
their way through, and reached their old camp at Jones' Land- 
ing the next day. 

Lieut. Col. Conger, Maj. Curtis, and Capt. Sanford were severe- 
1}^ wounded. Capts. Benson and Chase, who had been wounded 
at Roanoke bridge, fell into the enemy's hands as prisoners 
when the ambulances were abandoned at Stony Creek. The 
damage to the enemy by this raid was immense. Besides the 
destruction of cotton, buildings, commissary stores, and rolling 
stoek, Richmond and Petersburg were cut off from all railroad 
communication for several weeks. 

Corp. Lunt, of Co. I, thus details his experience during tliis 
raid : — 

On tlie twentieth of June, orders were received to prepare for a raid into 
the enemy's country, and nearly all night was spent in adjusting our equip- 



338 Fin ST MAINE CAVALnY. 

nieiits cand packing up for a move, we knew not where. Many of ns did not 
sleep at all, 1>nt as we used to do, when boys, the nijj,ht before the P'ourth of 
July, we kept awake so that we miftht be the first on hand in the mornin<f. 
Before the dawn of the morning' of the twenty-first, the bugles sounded 
" Fall in ! " and while the stars were still glittering in the sky, and the mist 
resting upon the waters of the Appomattox, our regiment was in motion, 
and just at daybreak we were leading our horses by twos over the pontoon 
bridge across the Appomattox River, near Point of Rocks. I remember 
the curious sensations we experienced, and the timorous motions of the 
reluctant horses, as they followed their file leaders' across this swaying, 
undulating bridge. 

After crossing the river we movuited and moved forward in column of 
fours, towards the left liank of the army, then investing Petersburg. As 
we approached the old Prince George County Court House, the road was 
strewn with papers and manuscripts, evidently a part of the records of that 
county, from the loss and destruction of which landholders must have since 
suffered great inconvenience. A little after noon we went into bivouac, and 
word was sent around that all men who were unable to ride for seven or 
eight days and nights should return to the former camp; but as this was our 
first experience, no one seemed to doubt his ability to endure any of the 
hardships and perils of the expedition before us. 

This day's journey was my first experience on horseback. As we set out 
on our march from the Appomattox River, in the morning, I waited impa- 
tiently for the column to move forward merrily at a gallop ; but I waited in 
vain, for we moved only at a plodding, monotonous walk, amid clouds of 
dust, and under a burning sky. My lips were parched by the dust and heat, 
but the enthusiasm of youth led me to anticipate a more agreeable time 
when we should reach the open country of the enemy, and, like the troopers 
of Murat. ride down all the rebels who stood in our way; so I braced up my 
s])irits with the illusions of hope never to be realized. 

On the morning of the twenty-second, while the moon was yet bright in 
the heavens, and all was quiet, save the stir of the horses and the occasional 
braying of a mule, the notes of the bugle and the orders of the orderly ser- 
geant roused us from our slumbers, and after feeding and watering our 
horses and getting a hasty breakfast, '' Boots and saddles!'" was sounded, 
and away we started for the enemy's country. I was one of the number 
detailed to act as regimental rear guard, but I was no horseman, and judg- 
ing by the way my companions kept in their saddles, they were no more 
skilled in the equestrian art than I was. The fact is that we did not per- 
form our duty as rear guard very well, and Col. Conger, our commander, 
who was an old cavalry man, made some remarks to the effect that we were 
" a d d sight worse than the stragglers." 

Shortly after daylight the head of our column reached Reams' Station, 
on the Weldon Railroad, and the advance guard, by a sudden charge, suc- 
ceeded in capturing a rebel picket, and drove away a squadron of their 
cavalry. We continued our march. By-and-by the sun rose in the heavens 
and the heat became intense. The roads Avere dusty, and the way a most 
weary one to me. Long before night I was as tired as boys usually are on 
the Fourth of July, when they have begun their celebration the night before. 



WILSON 'S liMlK 339 

That iii^lit we bivouaoked by tbc side oi the load, near Ford's Station, on 
the South Side Kaih'oad. 

The next mornin<^, continuin,u' our way, the station buiUlint;' and store- 
houses, containinj;' (juautities of tobacco and otlier niercliandise, were 
burned, and some portions of tlie railroad destroyed. Late in tlie afternoon 
we readied Burkesville, at the junction of the South Side and Ivichmond 
and Danville Railroads. I remember callinji' at some ne.uro quarters adjoin- 
ing a fine old mansion which had been deserted by its proprietor, and there 
informing the negroes that we were Yankees coming to set them free. 
Some of these colored people were almost white, and I shall never forget 
their eagerness, coupled with a doubt, which their countenances exin-essed. 
Tliey could not believe that a day so long hoped for, and delayed, had at last 
arrived. At Burkesville our forage Avas exhausted, and we were obliged to 
graze our horses in tlie fields and pastures. I felt as Mazeppa must have 
felt after he had been bound to the wild horse for several days — so tired 
and lame and sore that I was obliged to creep on hands and knees while I 
held the halter of my horse, as lie grazed. 

That night I slept soundly, and the next morning, having adjusted my 
stirrups and arranged my saddle, started 'off with the regiment, feeling 
much better. The track of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, along 
which we were marching, was not laid with ordinary iron T rails, but in i^lace 
of them longitudinal timbers, or sleepers, were laid, with fiat strap iron 
spiked down to these sleepers. Our work of destruction on this road was 
com]iaratively easy, for it was only necessary to take the rail fences down, 
pile the rails along the track and set them on fire, when the heat would 
expand the rails so that they would curl itp, and the road w^as effectually 
destroyed for immediate use. 

On the night of this day we halted at Keyesville, and my company was 
sent out on a cross road to do picket duty. We made our headquarters at 
the house of Mr. Foster, whose wife, although she had been born in Ohio, 
api>eared to be a very ardent sympathizer with the Confederates, and to be 
extremely anxious to obtain all the information possible as to the number 
of our force and the object of our raid, but I fear that the information 
she obtained w^as far from accurate, and she herself seemed to doubt our 
veracity. Nevertheless, we were here bountifully supplied with ripe cher- 
ries and a good supper, and about midnight a family of negro slaves prepared 
a turkey supper for us, which was a very welcome change from hardtack 
and pork. During that night a colored man came into our picket jiost and 
informed the sergeant in command that there were some teams containing 
provisions secreted some distance away in the woods, and I was ordered to 
take two men and bring them in. Experienced soldiers would have beeji 
more careful, but, ignorant of danger, away we went, following our dusky 
guide through the gray of the morning, across fields and pastures and 
through woods, until at length, in a secluded spot, under the thick foliage 
of lofty trees, just at daybreak, we found several wagons laden with trunks 
and furniture, and one small cart filled with bacon and corn meal, and an 
old roan horse tied to a tree near by. The provisions were the most valu- 
able to us, so we told the negro to take all he wanted, and with a great 
deal of pleasure he broke open trunks and appropriated so much of their 



340 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

contents as lie saw lit, while we took a few knickknacks as mementoes of 
the occasion. The negro having harnessed the horse to the cart containing 
the bacon and meal, we started for the road leading back to Mr. Foster's. 
Jnst as we reached the road, our vidette stationed near halted a man in 
Confederate gray and took him in charge, and we escorted him back to the 
picket post. He claimed to be a Confederate mail carrier, and that he was 
exempt from military service, and exhibited a physician's statement as to 
his disability. He was, however, kept in charge until we joined our column 
in the morning, but what became of him I never knew. Our negro con- 
tinued along with us as driver of the team which we had confiscated, and 
this supply of provisions, later on, was all we had for several days to keep 
us from starvation. The bacon and ham we Avere glad to eat raw, although 
portions of it presented a very animated spectacle. 

On this twenty-fourth day of June the weather was intensely hot, and 
the column for the most of the time was enveloped in a cloud of dust. We 
continued our march, destroying railroad stations and storehouses contain- 
ing valuable merchandise, as well as considerable portions of the railroad 
tracks near at hand. Late in the afternoon, as we approached a range of 
hills, Ave heard firing of cannon and the occasional rattle of musketry. Our 
regiment was formed under the shelter of a bluft', and the order given to 
"dismount and prepare to fight on foot." For many of the men this was 
the first time they had received such orders knowing that it meant business. 
The dismounted men, having formed in line by companies, were quickly 
counted off in sets of fours, and started on the double quick down the rail- 
road track. We had not proceeded far before the landscape between the 
hills was- open to our view. We perceived on our left a deep creek, with 
steep banks thickly fringed with trees and bushes, and beyond that a wide 
interval field stretching to a river of considerable width. Across this in- 
terval was a high railroad embankment, broken in one or two places, 
with wooden bridges across the openings. On the right of the road a wide 
interval extended to the river, and at the point on the river bank to which 
the railroad embankment extended we saw a long, covered bridge, and on 
the further side of the bridge extensive earthworks, with guns mounted 
in them. The advance of our forces on the right of the railrt)ad had already 
engaged the enemy with a brisk fire, Avhich was returned from the A-icinity 
of the bridge and the earthAVorks on the opposite side. 

Our regiment Avas immediately ordered to deploy to the left of the rail- 
road, with the creek before mentioned in our rear. While this movement 
Avas being executed as rapidly as possible, much of the time in plain vieAV of 
the enemy, many of the boys for the first time found themselves under a 
brisk fire from the cannon and small arms of the enemy. The distance was 
not too great for them to use canister as well as shell, and several of our 
boys were wounded before we opened fire at all. The field in which we 
Avere deployed Avas traversed by a number of very deep, dry ditches, dug in 
the clayey soil and fringed Avith thick hedges of blackberry bushes, which 
made our movements disorderly and rendered it difficult to execute them. 

A squadron of the regiment stationed in line nearest the railroad, under 
command of Capt. A. M. Benson, undertook to charge, for the purpose of 
reaching and burning the covered bridge. They Avere met Avith a terrible. 



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lire of inuskotry and canistor, and weir oltliiied to relincjuisli tlieir attempt 
to reacli the bridj^e. Later Capt. Chase, witli several men of his com- 
pany, undertook to reacli tlie bridge. Crawlinjj; cautiously alon<fsido of 
the embankment, they reached a point where tlicy were obliged to expose 
tiiemselves, and scarcely one of the whole scjuad escaped uninjvired, Capt. 
Chase being seriously wounded. A brisk fire was kept up on both sides 
until dark, when gradually our forces were withdrawn and the return march 
commenced. The forces crossed the creek before mentioned at a ford a 
short distance in the rear of our line. A considerable number of our regi- 
ment remained behind on the field to guard this foid. At dawn the enemy's 
battery opened a heavy lire upon the troops then crossing the ford. I was 
one of those who remained upon the field all night, and I distinctly remem- 
ber watching the flash of the cannon, and seeing the black speck of the 
approat'hing shells, which passed over us and exploded a short distance in 
our rear. Here and there upon the field range stakes had been driven by 
the enemy. It seemed a mystery to me that while so few of us were left 
behind, the enemy did not advance to engage us. This affair w-as known to 
us as the engagement at Staunton River. Lieut. Col. Conger, who com- 
manded our regiment, was wounded in this engagement, together with 
several other officers and a considerable number of men. 

From this point the regiment proceeded towards Stony Creek, marching 
with a large number of negroes in the column, who vainly fancied that free- 
dom was at hand. I cannot speak for other portions of the regiment, but I 
know that at dusk, on the night of the twenty-seventh, the regiment halted 
in the road, which at that point entered the thick forest. We fed our 
horses with corn on the cob, and many of the men were obliged to refresh 
themselves with the same food as that which they gave their horses. Shortly 
after, the order was given to mount and to prepare to light mounted, and 
that no man should speak aloud. The column started forward at a quick 
trot, and then increased its pace to a gallop. We entered the forest, it then 
being so dark we could scarcely perceive our file leaders. Advancing along 
this road we soon saw the flash of the flre-arms of the rebel pickets in the 
woods close at hand, l)ut the column charged forward in the darkness, 
until soon we came to a place wdiere bright camp-fires were lighted, and 
approached the bridge across Stony Creek. Down to our right, across the 
creek, we heard a continual and heavy firing of musketry, with an occa- 
sional boom of heavy guns, which showed that our forces were holding the 
bridge to enable us to cross the creek. Turning to the left we proceeded 
along the road, riding all night, officers and men in many instances being 
sound asleep, and the men of various companies being intermingled, the 
strongest and most active horses leading the way. Shortly after daylight 
word came back that the enemy was in force not far from our front. Soon 
we approached the borders of a plantation, where the regiment was halted 
and orders given to dismount and prepare to fight on foot. 

I cannot say that there was much enthusiasm among the boys, for we 
were hungry, weak, and exhausted. The first battalion then dismoiuited, 
formed, and marched out in the open field in the vicinity of the farm house, 
which was located in the midst of an orchard, on rising ground, near the 
centre of a field of consideral)lc area. No sooner v.ere thcv formed than 



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the enemy opened lire upon them with canister from some unseen liattery. 
Taken by surprise at this warm reception, the line instantly broke, but the 
boys in a few moments rallied and came back to the orchard near the house. 
From that point they espied a considerable number of the enemy lyinji; 
behind a rail fence a few hundred yards away, and at once poured a scatter- 
ing hre into them. Soon here and tliere many who were sheltered by the 
trees began to cry out that they were hit, and we discovered that the enemy 
in considerable numbers was concealed in the house and its outbuildings. 
Thereupon Capt. Howe, with several of his men, advanced to the door of 
the house and kicked it open, while others were shooting in at the win- 
dows. As Capt. Howe kicked open the door a. tall rebel levelled his musket 
and a bullet whistled in close iiroximity to his ear. Capt. Howe, before he 
entered the service, had been a Baptist minister, and the language which 
he used just then might have been extracted piecemeal from some Scriptural 
text, but in it some of the boys recognized a " d n," wliich was empha- 
sized by a shot from his pistol. Thereupon some eight or ten tall, gaunt 
rebels gave themselves up as prisoners, and were sent away to what we con- 
sidered our rear. 

Soon, being re-enforced by other men of the regiment, we moved forward 
to the borders of the lield, the rebel forces retiring. Upon this line we lay 
till about noon, occasionally exchanging shots with the enemy. Many of 
the men were so exhausted that they fell asleep, and it required consider- 
able effort on the part of their officers to make them realize the dangers of 
their situation. Later on, no enemy appearing, I went back across the 
held to the house before mentioned, and then down to a skirmish line 
stationed at another jjart of the field, at the foot of a liill, a few hundred 
. yards distant from the out-houses. There being no officer in command at 
that point, and seeing no apparent necessity for remaining there, in a short 
time I started to go up to the house to get some water. I had traversed 
about half the distance to the smoke-house, located in the midst of a patch 
of thick weeds, when I heard the "zip" of a bvillet close at hand. As I 
proceeded these sounds grew more and more frequent, varied by an occa- 
sional "whew!" As I approached the smoke-house, though I had not per- 
ceived any men around it, I heard a voice cry: " Get down on your liauds 
and knees!" This I was not inclined to do, but I increased my speed to a 
double quick. The "zip" and "whew" of bullets increased tremendously, 
and I perceived that, as I ascended the hill, I had come into view of the 
rebel skirmish line, from which I was before hidden, and when 1 reached 
the smoke-house I found the weeds full of our boys, while some were con- 
cealed liehind the structure. There was some swearing because my advent 
had brought upon them a very heavy fire. It seemed very strange to me 
that it did not appear to make any difference on which side of that smoke- 
house I went — the bullets came "thudding" into the logs in a perfect 
shower all over it. I then became conscious that we were in a field bor- 
dered by woods, with the enemy upon three sides of us in forces heavier 
than our own. It was but natural, when this firing disclosed the presence 
of forces sufficiently large to easily effect our capture, that we should start 
to retire ; and forthwith we did start, on the double quick, to pass the house 
and through the orchard to the further side of the field, .where we had left 



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our liorst's. As we reached tlio liouse we looked to the loft aeross the tield 
toward the rail fenee, where but a short time before many of my eompaiiy 
had been lyiuy; down, when up from behind it a lon<^ line of rebel infantry 
arose and started on a charge across the tield toward the orchard, to effect 
our capture. It seems that some distance above, behind a little i)iece 
of woods that jutted into the field, a battalion of I'ennsylvania cavalry, 
mounted, had been stationed, and at this instant, in t-olumn of fours, with 
sabres drawn, they came charging down upon the flank of this line of rebel 
infantry and speedily swept it from the tield, affording us an opportunity to 
retire to our horses, an opportunity of which we at once availed ourselves. 

We had been with our horses but a few moments when the order was 
given to throw away everything but our saddle equipments and arms, and 
we then realized that our situation was desperate. Forthwith the rapid 
tiring of a battery, stationed out on the road by which we had reached this 
field, was heard, with heavy musketry firing and the yell of a heavy force of 
charging rebels. In a few moments the battery had ceased firing, and we 
saw the approaching guns, which were drawn by six horses, come galloping 
in at a speed which seemed almost inconceivable, and the rebel forces were 
closing in upon us on all sides. On ruceiving orders we speedily mounted, 
and the regiments of our brigade, in smgle file, started to move out thrctugli 
one corner of the tield, wliere the rebel line was weakest. JNIy company was 
selected by Gen. Kautz for his body-guard. We rode through fields and 
pastures and swampy woodland for a long distance. I remember at one 
time i^assing near a creek and seeing upon the further side, but a few rods 
distant, — so near that we talked with him, — a rebel picket, while further 
back, through an opening, we could see a column of cavalry, which the 
picket told us was Fitz Hugh Lee's command. By-and-by we reached 
the edge of a deep cut, through wdiicli the Weldon Railroad was built, the 
sides of the cut being steep and sandy, with some twenty feet of slope. A 
short distance up the wall, on either hand, our lioys were holding back the 
rebel forces, while Gen. Kautz, with compass in hand to direct his course, 
led the way across the road. Many of the horses were too weak to climb 
the further embankment, though the most of us succeeded in crossing and 
entering the thick forest beyond. A short time before dark we came out 
into the main road, along which we had travelled towards Keams' Station 
on the second day of our raid. With much regret I found that my horse 
could no longer keep up with the column, and just at dark it gave out 
entirely. I did not like to abandon it, so dismounted and unsaddled at 
the roadside, near a corn-field from which I gathered some fodder for the 
exhausted animal, and wrapping myself in my saddle blanket, I speedily 
went to sleep. 

At dayl)reak I was aroused by a Federal cavalry man, who warned me to 
••get out of that," as the rebel cavalry was liable to appear there at any 
moment. Saddling my horse, I started along the road in the direction the 
column had moved on the preceding night, and after travelling a couple of 
miles came up with the regiment, which was then about to resume its 
march. I kept along with it a short distance until we reached an infantry 
picket, when my horse refused to move another step. Dismounting 1 unsad- 
dled, and on looking at the horse could scarcely believe it was the same one 



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witli which I started on the raid, as at the start it was plump, spirited, and 
in the best condition, but noAv was thin and hung its head, a picture of utter 
exhaustion, and it was evident that its usefuhiess was gone, and that I must 
follow along on foot. 

Since leaving Point of Rocks I had not removed my boots, but my feet 
were now so swollen that 1 was obliged to remove them and proceed bare- 
foot. I remembered the road by which we came out and followed it, but 
the regiment had taken a nearer way, which I did not know. Hungry, 
exhausted, and alone, I ])lodded wearily along, occasionally soliciting food 
at houses along the wayside, and invariably being refused. After a time 
I came up with Private Wilson, of my own company, and a private from 
another company, and we travelled along together. Late in the forenoon 
we saw in the distance some horsemen, whose appearance gave us consider- 
able alarm, for we were a long distance to the left and in rear of our infantry 
line, then investing Petersburg, and in a dangerous country. Soon some of 
the advance guard of the force which we saw rode towards us, we being 
hidden in the bushes. The blue uniforms, however, relieved our fears, and 
we came out from our hiding, and the cavalry men informed us that it was 
Sheridan's force coming out to m^t Gen. Wilson, who had commanded 
our cavalry division. We iiroceedecl forward to the column, meeting Gen. 
Sheridan and his staff, who made some inquiries as to the occurrences of 
the previous day, and received from us a description of our disasters. In 
this column I met the First Maine, a few of the men and officers of which I 
knew. They gave us some hardtack, of which we were sadly in need, and 
soon moved on, while we resumed our weary march for the pontoon bridge 
at the Point of Rocks. The day was intensely hot, the road sandy, and 
now and then the woods on both sides were on fire. To pass these places 
we were obliged to run for considerable distances. After travelling several 
miles we neared the vicinity of Prince George Court House, where we found 
colored infantry pickets keeping strict watch and evincing considerable 
anxiety, saying they were momentarily expecting the rebels to appear in 
their front. After resting a short time we started along, and after receiving 
some directions from teamsters whom we met, they telling us of the loca- 
tion of a second pontoon across the Appomattox River, we followed the 
road which they pointed out. Just at night we reached the river, only to 
find that there was no pontoon bridge at that point, but the only bridge was 
two miles further up the stream. We had travelled some thirty miles that 
day, Ijarefoot, and being completely worn out, we lay down on the river 
bank to sleep. Soon some teamsters came down to water their horses, 
and found us there. Having learned of our hardships, they very kindly 
placed us upon their horses and took us to their camp. They were too 
kind; for they furnished us with bean soup, hardtack, and cakes in abun- 
dance, and with the imjjrudence of men who had. been half starved we ate 
most voraciously, and then went to sleep on a pile of hay. 

The next morning our appetites for breakfast were not good, but we ate 
because of the opijortunity offered us, and once more started to reach our 
regiment, which had passed the pontoon bridge on the previous day. This 
we succeeded in doing shortly after noontime, the regiment having gone 
into camp near Jones' Landing, on the road leading from Point of Rocks to 
tlie jjontoon bridge across the James River near Deep Bottom. 




bugler CHARLES B. KENNEY, Co. K. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 



MABCHING, SKIRMISIIINii. I'KKKTIXd. 



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The whole Anuy of the Potomac was now in front of Teters- 
hurg, and was entrenehing in thi' diixn-tion of the Sontli Sich- 
Railroad. With the exception that one of the companies was 
on duty in Fort Pride, the history of the regiment, for the next 
few weeks, is little else than a history of alternate rest and drill. 
Once or twice it was ordered out on reconnoissance, and once 
on foot to repel an expected assault, which, however, was not 
made. 

.Inly twenty-seventh orders were received to be ready to 
move at six o'clock in the evening, with three days' rations. 
The whole cavalry force, together with the Second corps of 
infantry, had been ordered to the north side of the James. The 
object was to draw the enemy from Petersburg, where an assault 
was to be made in connection with the mine explosion. The 
head of Gen. Sheridan's column arrived from the west side of 
the Appomattox at nine in the evening. At three o'clock the 
next morning the First District of Columbia joined the rear, 
and after marehino- to Jones' Landing, halted for the command 
to cross the })ont()on bridge. Late in the day the crossing was 
effected, and the regiment bivouacked for the night. 

Some skirmishing occurred on the next day, in which Lieut. 
McBride, of Co. C, was wounded. On the thirtieth the regi- 
ment returned to camp, and on the same afternoon marched to 
the west side of the Appomattox. On the second of August it 
was ordered on picket near the enemy's lines, on the extreme 
left of the army. 

The main line of the Union works in front of Petersburg 
conformed very nearly to that of the enemy, on the left bend- 
ing southward so as to face the Weldon Railroad. A picket 
line extended from the left of the line of fortilications, in an 
easterl}^ direction, through Prince George Court House, Lee's 
Mills, Sycamore church, and Cox's Mills. On the third of 
August the headquarters of the regiment were established at 
S3^camore church, INIaj. Baker commanding. This place was 
about ten miles southeast from City Point. From the eighth 
to the twenty-first of August the regiment was on picket duty 
on the Weldon liailroad, four miles from Petersburg. 

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north side of the James, in front of Richmond, by Gens. Gregg 
and Hancock, with their respective commands of cavahy and 
infantry, and while a portion of the rebel troops Avere with- 
drawn from the front to meet the emergency, the Fifth corps 
of infantry advanced and took possession of the Weldon Rail- 
road. Desperate but fruitless efforts were made by the enemy 
to recover it. Severe fighting occurred on the twenty-first, in 
wliich this regiment participated. Dismounted and deployed 
as skirmishers on the left of the Fifth corps, they participated 
in the capture of a brigade of rebel troops, with three stands of 
colors. 

After picketing again on the twenty-second, the regiment 
became engaged with a body of rebel troops the next morning, 
and drove them four miles, destroying a quantit}- of army stores. 
In the afternoon Hampton's Legion was encountered. It was 
"Greek meeting Greek." It was impossible, however, for him to 
stand against the sixteen shooters, and he was driven back, leav- 
ing his dead and wounded on the field. Some prisoners were 
taken. During this last engagement, Capt. Sargent, of Co. M, 
was killed while charging the enemy. Tliis regiment lost two 
men beside. 

On the twenty-fourth the fighting was resumed at various 
points, and at some was severe, but with no decisive results. 
( )n the twenty -fifth this regiment met the enemy in three dis- 
tinct engagements, repulsing him in each. At four o'clock 
there were indications that he intended a fiank movement, and 
this regiment was ordered to the extreme left of the line and 
dismounted to fortify against the expected attack at that point. 
After the hard and almost incessant fighting of the day, the men 
could hardly have been in the best working condition, and yet, 
in momentary expectation of an attack, they wrought with a 
will. Without entrenching tools, their own hands ministered to 
the necessities of the hour. Logs, stumps, brush, roots, what- 
ever movable material the forest afforded, was brought into 
requisition. The extemporized breastwork was hardly com- 
pleted when the enemy opened on them with artillery. Against 
tliis the works were no protection. But the men stood firm. 
Only one man was killed, and one wounded. There was no 
enemy in sight, but all understood what this shelling boded. 



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Tlie men had rcei'ivcd tiicii' orcU'is. and all was silent along 
the line. Every man was at his post, livery eye \vas open and 
every ear attentive. No sonnd was heard but the roar ot" the 
enemy's artillery, and the scream and erash of shells around 
them. This, ho\\evei-, had continued but a short time when the 
enemy was seen in strong line ot" battle advancing through 
the woods. No sooner had they discovered the position ot" this 
regiment than they raised a yell and rushed on to the charge. 
But they paid dearly for their temerity. The men reserved their 
tire — coolly waiting till the enemy w'as sufticiently near. Their 
tirst volley told with startling effect. Many a poor fellow dre^^■ 
short breath and never breathed again. Another and another 
volley followed in instantaneous succession, and the enemy was 
swept from their front. Unfortunately, however, the infantry 
on the right, pressed by superior numbers, had fallen back and 
the enemy was on the flank. The regiment held its position till 
dark, and was the last to leave the field. The next day it 
returned to Sj'camore church and resumed picket duty. 

While here, the officers formed an acquaintance with some 
of the residents of the vicinity. For the most })art, the ac- 
quaintance was pleasant, but not always. This incident will 
illustrate the spirit sometimes encountered : One of the officers, 
while out on a scouting expedition with a small squad of men, 
halted near a fine old Virginia mansion, at a considerable 
distance outside of our lines, while he advanced and politely 
accosted the lordly proprietor, as he sat puffing his cigar in 
the cool shade of his piazza. His lordship at once commenced 
a furious tirade against Lincoln and his dirty minions. The 
lieutenant listened patiently, meanwhile observing one of the 
colored women carrying a fine churning of butter into the 
house from a building near by, where it seemed to have been 
just made. At the tirst pause in the furious tirade, he said, 
in substance : " Well, sir, the war is a costly thing. It has 
made it necessary to tax almost everything, especially luxuries. 
Now as this sort of talk seems a luxury to you, it must be 
taxed. You will please send out to my men a few pounds of 
your new butter." Whether from generosity, or some other 
motive, the butter w'as furnished, but the spirit of the man was 



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not at all improved. He went on to abuse the government and 
all who supported it, in terms more violent than before. At 
the next pause, his tormentor quietly remarked : " For this 
fresh indulgence you will please furnish us with half a dozen 
of your best hams and a sack of flour, and the sooner it is 
done, the better." The negro Avho executed the order, clearly 
indicated, by an exhibition of his fine white teeth and a mis- 
chievous twinkle of his eye, that he enjoyed the thing much 
better than massa did. The master, in the meantime, was 
foaming with rage, and venting his feelings in terms of the 
most intense bitterness. At length the imperturbable lieuten- 
ant interposed coolly : " Sir, your indulgence has gone far 
enough. You will square the account by turning out the two 
beeves I see in yonder lot, and if I hear any more of this abuse 
of my government, I will take you along, too." With a polite 
good-l)y, he was left a sadder if not a wiser man. For some 
days after, the boys ate good, new, soft In-ead and butter, in- 
stead of hardtack, and fresh beef and ham, instead of salt pork. 
The portion of the picket line held by the First District of 
Columbia, now numbering about four hundred effective men, 
was nearly five miles in length, extending along a road running 
nearly east and west, mostly through a wooded country. Maj. 
Baker, in immediate command of two battalions, held the right 
of the line, with the reserve at Sycamore church, while Capt. 
Howe, with one battalion, held the left, with the reserve at 
Cox's Mills, two miles east. Such was the position of this 
little devoted band of four hundred men on the outer picket 
line, five miles from any support, when at daybreak, on the 
sixteenth of September, they were suddenly attacked by the 
whole force of Hampton's cavalry, supported by three brigades 
of infantry. In some way, which has never been explained, 
one detachment of the enemy's force had passed through the 
picket line on the right, held l)y another regiment. Another 
had gone round the left flank, wliere there were no pickets. 
This must have been done hours before the assault, for (as it 
afterwards appeared) they had barricaded the roads three miles 
in the Union rear. If the reader inquires why the enemy thi-ew 
so formidable a force against a point so remote, so weak, and 



SYCAMORE CHURCH. •^■ii* 

apparently so iiiiiiiijxirtaiit. the answer is, that just in the rear 
was a herd of twenty-three hundred eattle, and tlie i'el)el army 
wanted meat. If the })()siti()n, purpose, and strength of the 
assaidting party had been known, any attempt at resistance 
would have been madness. 

Before daybreak the vidette in front of the picket post, near 
the ehurcli, gave the alarm that the enemy was a})proaehing-, 
and fell (piiekl}' back to the post, follow^ed by a strong body of 
the enemy's cavalry. The men of this post, under command 
of Lieut. Spaulding, opened fire with their sixteen shooters 
with great effect, and quickly repulsed the enemy's attempted 
advance ; but their efforts were destined to be unavailing, for 
soon the enemy, re-enforced, again charged up the road, and 
overpowered them, killing and wounding several of the number, 
and making prisoners of most of the others ; but Lieut. Spauld- 
ing, with ready wit, being mounted, joined the enemy's ranks, 
and shouting "Forward! " to them, moved ahead until a favor- 
able opportunity was offered him to escape in the darkness. 

About this time, roused by the noise of the firing, Corp. W. 
F. Lunt, then in command of Co. I, encamped nearest to the 
[)oint of the enemy's ap})roach, gave the alarm, and ordered his 
men to fall in. The suddenness of the attack, the near ap})roach 
of the enemy, and the darkness of the night, precluded any 
company formation. In company with Private Perry Chandler, 
Corp. Lunt started on the run up the road in the direction of 
the picket post, and was joined by Lieut. Mountfoit, of Co. K, 
who, having been suddenly aroused, had turned out in his shirt 
sleeves, and they proceeded forward. They were met by one 
of the mounted pickets, coming in at a gallo]) to raise the 
camp, who hurriedly exclaimed: ''Go out there; they need 
you ! " A short distance from the camp a large tree had been 
felled across the road, the trunk forming a partial barricade, 
and the limbs laying across an open space beside the road, 
which elsewhere was thickly fringed with low undergrowth 
and bushes. Lieut. Mountfort and his men had just passed 
beyond this barricade and reached a low cedar tree whicli grew 
close beside the road, when suddenly out of the misty darkness 
horsemen appeared. At once Lieut. Mountfort called out : 



350 FlliSr MAINE CAVALBT. 

" Shoot them, boys ! " and with his revolver he opened fire upon 
them. The road was narrow, and the gray forms, as the}' 
appeared, were scarcely six feet distant from tlie muzzle of his 
revolver. As he fired at the leading files their horses wheeled 
into the bushes across the road, and the reeling forms of their 
riders disappeared in the darkness. Others quickly advanced 
in their places, to meet the same fate at the hands of Mountfort 
and his companions, with their sixteen shooters. The scene 
was like a picture painted in gray, lighted up by the flash of 
fire-arms. 

The remainder of the enemy, deceived as to numbers by such 
a brisk fire, and dismayed by the warm reception given them, 
quickly wheeled about and retired at a quick trot, lying low 
upon their horses, and lighting up the scene by shooting into 
the wayside bushes at an imaginary foe. Lieut. Mountfort and 
his men followed after and reached the place where the picket 
post had been stationed, only to find that their comrades had 
disappeared. Just then, hearing the notes of a bugle sounding 
a charge, they quickly stationed themselves in the woods across 
the road and opposite a field through which the enemy seemed 
to be advancing, and awaited developments. Soon a dim line 
of men in gray could be perceived by the flashing of their car- 
bines as they moved across the field. The lieutenant and his 
men remained in their position, continually firing, until the 
enemy was close at hand, Avlien he gave the command to fall 
back to the barricade. But the enemy, mounted and on foot, 
was now crowding up the road, and the lieutenant and his 
m'en were compelled to retire through the thick bushes at the 
side, so that when they came out at the place where the}- first 
encountered the advance the enemy had already preceded them 
and gained the camp. 

At this moment the lieutenant perceived two of the enemy's 
mounted men making a prisoner of Maj. Baker, who had turned 
out of his quarters so hastily that he was dressed only in his 
underclothes. Quickly commanding his men to shoot, and 
while Corp. Lunt was taking aim at these men, the lieutenant 
started to clamber over the branches of the tree which lay 
across his path. At once a number of the enemy galloi3ing uj) 



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the road and close at hand ci'ied, •• JJalt ! surieiider. you Yan- 
kee ! *" and opened tire. Then, as the eor])oi'al tuiMU'd lo fi)lh)\\ 
the lieutenant, he saw him in the act of junipino' down on the 
other side of the l)arrica(le. and at that instant the coiporal. 
wounded, fell anion^' the limbs of the tree. The advaneino- 
enemy surrounded the brave lieutenant, who, while liohtino' 
desperately, fell dead, pierced by t^A'o bullets. After the en- 
gagement his eonn-ades returned to the spot and found his l)ody 
stripped of all its clothing except a shirt and one stocking. 

Corp. Lunt Avas struck in the head and stunned, falling for- 
\vard into the thick ti'ce top, and dropping between the limbs, 
they closed over him, their thick foliage concealing him. When 
consciousness returned, the body of the gallant lieutenant lay 
witliin a few feet of him, dead, and the enemy was plundering 
the camp. Crawling cautiously out he succeeded in reaching 
the bushes, where, falling in with a small squad of men, who, 
like himself, had thus far escaped capture, he started with them 
for the next picket post. But as they were passing through a 
deep cut in the road, the corporal from exhaustion being some- 
wdiat in the rear, as those in advance of him emerged from tlie 
cut they were met by a part}' of the enemy, and nearly all 
captured. The corporal escaped, in consequence of being in 
the rear. Who would have thought that the exhaustion which 
seemed to put him to such a disadvantage would have been 
the means of saving him from a horrible captivity ? Such 
are the ways of Providence. Of twenty-five men of Co. G 
who were captured on that fatal morning, onl}^ three are 
known to have survived the barbarities of their imprisonment. 

The attack on Cox's Mills was made at nearly the same 
moment wdth that at Sycamore church. A little to tlie left of 
Capt. Howe's position, and at the foot of a very considerable 
descent, the road crossed a bridge over a small stream. To 
command this bridge a slight breastwork had been thrown up 
on the high ground on the Union side. At the first notice 
of the approach of the enemy the command rallied just in time 
to reach this breastwork, behind which they formed. A heavy 
force of mounted rebels had crossed the bridge, and with wild 
yells was charging up the hill, outnumbering Capt. Howe's 



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men ten to one. On, on tliey came, expecting an easy victory. 
Coolly the men waited. Not a shot was tired till they were 
within easy range. Then a few volleys from the sixteen shoot- 
ers sent them back in confusion. A second time they charged, 
with the same result. This time they did not return. After 
waiting some time, in expectation of another attack, scouts 
were sent out to ascertain what they were about. They found 
a formidable force in front, and a strong force advancing on 
each flank. 

No alternative now remained but to fall back to Sycamore 
church, as Capt. Howe had been ordered to do, in case a retreat 
became necessary. The enemy had been so severely punished 
that he was careful to keep at a safe distance, and the command 
fell back in good order, and without the loss of a man. At the 
church, however, a sad fate awaited them. Ignorant of what 
had occurred there, they expected to join Maj. Baker's reserve, 
and to make a stand. But in the meantime the enemy, having 
secured their prisoners and plundered the camp, had formed in 
a semicircle across the road, and dressed in the United States 
uniform, were mistaken for Union men. Successful resistance 
was now impossible, and having done all that brave men could 
do, like men they yielded to their fate. 

Some men seem to bear a charmed life. Lieut. E. P. jNIerrill, 
of Co. M, commanded a squadron under Ca})t. Howe. During 
a few moments of suspense, anxious to know the position of 
the enemy, he sprang upon the first horse that came to hand, 
and plunging the spurs into his flanks, dashed forward to 
reconnoitre. The horse stumbled, and coming suddenly to the 
ground, threw his rider over his head, far down the hill. In- 
stantly he rose, made a hasty reconnoissance, and returned to 
the line in safety. During the subsequent melee, a rebel officer 
made his appearance in the edge of the woods, and taking 
deliberate aim at the lieutenant, fired three shots in quick 
succession, neither of which took effect. 

Private Stephen Gray, of Co. K, thus tells the story of this 
day, so far as it came under his knowledge : — 

At the time of the raid on Sycamore church, September 16, 1864, the regi- 
ment was in camp close to the road running to Prince George Court House. 



I'KUSONAL EXPERIENCES. 353 

We were on disnKtuiik'd ]>icket, and there were fonr posts between tlie 
elnueh and the pii'kets of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, who were on 
onr ri<;ht, between ns and the eonrt house. The lirst ])ost, close to eami), 
was driven in first, and then the seeond and fourth i)osts fell back to the 
eamp. On the third post were AVilliani II. Hill, of Co. K, .John Crawford of 
Co. F, and niysi-lf. and wi" waited for the officer of the picket to relieve ns. 
We waited nntil the heavy lirini;- was over, it seeming to us that the camp 
had been surprised, and either captured or the regiment driven away, when 
Hill and myself went to camp to see how matters were, while Ciawford 
remained on the post to keep communication open for us. We found the 
rebels in full possession of the camp, and destroying what they could not 
take away with them. We hid in the bushes a short time, but therebs came 
so near us we thought it would not be safe to remain longer, so we cau- 
tiously rejoined Crawford, and started up the road towards the court house. 
AVe had not gone far when we heard the sound of cavalry coming down the 
road, which we supposed was from the Eleventh Pennsylvania regiment, 
but which proved to be a number of the enemy's cavalry. We were ordered 
to surrender, and Crawford and myself were inclined to do so; but when 
the officer stepped forward to take our arms. Hill, who was standing behind 
us. declared he never would surrender, and quickly brought his carbine to 
his shoulder and sent two shots into the bocfy of the officer. Hill then 
turned and began firing into the ranks of the rebels, Crawford and myself 
following in quick succession. The enemy returned the lire, but we stepped 
behind some trees and kept up a brisk fire with our repeating rifles for a 
few moments, when, by Hill's advice, we ran into the woods some distance, 
and hid under the tops of some trees that had been recently felled. The 
enemy followed, but soon lost sight of us. We could hear them hunting for 
us in the woods, and could hear them talk about shooting us when they 
saw us, hanging us when they caught us, etc. Finally they concluded we 
had gone tlirough the woods, and they returned to the road to take care 
of the officer. We judged from their conversation that others were killed 
or wounded, as well as he. We crawled through the woods to near the 
house of a Union planter, where Hill had been on duty as a safe guard, 
when a young lady came running from the house and told us to run, as the 
rebs were coming. I went to the front of the house, and saw them coming 
across the field in large numbers — seemingly thousands of them. We at 
once started, and the rebs tried to cut us off; but we reached a ravine, into 
which we made our way a short distance, where they could not follow, 
mounted, though they sent several shots after us, without effect. We re- 
mained in hiding some time, when I crept to the edge of the woods to see 
if they were still there, and found there were more there than before, and 
with artillery. We left our hiding place, moved up the ravine, and travelled 
a long distance in the woods, as we thought, when Crawford took a look 
out of the woods and saw the enemy, in battalions and regiments, moving- 
back in the direction of the church. We kept on our way, and late in the 
afternoon met our regiment coming back, deployed as skirmishers. About 
dusk we reached the camp of the .Sixteenth Massachusetts regiment, where 
we W'ere treated kindly and fed, having had nothing to eat for twenty-four 
hours. The next day we passed the spot where the rebs came down upon 



354 FIBST MAINE CAYALBY. 

us, where we s;iw three dead liorses in the road. On reaching the camp we 
found the hody of Lieut. Mountfort lying in the shed by the church, stripped 
of everything, and even a finger cut off to secure a ring. 

Private Henry C. Whitney, of Co. A, who was taken jjris- 
oner in this engagement, tluis rehxtes his prison experience : — 

With a large number of others, I was taken ijrisoner at Sycamore church 
on the morning of September 16, 1864. We were that day marched to Stony 
Creek, and it was said we marched fifty miles that day and night, and I 
thought so. The next day we marched to Petersburg, having nothing to 
eat but two reltel hardbreads and a slice of bacon during a march of seventy 
miles. We went from Petersburg to Eichmond in the cars, arriving about 
dark and being taken to Libby Prison, where we got nothing to eat until the 
next forenoon. After remaining there about a week we were taken to the 
prison at Danville, and put into a building in wliicli were about six hundred 
prisoners — about two hundred on a floor. One night there was an attempt 
to break out, for the purpose of allowing us all to escape, but the attempt 
failed, after one of the guard and one of the prisoners had been killed, and 
another jirisoner wounded,* and the next night they sent us to Salisbury, 
evidently thinking Danville was not a safe place for us. We had learned 
that we should fare better in Salisbury, and were happy at the idea of a 
change; but on arriving there we found ourselves in a stockade, with no 
shelter but the heavens. Up to this time no prisoner fronr our regiment had 
died, but we were visited by a long, cold rain storm soon after arriving there, 
and the men began to die. It rained about three days and nights, and I did 
not lie down during that time, but would walk al)Out until I became very 
tired, and then sit down on my feet, resting my back against a tree. When 
we first arrived there the prisoners were dying at the rate of one or two a 
day, and the dead were carried out singly, each one in a box ; but we had 
not been there long before they were dying at the rate of thirty or forty a 
day, and then they came after the dead with a four mule team, into which 
they threw^ them helter-skelter, and carted them away. 

We received one ration a day, consisting of cob meal bread, though some- 
times we were given the meal raw, when we had to cook it ourselves, with 
very poor facilities for fire — green pine, not split, and a long distance to 
carry it. We ate it raw many times, and called it good. While here the 
boys made a break, which it was thought might have been successful, if all 
had known of it in season. As it was it did no good, and the rebs brought 
up troops, who oi)ened fire upon us with small arms and artillery, and 
continued firing until we lay down, by which time about fifty had been 
killed and wounded. Then they put us on half rations, when, (rod knows, 
full rations were not half enough. There was a slaughter-house near the 
prison pen, and sometimes the rebels would throw the oftal over into the pen, 
to see the half starved men fight for it. The men would watch the top of 
the stockade, and when they saw a piece coming over they would all run 
for it, and each strive hard to secure it, as though it was the nicest piece of 
beef. 1 saw two men, one day, fight twenty minutes for a cow's nose, which 



PRISON EAi'j-:i!u:xcES. 355 

botli li;i(l tauulit hold of at onci.' as it canu' over tlie stockade. All tlu' \vay 
■we could j;et water was by drawinj;- it from wells that had been dun' in the 
stockade, with the tin dislies some of the boys had been lucky enough to 
save, tearinj;- up our clothin<^ to make strino:s with which to draw it. The 
wells were drawn dry many times a day, and tlie water was muddy, some- 
times as thick as porridge, and must have been very uidiealthy. 

The men died very easily, most of them dying in the night. AVe did not 
know, as we lay down at night, whicli of us would be dead in tlie morning. 
When one died, if he had better clothes than the living, we would change 
with liim. I changed my .shirt and pants with a dead man — his were better 
than mine. We had to do it, but it makes me shudder now to think of it. 
I sometimes wonder why I did not die there. 

The morning I was captured, my tent-mate, Frederick Allen, was shot 
through the liead and captured. He went to the rebel hospital and got well, 
and sometime during the winter he came to Salisbury looking first-rate and 
in ■ good spirits, but after arriving there the change in his surroundings 
and mode of living was so marked that he did not live long. 

All the dead had to be cari'ied to the dead-house in the prison, and from 
there the teams took them. There was a story there, the truth of which 
I do not know, that one of the prisoners went to the dead-house and lay 
down with the dead, in the hope of making his escape in this way. He was 
carried out as a dead man, and while the men and the team were gone after 
another load he escaped. Tliis was discovered, and after this the rebels 
would kick the dead men, to see if there were any live ones among them, 

saying: "The Yankees will not play any more such tricks on us." 

The men that guarded us were an ignorant set of men and boys, who would 
sometimes shoot at the prisoners for amusement. Xo one who was not there 
can understand what we suffered. I shall never forget it, though I would 
like to, for I think of it every day. 

The loss of this regiment in this engagement at Sycamore 
church, in killed and wounded, was small, but in prisoners 
large, numbering two or three hundred. They were among the 
bravest men Maine had sent to the war, and here their services 
in the First District of Columbia Cavalry ended. An order 
had been issued for the transfer of the eight companies from 
Maine to the First jNIaine Cavalry, some days previous to this 
disaster. A few days later the transfer was made. 

Gen. Smith, in the oration at Pittstield, 1880, thus speaks of 
the consolidation : — 

In August, 18G4, so much of the First District of Columbia Cavalry as 
had been raised in Maine — eight or nine companies in all — a regiment in 
itself — was transferred to the First Maine. They were our friends and 
neighbors at home. They had served with us in the same great army, in 
the same campaigns, and side by side with us in battle. Their coming was 



356 FIE ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

to the regiment a iiiagiiificent recruitment of veterans. The consolidation 
was effected with singular harmony and success, while the only impor- 
tant change made in the regiment by the transfer was, that it became 
thereby immensely more First Maine Cavalry than it was before, and in 
the record of its subsequent oamijaigns of 'battles and victories, from 
Boydton plank road to historical Appomattox, we see only one regiment 
and one history. 

Lieut. Henry F. Blanclmrcl, of Co. G, in his oration at the 
reunion .at Augusta, in 1878, thus speaks of the First District 
of Columbia Cavah-y : — 

In the fall of 1804 the regiment received an accession of strength and of 
numbers, by the ti'ansfer of about eight hundred men from the First Dis- 
trict of Columbia Cavalry. In this the old First Maine was truly fortu- 
nate. They came to take the places of those men whose term of service had 
expired, and were shortly to be mustered out. How well they filled those 
depleted ranks their history alone can prove. From this time forth tlieir 
history is the history of the First Maine Cavalry. It is a history that no 
man of either regiment need blush to read. No braver men, no better or 
more faithful soldiers, ever stood in a suit of blue. The kindliest feeling 
ever existed after the consolidation. No rivalries for place or preferment 
ever marred their intercourse or impaired their usefulness. Together, and 
in harmony, they moved on in the path of duty. Together they determined 
to maintain the honor of their regiment and their native state. Side l»y side 
they fought at Bellefield, Gravelly Run, Hatcher's, Dinwiddle, Farmville, 
Sailor's Creek, and Appomattox, and side by side they fell. On the same 
roll of honor, headed by the gallant Douty, are inscribed the names of Park- 
man, Sargent, Mountfort and Comins. Beneath the soil of Virginia are 
buried the rank and file of both regiments, and there they will rest until the 
resurrection morn. Their dead are our dead, and their glory is the glory of 
our common regiment. 

Private Albion C. Drinkwater, of Co. A, in remarks at the 
reunion in Brunswick, 1882, thus speaks : — 

Unexpectedly to me I have been called upon to speak, and the little 1 
have to say will be in regard to the regiment known as the First District 
of Columbia Cavalry, that was incorporated into the First Maine Cavalry in 
the summer or early fall of 1864. And I will say right here that every mem- 
ber of the First District of Columbia feels honored that his regiment was 
united with the glorious First Maine. This First District of Columbia Cav- 
alry was raised in Maine. We were mounted in the spring of 1864, most of 
us only two or three days prior to the great Wilson's raid, and we were sent 
out in his division, in Cox's brigade, to cut the South Side Railroad. If 
ever a green regiment went into a hard trial, it was on that raid. The regi- 
ment was in continuous service from that time till after the capture of the 



PERSONAL IXCIDHXTS. 357 

Wc'ldon Itailroad. when they were sent to <;u;inl a hirge anionnt of cattle ft)r 
Gen. (Jrant's army; and it was there that we were almost annihilated by 
Hampton's cavalry. They came iii> on the left of our great army and 
almost destroyed our regiment. 

In that regiment was an officer raised in this town, enlisted from this 
town, and he was an honor to this town. I will relate an anecdote of him 
that happened at Reams' Station, that succeeded the capture of the Weldon 
Railroad, wliere we were in continuous action for many days. We were out 
of ammunition, and a largt; number of us boys were detailed to go down to 
City Point and bring ammunition to the grcmnd fen- our regiment, which 
was armed with the sixteen-shooting Henry rifle. We had just returned at 
break of day, and the fires were just started to heat a cup of coffee, when 
there was a gun, and another, and our pickets came rushing in, and the 
rebs were coming ujion us before we had time to gather up our arms or even 
mount our horses. Capt. Freese, Lieut. 3Iountfort and myself ran down 
across the field, and there was a rebel cavalry man with a seven-shooting 
rifle very near us. He would drop on his knee and fire, and up and run, and 
drop and fire again. We three were close together. Capt. Freese was a 
little excited, as I know I was myself, and lie said: "Lieut. Mountfort, 

shoot that d d scoundrel." He had a revolver in his own hand at the 

time, but had not thought to use it. But Lieut. Mountfort, as brave a 
soldier as ever went forth to battle, dropped on his knee, brought his 
revolver across liis arm, and that reb did not trouble us any more. He 
always declared that he would never be taken prisoner. On the morning of 
.September sixteenth, if my memory serves me right, when the regiment 
was surrounded while the men were asleep and had hardly time to get out 
of their tents before the rebs were upon them, Lieut. Mountfort rushed out 
and attempted to rally the men; but they were immediately surrounded, 
and a rebel officer rode up and demanded his surrender. Mountfort, with 
nothing but his sabre to defend himself with, surrounded by his men, 
declared he would never surrender, and he died, shot through the heart, 
on that early morning in September. He was loved by his company; he 
he was loved for his manhood, and for his soldierly qualities. I have since 
met the officer who was in command that morning, and I reminded him of 
the incident, and he i-emembered it, and spoke of him as a brave officer, and 
said it was a cruel shame for him to die. But such was war. 

At that time orders had already been issued for the incorporation of our 
regiment into the First Maine, and that is why I particularly wanted to 
speak of the First District of Columbia, because Lieut. Mountfort did not 
live to serve with the P'irst Maine. He was one that every officer and every 
soldier would have been glad to associate with. I think every soldier of 
the District of Columbia Cavalry feels as much honored in being recognized 
as a member of the F'irst Maine Cavalry as the soldiers who went from 
Augusta in 1862 with the original First Maine. 



CHAPTER XV. 

SECOND CAMPAIGN AROUND PETERSBURG. 
The Neav Bkigade, Gex. Smith Commaxdixg. — Lieut. Coi.. Cili.ey 

COMMAXDIXG THE ReGIMEXT. — DePAKTURE OF THE ORIGIXAL MeX 

FOR Home. — The Fight ox the Boydtox Pi.axk Road, or the 
"Bull Pex." — Drillixg, Picketixg, axd Recoxxoitrixg. — Votixg 
for P]{esidext. — Ix Wixter Quarters ox the Jerusalem Plaxk 
Road. — The Fight at Stoxy Creek. — The Raid to Bellefield. 
— The Chapel. — The Recoxxoissaxce to Hatcher's Rux, axd 
THE Fight. — A Decidedly' Disagreeable Night. — The Prompt 
Advaxce of Gen. Graxt's Railroad. — Six or Sevex Weeks of 
Quiet Life. — The Attack ox Fort Steadmax. 

ON the twenty-sixth of September, Lieut. CoL Cilley, who 
had been promoted from major, to rank from Jul}- 
eleventh, and who had been absent, wounded, since 
the fight at St. Mary's church, June twenty-fourth, arrived and 
took command of the regiment, relieving Maj. Thaxter, who 
had been in command since June twenty-fourth, (len. Smith 
still being in command of the brigade. This command Lieut. 
Col. Cilley held till the regiment was mustered out. Capt. 
Tucker, of Co. B, was promoted to major, to fill the vacancy 
caused by the promotion of INIaj. Cilley, and was mustered to 
date from September third. 

On the twenty-eighth orders were received to be ready to 
move at four the next morning, with two days' forage and 
three daj^s' rations. At the time appointed the regiment was 
ready, and moved to the junction of Gen. Grant's railroad with 
the Weldon Railroad, two or three miles, and tlien struck off 
for the Vaughan road, and at the forks of the road, near Col. 
Wyatt's, went on picket on the right road. About three 
o'clock the regiment was sent out on this road a mile or two, 
when the enemy began a severe attack on the left road, and 
the regiment was ordered back, and formed in a field near the 

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\\VATT\S FAI!.\r. '^•')^ 

Wyatt House, in roar of the brigade, wliicli was engaged with 
the enemy. It was now about sunset, and tlie regiment had 
scarcely dismounted wlien tlie enemy opened a heavy artillery 
fire on that pai-t of the line in front wliieli crossed the turn- 
pike where it emerged from the woods. The lire was so hot 
that the troops stationed tliere would not stand, and (ren. Smith 
sent to Col. Cilley for the First Maine to till the ga[). ("apt. 
Hall, commanding Third battalion, was ordered with his bat- 
talion to report to Gen. Smith, who directed him to hasten u[) 
to the front and till the gap across the pike, and to hold the 
position at all hazards. Capt. Hall moved forward to a little 
cover, dismounted, and pushed up to the front with two com- 
panies upon either side of the pike. The sun had just gone 
down and left a starless sky, and darkness was fast approach- 
ing. The fire of the enemy had slackened, and soon ceased. 
It was a moment of silence. The voices of the brazen dogs 
were still ; the sounds of bursting shells crushing the trees had 
ceased ; no voice of man or beast, or flutter of frightened bird 
broke the solemn stillness then. It was a moment of suspense. 
Had the enemy gone — fled under the cover of his own guns, 
and was all this rattle and crash a parting salute, or would he 
steal in on this little force under the mantle of night, and 
attempt to take it by storm and surprise ? They were i)re- 
pared for either. The boys had " wound up " their repeaters, 
and were waiting for an opportunity to touch the magic spring. 
After a moment's silence, Capt. Hall stepped down to the front 
alone, one or two hundred yards, to make some observations. 
Just then a wild yell, instantly supplemented by a roll of mus- 
ketry from the wdiole length of the long rebel line, broke the 
silence, and shadowy forms were plainly discernible through the 
lightning flashes of each discharge, moving toward the Union 
line, wdiile the merry bullets went singing through the trees, 
whisking off the smaller twigs and thumping the trunks of tlie 
trees with heavy thuds. Altogether it was a wild and startling 
seene, full of awful grandeur, and passing portrayal. The cap- 
tain did not stop long to admire, for at the flrst discharge a 
bullet struck him on the shin, and glancing, lodged in the calf 
of the leg. He hobbled back to his command as (]^uiekly as 



360 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

convenient, at least, and found that William E. Foster, of Co. 
H, had been killed, and another wounded. Now the enemy 
had arrived within easy range, and the boys opened with 
their trusty pieces, and literally rained a leaden shower down 
the pike and through the woods in front, luitil no flash could 
be seen in reply. It woidd not do to pursue in the darkness, 
and they were content to hold their own. The repulse was 
most sudden and most effectual. The enemy was in strong 
force, as the captain discovered in his observations down to 
the front, and must liave been surprised at the warmth of his 
reception. Capt. Hall soon found that he was too much dis- 
abled to remain longer on the held, and he retired, leaving the 
command in charge of Lieut. Andrews, who was next in rank. 
The firing on the left and centre continued, and judging from 
the sound, the advantage appeared to be on the side of the 
enemy. It was but a short time after Lieut. Andrews took 
command before his connection with the left Avas lost, and 
without orders he fell back a short distance, so that in case 
the enemy came in on his left he might not be surprised and 
captured. While he was waiting here in the darkness a body 
of troops passed along parallel to his front and some little 
distance from his line. It was impossible to tell whether they 
were friends or enemies, until a commotion was heard down 
to the right and front — two parties calling on each other to 
surrender. It seems that a j^ortion of the right of the line had 
not been withdrawn, and it was those troops the enemy had 
captured. Lieut. Andrews divined the situation at once, and 
immediately charged his battalion, recapturing the captured, 
and capturing the captors. He dared not use his arms, for fear 
of injuring his own men, and the enemy knew it, and most of 
them escaped in the darkness ; but he rescued every captured 
man from rebel prison pens. It was a brilliant little deed, and 
bravely done, and reflected much credit upon the commander 
and all his men. The loss in this little engagement was Capt. 
Hall wounded, one man killed, two wounded, and three miss- 
ing.i 

' In this engagement ften. Oregg allowed the brigade hut one gun, and no caisson. The 
first sliot from the enemy's artillery struck and blew up the limber and disabled the gun. 




HENRY C. HALL. 

Capt. of Co. H, and Bvt. Maj. U. S. V. 
Woburn, Mass. 



MAliCniNG, SKUiMISniNa, riVKETIXa. ':5()1 

The next two days were spent in marching-, skirmishing, 
changing positions, etc., while other portions of the foi-ce, 
cavalry and infantry, were doing most of the fighting. During 
a severe attack on the regiment with artilley, on the second 
day, one man in Co. H was wonnded. It was a season of hard 
w^ork, without much satisfaction. What this meant the boys 
did not understand at the time, but according to Gen. Grant's 
oiiicial I'eport it was a reconnoissance in force, wath the inten- 
tion of attacking the enem}- if his lines were found w^eakened, 
as was supposed possible, hy the withdrawal of troops to the 
north side of the James, wdiere the Union forces made a demon- 
sti-ation on the twenty-eighth and gained important positions, 
and Gen. Grant's report also says that the enemy's works near 
Poplar Spring church were captured during this reconnoisance, 
and that Gen. Gregg's cavalry repulsed the enemy with great 
loss. 

Then came a week or more of })icketing, scouting, and recon- 
noitring, and on the ninth of October the regiment went into 
camp about a mile west of the camp it left on the twenty-ninth 
of September, wdiich camp was destined to be " winter quarters " 
that winter. This camp w'as near the Jerusalem plank road, a 
mile from Hancock Station on Gen. Grant's line of railroad, and 
about a mile in rear of the general line of w^orks confronting the 
enemy at Petersburg. On the tenth the Shar[)e and P)urnside 
carbines were turned in, and the Spencer ''seven shooter" car- 
bines were given to the regiment. These, wath the Henry 
''sixteen shooters," brought by the First District of Columl.)ia 
men, made the regiment equal to any in the service in the 
matter of arms. Two battalions were given the Spencer and 
the other battalion the Henry. Then there was a week of 
quiet in camp, and then three claj's on })icket. 

On the eighteenth a new brigade w'as formed — called tlie 
" Third brigade " — composed of the First Maine, Second Ne\\' 

The In-igade had both flanks turned and captured, but heUl tirni. The First Maine was in 
the centre, and lield this position, thus ensuring the success of the Union troops in the 
engasrement. The loss in the brigade was about sixty. The line was held the next day, 
iind the third day Gen. Davies came up with his brigade, while the infantry gained the 
I'eeliles farm and fortified, thus advancing the lines from the Weldon Railroad to the 
farm, to better protect the left and rear of the Union army. 



B62 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

York Mounted Rifles, and Twenty-first Pennsylvania regiments, 
and Gen. Charles H. Smith, of the First Maine, was placed in 
command, which position he held until the close of the war.^ 
On tlie twenty-third the new brigade was reviewed by Gen. 
Gregg, on which occasion the First Maine Band (transferred 
from the First District of Columbia regiment, or "First D. C." 
as was the common way of putting it, and made up of enlisted 
men who were reported " on daily duty," " for duty," etc.) made 
its first appearance in public, and a splendid appearance it made 
— mounted on white horses and with new instruments. On the 
twenty-fourth the Sixth Ohio regiment joined the brigade. ( )n 
the twenty-fiftli the regiment had a dress parade — the first, 
according to the diary of an officer, for over two years, but 
henceforth dress parade was held regularly whenever the regi- 
ment was in camp and the weather permitted. 

On the afternoon of the twenty-sixth the regiment moved, 
with the brigade and division, to the Halifax road, near the 
Perkins House, and went into bivouac, with orders to be ready to 
move at two o'clock the next morning'. Tlie reoiment numbered 
at this time four hundred and eighty-nine men for service, eleven 
line officers, and Col. Cilley and Adjt. Boyd. One reason for 
this small number was the fact that tlie term of service of the 
original men of the regiment who had not re-enlisted expired 
on the thirtieth, and the men, numbering some two hundred, 
with fourteen officers, were sent to City Point to be transferred 
home for muster-out, before this movement was commenced.- 

At two o'clock on the morning of the twenty-seventh the line 

' This brigade was autliorized and (irfiaiiized especially for (Jen. Smith t<i coiuiuand. 

" This small niimber of officers for a regiment, the ranks of which were so full, deserves 
notice. From this time forward, until the surrender of (ien. Lee, Col. Cilley had in active 
service, for the most jiart, no tield officers to aid him, and was forced to Use captains to 
command battalions, while many of the sergeants were obliged to perform the duties of 
commissioned officers, their only reward being the consciousness of performing well the 
duty required of them — having thus earned, though they never received, i)romotion. 
After nine o'clock on the night of the twenty-sixth the little band of officers, numbering 
not one to a company, and only one field officer, assembled around Col. Cilley's bivouac, 
and after a few words concerning the expected work of the morrow, pledged themselves 
to each other that the ensuing day. and as long as the regiment served, they would stand 
by each other and for the honor of the regiment, which i)romise, sealed l)y the blood of 
the next day, was gloriously and unwaveringly kept, and the two united regiments from 
Maine ever after were one in thought, deed, and purpose — the only strife Iteing who should 
serve the best. 



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Avas aofuin in motion, (len. Smith's brigade in the advantn!, reach- 
ing Rowanty Creek, on the Vanghan road, abont half-past five 
o'clock. Here the enemy was discovered on the o})posite side 
of the stream, near the bridge, protected by breastworks. Tlie 
Sixth Ohio and Capt. Frecze's battalion of the First Maine 
were ordered to dislodge them. Both commands dismonnted. 
Capt. Freeze, taking advantage of a bend in tlie stream, placed 
liis battalion in a position from which his men gave an e;ifilading 
hre along the enemy's line with their sixteen shooters, wdiile the 
Sixth Ohio charged and drove the enemy ont. The enemy was 
driven back into tlieir camp, and their signal station, flags, etc., 
and six wagons captured. The l)rigade kept on, the Sixth Ohio 
in the advance, to Gravell}^ Run, where the enemy made a stand, 
being well protected by works and artillery in the woods. Gen. 
Smith then called for artillery and exchanged a few shots with 
the enemy, and then pushed on to the creek, driving their 
pickets back. The First Maine was dismounted and crossed 
the bridge under a galling lire of the enemy's artillery, and 
formed, one half on the right of the road under command of Col. 
Cilley, and the other half on the left under command of Capt. 
Chadbourne. The Sixth Ohio was dismounted on the right of 
the First Maine, and the Twenty-first Pennsylvania was put 
one-half at the right and left of the line, remaining mounted. 
When all was ready. Gen. Smith gave the order to charge. They 
were at this time at the bottom of a ravine, with liigh banks, 
and a climb of nearly two hundred yards. At the order 
" Charge I " with a bound and a yell they went up that high 
bank and presented themselves in full view of the enemy and in 
full range of his rifles. As they did so, the left of Capt. Chad- 
bourne's line, which was stretched along up the run in single 
rank and open file, seemed to waver a little, seeing which tlie 
captain turned in that direction, letting fall his right hand, in 
which he held his pistol, by his side, and raising his left hand he 
called out at the top of his voice, " Forward on the Left I " 
Just at that moment the enemy poured a most deadly fire into 
them from behind their works, and a bullet struck Capt. Chad- 
bourne in the right hand, cutting off the index finger and com- 
pletely demolishing his pistol, the pistol, no doubt, preventing 



364 FIB ST MAINE CAVALBY. 

his receiving a serious wound. Seeing that lie was wounded 
only in the hand, the gallant captain gathered up his broken 
pistol and urged the men on in the charge. Sweeping across the 
open field they soon routed the enemy, capturing some prisoners 
and the entire camp equipage, their artillery limbering up and 
running for dear life. Lieut. Jackson, of Co. G, was wounded 
in this charge. 

The brigade followed on until it reached the Boydton plank 
road, where it connected with the infantry, and the regiment 
was dismounted and ordered to report to Gen. Mott, of the 
Second corps, which was just then receiving a fierce attack 
from the enemy. Before reaching the position assigned them, 
however, it was discovered that the whole force was flanked, 
and they were ordered back on the double quick and rejoined 
the brigade. It was found that Gen. Hampton's force was de- 
ployed across the Boydton plank road, and the Third brigade 
was quickly put in position to meet him. The First Maine was 
deployed on the right of the road and the Twenty-first Penn- 
sylvania on the left, and there they engaged the enemy for 
the third time that day. The position was this : the Second 
corps was fighting the enemy in one place, and the Third 
brigade was back of the Second corjjs, fighting in just the 
opposite direction. The shots from the infantry in front of 
the Second corps passed the shots from Hampton's guns in 
front of this brigade. There was no rear. The Union forces 
stood back to back. The brigade had two Napoleon guns of 
Reynolds' battery, and Gen. Smith kept them throwing canister 
into Hampton's line, paying no attention to his guns, as they 
hurt no one. Horses of Reynolds' battery were shot by the 
small arms of Hampton's men. The First Maine was under a 
heavy fire, poured upon them by superior numbers, and as the 
men knew the whole command was flanked, it is not strange 
that a portion of them wavered. This, however, was but 
momentary. At the inspiring voice of Col. Cilley they rallied 
and held the position. Thus this little brigade stood between 
the Second corps and destruction. Had this brigade given 
wa}^ the Second corps must have gone. Had this regiment 
given way, the brigade must have gone. But the brigade staid 



nOYDTON PLANK UOAI). :3(j5 

until after dark, and retired in the night. This was the first 
real engagement of this brigade, and it was a big fighting day. 
The First Maine boys became aecniainted with the liu-htino- 
qualities of the new regiments witli which they were brigaded; 
the men of the new regiments became accpiainted, by observa- 
tion, with the First Maine, and tliere was conlidence throughout 
the l)i'igade. 

During this engagement Lieut. Wintield S. Collins, of Co. E, 
temporarily in command of Co. M, was killed. 

Chaplain Merrill relates these incidents of this engagement: — 

Among the wouudod was Frank Greene, one of the District of Cohimbia 
men. While hotly engaged, late in the afternoon, a peculiar sensation in 
the breast and back, followed by the trickling of blood, revealed the fact 
that he was wounded. A l)ullet had passed directly through the upper por- 
tion of the left lung and out at the back. Going to the rear he found an 
ambulance, and was taken to the corps hospital. The first surgeon who 
saw him called another in consultation. Having examined the patient, the 
two shook their heads, directed the nurse to make this man as comfortable 
as possible, and were a1)out to leave. "Doctor," said the wounded man, 
"what does this mean?" "It means," said the doctor, "that we can do 
nothing more than to make you conafortable ; we think you will die." 
"Die!" said he; "nonsense; I shall not die this time." Learning that he 
had one chance in a thousand to survive, he decided to take that chance. 
Under God, his pluck, together with the kind nursing of an old family 
friend, saved him. 

An incident is worth relating as an example of the coolness of the men. 
Col. Cilley is a little near-sighted. After forming the regiment on the Boyd- 
ton plank road, the men opened a rapid fire with their Spencer and Henry 
rifles. A moment later, seeing no enemy, and thinking they were wasting 
their ammunition, the colonel rushed along the line, directing the men to 
cease fii'ing. Coming up to Corp. Gurney, of Co. B, he shouted: " You are 
acting like a fool with your ammunition, cori^oral." " The rebs are right 
out there," the corporal replied. " That maybe so, but wait till you can see 
them." " Kneel down here, colonel; now look through there." The colonel 
said no more of wasting ammunition, but remained on his knees and com- 
menced tiring with his revolver. 

It is due to the gallant Maj. Thaxter to notice here his last service with 
the regiment. His term of three years' service had expired, and he was 
luider orders to proceed to Maine with the men, to be mustered out; and 
yet, volunteering for duty on Gen. Smith's staff for another tight, he was 
conspicuous through the day, charging mounted with the dismounted men, 
but escaped unharmed. 

Billy Harris, the colored servant of Gen. Smith, who had 
fearlessly staid by the general all through the day, as was his 



S66 FIRST MAiyE CAVALRY. 

custom, remarked that evening that he guessed he would not 
go into another light, as this M'as altogether too hot. When 
the next engagement came on, however, he was as ready as 
ever, whereupon the general reminded him of what lie said 
at Boydton. " Well, general," he replied, '' I've been thinking- 
it over ; I don't think you'll ever get into another such place 
as dat ar." And he did not. 

This was the baptism of blood which welded the veterans of 
the First Maine to their new comrades from the First District 
of Columbia, — which told them that their new comrades were 
worthy of full companionship ; and whatever of doubt, or fear, 
or mistrust there might have been before, from this time all 
were members of the " Old First Maine," sharing its dangers 
and wearing its honors alike. 

The loss to the regiment in this day's engagements (which 
the boys knew as the ^ Bull Pen," and which are borne on the 
banner as " Boydton Plank Road,") was eleven killed, sixty- 
two wounded, and eight missing. 

Gen. Grant's official report of this movement is as follows: — 

On the twenty-seventh the Army of the Potomac, leaving only sufiit-ient 
men to hold its fortified line, moved by the enemy's right tiank. The 
Second corps, followed by two divisions of the Fifth corps, with the cavalry 
in advance and covering our left flank, forced a passage of Hatcher's ram, 
and moved up the south side of it toward the South Side Railroad, until the 
Second corps and part of the cavalry reached the Boydton plank road where 
it crosses Hatcher's Eun. At this point we were six miles distant from the 
South Side Railroad, which I had hoped 1)y this movement to reach and 
hold. But finding that we had not reached the end of the enemy's fortifica- 
tions, and no place presenting itself for a successful assault, by which he 
might be doubled uj) and shortened, I determined to withdraw to within our 
fortified line. Orders were given accordingly. Immediately upon receiving 
a report that Gen. Warren had connected with Gen. Hancock, I returned to 
my headipiarters. Soon after I left, the enemy moved out across Hatcher's 
Run, in the gap between Gens. Hancock and AVarren, which was not closed, 
as reported, and made a desperate attack on Gen. Hancock's right and rear. 
Gen. Hancock immediately faced his corps to meet it, and after a bloody 
combat drove the enemy within his works, and withdrew that night to his 
old position. 

This was the last grand movement of the year, and, to use 
the language of Gen. Grant, in his official report, '^ From this 



COMJ'AIiATlVI-: (iriKT. ol)7 

tiiiu' rorwai'd the (ipt'iatioiis in front of 1'i'U'1's1)ui-l;'. until tlic 
spring campaign of IHii"), wtnv confined to tlic defence and 
extension of our lines, and to offensive movements for crippling 
the enemy's lines of communication, and to prevent his detacii- 
ing any considerable force to send south. By the seventh of 
February our lines were extended to Hatcher's Iiini, and the 
Wetdon Railroad had been destroyed to Hicksford." 

The night after this engagement Mas ])assed mainly in the 
saddle, in most tediously slow marching. Then came a day or 
two of picket on the Halifax and Vaughan roads, and the regi- 
ment was back in camp on the thirtieth. 

^londay, thirty-first, the regiment was mustered for pay, and 
those who had to make out the muster-rolls will remember the 
infinite amount of trouble they had in getting them right, 
owing to the transfer of the men of the First District of 
Columbia, and the short time they had to make tliem in. But 
few companies had even one roll complete at the muster. 
Tuesday, November first, the regiment commenced drilling 
again, and a dress parade was held in the afternoon. Drill was 
interrupted for a couple of da^'s on account of a cold rain, and 
on the fourth was commenced again, onl}^ to be interrupted hy 
picket duty on the fifth. Sunda}', sixth, divine services were 
held by Chaplain Merrill, — his first services with the regi- 
ment, — and he made a strong impression upon the men, mIu- 
ning their confidence, which was never weakened. 

On the seventh about one hundred of the regiment, the rest 
being on picket, went with the brigade on a reconnoissance to 
lleams' Station, and beyond to King's crossing, where there 
was a slight skirmish, resulting in one killed and eight or ten 
prisoners on the part of the enemy, but no casualties to the 
regiment. The command then returned, reaching camp about 
nine o'clock that night. 

Tuesday, November eighth, was the day of the Presidential 
election. Arrangements had been made for the men in the 
field to vote. The vote was taken in camp of such as were in 
camp, and Col. Cilley and other officers rode along the picket 
line, where was most of the regiment, taking the vote. The 
result was : For President, Abraliam Lincoln, 271 ; Gen. Geo. 



368 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

B. McClellan, 38. For Governor, Samuel Cony, 243 ; Joseph 
Howard, 7. The men belonging to the regiment who were at 
dismounted camp also had a chance to vote, and polled 58 for 
Lincoln and 8 for McClellan. 

The remainder of November was passed on picket, drilling, 
and preparing for winter. About the middle of the montli the 
position of the regiment was changed a little, and the huts 
ordered to be rebuilt. The experience of the previous winter 
had taught the boys how to build winter quarters, and they 
made themselves very comfortable, though the camp-ground 
was not so good and the quarters were no better than at War- 
renton the winter before, except for the horses, they being now 
provided with covered stables built of logs. The camp-ground 
was low and quite near a swamp, and wood for quarters and 
for cooking and heating was some distance away ; nevertheless 
the boys soon made themselves at home. Many of the boys 
will remember the heavy rain on the nineteenth, twentieth, and 
twenty-first, when the camp was flooded and a couple of days' 
hard work was necessary to drain it. As an instance of what 
energy and persistence may do, even against red tape, it may 
be stated that on the thirteenth Assist. Surg. Northrop, after 
nine o'clock in the evening, personally put through the mill 
an application for leave of absence, and succeeded in getting it 
signed and in getting back to camp with it before midnight. 

The twenty-fourth was Thanksgiving Day, and the diary of 
an othcer of that day says : " No services — no turkey — men 
busy building their quarters all da3^" The next day, however, 
the same diary continues : " Turkeys, etc., came to-day, to our 
agreeable surprise." 

On the thirtieth three hundred men of the regiment went on 
picket on the Halifax road, but in the evening Col. Cilley was 
ordered to draw off the pickets east of the road, and return to 
camp. Cos. C, D, F, G, H, and I, numbering two hundred 
men, were withdrawn, and marched to camp crowing mildly 
over the other six companies wdio were left on picket ; but with 
reveille at two o'clock in the morning of December first their 
dream of rest in camp vanished, and, cross and sleepy, the two 
hundred men, under command of Col. Cilley, marched witli the 




PATRICK F. SHEVLIN, Co C. 

South Boston, Mass. 



BRIDGE DESTROYING. 



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division via McCann's, Lee's Mills and the Jenisaleni i»lank road, 
for Stony Creek Station, the point on the Wehh:)n Railroad from 
which the rebels wagoned their supplies around the left of the 
army. The rebel jjickets were found at the Rowanty Creek. The 
Third brigade stopped here, wdth the First Maine at the bridge. 
The First brigade advanced a short distance beyond, while the 
Second brigade pressed rapidly forward to Stony Creek Station, 
some two miles from the Rowanty bridge, and reached there 
early in the day. The enemy's work consisted of two small 
forts, with several pieces of artillery in position, on the south 
side of Stony Creek and both sides of the railroad, with lines 
of earthworks extending on the flanks of the forts. Col. Gregg 
deployed the most of his brigade in front of the forts, and 
ordered the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry to cross the creek 
below the fortifications without delay, and attack the rebels in 
the rear. It did so in most gallant style, under a heavy fire 
from the enemy, who had perfect range of the ford. Halting a 
moment to re-form, the regiment charged, under command of 
Maj. May, in rear of the railroad, and then directly down the 
railroad to and between the forts, where they dismounted and 
actually charged, wdth pistol and sabre in hand, over the works, 
forcing the enemy to surrender unconditionally and at once. 
The regiment captured more men than it numbered, burned all 
the rebel stores, which were numerous, the station, and the 
high bridge over Stony Creek, and in twenty minutes' time 
returned with the prisoners. Hampton's cavalry headquarters 
were only four miles from the station, and the dashing engage- . 
ment took place almost in the suburbs of his camp, and haste 
was necessary. 

During this time this regiment remained at Rowanty bridge, 
hearing only the noise and seeing the smoke of battle and 
of burning stores. As the tw^o brigades recrossed, the First 
Maine pioneers stood ready to strip the bridge and set it on 
fire. On the heels of the boys in blue came Hampton, who 
w^as obliged to bottle his anger for a while longer, as the 
battery of the Third brigade poured canister through their 
columns. This regiment destroyed the bridge and held the 
enemy firmly to the opposite side of the stream till the First 



370 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

and Second brigades, and the remainder of the Third, Avere well 
on their return, wJien the Maine boys withdrew from tlie 
stream, and after proceeding a short distance, turned over the 
duty of rear guard to the Twenty-first Pennsylvania, to whom 
it rightfully belonged. In a short time the Twenty-first, who 
were out of ammunition, got it hot and sharp, and a portion of 
them went by the First Maine in a hasty manner, whereupon 
Gen, Smith ordered this regiment to again take the rear, and 
their repeating carbines caused the southern cavalry to behave 
respectfully. The regiment reached camp at half-past eleven 
o'clock, and henceforth the answer to rebel taunt of " Beef I " 
referring to the successful raid of the enemy at Sycamore church 
in September, was " Stony Creek ! " 

Cos. A, B, E, K, L, and M, remained on picket where they 
were left on the night of November thirtieth, until December 
sixth, on which day orders were received to be ready to march 
the next morning, with four days' rations and thirty pounds of 
forage on each horse, with the expectation that it would last 
six. On the morning of the seventh, at six o'clock, the regi- 
ment moved with the division, followed by the Fifth, and a 
portion of the Second corps, via McCann's, Lee's Mills and the 
Jerusalem plank road, fording the Nottaway near Freeman's 
bridge, and bivouacked near Sussex Court House. In the 
middle of the night Co. B was ordered on picket, went, and 
shortly after was ordered back again — a proceeding the men 
could hardly see the military necessity of. This was the begin- 
ning of what was known as the Bellelield raid — an errand of 
destruction to the Weldon Railroad, over which large amounts 
of supplies were being transported from southern Virginia and 
North Carolina to Stony Creek Station (to which jjoint the road 
had been destroyed), and thence taken in wagons to the South 
Side Railroad for transportation to the rebel arm3\ The inten- 
tion was to destroy the road from Stony Creek Station to Belle- 
field, a distance of fifteen miles. 

December sixth Col. Smith received his appointment as brevet 
brigadier general, to date from June twenty-fourth. 

Moving at four o'clock the next morning, the command 
reached the Weldon Railroad at eleven, when this regiment was 



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371 



sent toward the river with instructions to l)urn the raih'oad 
bridge and destroy tlie railroad. 'I'he enemy retii-ed with little 
resistance, and soon the liioh bridge across the Nottaway was 
in flames, as well as the station buildings and the neighboring 
barracks, while some three-fourths of a mile of the railroad was 
destroyed. The regiment was then called in and remained all 
the afternoon near some large i)lantatioii buildings, waiting for 
the infantry to tear up and destroy the railroad. Co. B, under 
Capt. Loring, was sent on a scout, while Co. M did picket duty 
for the protection of the regiment. The only incident that 
occurred this afternoon w^as the laugh raised by Billy McFar- 
land, of Co. B, orderly for Col. Cilley, who came in leading a 
small mule by a halter made of hay, and on the mule a huge 
darkey, and proceeding to the colonel he saluted, and reported : 
"• I have captured a darkey for you." At night the regiment 
advanced and bivouacked after dark near Jarratt's Station. 
During the night the blood-red sky showed tliat the w^ork of 
destruction w^as still going on. 

At six o'clock the next morning, December ninth, the com- 
mand moved, advancing slowly along the railroad, guarding 
the infantry in their work of destruction. At three o'clock in 
the afternoon the regiment, with the column, crossed Three 
Creek, a tributary of the Nottaway, a deep stream, with precipi- 
tous banks and a miry bed, losing three horses in the fording. 
A few miles further on the enemy was developed in force with 
strong works at Bellefield, to protect the crossing of the 
Meherrin River. The First brigade had the advance, and 
the First Massachusetts and First New Jersey were sharply 
engaged. 

The whole force of the First Maine, then numbering over five 
hundred men, was detailed to destroy the railroad up to a point 
as near the rebel works as possible, the rest of the brigade being 
also engaged in this work of destruction. The men worked at 
this destructive duty till half-past seven o'clock, the northern 
lights made by northern soldiers darting heavenw^ard, while the 
country for miles was illuminated by piles of burning ties, 
across which lay the bending and twisting rails. A thick woods 
enclosed the railroad, and ever and anon a crushing cannon ball 



372 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

informed the men that the rebels were usmg their hres for a 
target. The day had been a cold, rainy one, which at night 
turned to a frozen sleet. A cavalry man's overcoat protects the 
ujjper part of his body from wet very well, but in fording Three 
Creek the water had invaded his boots and legs to an uncom- 
fortable extent. Perhaps the severe exercise of turning the 
rails and sleepers bodily upside down, and wrenching off the 
sleepers and piling them together, setting them on hre and 
placing the iron rails on top, had counteracted the effect of the 
wet feet and frozen clothes, for though the bivouac was late, in 
cold sleet and an open field, there were no complaints. Indeed, 
the men boasted how well they slept, and seemed inclined to 
make the best of it, though some of them, on attempting to get 
up, found themselves actually frozen down, and in the morning- 
everything was encrusted with ice, and men crawled out of little 
frozen ponds. They had never before been exposed on so cold 
and uncomfortable a night, and the night at Hatcher's Run, 
soon after, was the only one that exceeded it in severity and 
suffering. 

The morning of the tenth found the men in the saddle at five 
o'clock, on the return march, the object of the expedition being 
completed. This time the command crossed Three Creek on 
pontoons, this brigade being ordered to the position of rear 
guard. The brigade was formed across the creek till the infan- 
try and the rest of the cavalry were well out on the road. The 
enemy had a howitzer and Gen. Smith had Dennison's battery. 
The enemy was held there as long as it was thought necessary, 
and then the brigade started on the march, the Twenty-first 
Pennsylvania having the rear and the First Maine next. They 
had marched but a short distance when they were obliged to 
halt on account of the infantry. At this Gen. Smith went back 
to his old position and held it a while longer, and then again 
took up the line of march, this time crossing the railroad, when 
he again halted and went into position. Just then he was sent 
for by Gen. Gregg, who informed him that the infantry was 
going off on another road, and ordered him to let one cavalry 
regiment go with the infantry and the rest go by themselves. 
When lie returned to his command he found it had started along: 



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and Wiis nearly ac-ross the railroad at tlie next crossing. Tlie 
First Maine and a gun from the l)attery were ])ut into position 
at the crossing. After a while the command again started, and 
on arriving at the road on ■which the infantry had gone, lie sent 
the Second New York after tiie infantry, and gave the rear 
of his column to the First Maine. The sitnation at this i)oint 
became exciting. The enemy opened on the regiment witli 
artillery from the rear, while at Jarratt's Station, just above, 
where the enemy had got on the flank, and which the regi- 
ment must pass, the heav}^ and frequent discharge of Gen. 
Hampton's guns told the boys whichever way they turned 
there was danger. The peculiar exposure and duties of 
a rear, guard were never more clearly shown at one view. 
It was a question of time, and of promj^t and ready hand 
ling of men, when the slightest confusion or unsteadiness 
would be taken advantage of by the pursuing enemy. The 
disposition of the First Maine, to meet the attacks from almost 
op})osite directions, came to the knowledge of the division 
commander. Gen. Gregg, and he complimented Col. Cilley on 
his admirable disposition and handling of the regiment. Maj. 
Curtis, who had been assigned to this regiment from the First 
District of Columbia, rendered efiicient service as a staff ofticer 
to Col. Cilley, and showed the fearless bravery that was charac- 
teristic of the men. 

Capt. Heald's battalion held the enemy in check at the 
stream until the Tw^enty-first and the rest of the brigade were 
out of the way, and destroyed the bridge under the fire of the 
enemy's cavalry, which was so hot that part of the destroying- 
party were obliged to cover themselves by the banks of the 
stream and the woods on the left, and only joined their com- 
panies and horses at Jarratt's Station, a mile aboA^e. The bat- 
talions were drawn up in rear of each other, with intervals of 
three hundred yards, and retired in succession one after the 
other, to form again in tlie rear. The cross-road at Jarratt's 
Station was curtained by woods, and was held by the Tenth 
New York, of the Second brigade, till the First Maine could 
relieve it. The sharp firing at this point showed that the ques- 
tion of time was the important one. Ca})t. Heald's battalion 



374 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

was brought up at a gallop and put in, dismounted, in the i)osi- 
tion of the Tenth New York. This was done in a most gallant 
manner, without allowing the enemy to gain an inch advance. 
Capt. Hall's battalion was placed in rear of the cross-roads, on 
a small hill, in admirable position to charge the road or to hold 
the enemy from driving the rear guard too rapidly, while Capt. 
Freese's battalion was placed a little further in the rear, on the 
opposite side of the road, in hand for any emergency. As soon 
as ready, Capt. Heald, who had been previously directed to 
move quickly when ordered to leave his position, came out of 
the curtaining woods at a run, and remounting his men, with a 
short gallop put them safely in rear of the other two battalions. 
The enemy immediately emerged from the woods where Capt. 
Heald had been, with lines reaching beyond his right and 
left, while their right connected with the force that had been 
fighting in the direct rear of the command. They seemed 
so astonished at finding no fleeing or disorder in the force in 
their front, but the well-dressed lines of Capts. Hall's and 
Freese's battalions before tliem, that they forgot to fire, and on 
receiving a volle}^ took ignominiously to the woods, and kept 
out of range of the First Maine carbines the entire day.^ 

The regiment bivouacked that night near Coman's well. 
Towards night the weather grew fearfully cold, and the keen, 
bitter wind penetrated to the very bones of the men. The 
march was delayed by building bridges and corduroying roads, 
many of the details for this service being drawn from this 
regiment, on account of the expert use of the axe b}^ the 
Maine soldiers. Frequent and prolonged halts gave the full 
benefit of wintry wind till about three miles from camp, when 
Col. Cilley obtained permission to leave the column, and through 
a wood-path known to the regiment marched with quick pace 
and no halting for camp, which was reached at half-past one 
o'clock on the morning of the twelfth, with men and horses 
covered with ice and frozen mud. Though the snow and ice 
had filled the tents to some extent during the absence of the 

'This was a hard day for Gen. Smith, as his position was a trying one. He must 
be careful that the cohimn sliouhl not get too far ahead, and also that the First Maine 
should go soon enough. 





Capt. GEORGE PRINCE, Co K. 
Boston, Mass. 



Adjt. THADDEUS LITTLE, Lieut Co. K. 
Boston, Mass. 




Lieut. GEORGE F. JEWETT, Co. K. 





Lieut. GEORGE F. JEWETT, Co. K. 

Boston, Mass. 

1887. 



Corp. FRANK E. JEWETT, Co. K. 
St. Louis, Mo. 



HELL KFI ELD RAID. '575 

men, they felt as though they had reached home, and in spite 
of the snow on the bunks, slept the soldierly sleep. 

Lieut. Geo. F. Jewett, of Co. K, thus tells the story of the 
death of Sergt. Edward B. Herbert, of that company, on this 
exj^edfition : — 

Ayiiile on tlie roturii from Bt'llolii'ld, our it'<;iinoiit liavinp; tlif rear, we 
formed in line on a ridge in an open lield to cheek tlie enemy till the column 
could jjet out of the way. ISfy company ha,d the left of the line, and when 
the regiment moved out into the road to pass to the rear, the colonel told 
me to "hold my positit)n till the column was well out of the way, and then 
move hack at a trot." I followed the same tactics with the couipany, 
reserving two sets of fours with me and sending the rest of the company 
after the column. After sufficient time for the company to get out of the 
way, I moved out with the eight men through the gap in the fence, and 
stai-ted hack at a trot. The rehels were shelling us at the time, and tlieir 
skirmish line was quite near us, and annoyed us considerably. The first 
intimation I had of their successful artillery practice was in seeing tlie butt 
of a carbine fly past me, and I looked round to see who had had so narrow 
an escape, and saAv Sergt. E. B. Herbert just picking himself up out of the 
(hist in the road, his horse keeping his place in the set of fours. I immedi- 
ately turned, speaking to the two men nearest me to come and help me. In 
the excitement they either misunderstood me, or did not hear me, and kept 
on; so I took the sergeant's left hand (the right arm being shot oft) \\\) over 
the pommel of my saddle and led him back a distance till we were partially 
covered from the enemy, when we stopped, and Herbert fainted. By this 
time some of the officers of the regiment (the line had formed on the next 
ridge) saw my predicament, and sent some men to assist me. They lifted 
the wounded man up and placed him across my lap, and I brought him in. 
I saw him that night at Sussex Court House (after I had posted my pickets), 
and he had been fixed up by the surgeon and was comfortable. The next 
day he was taken to Washington, where he wrote me a letter, thanking me 
for saving his life and telling me of his hopes in getting home. Gangrene 
set in, however, and he died in hospital at Washington. He was a brave, 
large-hearted, good soldier, and always anxious to be at the front till we 
started on this raid, when he asked me to excuse him, saying that he had a 
presentiment that he would he shot. As we had a number of men sick and 
others poorly mounted, and he was neither, I declined to leave him with the 
dismounted men, and he went to his doom. 

The expedition w^as a successful one, the road being destroyed 
for the entire distance. Of this work the greater portion was 
performed by the infantry, the cavalry being occupied for the 
most part in picketing, scouting, etc., though some of the work 
of destruction was done by the cavalry men, as alread}^ stated, 
the cavalry destroying the railroad further in the enemy's conn- 



376 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

try than the infantiy, they going to the Mehenin River. The 
I'ails were bent and twisted by heat until it seemed as if thej- 
never could be made of use again, nor could the}^ without 
being first taken to the workshop. The method of destruction 
is thus described by Chaplain Merrill : — 

Along the whole line we traversed, the road was lined with yellow pine 
timber, prepared during the previous summer to be used in repairing the 
road bed. It was well seasoned, and burned like wax. Tlie method of 
destroying the road was this: A few pieces of timber Avould be placed 
together, with some liner fuel under them. A dozen rails would then be 
balanced across the combustible mass, and the torch applied. The heat 
would presently be intense, and the rails would bend by their own weight. 
Two or three men would seize one of them and double it around a stump. 
Many a heavy T rail have we seen in the form of an ox bow. Several we have 
seen coiled like wire around a tree. 

This anecdote of the " raid " is also told by Chaplain Merrill, 
though there was a tradition in the regiment that the hero of 
the " hardtack " incident was a Co. E man, serving as orderly 
at Gen. Gregg's headquarters: — 

At Jarratt's Station we relieved the Tenth Xew York Cavalry, and held 
the crossing till all the brigades had jiassed. The enemy opened on us 
sharply with artillery, but was successfully held in check, and from that 
time ceased to annoy us. During this action a brave Irish soldier, belong- 
nag to one of the batteries, had been sent to the wagons for ammunition. 
As he was rushing back at break-neck speed, with a twelve-pound shell 
closely hugged under each arm and concealed by his blouse, he was stopped 
by an officer of the provost guard, who demanded: "What have you there ? " 
" An' sure, yer honor," said Pat, " an' isn't it hardtack for the rebels ? " 

The remainder of this month, and all of January, 1865, were 
spent in picketing and scouting, and there was plenty of it to 
do. Almost every day one or. more scouting parties were sent 
out, while the regiment was on picket, it seemed, half the time. 
The regiment's picket line was more than three miles long, in 
the rear of the army, four miles from camp, and embraced 
thirty-nine mounted and eight dismounted vidette posts. Then 
there were drills, inspections, reviews, etc., when the regi- 
ment was in camp, so it was not a time of all rest. But there 
was much real comfort, much hearty pleasure, in cam[) those 



TlIK CIIHISTIA.X (<)M MISSION. •> H 

nioiillis, while picket was not so bad in good weather (though 
in some of the storms of tliat season it was not a duty to be 
st)ught), and it may be questioned if the boys did not enjoy 
themselves that winter (juite as well and quite as thoroughly as 
many of them have done since in civil life. There were papers 
to read, from kind friends at home and furnished by the United 
States Christian Connnission, as well as boxes of luxuries and 
comforts, and all in all the time }>assed as })leasantly as could 
be expected, under the circumstances. The rations during the 
winter were good, and beside, the sutler (formerly Sergt. 
Parker, of Co. B, who had served his three 3'ears faithfully), 
furnished '•' sfoodies" to the men. There were also visits to 
"Fort Hell" and the other fortifications along the line, where 
different Maine regiments and batteries were stationed, and the 
communion with old-time friends and schoolmates. 

Right here it is well to qviote again from Chaplain Merrill's 
'' Histor}' '' : — 

We sliould not be true to our convictions of what is due to a noble 
Christian charity, if we did not make grateful mention of the choice readin<> 
matter, furnished weekly by the delegates of the Christian Commission, for 
the men. It has already been stated that, in common with many other 
regiments, we were indebted to this commission for the covering of the 
commodious chapel in which we worshipped during the winter of 1864-5. 
and for the stove by means of which it was warmed. In this, and in various 
other ways, an amount of good was done which cannot be fully known. We 
are the more explicit liere, l)ecause those who contributed to the treasury of 
this institution have a right to know how the delegates, to whom the work 
of ministering to the wants of the soldiers was entrusted, did their duty. 
It may be said that there were men in this service who did not amount to 
much, and the same may be said with equal truth of some soldiers, and 
even generals, in the army. But after all needful abatements for indis- 
creet men, and inefficient men, and topographical men, and trophy-hunting 
men, and sight-seeing men, the delegates of the Christian Commission were, 
as a body, earnest, laborious, and self-denying men. We have seen them on 
their various rounds of duty, and know them. We have seen them bending 
over the wounded, the sick, and the dying. We have seen them on the 
tield of battle, where one would not choose to go unless duty called him. 
We have seen them march with the army, day after day, and no small jtart 
of the intervening nights, on foot, in the month of December, amid cold, 
and mud, and rain, and sleet, when some of us thought it hard enough to 
ride. And yet there they were, the live-long night, with no covering l)ut 
the wintry air, freighted with rain, freezing as it fell, and no bed but the 
sleet-covered ground, and vet with material aid foi' the suftering and cheer 



378 



FIE ST MAINE CAVALRY. 



for all around. This commission was the eye of Christian philanthropy 
watching to see where help was needed, and her feet running swiftly to 
carry it. It was her lips speaking words of counsel and of cheer, and her 
hand feeding the hungry, lifting up the fallen, soothing the pangs of the 
sufferer, directing the dying to Christ, and transmitting their last messages 
of love to distant friends. 

At City Point they had a manmioth coffee-boiler on wheels, with a heat- 
ing apparatus attached, as to the boiler of a steam engine, drawn by two 
horses. On its first missionary tour along the line of the army at the front, 
it was amusing to hear the quaint remarks of the boys as they quaffed the 
delicious beverage. "I say," said one, "where did that come from, any- 
how?" "From the Christian Commission." "God bless the Christian 
Commission." "I say, boys," said another, as he returned the cup and 
smacked his lips, " ain't that a bully machine ? Three cheers for the Chris- 
tian Commission and their big coffee-pot !" 

An Irishman belonging to one of our regiments refused to receive any 
favors, or listen to any counsel from one of these men, though sadly in need 
of some articles of clothing. Want, however, finally triumphed over will, 
and he was supplied. Seeing the delegate again, he said to him: "Sir, 
they tell me that ye are working here jist for the love of the boys, and that 
ye git no pay at all, intirely." " They are mistaken," was his answer; " we 
get the best pay of anybody in the army." "Indade! and what pay do ye 
git, anyhow?" " Didn't you say ' God bless ye!' when I brought you the 
shirt, and the drawers, and the socks, the other day?" "I mind it." said 
he. " And did they do you any good ? " " Good ! " replied Pat. " And did 
they not warm me feet, and warm me back, and warm me all over ? Good it 
is, indade they did me." " Well," replied the delegate, " that is the pay we 
get." "Is that it? Is that it?" asked Pat, with a look of admiring wonder. 
And then, grasping the hand of the donor, he exclaimed: " God bless you, 
God bless you ! And may you live f oriver, and may your wife live longer 
nor you do, and may ivery one of your children be as fat as a pig, and as 
white." 

The morning of Sunday, February fifth, the regiment — four 
hundred and forty-six men and eighteen officers — with the 
division, started at three o'clock on a movement which had 
for its object the extension of the Union lines on the left to 
Hatcher's Run, the infantry co-operating. The route was via 
Reams' Station and Malone's bridge (over the Rowanty) to 
Dinwiddie Court House, where a large number of prisoners 
and some thirty wagons were captured, and then the division 
came back to Malone's bridge and bivouacked for the night, 
a portion of this regiment being on picket, under command 
of Capt. Myrick. An attempt to surprise the picket during 
the nio;ht was frustrated. Between one and two o'clock the 



UATCHEirs RUN. 



379 



next luoriiiiio- tlie connnand was again in motion, going via 
Snake Monnd bridge road to the Vanglian road, and then to 
Hateher's Rnn, which was reached by daylight. The regiment 
was drawn up under the brow of a hill, and the men were gen- 
erally cooking their breakfast, when there was sharj) tiring just 
in the rear. The rear guard — the Fourth Pennsylvania — 
was attacked, and the enemy was driving it in with severe loss. 
The First Maine was ordered to the rescue. Leaving their 
cooking, many of them leaving their cooking utensils and 
their prospective breakfast where they were, leaving overcoats, 
leaving everything but their carbines, the boys jumped into 
line, and in a moment more were over the brow of the hill, the 
horses being sent to the rear. Capt. Myrick's battalion, which 
was in the advance, charged, checked the advance of the 
enemy, relieved the Fourth Pennsylvania, thus allowing them 
to retire in comparatively good order, and established the line 
as directed by Col. Cilley ; but finding it too much exposed, 
Capt. Myrick advanced to a cross-road, where his men were 
under cover. The remainder of the regiment was drawn up 
just on the brow of the hill, there being two hundred and fifty 
men and eighteen officers of the regiment on the line. The 
boys will remember the fun they had that morning shooting at 
the enemy's sharp-shooters, who occasionally showed themseh'es 
around some out-buildings, in the edge of the woods on the 
opposite side of the field. This position was occupied, with 
more or less firing, till about one o'clock, when the regiment 
was relieved by infantry, and from that time till dark was t)n 
the skirmish line in half a dozen different localities, with not 
a great deal of fighting to do, however, though on one occasion 
the regiment charged, and drove the enemy half a mile througli 
the woods. 

About dusk the regiment was relieved, and the boys, tired, 
cold, and hungr}^ having had nothing to eat since the night 
before, welcomed the prospect of getting back to their horses, 
where there were rations, overcoats, and, if there was a chance 
to sleep, blankets. But they were doomed to disappointment. 
They were marched back a short distance, and ordered to 
remain for the night in some woods by the side of the road. 



^^0 FIB ST MAIXE CAVALllV. 

It was expected that the horses would be brought to them, and 
the boys kept up their spirits for a while, till they learned that 
the horses had been taken back across the run, and that it was 
deemed advisable neither to bring the horses to the men nor 
allow the men to go to the horses. Here was a decidedly 
unpleasant prospect. Hungry, and nothing to eat, yet plenty 
so near ; cold, and their overcoats just across the run ; no fires, 
and no wood to build any, and the axes only a short distance 
away ; tired, and their blankets on their saddles ; a prospect of 
rain, and their ponchos with their horses. Is it to be wondered 
at that there was some swearing, or that whoever was respon- 
sible for this state of affairs was most thoroughly cursed ? 
Was there any real reason for such treatment ? Is it a matter 
of surprise that the boys considered that those who had gone 
home at the expiration of their three years' service did not 
know so much about soldiering, after all? 

But there the men were, and there they must stay. Then 
followed the severest night in the history of the regiment. 
By borrowing axes of the infantry and artillerj^ in bivouac on 
the other side of the road, a few feeble fires were made in the 
course of time, and around them the men clustered, in the vain 
hope of receiving some warmth. Some of the men wandered 
from one little fire to another all night long, not daring to try 
to sleep ; some went over among the infantry camps, and there 
tried to keep somewhere near comfortable, with little better 
success ; others, and by far the larger number, piled themselves 
up cob-house fashion, at times three or four deep, and in that 
way managed to get small rations of very poor sleep, though 
the top layers found it hard to keep comfortable, and were con- 
stantly changing locality. To add to the discomfort, along in 
the night it began to snow, but only enough fell to make mat- 
ters more uncomfortable — not enough to provide a covering 
for the half-frozen, half-starved boys, who always believed this 
was needless suffering and exposure. It is related that some 
men belonging to a battery across the road crawled under a 
tarpaulin and slept, to find in tlie morning that the tarpaulin 
was frozen down, and they were relieved only by the careful 
use of the axe. This shows how cold it was. 



RETURN TO WINTER (.QUARTERS. o81 

Morning- came at last, and that williout even a picket shot to 
warm up the men. Soon after daylight the regiment — two 
hundred and thirty men and seventeen officers — Avas again 
ordered on the picket line, in a cold rain storm, without mnch 
energy or strength for fighting, but ugly enough to fight like 
tigers. However, there was no fighting to do, and after remain- 
ing there about an hour the regiment was withdrawn from the 
line and went back to the place of bivouac, and there, to their 
exceeding joy, the boys found their horses. There \\'as not 
moral })0wer enough then in both armies to prevent them from 
breakfasting. This done, they felt somewhat better. The rain 
continued falling, and the men stood around, shivering, dripping, 
waiting,, trying to keep good natured, till after noon, when the 
regiment started on the march, as the men supposed, to camp, 
but instead it went to the Halifax road, near the Wyatt farm, 
and stopped all night, apparently as picket reserve, though the 
horses were unsaddled, and the men got some pretty fair sleep 
out of it. 

One thing was noticeable on this days' march — that, notwith- 
standing Gen. Grant had extended the line only the day before, 
workmen were engaged in extending Gen. Grant's railroad to 
furnish forage and rations to the troops — making the railroad 
keep pace with the extension of the lines. 

The object of the movement was accomplished. The lines 
had been extended two or three miles, and the army had wound 
itself so much further around Petersburg (it should be stated 
that the infantry had some severe fighting and lost heavily in 
the engagement of the sixth), and early next morning the regi- 
ment started for camp, and soon after noon the boys were at 
home again in their quarters. 

Then came six or seven weeks more of life in winter quarters, 
with its attendant picket duty, scouting, camp duty, etc., and 
with little variation. The next Sunday the regimental chapel — 
a large building made of logs by the pioneers of the regiment, 
under the direction of Col. Cilley, covered with canvas and 
warmed by a stove furnished by the United States Christian 
Commission — was dedicated with appropriate exercises, and 
from that time services were held quite regularly by Chaplain 



B82 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

Merrill. During the month of February the regiment was paid 
for the four months ending December 31, 1864, and the money 
was very welcome, assisting wonderfully in making the boys 
comfortable. 

The morning of March twenty-fifth the boj'S in camp (the 
greater portion of the regiment was on picket) were awakened 
by the sound of heavy and continuous artillery firing off to the 
right. While wondering and conjecturing what this meant, 
orders were received for the brigade, including what of this 
regiment was in camp, under command of Capt. Myrick, to 
saddle up and go to the rescue. The command moved along 
the line of works till when near Fort Steadman it met a squad 
of some two thousand rebel prisoners just captured. . Then it 
was learned that the enemy had made a fierce attack on Fort 
Steadman and had succeeded in capturing it, but that the 
Union forces had retaken the fort and captured all these 
prisoners. There was nothing for this command to do ; never- 
theless, it was ordered to report to Maj. Gen. Parke, command- 
ing Ninth corps, to be in readiness in case of another attack, 
and remained in the woods — nowhere — without camp equipage 
or blankets, a couple of days, the boys not being really com- 
fortable or happy the while, and then was sent back into camp. 
Then came a few days more in camp, and then the boys 
bade good-bj- to their last winter quarters. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE LAST GRAND CAMPAIGN. 

IfoSTKi; OF Of1'KKI!S, MaIJCII 29, ]S()0. — LkAVING WlNTKlt QlAUTEKS. — 

Weix'ojie Back to Suehidax. — Thp: Fight at Dixwiddie Coi'kt 
JIor.SE. — A Day oh Two of Comparative Rest. — Across the 
South Side Railroad. — Peterseurg Captured, Richmoxd Evac- 
uated, axd the Rebel Army Fleeixg. — The Pursuit. — At Jpjt- 

TERSVILLE. — FiRST CHARGE OX Lee'S TrAIX. — FiGHT AT SaILOR's 

Creek. — Secoxd axd Successful Charge ox Lee's Traix. — 
Skirmish at Briery Creek. — Charge ixto Farmville. — Forag- 
ixG Made Easy. — The Night before Appomattox. — The Morxixg 
AT Appomattox. — Surrexder of Gex. Lee. — Ox the Back Track. 

— Death of Presidext Lixcolx. — Ix Ca3ip near Petersburg. — 
Last Expeditiox of the First Maixe Cavalry. — Hoxors to 
Gallaxt Officers. — Last Camp of the First Maixe Cavalry. 

— Takixg Care of the People. — Cavalry Mex Turxed School- 
masters. — Muster-out. — The Returx Home. — Coxclusiox. 

MANY changes had been made in the officers of the regi- 
ment during the past year, and upon entering upon 
the spring campaign of 1865 the roster was made up as 
follows, with residence and date of rank, ''D. C." at the end of 
a name indicating that the officer was transferred from the First 
District of Columbia Cavalry : — 

Field and Staff. 

Colonel, Charles H. Smith, Eastport, June 18, 1863, brevet brigadier gen- 
eral commmanding Third brigade, Second division, Cavalry corps. 

Lieutenant Colonel, Joxathax P. Cilley, Thomaston, July 11, 1864, com- 
manding regiment. 

Majors, Coxstaxtixe Taylor, U. S. Army, February 18, 1864, serving on 

the division staff. 
Bexjamix F. Tucker, U. S. Army, July 11. 1864, in command of 

Cavalry Depot, City Point. 
Paul Chadbourxe, Waterboro', December 22, 1864, commanding 

Second New York Mounted Lifles. 

383 



o84 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Field and P^taff —Conlinucil, 

Adjutant, Tiiaddeus Little, Bristol, March 25, 1865. 

Quartermaster, Clarence D. Ulmer, Rockland, March 17, lS6o, serving as 

quartermaster Third hrifjjade, Second division. Cavalry corps. 
Surgeon, Horace Stkvexs, Skowhegan, Novemher 25, 1804, on duty at 

Cavalry Depot, City Point. 
Assistant Surgeon, George J. Northrop (D. C), Portland, March 29, 1864. 
Commissary, Maktin T. V. Bowman, Hallowell, February 9, 1864. 
Chaplain, Samuel H. Merrill (D. C), Portland, February 19, 1864. 

XON-COMMISSIONED StAFF. 

Sergeant Major, Edward P. Tobie, Jr., Lewiston, December 12. 1864. 
Quartermaster Sergeant, Daniel H. Gilman (D. C), Monmouth, December 

12, 1864. 
Commissary Sergeant, Daniel W. Haines, Fort Fairfield, December 12, 1864. 
llusintal Stewards, Emery T. Gatchell, Brunswick, September 28, 1862. 

John M. Kame (D. C), North Berwick, November, 1864. 
Saddler Sergeant, Henry "W. Noravood, Bangor, March 1, 1863. 
Band Leader, Levi E. Bigeloav (D. C), Skowhegan, February 11, 1864. 
Chief Bugler, Wellington P. Baker, Bingham, December 5, 1864. 
Veterinary Surgeon, Elbridge Burton, Thomaston, November 4, 1864. 

Company Officers. 

CO. K. — Captain, John W. Freese (D. C), Houlton, February 18, 1864. 

First Lieutenant, Orrin S. Haskell, Levant, September 3, 1864, 

sei-ving as regimental quartermaster. 
Second Lieutenant, Leander M. Comins (D. C), Lincoln, Febru- 
ary 20, 1864. 
CO. B. — Captain, Jacob B. Loring, Thomaston, July 11, 1864. 

First Lieutenant, James W. Poor, Belfast, December 16, 1864. 
Second Lieutenant, Henry D. Fuller (D. C), Corinth, March 
28, 1864. 
CO. C. — Captain, Andrew M. Benson (D. C), Oldtown, February 16, 1864. 
First Lieutenant, Jonathan K. Brooks, Bowdoinham, November 

28, 1864. 
Second Lieutenant, William S. Farwell (D. C), Rockland. 
February 26, 1864. 
CO. D. — Captain, William S. Howe (D. C), Stetson, commissioned by the 
President, October 15, 1803. 
First Lieutenant, Edward P. Merrill (D. C.), Portland, March 

30, 1864. 
Second Lieutenant, James E. Stayner, Eastport, December 2, 1864. 
CO. E. — Captain, John A. Heald, Lincoln, July 16, 1804. 

First Lieutenant, George W. Hussey, Houlton, June 20, 1803. 
Second Lieutenant, Benjamin A. Osborne, Lincoln, March 20, 
1865. 



STARTING ON THE LAST CAMPAIGN. 385 

CoMi'ANY Officers— Conthinrd. 

(JO. Y. — Captain, Andhkw II. Biijukk, Eastport, July II, 1S()4. 

First Lieutenant, -Joel Wilson, Gorham, Auf-ust 25, 1SG4. 
Second Lieutenant, Lokenzo Wiiiti-;, rortland, August 25, lS(i4. 
CO. G. — Captain, Ciiaklks €. CirASK (D. C), Portland, February 20, JSG4. 
First Lieutenant, James II. Kussell (D. C), Iloulton, February 
25, 1864. 
CO. n. — Captain, Henuy C. IIai.i., Starks, June 18, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, James Maguiue (I). C), Augusta, June 25, 1864. 

Second Lieutenant. Joseph W. Lee (D. C), Calais, February 24, 

1864. 

(>(). J. — Captain, Thomas G. Webbek (D. C), Gorham, February 23, 1864. 

First Lieutenant, Levi H. Dacujett, New Sharon, December 2, 1864. 

Second Lieutenant, J. F. McKusick (D. C), Warren, Januarys, 1864. 

CO. K, — Captain, John D. Myrick, Augusta, January 4, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, George F. Jewett, Bath, November 22, 1864. 
CO. L. — Captain, William L. Boyu, Houlton, March 25, 1865. 

First Lieutenant, Charles O. Gordox, Phillips, April 4, 18«i4. 
Second Lieutenant, William J. Crookek, Alton, December 21, 
1864. 
CO. M. — Captain, Zexas Vaughan, Freeman, June 4, 1863. 

First Lieutenant, Charles K. Johxsox, Carmel, July 20, 1863. 
Second Lieutenant, Edward Jordan, Banoor, December 12, 1864. 

During the winter the Twenty-first Pennsylvania regiment 
had been transferred from the Third brigade to the Second, 
and the Thirteenth Ohio had been transferred to the Third 
brigade. 

On Tuesday, the twenty-eighth of March, the regiment was 
ordered to be ready to move, with the division, at six o'clock 
the next morning, and it was ready in time, the actual effective 
strength of the regiment that morning being nineteen officers 
and four hundred and ninety-two men. As the men left the 
camp and formed in line with the brigade, a short distance 
from camp, they felt somewhat blue. They were going to 
enter upon a campaign which they had every reason to expect 
would be a fighting campaign, under a new and untried com- 
mander. Gen. George Crooke, who had taken command of the 
Second cavalry division on the twenty-seventh, and whom the 
men knew but little about (Gen. David McM. Gregg, their 
tried commander for two years, whom they loved and believed 
was the peer of any division cavalry general in the field, having 
resigned), and the experience of the latter part of the summer 



386 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

before had taught them that the service of one cavahy division 
to the whole Army of the Potomac was a Iiard service. There- 
fore they were not at that time in a really enthusiastic mood. 
But while waiting in the line they saw a force approaching, 
and soon recognized " Little Phil Sheridan's " headquarter flag, 
and then " Little Phil " himself, Avith his staff and his famous 
scouts. The cheers that rent the air told no uncertain tale, 
and with those cheers went out all the distrust or forebodings 
with which the men had been tormented. Then they were 
ready to go anywhere, or to fight anything. They were new 
men in a moment. What was in store for them they knew not, 
nor really cared, for they were with Sheridan, once more a part 
of his glorious cavalry, and they knew with him at their head 
they were safe. Part of them might lay down their lives, to 
be sure, — a few be taken prisoners, to suffer all the horrors 
of Belle Isle and of Andersonville, — others might be wounded, 
to linger and suffer a while, only to die, or perchance recover 
sufficiently to live long years as cripples, — but the majority 
would come out all right, with the glories of victory. They 
had begun to believe that under that intrepid leader they could 
whip anything that could be brought against them, as they had 
already done on many fields now famous. Still every one was 
full of conjecture as to the plans of Gen. Grant — as to what 
was to be attempted, and as to the probable result. 

It was cold and cheerless, and marching was hard, but the 
men were in good spirits, for was not Sheridan there? The 
regiment went into bivouac that night near Dinwiddle Court 
House, and picketed the horses as for the night onl}^ ; but the 
next morning dawned drizzly, wet, uncomfortable, almost for- 
bidding any movement, and threatening to hold the force mud- 
bound for a week, at least. That day the regiment remained 
there, the boys making themselves as comfortable as possible, 
taking the boards from an old barn, which stood near by, to 
raise themselves from the wet ground, and using fence rails 
in wasteful extravagance, to keep their fires bright and their 
bodies warm. 

A little incident occurred here which shows how soldiers take 
advantage of circumstances. In Co. L was an old soldier — 



"GO TO THE AID OF THE PICKETS." '^87 

a graduate from the English ami}- — and a good soldier. 
Every one in the regiment, almost, kne^Y him, from a peculiar- 
ity he had of putting his hat into his bosom when going into 
a fight, and going in bareheaded. During this day he came 
into camp carrying a very small calf — too small, almost, to 
walk, certamly too young to be of use for food. There was 
a general expression of disa])probation at this, and he was 
greeted with cries of " Shame I " '' Steal a little calf like that ! " 
" What in the world can you do with it? " etc. ; but he paid no 
attention to any of them, and marched right along like a man 
who knew what he was about. He fastened the calf close by 
his tent, where its bleatings w^ere piteous to hear. It was not 
long before the men saw what was up, for the cow, attracted 
by the cries of her offspring, came to its rescue, wdien the 
soldier caught and milked her, and then let her and the calf 
go off happy. He had a good supper of hardtack and milk 
that night as the result of his strategy. 

The next day was Friday, March thirty-first, and dawned 
much like its predecessor, giving a prospect of remaining there 
that day also. About the middle of the forenoon the regiment 
was ordered to saddle and pack, and be ready to move at a 
moment's notice. By this time the clouds had cleared away, 
and the sun was shining brightly. About eleven o'clock lively 
hrinp- was heard in the direction whence the remainder of the 
brigade had previously gone. Soon an orderly rode up to Col. 
Cilley with the order : " Go to the aid of the pickets at once." 
The regiment mounted, rode a mile or more, and drew up in 
line in a large open field, behind a rising ground. On the right 
was the road, and resting on it, woods — -pine, with no under- 
growth or brush. On the left, a short distance away, were 
woods. In front could be seen only the hill. The firing had 
stopped — all was quiet. The boys learned, by one of those 
mysterious ways by which orders and plans sometimes became 
known to all the command almost before the general had 
settled what they were to be, that they were there to hold the 
crossing of a creek — Great Cat Tail Creek, or Chamberlain's 
Creek, they were then told it was, but since then it has been 
called by various names. One battalion, under command of 



388 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Capt. Myrick, was sent out scouting be3^ond the pickets and 
across the creek, to see what was there. The order was passed 
through the remainder of the regiment to be prepared to fight 
on foot at any time. The men were already counted off by 
fours, of course, and now the bridles of horses Nos. 1, 2, and 3, 
were given to the No. 4 man to hold, — his j^art in the coming 
action being to take care of the four horses, — with orders to 
"look out for my grain," "take care of my haversack," and a 
thousand and one instructions. The sabres were strapped to 
the saddles, and all superfluities taken from the person and 
fastened to the saddle or put in the saddle-bags. The grain 
bags and all baggage were strapped firmer on the saddles — 
they might go through some heavy shaking before the riders 
asrain ofot to them. The cartridge boxes were filled to their 
utmost capacity — the spare cartridges in the saddle-bags were 
put in the pockets — the carbines were examined — the Spen- 
cer's loaded carefully with their seven deadly messengers, while 
the Henry's were wound up to unwind and set flying sixteen 
humming birds, to sing in the ears of the enemy. The can- 
teens that were full were thrown over the shoulders — there 
was no knowing how much a man might want a drink of water 
before he again saw his horse. The traps were taken care of 
by each one as if sure of coming back, while at the same time 
everything of value was left with the led horses, as if there 
was a chance of not returning. Then the boys took it easy till 
called for — sitting down, lying down, sleeping, even, writing, 
— perhaps the last line home — smoking, laughing, joking, 
anything but what looked like expecting every moment to 
fight, but all knowing their places, and ready to " fall in " at 
the first note of warning. 

At the headquarters of the regiment a group of oflicers was 
collected, talking over the prospects of a fight and the probable 
result, both on the regiment and on the rebellion. A captain 
borrowed a needle and thread, with which he sewed up some 
money in the watch pocket of his pants, concealing it as well as 
he could, saying, " No knowing what may happen — I may go to 
Richmond this trip." Another officer took the hint and sewed 
his up in his vest. The adjutant inquired the time. " Twenty 



BINWIDBIE COURT HOUSE. 



389 



minutes of one." " In about four hours the rebs will come down 
on us with one of their thundering sunset charg-es," replied he. 
A young lieutenant, who had not yet christened his shoulder 
straps in the smoke of battle, and who was evidently a little 
anxious as to his })ehavior in his iirst fight as an olhcer, replied, 
with a nervous smile, " I am afraid they won't wait till then." 
Hark! there is firing in front! the scouts have run into the 
enemy ! " Attention ! " shouts Col. Cilley, and the men spring 
into position as by one motion, and await further orders. It is 
only a scattering fire, soon quieted, and they settle back into 
the lazy, listless positions of before. Not long do they remain 
so this time, however, for suddenly the firing commences again, 
and nearer and more rapidly than before. Evidently Capt. 
Myrick's battalion is being driven back, though their carbines 
are rattling heartily, and the boys know the battalion too well 
to think they are retreating any faster than they can be pushed ; 
there is no run to them. Gen. Smith, commanding the brigade, 
and his staff, who have been down to the creek, ride back to the 
top of the hill in front. Col. Cilley calls the men to attention 
ao-ain, and now they remain so. An orderly from the front 
rides up to Gen. Smith, talks a moment, and then a staff officer 
starts from him toward the headquarters of the regiment. The 
boys know by the intuition of experience what that means, and 
are ready. Col. Cilley and his staff mount, the men anticipate 
his first order, and almost before he opens his mouth are " fours 
right," and marching toward the road at a quick step. The 
command is not a great distance from the top of the hill, yet 
the men can see that Gen. Smith is anxious — they do not move 
fast enough. As if a staff officer might not give the order just 
right, Gen. Smith himself rides to Col. Cilley and tells him to 
^' move faster ; they are driving us ; you must stop them ; deploy 
your men across the field to the left of the road and move to 
the crest of the hill as fast as possible." The men hardly need 
instructions. One motion of Col. Cilley's arm and each one 
seems to know just where he is wanted, and in as quick time as 
the regiment ever made on foot, they are in line across the field 
and movmg for the crest. As they gain the top what a sight 
greets their eyes. The woods on the right extend along the road 



390 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

to the creek, some two liundred yards ; on the left of the road, 
directly in front of the regiment, is an open held to the creek, 
which is skirted on each side by a scrubby thicket, and beyond 
the creek are woods ; on the left of the field and of the regiment 
are woods nearly to the creek. The Second New York Mounted 
Rifles, commanded by Maj. Chadbourne, of this regiment, who 
had been wounded, holds the woods on the right of the road, 
while this regiment extends across the field to the woods on the 
left. The ground is a gentle descent. As the regiment reaches 
the top of the hill, the road close to it is filled with wounded 
men and officers on tlieir way to the rear, mixed in with the led 
horses of Capt. Myrick's battalion, while a little further on his 
men are fighting manfully, but being slowly pressed back, and 
less than a hundred yards away. In the road, just coming out 
of the thicket, is a body of the enemy's cavalry, charging toward 
the regiment, swinging their sabres and yelling like demons, and 
in the field is a strong line of dismounted men (Fifth North 
Carolina, whose commander. Col. McNeil, was killed), advanc- 
ing and keeping up a lively fire. One moment later and the 
position had been lost. 

The instant the boys could see over the hill, hardly waiting 
for the command "Charge!" which rang out in clear tones 
from Col. Cilley, they opened fire, and with a cheer started for 
the enemy. It was no place for a standing fight — it was too 
late for that — a quick, impulsive charge was all that could save 
the field then, and that might not, and the men understood it. 
That column of charging cavalry was a sight worth living to 
see. On they came, brave fellows, turning into the field a short 
distance from the creek, and still charging onward, and for a 
moment it seemed as if a hand-to-hand fight — mounted rebels 
against dismounted boys in blue — was inevitable. But the 
repeaters in the hands of the brave boys from INIaine were too 
much for them. On they came, but came no nearer. Men and 
horses went down, and the head of the column remained in 
nearly the same place. It was like a stream of water thrown 
from an engine against a heavy wind — a more powerful stroke 
on the brakes sends the stream a bit further, but the wind drives 
it back and keeps it just there. It was only for a few moments 



BTNWIDBIE COUIiT HOUSE. iJOl 

— they found it was no use and retreated, the dismounted men 
in the field going with them. The Maine boys followed them, 
passing in their headlong charge killed and wounded rebel 
officers and men, and quickly gained the thicket, taking 2:)osi- 
tion there, while in the road they took position behind a breast- 
work of fence rails which had been thrown u}) by the pickets 
on duty there the night before. 

To go back a little, when Ca[)t. Myrick left the regiment 
with his battalion, to go scouting, he was ordered to cross the 
creek, reconnoitre the woods and adjacent country. As he 
neared the stream several picket shots were heard and several 
mounted rebels were seen among the timber on the other side. 
Halting the remainder of his battalion, he ordered First Sergt. 
Stevens, commanding Co. K, to cross the creek, dismount and 
deploy his men, and drive back any enemy he might encounter. 
Moving forward, Sergt. Stevens had reached the middle of the 
stream, when, turning a ledge, he came in view of a detachment 
of mounted men, who at once opened fire on him ; but urging 
on his men he crossed under this fire, the men leaped from 
their horses, double quicked into line, and charging the enemy, 
drove them back. Hearing the firing, Capt. Myrick crossed 
the creek and took command of the line, and finding the enemy 
was growing stronger, he ordered up Co. M. Upon reaching 
the summit of a hill he found himself confronting a line of 
infantry, supported by cavalry, whereupon he ordered his men 
to fall back in good order and recross the stream. On ariiving 
at the creek the men threw themselves into the water amono; 
the horses, which protected them somewhat from the rebel fire, 
and on gaining tlie other shore were rallied and fell back 
slowly, fighting all the way, until the regiment arrived upon 
the scene, when it was rejoined by the battalion. 

Now to return to the regiment. The flurry was over, — the 
men had only to hold the position after having taken it, — and 
the firing dwindled down to a scattering skirmish fire, the men 
on either side firing only when they could see an enemy to fire 
at. Col. Cilley and staff rode along the new line, examining the 
position, suggesting changes, etc., and when all was arranged 
satisfactorily, dismounted, leaving the horses in charge of order- 



392 FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 

lies a short distance in rear of the line, and went down to the 
line in the woods at the right of the road and right of the regi- 
ment, which now extended across the road into the woods a 
short distance, while the remainder of the brigade stretched 
away to the right, through the woods and into a field beyond. 

Shortly after the boys got settled on the skirmish line the 
regimental band came down in rear of the line, and before 
the boys knew it was there, struck up "Yankee Doodle," 
making those woods ring as they probaljly never did before. 
The boj^s received it with hearty cheers, and the rebels with 
yells and shouts of derision. In a short time a rebel band, 
over across, struck up "■ Dixie," at which the boys in blue 
yelled. That being finished, the First Maine band j^layed 
" Red, White, and Blue," and the rebel band responded with 
" Bonnie Blue Flag." And till late in the afternoon the two 
bands kept up a musical duel, inspiring the men of their 
respective sides with their martial strains, — filling the bo^-s 
in blue with patriotism, with love for the stars and stripes and 
love of country, — as one of the boys at the time expressed it : 
"That puts the fight right into me," — and doubtless inspiring 
the rebels with love and ardor for their cause, though their 
music sounded somewhat tame to Union ears compared with 
their own, and the boys in blue fancied the music of their band 
should awaken memories in the minds of the rebels which 
would cause them shame, — fighting against the old flag, — 
while all the time they were shooting at one another at every 
opportunity. 

The afternoon was full of incidents. There was the usual 
amount of conversation between the opposing lines, — " cheaj) 
talk," perhaps, but it was thought fun b}^ the men, doubtless 
of both sides; chaffing, sneering, joking, and even advising. 
As one of the Maine boys fired into the woods a rebel sent 
])ack a laugh of defiance, with tlie words : " You'uns better 
keep your ammunition ; you'uns may want it before night " ; 
a piece of advice many that heard it remembered later in the 
day, when cartridges were worth more than money. 

The brigade remained on the line, changing position some- 
what, strengthening weak places, making arrangements as 




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tlioug-ht best for holding the i)Ositioii as long as possible, the 
men firing occasionally and the rebels also firing, occasionally 
having a man killed or wounded, and the boys hoped occa- 
sionally returning the same compliment to the rebels, until 
between four and five o'clock. At this time Col. Cilley was 
notified that some of tlie troops on the right of his line were 
to take position further to the right, everything to the right 
of the brigade having been driven back. This gave more 
ground for his regiment to cover, to do which he ordered the 
battalion on the left of the regiment to go to the right, and 
the movement was made apparently without the knowledge of 
the enemy, thus bringing two battalions on the right of and 
in the road, and one on the left, and weakening the line in pro- 
portion to its added length. Just as this battalion got into 
position there was a tramping in the woods across the creek, 
and the cry : " There they come ! " And coming they were, 
through the woods and fording the creek up to their waists, 
scarcely fifty yards distant, just commencing their " thundering 
sunset charge." 

The boys, who had got tired of fighting in that slow manner, 
and were sitting down, lying down, watching every movement 
of the enemy, ready for duty at the first call, to be sure, but 
still in anything but the position of soldiers, sprang to their 
places, and in an instant were pouring a heavy fire into the 
advancing foe. The boys fought bravel}^ — ^the enemy as 
bravely, keeping up a heavy fire and taking the fire of the 
Union troops without being checked in the least. The enemy 
had a piece or two of artillery in position, and was thro wing- 
shot and sh ^ 'o the woods, which rattled twigs, and some- 
times large limbs, as well as their iron hail, down among the 
boys, while above all the noise and confusion, the rattling of 
the carbines, the roar of the artillery, the screaming and burst- 
ing of shells, the commands of officers and the shouts of men, 
rose the shrieking, whining, rebel charge-yell. The brigade, 
which Avas then all alone, was slowly pressed back, fighting for 
every inch of ground. Col. Cillc}^ was from one end of his 
line to the other, shouting, encoiiraging the men, giving orders, 
etc., and the various company officers as bravely did their duty, 



394 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

but all to no purpose. The line was not being driven, — it 
was no retreat, — it was fairly pushed, crowded back. It was 
a step backward, the men firing as they went, then about face 
and walk a step or two, then turn again and lire (and the 
repeaters did murderous service the men afterwards learned). 
Men were getting out of ammunition, — then, too late, did they 
remember the advice given by the defiant rebel earlier in the 
afternoon, — and were going to the rear, but were stopped by 
the officers and ordered to get cartridges from the wounded 
men. Col. Cilley halted one young fellow with : " What are 
you going to the rear for, you" — and was interrupted in his 
question, and w^ell answered, by the young man holding up a 
shattered hand. " God bless you, my boy I " said the colonel, 
'' give your cartridges to some of the men, — take care of your 
self, — get out of the way as quick as you can." 

Corp. Somes, of Co. K, had a shell catch in his carbine, ren- 
dering it for the time entirely useless. Meeting the sergeant 
major, who was on the way to the right of the line with an 
order, he asked him to lend him his knife. "For what?" said 
the sergeant, a little curious. The corporal explained the situ- 
ation, and admiring his pluck, the sergeant handed him his 
knife, and passed on. A few moments later, as the sergeant 
came back along the line, he found the corporal still keeping 
his place with his comrades, and still at work trying to get his 
carbine into working order. Seeing the sergeant he said : " I 
cannot get this thing out, sergeant, — what shall I do? " Won- 
dering that he did not go to the rear, as many a man would 
have done, the sergeant promised to get him another one, and 
seeing a wounded man going to the rear, he took his carbine 
and ammunition and gave them to Corp. Somes, who thanked 
him heartily, and immediately commenced using them, appar- 
ently as happy as a clam. That evening, after the fight was 
over, he returned the knife to the sergeant, thanking him for 
the use of it, as if he had borrowed it for some ordinary pur- 
pose, while the sergeant wondered if there were any braver man 
in the service than Corp. Somes, of the First Maine Cavalry. 

The colonel's hat was knocked off — no wonderful matter — 
he might, in the excitement, have run against the limb of a 



PERSONAL INCIDENTS. 



395 



tree, or one of the falling limbs, broken from the trees by the 
screeching shells, might have struck it ; there were a hundred 
causes to this effect. But he could not just then stop to pick 
it up. After he got into camp that night, the hat was brought 
to him by a bugler from another regiment, with a bullet hole 
through it, showing conclusively what knocked it off, and also 
showing that if Col. Cilley's height had been in proportion to 
his courage, some one else Avould have commanded the regiment 
for the remainder of this last campaign. 

At one time Col. Cilley began to show signs of great exhaus- 
tion, as he passed from one part of the line to another, encour- 
aging the men, while the line was being pushed back, and this 
was noticed by Capt. A. H. Bibber, assistant adjutant general 
on Gen. Smith's staff, who at once dismounted and tendered 
him his own horse. The colonel mounted, with a look of joy 
and a feeling of relief, but a moment later saw Lieut. Comins, 
who was badly wounded, being assisted to the rear with great 
difficulty, and instantly, in spite of his own weariness, he dis- 
mounted, and gave the horse to the wounded comrade. A 
little later Sergt. Gilbert W. Harris, of Co. D, then serving as 
orderly for Capt. Bibber, rode to the colonel and tendered him 
his horse. The offer was glady accepted, and Sergt. Harris 
joined the boys, fighting on foot. Such acts of courtesy and 
kindness among the comrades on the battle-field were so com- 
mon as to scarcely excite remark at the time, and this would 
have gone down to oblivion with hundreds of like instances, 
had it not been recalled by Sergt. George P. Andrews, of 
Co. D. 

As illustrating what little things will sometimes attract a 
man's attention under circumstances like these, here is an 
incident : While Sergt. Melville B. Cook, of Co. B, was ear- 
nestly at work, doing all one man could to stop the advance 
of the enemy, a comrade noticed that the sergeant's boot was 
covered Avith filth, and in memory of boyhood days he sang 
out to him : " Sergeant, your foot is wounded." The sergeant 
quickly glanced at his foot, and with a disgusted look, let go a 
string of pet names upon " any man who would stop to notice 
a thing like that in a time like this." 



396 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

All this time the enemy was crowding the line back, — sh)wly 
but surely, — ammunition was almost gone, and the thinned 
i-anks were giving way faster and faster. Back — beyond the 
held in which the led horses were left, for these were taken 
further to the rear in the first of the fight — and still back, till 
the line was retreating as fast as possible, the men hoping to 
reach a place of safety soon, but not knowing hoAv far they 
might have to travel before reaching it — straining every nerve 
to prevent being taken prisoners (that were worse than death 
itself), and still fighting as vigorously as they could — when 
suddenly, as they come to a turn in the road, they see a line of 
Union troops behind a breastwork of rails, but a short distance 
away, where the scattered men of this brigade have gathered. 
This gives them new vigor, and in a few moments they are 
behind the breastworks and can stop to breathe. The enemy's 
mounted men followed to the bend in the road, when seeing 
the force displayed, they quickly retreated. The little brigade 
had held the position till a strong line had been formed in the 
rear, — had done all, and more, than had been expected of it, — 
and their duty for the time was done. 

The loss to the regiment in this engagement was one officer 
killed and four wounded (one of whom died of his wounds), 
and fifteen men killed, seventy wounded and seven missing (all, 
or nearly all, the missing being wounded and left on the field) 
— an aggregate of ninety-seven. Lieut. Stayner was killed. 
It was he to whom allusion was made as being evidently a 
little anxious as to his behavior the first time under fire Avith 
shoulder straps. He met a friend just before the last charge 
was made, and remarked smilingly, referring to the charge of 
the enemy with which the engagement opened, " I told 3'ou I 
was afraid they wouldn't wait so long before they made a charge 
on us." The two talked about the events of the day for a 
moment, when the " thundering sunset charge " began, and the 
two never met afterwards. The lieutenant was killed during 
the attempt to repel this charge, leaving no stain on his cour- 
age, and brightening his shoulder straps in this blood christen- 
ing. Capt. Howe was severely wounded. It was he who sewed 
the money up in his pants pocket, thinking perhaps he might 



OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS. 397 

visit Riclimond before the campaign was over. Lieut. Comiius 
received a wound from which he afterwards died. Maj. Chad- 
hourue, wlio was commaiKhng- the Second New York Mounted 
Killes, was severely wounded, losing a ^jortion of the bone of 
the arm. Lieut. Fuller was also wounded. Among the enemy's 
dead left on the field early in the engagement was Col. McNeil, 
of the Fifth North Carolina. i 

Gen. Sheridan's despatch to Gen. Grant concerning this 
engagement, dated Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, 1865, 
says: — 

The enemy's cavalry attacked me al)Out ten o'clock to-day, on the road 
coming in from the west, and a little north of Dinwiddle Court House. 
This attack was very handsomely repulsed by Gen. Smith's brigade, of 
Crooke's division, and the enemy was driven across Chamberlain's Creek. 
Shortly afterward the enemy's infantry attacked on the same creek in heavy 
force, and drove in Gen. Davies' brigade, and advancing rapidly, gained the 
forks of the road at J. Boisseau's. This forced Devin, who was in advance, 
and Davies, to cross to the Boydton plank road. The brigades of Gens. 
Gregg and Gibbs, which had been toward Dinwiddle, then attacked the 
enemy in the rear very handsomely. This stopped the march toward the 
left of our infantry, and finally caused them to turn toward Dinwiddle, 
and attack us in heavy force. The enemy then again attacked at Chamber- 
lain's Creek, and forced Smith's position. The opposing force was Pickett's 
division, Wise's independent brigade of infantry, and Fitz Hugh Lee's, 
Rosser's, and W. H. Lee's cavalry commands. The men behaved splen- 
didly. Our loss, in killed and wounded, will probably number four hundred 
and fifty men ; very few were lost as prisoners. 

In his official report of the last campaign, dated May 16, 
1865, Gen. Sheridan says of this last attack : — 

A very obstinate and handsomely contested battle ensued, in which, with 
all his cavalry and two divisions of infantry, the enemy was unable to drive 
five brigades of our cavalry, dismounted, from an open plain in front of 
Dinwiddle Court House. The brunt of their cavalry attack was borne by 
Gen. Smith's brigade, which had so gallantly held the crossing of Chamber- 

' During tliis engagement Gen. Smith received orders direct from Gen. Slieridan, who 
visited the line and looked over the ground in person. To Gen. Davies, commanding the 
brigade on the right of this one, Gen. Sheridan sent word during this engagement: "Tell 

him to init in every d n man — no d n s(iuadron fighting here — old Smith is giving 

them h — 1 on the left." When Gen. Davies was driven back, (5en. Sheridan sent word to 
(Jen. Smith of this fact, with instructions for him to look out for his right, and still later 
sent word: " Everything on your right is gone — look out for yourself, and when you fall 
back, fall back to Dinwiddle." 



398 FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 

la ill's Creek in the morning. His command again held the enemy in check 
with determined bravery, but the heavy force brought against his right 
flank finally compelled him to abandon his position on the creek and fall 
back to the main line in front of Dinwiddle Court House. 

These extracts from the official report of Gen. Smith, com- 
manding brigade, taken from tlie report of the adjutant general 
of Maine, 1864-5, will show the relation of the movements 
of tliis regiment to those of the rest of the brigade in this 
engagement : — 

March twenty-ninth the brigade broke camp in the morning and moved 
with the division to Dinwiddle Court House, where it remained until the 
morning of the thirty-first, one regiment being kept on picket. At half- 
past ten o'clock on the morning of the thirty-first the Second New York 
Mounted Rifles, on picket, were attacked, and the brigade was moved out 
for support. The Second New Yoi'k Mounted Eifies and the Sixth Ohio 
Cavalry were ordered to take position on the left bank of Little Stony 
Creek, after which the enemy seemed to retire. One battalion of the First 
Maine w as ordered to cross the creek and reconnoitre for the enemy. It 
effected a crossing without opposition, but as soon as it deployed and began 
to advance it was met by strong lines of the enemy, both mounted and dis- 
mounted, and driven back in confusion, the men seeking refuge among the 
horses, and fording the stream up to their necks. The enemy pursued in 
hot haste, plvmged into the stream in heavy force, both mounted and 
dismounted, with such recklessness that some w^ere drowned, drove back 
the two regiments that were posted on the bank, and effected a lodgment 
on our side. At this juncture the two remaining battalions of the First 
Maine, and the Thirteenth Ohio, were ordered to dismount and deploy, the 
First Maine on the left of the road in the open field, and the Thirteenth 
Ohio on the right of the road in the woods. As the line advanced, the two 
regiments that had been driven back rallied, and the whole brigade charged, 
broke the enemy and drove him in confusion, and with considerable loss, 
across the stream. In this charge my leg was struck by a bullet which 
passed tiirough my horse, proving death to him but safety to me. The 
gallai^t conduct of the First Maine in this charge is deserving of special 
mention. The entire brigade was then put into position along the banks of 
the creek, dismounted, where it constructed a slight breastwork with rails 
and such other material as was at its command. At half-past five in the 
afternoon the enemy op.ened briskly with four pieces of artillery, and the 
brigade suddenly discovered that it was confronted with Pickett's division 
of infantry. The brigade maintained its ground under the hottest fire of 
which the enemy was capable, losing heavily all the time, till nearly dark, 
when it was entirely out of ammunition, in consequence of the train being 
delayed by the bad road, and was forced to fall back by the main road lead- 
ing from Dinwiddle Court House to Five Forks, where it re-formed and 
intimidated the advance of the enemy by presenting a good front, without a 



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cartridge. Had a less detenniiiecl resistance been made on the bank of the 
creek, and the strong force of the enemy been allowed to gain possession of 
the main road above referred to, the result must have proved quite disastrous 
to our cause that day. 

The following is a list of casualties for the day: Capt. Benj. T. Metcalf, 
Tliirteenth Ohio Cavalry, Capt. Eli Morse, Second New York Mounted 
Rifles, Lieut. James E. Stayner, First Maine Cavalry, killed; Maj. Paul 
Chadbourue, Capt. William S. Howe, Lieut. Leander M. Comins (died since), 
and Henry D. Fuller, First Maine C^avalry, Capt. Shattuck, Sixth Ohio Cav- 
alry, Capt. B. F. King, Adjt. IL G. Brown, and Lieut. J. W. Emick, Thir- 
teenth Ohio Cavalry, Lieut. C. W. Flagler, and Lieut. William A. Cosse, 
Second Xew York Mounted Rifles, wounded; eigliteen men killed and one 
hundred and twenty-three wounded. The First Maine lost eighty-eight 
killed and wounded. The enemy was severely punished during the engage- 
ment. Col. McNeil, Fifth North Carolina, w-as killed, and Col. Cheek, First 
North Carolina, and Col. Savage, of the Thirteenth Virginia, were woimded, 
besides many commissioned officers of lower grades. Many prisoners were 
captured, including one major and two captains. In the evening the brigade 
was remounted and moved back to Cat Tail Creek and bivouacked. 

Col. Cilley, in an address at the reunion of the regiment held 
at Rockland, September 15, 1875, thus speaks of this day's 
glorious work : — 

1 come to the time when Sheridan rejoined us with his two divisions 
from the valley, and nine thousand cavalry (Merritt's command — Custer's 
and Devin's divisions, five thousand seven hundred; Crooke's division, three 
thousand three hundred) stood ready to earn their rations, and enjoy a good 
night's rest when they could get it. The golden beard of Gen. Gregg no 
longer led our division flag — wearied with the winter's campaign he had 
been forced to seek rest in his Pennsylvania home, and Gen. Crooke, of the 
West Virginia Army, became our division commander. Short rest did 
Sheridan take after his long march from Winchester up the valley, by 
W^aynesboro' , where Early's remaining forces were reduced to Early him- 
self, who found safety in his horse, and no rest or stopping place till he 
landed in Europe, where, never having been heard from since, he is still 
supposed to be on the go, like the wandering Jew — by Charlottesville to 
the James Ptiver, where, finding the bridges destroyed and his pontoons too 
short, he returned by roads made familiar to us, as him, by the Trevillian 
Station campaign and the reckless charge of Cos. B and I in Stoneman's 
raid. 

Gen. Grant wrote Sheridan: "Move your cavalry at as early an hour as 
you can, and without being confined to any particular road or roads. Get 
out towards Dinwiddle Court House and the enemy's right and rear." If 
the enemy should come out of his entrenched works Sheridan was to "go 
in," assured that he should be properly supported. If the enemy should not 
come out, Sheridan was to raid and cry havoc along the South Side and Dan- 
ville Railroads. These orders were carried out in a literal manner by getting 



400 FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 

lip right early; for at four o'clock on the morning of March twenty-ninth our 
regiment stood with its head resting on the Jerusalem plank road, waiting 
its allotted place in the column of cavalry marching towards Reams' Station. 
Cold and damp and dark it was, but I remember the cordial greeting of Vol. 
Fosdick, Maj. Xewhall, and C'apt. Martin, of Sheridan's staff, as they rode 
out to ascertain the name of our regiment. And the mud and hard march- 
ing and bridge building of that day were rendered easy by the consciousness 
of Sheridan's presence and leadership. By Gerry's church, Woods' shop, to 
Reams' Station, thence along the railroad to Mahoney's crossing, thence to 
Dinwiddle, bridging the Rowanty Creek on the way, and ere night reached 
the village with its court house, dilapidated hotel and two dwellings. Went 
into camp with our baggage, ammunition trains and artillery stuck in the 
mud in the rear, where they were held and made slow progress in the rain 
and storm of the day following, which we spent trying to make the horses 
comfortable. 

Friday, the thirty-first, the sun came out clear, but the mud held our 
trains in the rear, and Custer's division to guard them. The bingades of 
Gregg (J. Irwin) and Davies, of our division, moved out on the road to Five 
Forks to feel the enemy. The Second New York Moimted Rifles, of our 
brigade, was picketing on a stream running nearly parallel with the road to 
Five Forks. Sharp firing was heard in the direction of Gregg and Davies, 
and at eleven o'clock the order came to move to the support of our jjickets. 
Saddling in haste, out we went with the rest of the brigade, some half a nule 
or so on the road to Five Forks, and then turned sharp to our right on the 
road leading across a stream called Chamberlain's bed, and halted in an 
open field on the left of the road. On the left of the field were woods, and 
to the right of the road, woods free from under brush. In front a long 
sweep of rising ground, cutting off all sight of the country beyond. The 
Sixth Ohio, with the Second New York Mounted Rifles, were moved down 
to the creek, and the firing ceased. The Thirteenth Ohio was put on the 
right of the road, dismounted. Maj. Myrick, with his battalion of our regi- 
ment, was sent forward, mounted, to cross the stream and ascertain the 
force of the enemy in front. My plan will not i)ermit me to follow Myrick' s 
battalion in its brave work, but only to say it forded the sti-eam swollen by 
the recent rain, pressed back the skirmishers, till a large cavalry force was 
developed in their front, and they were driven back across the stream. The 
larger part of the rebel cavalry followed them, and ^s Maj. Myrick reports, 
a ijortion of Pickett's division of infantry. Gen. Sheridan, in his official 
report, says: "The brunt of the rebel cavalry attack fell on Smith's bri- 
gade." Of this, the two remaining battalions of our regiment, as we lay 
in the field beyond the hill, knew nothing, except we heard the firing. 

The order had been sent to prepare to fight on foot. Each No. 4 man 
remained mounted, with his three led horses, while the rest were recounted 
by fours, and stood ready to move out. The firing is rapidly increasing in 
our front. A staff" officer from Gen. Smith is galloping towards us. The 
regiment stands at attention. The order is: " Gen. Smith directs that you 
move your regiment to the front immediately." "Fours, right I" and we 
are on our way up the sloping ascent. Another staff' oflicer from brigade 
headquarters rides towards us, and with quick salute, says: "Our brigade 



GEN. ClLLEl" S ACCOUNT. 401 

is breakino-, aiul (Ten. Smith directs that you hurry your re<?iment as fast as 
lK)ssible." Followiiiy- tliese orders we soon ncared Gen. Smith, on tlie brww 
of the hill; he galloped to me, and with manner miusually excited, said: 
'' Put your men across the held, and charge the rebels who are massing in 
your front." The sharj), heavy volleys heard over the hill caused the men 
to move with alacrity, and turning to the left we were soon front into line, 
and went over the brow of the hill. In front of us, stretching from the road 
on our right, away beyond our left, — for the woods on our left stopped 
half way down the hill, and the stream curving outward at that point made 
a large plat of interval land, so that across our entire front, and over this 
open land to our left, twice the length our men covered, — advanced a strong- 
line of rebel men dismounted. From across the ford, and away into the 
field in front, was a column of cavalry galloping forward. Down into that 
field went the thin, single rank line of our regiment, with their repeating 
carbines pointed at the enemy, and delivering a ccmstant, unremitting fire. 
Time and again have I felt the thrill of shouting to that line of gallant men, 
as they went steadily forward, dropjiing here and there along the line. Init 
making no gaps. We could s%e the heavy line of men in front tremble, and 
Avave back and forth. The head of that column of cavalry broke to right 
and left, and as a column of water forced up in a fountain, when it has 
reached its extreme height breaks into mist and drojjs on all sides, so in 
this column of cavalry the stream of horsemen kept pressing forward, but 
its head came no nearer to us. A heap of horses and men lay piled at its 
head, while its- broken fragments fell back like spray. Still the merciless 
fire from our steadily advancing line kept on unceasingly. The opposing 
force could endure it no longer, but broke in confusion, and rini for shelter 
to the heavy growth and under-brush that curtained the stream. With a 
shout we broke into a run after them, a shout taken up by the scattered 
parts of our brigade which had been driven back on either flank and were 
now in our reai- in the woods on our right and left, — a shout that caused all 
to advance, that was taken up and echoed back by the led horses in the 
rear and over the hill. 

In the interval land to our left a body of the enemy, rallied by an officer. 
were bravely making a stand, and pouring in a destrixctive fire on our flank, 
being beyond and overlapping our left. C'apt. HeakFs company swung 
round and went at them. The gallant officer, vainly striving to hold his men. 
went down. As we came upon his body it proved to be Col. McNeil, of the 
Fifth North Carolina Cavalry, a regiment whose bravery we tried at Mid- 
dleburg, and learned mutually to respect each other. At Middlel)urg, Maj. 
Brown had captured its lieutenant colonel as he charged at the head of his 
men, and now the colonel lay dead before us, and his regiment broken and 
scattered as never before. Gen. Sheridan, speaking of this stream, refers to 
it as the place "where Smith's brigade so gallantly repulsed the enemy.'" 
Smith says: "The gallant conduct of the First Maine is deserving of 
especial mention." 

It was evident to us in the charge, that the brigade was going to the rear 
in an unhealthy and hasty manner at the time we came over the hill, and 
that entirely different features appeared when we reached the l)anks of the 
stream. Instead of doubt and confusion, certainty stood exultant. Under 



402 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

a sliarp skiiinisli fire from tlie opposite side, we threw up a slight breast- 
work of rails, in cavalry style, concealing the body only as it lay prone on 
the ground. Our band came up from the rear and cheered and animated 
our hearts by its rich music; ere long a rebel band replied by giving us 
southern airs; with cheers from each side in encouragement of its own 
band, a cross-fire of the "Star Spangled Banner," ''Yankee Doodle," and 
" John Brown," mingled with "Dixie " and the •' Bonnie Blue Flag." During 
the afternoon the line was changed a little from time to time. Sent orders for 
our pioneers to come up, and for ammunition, but could obtain neither. The 
pioneers were busy corduroying roads for the train, and ammunition wagons 
were so far to the rear the ammunition could not be brought to the front. 
The skirmish fire in front became lighter, but we could hear constant fii'ing 
to our right. We did not know till the next day that Davies' brigade had 
been driven back, and Gregg ordered to his support, and that our single 
brigade stood its ground with no connecting force on our right, and no 
supporting force in our rear. The only inkling I received of the situation, 
iien. Smith gave me, as he rode to the front and told me to keep a sharp 
lookout for our right flank ; that he expected jthe attack from that quarter; 
that he had received orders to hold his position as long as possible, and if 
cut off from his division, to withdraw his four regiments by moving through 
the woods, and getting out as best he could. To strengthen my right, I 
moved Cos. D and H from the left of the line and put them in as reserve, 
near the right of the line, to face either the front or the right, as might be 
needed. There was some talk between the two lines, cheap and boastful, 
as usual, until half-past five in the afternoon, when suddenly four pieces of 
artillery opened on us. 

The whole of the cavalry that attacked us in the morning, re-enforced by 
Pickett's celebrated division of infantry, were thrown across the stream, and 
in the thick brush and wood of its banks opened a murderous fire, whose 
deafening echoes filled all the air. Cos. D and H were immediately brought 
to the brow of the hill, and in excellent position to punish the enemy. 
Bidding Capts. Hall and Howe to hang on where they were, — for the Second 
New York was breaking in our front, and the portion of our regiment in the 
road at a rail fence was being iiressed up tlie hill in confusion, — I remember 
rushing to rally these men, and of having my hat suddenly carried from my 
head; of getting them into line and moving them to the front of the rise 
bordering the low land by the stream. Capts. Hall and Howe held the 
enemy firmly at our right, till Stayner, young and eager for the fight, chris- 
tened his newly earned promotion with his own life, and Capt. Howe, shot 
through the bowels, was borne to the rear. Men, as their ammunition l)Oxes 
were exhausted, would empty their pistols into the enemy's ranks, closing 
thick in front of us, and then go to the rear. The enemy was terribly pun- 
ished; for we learned afterwards, from prisoners, and members of Pickett's 
division who lived in Petersburg, that Col. C'heek, of the First North Caro- 
lina Cavalry, and Col. Savage, of the Thirteenth Virginia, were wounded on 
the slope in front of us. But fresh regiments took their places, and we were 
pushed back, not driven, for with as good alignment as our thinned ranks 
would admit, we would halt and deliver volleys from carbine and iiistol as 
we could gather ammuniticm. 




SAM'L T. MUGRIDGE, Co. 
2d Band. 
Rockland. 




CHAS. A. F. EMERY, Co. A. 

2d Band. 

Boston, Mass. 




EBER S. MOORE, Co. A. 

2d Band. 

Rochester, N. H. 



Sergt. LEVI E. BIGELOW, Cc H. 

Leader 2d Band. 

Skowhegan. 




'H^^'p 



Sergt. J. HENRY WOODSUM, Co. G. 
2d Band. 
Florida. 








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GEO. M. YOUNG, Co. G. 
2d Band. 
Portland. 




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THOS. J. LONG, Co. K. 



Boston, Mass. 



COL. CILLEY: S ACCOUNT. 403 

rrivate Rioliard McCarthy, Co. K, now an overseer in the llndon Cotton 
Mills, in Canada, thns describes liispart: " Charley Somes and I were behind 
a tree tirin<^ at the enemy. It was fretting hot. Charley said, 'Go hack, 
Mae: you will get hit.' 1 told him I stood as good a i-hance as he; but in a 
few minutes ' I got it,' and said, 'Charley, I am hit.' lie replied: 'There, 
,1 11 you, I told you you would ' ; and in spite of my pain, I had to laugh." 

I remember another, coming from the rear, whither he had assisted a 
wounde<l conu-ade; as he passed near me I asked him how much ammunition 
he had. He replied: "Forty rounds, that I just gathered from wounded 
men." Telling him that he was just the man I wanted at that time, I 
directed him to take post in rear of a stump and bush, and to hold the 
rebels in clieck as Umg as his ammunition lasted. He came to me the next 
morning and said: " I carried out your instructions, colonel, but when my 
ammunition was out the rebs were behind me on either side, and I was 
obliged to lie where I was till night, and I did not find my regiment till 
after midnight." I would like to know the name of that man. 

Another incident — personal. I tell it because it will surely come out 
before evening closes, and it is sometimes told as though I swore, and said 
certain things that better be unsaid. As I remember it, thus it occurred : — 
The twigs were dropping fast from the trees, bullets were dying, but 
unheard, and a hubbub of artillery filled the air. Suddenly I heard and 
felt a bullet — whew! and it hurt. Sergt. Maj. Tobie, seeing my contortions, 
hurried to me and asked: Are you wounded, colonel?" "Oh! Ough! 
Confound it! " " Will you go to the rear ? " All at once it rushed through 
my mind, " Must I leave my regiment '? " And filled with infinite disgust at 

the thought, and such a wound, my indignation burst out with : "D n 

the rear, I am wounded in the rear." If Capt. Loring remembers my 

language as I rallied his company, he will now know that the smart of my 
words was largely physical. We were out of ammunition, our ranks were 
sadly depleted. It was useless to resist longer, and my only thought was to 
get my regiment back without disorder and without further loss. 

The enemy, severely punished, did not follow closely. We were soon 
on the level plat of land in front of Uinwiddie, where a part of Custer's 
division had been brought up from the rear, and had just completed a slight 
breastwork of rails. We were scarcely in rear of this, when a column of 
cavalry came galloping up the road and from the woods we had just left, 
but our show of empty guns and the fresh carbines of Custer sent them 
back quicker than they came. This was on the extreme left of the line, as 
it lay in front of Dinwiddle. Along our front, and away to our right, was 
a strong line of rebels advancing. All the batteries of Custer's division, as 
well as our own, were now in position, and for the fii-st time in the day had 
fair opportunity to use their guns. The fight was short, but Sheridan in 
his report speaks of it as handsome. The darkening hours of night now 
closed the murderous work, and in this darkness our division moved to the 
rear on the Vaughan road, to guard the trains and rear, Custer's fi-esh 
division taking our place, and Ayer's division of the Fifth corps marching 
all night by the Boydton plank road to our support. 

Let us review the work of the day. The enemy was enabled, through 
the neglect of Gen. Warren to attack with the Fifth corps, to throw on 



404 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

the cavalry, weakened by Custer's division detained in the rear, and hy 
McKenzie's brigade out of reach, their entire cavalry force, assisted by the 
famous Pickett's and Anderson's divisions, and Wise's inde])endent brigade. 
This force>vas first hurled against the extreme left of the line in the forenoon, 
and was most gallantly repulsed. It then spent several hours mananivring 
for a position, and kept from Gregg's brigade, on our immediate right, by a 
swamp, it came down on the Five Forks road, driving back Da vies' and 
Gregg's brigades, and pressing them both, with Merritt's division, back so 
far that they were forced to take the Boydton plank road to reach Diuwiddie. 
Thus our brigade was left isolated, on the extreme left of a line, with no 
connection on its right and none in its rear, till Custer came up from the 
wagon train. During all the time necessary to effect this, we bore back 
with our carbines and pistols the larger part of the rebel cavalry re-enforced 
by Pickett's infantry. In the morning we had fallen on their advancing and 
exultant lines like an avalanche, and in the evening we had stood like a rock 
in the pathway, immovable, while all to our right had been rolled away like 
a garment — a rock not to be passed over or around, till Custer's fresh troops 
from the rear could gather their breastwork of rails, and with our thinned 
ranks repel the final attack of the enemy's horse and foot. The magnitude 
of the force against us was so manifest, that Grant at ten o'clock that night 
ordered first one division, and then the remaining two of the Fifth corps, to 
march to our assistance, and that they should reach us by twelve that night, 
and hurried up McKenzie's division of cavalry from the Army of the James. 
The severity of the contest is attested by the disabling of three rebel regi- 
mental or brigade commanders in front of our lines — that in our regiment 
one man in every four had been wounded or killed, and one officer in every 
three had been killed or borne to the rear wounded. Sheridan that night 
reported the casualties as probably four hundred and fifty men killed or 
wounded. Our regiment lost ninety-seven; showing, as plainly as figures 
can show, that where the thickest of the fight was, there the First Maine 
stood. Our whole brigade lost one hundred and fifty-five, of which the 
proportion of the First Maine w-as ninety-seven. All but four of the men 
killed were from our regiment. I do not think it boasting to say that with 
our dead and wounded we paved the way for the glorious capture of prison- 
ers at Five Forks the next day, — Five Forks, the immediate, —as Appo- 
mattox was the final, —cause of Lee's surrender, — and the name of Five 
Forks is borne on our standard. 

Maj. John D. Myrick, at the reunion of the regiment at 
Pittsiield, 1880, thus speaks of this engagement: — 

At one o'clock on the morning of March 29, 18(5.5, the regiment broke 
camp, and before daybreak set out for Diuwiddie Court House, where we 
bivouacked. About midnight a rain storm set in, which continued through- 
out the following day and night. On the morning of the thirty-first we 
marched to Cat Tail Eun, or Stony Creek, and were dismounted under 
cover of a hill which Avas destined to play a conspicuous part, within a few 
hours, in the great events of the day. I remember very distinctly that, on 



^fAJ. MVJilCK'S ACCOUNT. 405 

disinountin";-, 1 diictteil my hattalion to iniinediati'ly examine their arms 
and nut them in thorough order, lest, injured by the wet weather, tliey might 
fail wlien most needed. Tliis duty was faithfully attended to, and had just 
been tH)mpleted, and the carbines were in perfect condition for any emer- 
gency, when I observed a brigade staff officer ride rai)idly uj) to Col. C'illey, 
and a moment later, calling his orderly, I saw the colonel address him and 
l)oint toward the First battalion. My men also saw tlie movement, and, 
divining its import, immediately stood "to horse," expecting orders. I 
was directed to cross the river with my battalion, recoimoitre the woods 
and adjacent country, then push out to a certain cross-road about three 
miles from the creek, send fifty men each to the right and left, holding the 
cross-roads with the balance of my command till theii- return, and then, if 
they discovered no traces of the enemy, push on until 1 did. In passing 
brigade headquarters I received additional instructions of the same tenor 
from Gen. .Smith ; and as we neared the river we heard several picket shots, 
and several mounted rebels were seen in the timber on the other side. Halt- 
ing the balance of my command, I crossed the creek with Co. K, and when 
about half way over we came in sight of a detachment of cavalry, as we 
neared the bend of the road, behind some high ledges. They opened lire 
on us at once, but urging their horses on, our men reached the shore, and 
immediately dismounting, double quicked into line, and charging the enemy, 
who largely outnumbered them, quickly drove them back. As we steadily 
advanced I found the rebels were being re-enforced, and sent back my 
orderly bugler to order up Sergt. Curtis with Co. M. Before Sergt. Curtis 
reached me, however, we found ourselves, on nearing the brow of the hill, 
confronting a large body of the enemy's infantry, with Fitz Hugh Lee's cav- 
alry in support. 

Further progress being impossible, I directed my men to fall back in 
good order and recross the river, which they did. On reaching the stream, 
being hard pressed by the rebel cavalry and unable to mount, they threw 
themselves into the water among the horses, and were thus sheltered in a 
good degree from the enemy's fire. Upon arriving at the shore, I found 
Sergt. Tibbetts, of Co. K, who had been left in charge of the horses, coolly 
directing the movements of his detachment, himself leading three horses. 
Giving him my sabre belt, I sprang upon one of them and recrossed the 
river with him, and then immediately dismounting, rallied my men under 
cover of the woods, while the sergeant kept on to the rear with his charge. 
Little did I dream, little did I imagine, while he sat there so calmly and 
judiciously performing his perilous duty, without even an intimation of 
what had befallen him, that he had already received his death wound. I 
never saw him again. He had fought his last fight I 

Two regiments of rebel cavalry following us, charged across the creek, 
and dashed up the open ground on the left of the road to cut off our retreat. 
Falling slowly back, my battalion effected a junction with the balance of the 
regiment which had been brought up by Col. Cilley, and as the enemy 
reached the brow of the hill we met them with a terrible fire which stag- 
gered them, and Col. Cilley at once ordered the charge, and our line of 
liattle springing up, gave them one heavy volley, and then fell upon them 
with an impetuosity and fury which nothing could withstand. The rebel 



406 FIB ST MAINE CAVALBY. 

lines fell back iu confusion and dismay; they were crushed and broken, and 
swept down the hill and across the creek, leaving large numbers of dead, 
wounded, and prisoners in our hands. Our lines were at once re-formed, 
the first battalion holding- the right, covering the road and ford. About 
one o'clock. Col. Cilley directed me to advance to the edge of the creek, and 
after some sharp work, with varying success, we effected a lodgment. At 
half -past five in the afternoon, when our ammunition was nearly exhausted, 
the rebels slackened their fire, preparatory to their last grand charge. 
Passing along my lines. I notified my men of the coming storm, and directed 
the left wing of the battalion to reserve their fire till the enemy's cavalry 
were well across the ford, and then concentrate it wholly upon the mounted 
column, and particularly to disable the horses, and ordered the right wing 
to turn their heaviest fire upon the head of the infantry column, which 
would ford the stream opposite that point, and to make every shot tell. 
Cooler, braver men I never saw, as they calmly faced the overwhelming 
odds moving down on them. The cavalry was checked by the fire of our 
left, but on our right on came their gallant infantry, without a waver in 
their ranks. The head of their column melted constantly away vmder the 
murderous fire of our troopers, till tlie current was filled with the bodies of 
the dead and wounded ; but on they still came, fording the stream with 
the water breast deep, and holding their muskets and ammunition above 
their heads, till they reached the shore, where they soon outnumbered us 
five to one, — too heavy odds to be successfully resisted. And yet our men 
fought on most manfully, their repeating carbines making fearful havoc in 
the rebel ranks, and not an inch of ground did they yield till our ammuni- 
tion failed, when they were ordered back. Men, without a cartridge for 
their carbines, still fought on with their revolvers. Others, taking the car- 
bines and ammunition of their wounded comrades, formed in their front, 
and held their position till the wounded had been safely carried to the rear. 
Such was their bravery and almost reckless daring, and such the wholesome 
dread with which they had inspired the enemy by the terrible volleys they 
poured in upon them from their seven and sixteen shooters, that in repeated 
instances they were seen to hold the rebels in check by simply presenting 
their empty carbines. Our withdrawal was effected without confusion, or 
the loss of a single man captured, and on reaching the crest of the hill 
already referred to, the line was quickly re-formed, and here we found 
a cavalry breastwork (of fence rails) thrown up by Custer's and Gregg's 
brigades, and our artillery in position and eager to take a hand in the fray. 
It was now after sunset, but the enemy was determined on one more desper- 
ate effort to gain possession of Dinwiddle Court House, the key to the whole 
position, and a long, heavy line of their infantry slowly emerged from the 
woods and advanced across the open plain in our front — Pickett's and .John- 
son's divisions of Anderson's corps, seasoned veterans of a hundred battle- 
fields. Our artillery opened on them at short range, doing great execution, 
and a moment later the carbines of five brigades were blazing in the gather- 
ing twilight and crashing on the evening air. The heavy fire on both sides 
continued some minutes, but gradually that of the enemy became fitful and 
irregular, and finally ceased altogether, as they fell back and left us in 
undisputed possession of the field. Thus ended one of tlie severest and 



FIVE FORKS MADE POSSIBLE. 407 

proudest of our cavalry figchts, and ono that had tested to the utmost the 
endurance, the manhood, and the valor of the command, and a^ain proved 
its gallantry and its firmness. It only remains for me to add that by this 
splendidly fouoht battle, in which the First Maine lost ninety-seven officers 
and men, one-third of our entire force engaged, the wny was paved for the 
magnificent victory at Five Forks on the following day. Gen. Smith re- 
ceived the warmest encomiums for the superb manner in which he fought 
the Third brigade, and the proud title of the best brigade commander in 
the cavalry corps from Sheridan himself, who may be considered good 
authority in such matters, while our standards were again wreathed with . 
victorious laurels, and from amid the fiame and smoke of battle the name 
of the First Maine Cavalry once more slume forth with dazzling lustre, and 
resplendent with a blaze of immortal gU)ry 1 

Thus it will be seen tluit the cavalry by its stubborn fighting 
made the victory at Five Forks possible. And of the cavalry, 
none did nobler duty, none fought more bravely, none lost 
heavier than the old First Maine, winning new honors and 
another name on her glorious battle-flag. 

Of this engagement Chaplain Merrill says : — 

The fact that they were finally compelled to fall back does not detract at 
all from the credit due the men for that noble (lay's work. The order for 
Gen. Smith was to take the position and hold it as long as possible. There 
was no expectation of holding it permanently, or for any considerable length 
of time, in the event of an attack by a heavy force. When this regiment 
was ordered to charge the enemy as he was advancing up the hill, it seemed 
impossible to drive him back with so small a force. But it was done. 
Gen. Smith must have felt a soldierly pride as. he witnessed the daring 
achievements of his old regiment, and svibsequently listened to the high 
encomiums of the division and corps commanders. The service was most 
important. The enemy was terribly punished, and held in check until other 
movements had been effected which were essential to the final successes of 
the campaign. The decisive victory at Five Forks w^as among the results 
of the hard fighting at Stony Creek (as this creek was sometimes called). 

Rebel prisoners, officers and men declared that for bull-dog obstiuacj , 
tenacity, and reckless daring, the fighting of the First Maine Cavalry 
excelled anything they had ever witnessed. And it was almost impossible 
to convince them that the force actually engaged against them was so small. 
They were fully persuaded that they had a sufficient force to annihilate or 
capture double the number of men we had. 

When our men were in position along the edge of the woods which skirted 
the creek, they were so near the enemy that the latter could distinctly hear 
them conversing and asking each other for ammunition. "When is that 
ammunition coming?" "I have not a cartridge left." "Give me a few 
cartridges; mine are all g(me," etc. And it was the knowledge thus obtained 
which led them to make their last charge on our front. 



408 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

The boys got a good night's sleep that night. The next day, 
Saturday, April first, the regiment was on picket in the rear, 
the men not sorry for the unanticipated change in the pro- 
gramme.^ They could willingly be denied a share in the light 
that day, for had they not, by their bravery the day before, made 
the successes of this day comparatively sure? They remained 
in what might be called inglorious idleness, enjoying themselves 
,as only soldiers seem to know how to do, — getting all the 
enjoyment possible out of the present circumstances, whatever 
they might be, — there was no telling how soon they might fare 
worse, — while Sheridan and the rest of the cavalry were win- 
ning new honors in the battle of Five Forks. Before night the 
regiment was called in from })icket and went into bivouac. 
The strength of the regiment this day was fifteen officers and 
three hundred and ninety-three men. 

Sunday, April second, there were a few hours of picket, and 
then the regiment was called in and joined the brigade, which 
it reached about noon. In the afternoon one battalion went on 
picket a short time, but was again called in, and about dark the 
regiment started onward as rear guard for the train. It was 
hard work that nig'ht — not so much on account of the march- 
ing as on account of the halting. The road was bad — muddy, 
of course — and the teams would get stuck. It was march a 
few yards, or perhajjs feet, then halt while some unfortunate 
teamster coaxed, swore at, and beat his mules, till a little extra 
strength started the lumbering army wagon from its inoi)por- 
tune resting place, perhaps a few moments, often half an hour — 
sometimes halt till half the men were asleep in their saddles, to 
be waked up only to get fairly awake before another halt — 
more tiresome by far than a rapid march of five times the 
distance. It was not conducive to good nature or morality on 
the part of the men, nor were they at all bashful about express- 
ing their feelings toward the teams, mules, drivers, or anything 
else they deemed in the way of their march. In this way the 

' The brigade had Ijeen sent to relieve (Jen. Gibbs' brigade at the train. Gen. Gibbs' 
brigade had relieved the last brigade of Gen. Custer's division the night before, but 
now this brigade was given this duty, for the reason that it lost the most heavily the 
day before. 



JOYFUL NEWS. 



409 



regiment crawled along till half-past one o'clock the next morn- 
ing, and then went into camp near Sutherland's Station, on the 
South Side Railroad, not having marched more than they ought 
to have marched in an hour, and well tired out. 

A cup of coffee, a short nap, and the men were up and ready 
to start at daylight the morning of the third. During that 
mornino- the rep-iment marched a short distance in various 
directions, and then drew up in line of battle, threw out skir- 
mishers, and prepared to await coming events. Clouds of dust 
were seen in the direction from which the enemy was expected 

Gen. A. P. Hill's corps, it was understood — and the men 

thought more fighting was coming. Nearer and nearer the dust 
seemed to come, till the head of a column appeared in sight. 
"Why don't the skirmishers pitch into them?" was thought 
and expressed by a score or more of the boys. But see ! 
those men wear blue coats! they are our boys! a fact that 
flashed on the men, as it were, all at once, and the carbine grasp 
was loosened and the compressed lips returned to a more kindly 
expression as these men came nearer and halted, and the Maine 
cavalry men crowded around them for news. What division or 
corps they belonged to was no matter — they were " our boys." 
"What's the news?" "Not much," was the reply, with a 
nonchalant air. Rumors had already reached the men that 
Petersburg had been captured, and as the column appeared to 
have come from that direction, eager inquiries were made as to 
the truth of them. " Yes ; it is captured," was the reply. One 
tall, slim soldier, with a twinkle in his eye that showed him to 
be a jolly comrade, said : " Well, I don't know anything about 
its being captured, but we came through that city this morn- 
ing." " Bully ! " loudly rang the response, and as one after 
another of the Maine boys learned the fact, the excitement was 
intense. Hearty cheers Avent up, and from many a heart there 
ascended, almost unconsciously, silent prayers of thankfulness 
to God, who giveth the victory. And this they considered "not 
much " news. The Maine boys considered it the most joyful 
news they had heard for some time. But they were living in 
fast times, and the infantry men had not only known the fact 
a whole day, but had marched through the captured city that 



mornmof. 



410 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

During the remainder of the day the regiment took up various 
positions and marched in various directions, over good roads 
and poor roads, through woods, across creeks, and over no roads 
at all, — seeming to be the sport of contrary commands, — get- 
ting no rest, no meals, and apparently doing nothing of good. 
About dark the regiment got started in one direction, and 
after marching an hour or two, drew up into line and was 
ordered to go into camp for the night. Tents were pitched, 
coffee set to cooking, part of the men had " turned in," and 
were enjoying the rest and sleep, and the remainder were 
getting ready, — were cooking, eating, smoking, making up 
beds, etc., — when orders came to "saddle and pack and be 
read}" to move out at once." Then there was some hearty 
growling, some deep cursing, some hard swearing, but all to 
no use ; there was the order, and every man knew there was no 
other way than to obey ; but it was easier to obey after a hearty 
cursing of the order, always. 

In a short time they were in the saddle and on the road 
again, and as cross a set of men as are seldom seen. A rather 
slow march of two or three hours, and at one o'clock they again 
drew up in line in a iield, but got no orders to go into camp, — 
simply to halt. They stood by their horses a very short time 
when the men lay down in front of the horses, and soon the 
regiment was fast asleep, the horses being hitched only by 
the bridles in the hands of their riders. Short naps this 
time, also, for at three o'clock they were again in the saddle 
and marching onward. The roads grew better, — it was easier 
marching, — not so many troops had been over them. The 
boys managed during the forenoon to forage a little fodder for 
their horses and some food for themselves. They learned from 
various sources that the Confederate government and the Con- 
federate forces had been driven out of Richmond, and that 
Gen. Lee's army was marching in haste on a road running 
parallel to the one they were on, in the direction of Danville. 
They saw Sheridan's famous scouts going and coming in vari- 
ous directions, — doing excellent duty, as usual. By noon 
they reached the Danville Railroad at a place down on the 
map as Jennings' Ordinary, where there was a halt of two or 



FAME'S CROSS-ROADS. 411 

three hours, which was spent in cooking, eating, and sleeping, 
and then the regiment started again, this time moving along- 
parallel with the railroad and in the direction of Richmond 
and the road it was understood Lee's army was on. 

About six o'clock in the afternoon the regiment reached 
Jettersville, and was at once ordered to the skirmish line in 
a hurry ; it could not seem to move fast enough to suit the 
anxiety of the staff officers. What did it mean ? There had 
been no firing. Sheridan's flag, which floated within a short 
distance, told the men that he was with them, and they 
accepted the situation, feeling sure that he, at least, kne\v 
what he was about. In a short time the boys had up a l)reast- 
work of rails, and had settled down to wait till an enemy came 
before flghting. Till after dark they remained there without a 
shot, when they were relieved, and after two battalions of the 
regiment were detailed for picket, the remainder of the brigade 
went back a short distance and bivouacked for the night. 

Upon arriving at Jettersville Gen. Sheridan, as he says in 
his official report, learned that Gen. Lee was at Amelia Court 
House, and at once intrenched himself and awaited the arrival 
of Gen. Meade, who reached there the next day. 

Wednesday, April fifth, the regiment remained where it was 
till about noon, the men of one battalion doing nothing but rest- 
ing, and the other two battalions still on picket, while the First 
and Second brigades of the division (Gens. Davies and Gregg) 
were sent out on a reconnoissance. Various rumors of the suc- 
cess and defeat of these two brigades were heard during the 
forenoon, and finally the rumors settled down into a well 
authenticated rej)ort that the}" had attacked Lee's retreating 
army and captured five j^ieces of artillery, with prisoners, 
wagons, etc., almost without number. The infantry had ar- 
rived on the ground and were in line all around. Soon the 
Third brigade was ordered to " move out," and it was learned 
it was thought all the time that this brigade had gone with the 
other two on the reconnoissance, and it was now ordered to 
move to their support as fast as possible. As the brigade 
passed the pickets, one of the battalions of this regiment on 
dutv there was ordered to fall into line, and thus two bat- 



412 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

talions of the regiment went with the brigade, leaving one 
still on picket. After marching two or three miles at a trot 
the command reached the other brigades near Paineville, or 
Fame's cross-roads, and immediately went to their support. 
They had been fighting heavily, — at one time were almost 
surrounded and captured, but were doing well then, and had 
done excellent services, the rumors that had been heard being 
confirmed.^ The different regiments in the brigade were posted 
in the best positions possible, two of the regiments charged the 
enemy and captured a battle-flag, and the other two brigades 
started back, leaving the Third to bring up the rear. The 
column marched slowly back without molestation, nearly to 
the starting-place of the morning, where the First New Jersey 
Cavalry was doing picket duty, dismounted, and the First 
Maine relieved them. Before the New Jersey boys got out of 
the way the enemy came down on them, and the First Maine 
boys got hard work, being obliged to run round on foot all 
the afternoon, changing position every few moments, running 
backward and forward, with very little firing, — nothing to 
speak of. The enemy was near, and occasionally the singing 
of a bullet told the Maine men he knew where they were. 
At one time the regiment was nearly surrounded and cut off 
from the rest of the command, but the boys used their legs as 
nimbly as if infantry men, and got out of the scrape. Along 
toward night the regiment got settled down behind a line of 
breastworks near the line it was on the night before, and 
remained there quietly till perhaps nine o'clock, when it again 
went into camp on the ground of the previous night, leaving 
three companies on the line for pickets, tired enough to ensure 
sound sleep, at least, if not troubled by orders from head- 
quarters. 

' It seems that an officer of Gen. Crooke's staff rode to Gen. Smith's headquarters in 
the morning, with word that Gen. Crooke wished to see him, as Gen. Smith understood the 
order. Gen. Smith, thinking the message was a personal one, rode over to Gen. Crooke's 
headquarters at his leisure, and, to his surprise, found everything had gone. Thinking 
the general wanted his brigade, but that the messenger misunderstood him. Gen. Smith 
rode back to his command and ordered " boots and saddles " sounded, and the men were 
ready to mount when Maj. Taylor, division inspector, rode up with orders to move out 
as soon as possible. This order was obeyed, and the brigade reached the front just in 
time. The Second brigade was being hard pressed, and the enemy was endeavoring to 
flank them, which the Third brigade prevented. 



LEE'S ABMY IN FULL EETJiEAT. 'il-J 

While the regiment was off on this expedition, the battalion 
left on picket, in conunand of Capt. Myriek, was attacked by 
the enemy, but succeeded in driving him away and in holding 
the position until the return of the division. One man was 
wounded in the regiment during the movements of the day. 

The situation now began to grow exciting. From the vai'ious 
rumors afloat, the men gathered enough that bore the stanq) (.f 
truth to believe that Lee's army was in full retreat. Having 
been pushed from Petersburg and Richmond, he attempted to 
reach Danville, but Sheridan's cavalry got the Danville road 
before Lee had got by, and he was compelled to change his 
course for Lynchburg. 

The morning of the sixth the men awoke in fine spirits. 
Never before during their three years and more of service had 
there been any prospect of the end. All the hard marching and 
fighting of three summer campaigns, and the long hours on 
picket and in dull winter quarters, had been with no such en- 
couragement as they now had — had been of no apparent effect 
upon the quelching of the rebellion — had not even started the 
enemy toward the last ditch. Now this was changed; Rich- 
mond was captured — the stronghold of the rebellion was in 
possession of Union soldiers — the goal for which they had 
marched and fought, and for which so many brave boys had 
died, was reached — the backbone of the rebellion, which news- 
paper correspondents had broken so many times, had now been 
broken by the boys in blue, and was beyond healing. It now 
remained to capture Lee and his army, or to whip them till they 
knew they were whipped. It was fast becoming a race for very 
life on the part of the Confederacy, and on the part of the Union 
troops a chase for final victory and triumph. It was exciting 
to even think of the situation, that spring morning, as the regi- 
ment remained quietly on the hill behind Jettersville, the men 
watching the various infantry commands moving in different 
directions. What was the programme for the day they knew 
not — as long as " Little Phil " was in command it was not 
worth while for the men to bother about plans or intentions. 
Gen. Smith remarked that morning, as the command moved out : 
" To-day will see something big hi the crushing of the rebellion." 
And the men had no inclination to doubt it. 



J 



-il4 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

By eight o'clock the men were hi the saddle, marching down 
the railroad, over the road they marched up two nights before, 
instead of onward. This strange movement caused some sur- 
prise, which only the consciousness of the presence of Sheridan 
could reconcile with being just right. Only a short distance 
back, however, when the command crossed the railroad and 
started in a direction at right angles with it, marching, it 
seemed to the men, in a direction parallel with that of Lee's 
army. Fine marching that morning, — the roads in good condi- 
tion, the air fresh and invigorating, the trees just beginning to 
put on their green, — and all enjoyed it. At times, as the men 
rode over high ground, the}" could see, away off to the right, 
through the gaps in the woods, portions of Lee's train moving 
along by the side of the Union forces, apparently not a great 
distance away, and that distance growing less as they marched 
on. 

After a few miles' march the regiment, with the Second and 
Third brigades, suddenly turns short to the right and marches 
direct for the enemy's trains, then near Deatonsville. Soon 
there are evidences that a fight is about to commence. First, 
the regiment marches by the pack trains of the different regi- 
ments, drawn up by the side of the road, and leaves its own 
there ; then the worn-out horses and colored servants of offi- 
cers, also waiting by the roadside, and headquarter wagons and 
paraphernalia, drawn up out of the way, and all with the evi- 
dent intention of waiting for the present. In fine, nothing but 
fighting men and material pass this point. Soon the men see 
brigade headquarters a short distance ahead, by the side of a 
small piece of woods, halted in the road. The regiment in 
advance is turned off to the left of the road for duty. As the 
head of the First Maine draws near. Gen. Smith sends a staff 
officer to Col. Cilley with the orders : '-' Turn in to the right, 
charge through the woods, and get to the train, if possible." 
This is about half-past eleven o'clock. The colonel gives a 
command, and in an instant, almost, the regiment has left the 
road and is hurrying into the woods by fours. Charge through 
those woods ! that certainly is a command the regiment does not 
promptly obey. No sooner do the men get into the woods than 



CJIARGE ON LEE'S TRAIN. 415 

they liiid themselves in a swamp, their horses sinking into the 
ground to their knees at every step, and can get through at 
all only at one or two points — one at a time, instead of in line. 
The first through keep on towards a hill in front. After riding 
a short distance the colonel looks round to see his command, 
and finds, instead of his regiment, scarcely a platoon with him. 
With an impatient gesture and in an angry tone he says to the 
sergeant major : " Sergeant, go back to the woods and huriy 
the men along, and have them form in line just this side of the 
woods." A look into the woods at the horses floundering 
round, now and then one on his side, with his rider endeavor- 
ing at the same time to help the horse u}) and prevent himself 
sinking into the soft earth, and the sergeant concludes there is 
no hurrying them — they are doing their best. Before half the 
regiment gets through, the colonel, seeing no time is to be lost, 
orders a charge. On they go, over the hill, close up to a fence 
they cannot get over, and for a moment halt and keep uj) a 
lively fire, many of them dismounting for that purpose, while 
the enemy is giving them full as good as they send, and has 
the advantage of being out of sight in the woods. But a 
moment does the command stand that, when it turns half 
right and again starts on the charge, the remainder of the 
regiment having got through the woods and joined it. It is 
lively, exciting work for a few moments, and they are obliged 
to retire. Across a ravine is posted, what compared with this 
regiment, is a large force of the enemy, behind trees or what- 
ever else they can get for shelter, and they receive the regi- 
ment with a shower of bullets which kills Capt. John A. Heald, 
Co. E, and two men, and wounds Adjt. Little and Capt. Freese, 
and a dozen men. It is a mere waste of life to remain, and the 
regiment goes back over the hill, out of range, and waits a 
while. The enemy shows no disposition to attack — he is now 
acting only on the defensive. 

As Co. E emerged from the thicket about fifty yards from 
the road occupied by the enemy's train, they were confronted 
by a heavy line of infantry and a deep water cut, which could 
not be crossed with horses. Here they halted and exchanged 
several rapid volleys with the enemy at short range. Capt. 



416 FIRST MAINE CAYALBY. 

Heald (always cool under fire), seeing it was impossible to 
advance, and that a portion of the regiment had taken up a 
new line about one hundred yards in rear of the position then 
occupied by Co. E, ordered his company to retire to position in 
the reeiment. This was his last command, for at that moment 
he fell, shot through the head. Lieut. Benjamin A Osborne, 
upon whom the command of Co. E then devolved, after placing 
his company in the new line of the regiment, assisted by two 
men, under a galling fire, dashed up to wdthin about seventy- 
five yards of the enemy's line of battle and rescued First Sergt. 
Charles M. Bailey (who was mortally w-ounded) and the body 
of Capt. Heald. In this charge Co. E. lost one officer and 
seven men. 

The regiment remained in that vicinity perhaps an hour, 
changing positions various times, and finally withdrew alto- 
gether, taking up the line of march wdth the division where it 
turned from it to attack the train, and w^as again marching 
alongside of Lee's retreating army. In the meantime another 
division of the cavalry corps had gone down the next cross- 
road to make a second attack on the train, and Gen. Custer's 
division had taken the third cross-road for the same j^urpose. 
The guns of these division.s could be heard by the men of the 
Second division, which marched by these cross-roads, and along 
in the afternoon was ordered to take position on the left of 
Custer's division, then near Sailor's Creek, where he was 
making merry music with his artillery. After taking various 
positions the regiment was dismounted and advanced a short 
distance to a piece of woods, leaving the rest of the brigade a 
little to the rear on the right, and still mounted. As this regi- 
ment arrived at this position they found, almost alone. Col. 
Robinson, then commanding the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, which 
regiment the men had hardly seen for half a year. As Col. 
Robinson saw Col. Cilley, his face lighted up and he eagerly 
approached him, saying : " Col. Cilley, 1 am glad to see you ; 
I have been trying to get my men to stay in the woods there, 
but I cannot do it ; they have been in there twice, but they 
will not stay, the fire is so sharp from yon skirmish line ; they 
do not run, but they will not stay where I want them to. I 



^^g pjBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

f -1 •uul sent on after the retreat- 
The regiment .as then "•""'" f';^^^^^'^. Po,- mo.e than a 
i„„ enemy, t,. capture as nuu.j aspos ib ^^^^^ 

„Ue it advanced, over Inlls ».> " f^f^^] j'" , :;,i eoueeivable 
fields, finding ,nen '"«\, 7"" "' ° „ .'^Z discovered a barn 
hiding-place., till abont '^^^.^^Jt^ a couple of 
well filled with corn and ^'f^'^^^^l^^ ^^ „,,, where they 
feeds, at least, for «-»■ horse • ll^n ^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^^^ 

dismounted to enter the fight, and mt 1 ^ ^^^,^^ ^^^ 

passing on their way back a o ce ot ^^^^.^^^ ^^^^^ 

Larehed up and gone mto -"-i;"^,<^^",,a a good supper, 
Lee had been trying to escape. The hoi el » .^^ ^^^ 

but most of the men went '^f >; " f, /; :,„,stances, to 
regiment who were never !"'««"' V^^<;' ^^ l^__ ^ somehow. 

goVngry. ^^ :^:^l^ ^^^ ::;.. l^^e repulse of 
But hungry or not, all we e "'ll^ , i^Hous affair 

the morning was ™?- .*^"\,^f t":;,^ ,11 belrts beat high 
„{ the afternoon, and with small ^^^T.' A big day in the 
hi thinking over what had 1^-" ^" ;^,„,^^ .^p. It to so 

crushing of the ^'^f^/Ctt^^ Ws remark of 
full an extent as intimated by uen. o 

the morning. „„i,:„„ ^loeii and at half-past 

A few hours of sound, -'^^V tie seventh, the men 
.ix o'clock on the _— ^j/ ^^"^ f^se, taking the road 
were again in the ««^'| « ^"'J " ^.„^^, before. The infantry 
Lee had been driven fiom the n ^;, ,„,, 

were already on the move, «'»§' "f' .^•"'""jC^^U a little 
apparently happy as they ^^'^f ,f°:\he cavalry l>ave 
hiclined to growl at being "'^''8^^'^ '°/\,,aei-to-march-over 
the road, while they ^fl^^^L evidences of the 
ground at the side. Along tne ,„„„iti„„s of war 

rapid retreat of the enemy,-. 1 "O^^- ^.^^^i ,„uiier lying 

,,^,„g around in loose profusion, --a ^ ^^^^^^ 

. hi the voadwhere he hdtol exhaustion, - dead 

-- of having died m ^^ .„g ,,here they 

horses, the infallible auij ^ , ^^ ^^^.^.y 

dropped, and others f-^^^^J^^^^ the troops ahead of 

their riders, -all mformed t'^e «nj^ exhilarating effect 
them were in a great hurry, and had 
upon their spirits. 



SAILOR'S CREEK. 417 

am glad to see you." At the same time one of his men stepped 
up to a First Maine man and asked : " What regiment is that? " 
'^ First Maine," was the reply. With a yell he fairly jumped 
with joy, and sang out. at the top of his voice : " Come on, boys ; 
here is the old First Maine." The effect was like magic, and 
into the woods the Sixteenth went, before Col. Cilley had a 
chance to reply to Col. Robinson. They never came back 
through those woods, but went through Lee's train and beyond. 
The regiment was now behind a triangular piece of woods, 
the right of the regiment at the small end, and at the right of 
that was an open field, while but a short distance in front the 
enemy was posted behind temporary breastworks. The line was 
hardly satisfactorily formed when the command "Chaege!" 
rang along the line, and with a hearty cheer the whole line 
started. The enemy opened a heavy fire and fought bravely, 
but they failed to check the charging line, and in a moment 
they were scattering over the hills in confusion, and the boys 
in blue were at their works, over them, and beyond, — still 
charging, yelling like fiends, wild with excitement, still onward. 
On and on, for more than a mile, reaching and passing the 
train, — which the rebels had fired when they saw capture was 
inevitable, to prevent its falling into Federal hands in a service- 
able condition, —going beyond the road, passing hundreds of 
the enemy whom they had no time to capture, — leaving that 
for those to do who had no more excitinp- work. 

Lieut. Poor, who was detailed as adjutant when Adjt. Little 
was wounded, was wounded while the line was forming for 
this charge. The result of the day's fighting, in which it 
should be said the infantry of the old Sixth corps took a 
prominent part, was the capture of several general officers, 
thousands of prisoners, and a large portion of the enemy's train, 
which was destroyed, — a glorious day's work. The losses in 
the regiment during the day were one officer killed and three 
wounded, and three men killed, thirteen wounded, and four 
missing. 

After driving the enemy away from their train, scattering 
them in every direction, the line was halted and marched back 
towards the starting-point, meeting the led horses on the way. 




Capt. JOHN A. HEALD, Co. E. 

Killed in the Charge on Lee's Train, April 6, 1865. 



BRIERY CREEK AND FARMVILLE. 419 

About eight o'clock the regiment reached Briery Creek, 
across which the enemy had made a stand, ho^nng to check 
the pursuers there, or at least to dehi}^ them as much as pos- 
sible, while a short distance to the riglit they had fired the 
bridge across the Appomattox known as High bridge, which 
a force of Union infantry was now endeavoring to save. The 
battalion, ai-med with the sixteen shooters, — Capt. Chase, — 
was dismounted and sent into the woods and advanced to the 
creek, Avhere they commenced a lively skirmish fire, and in a 
short time the remainder of the regiment, and finally the 
whole brigade, had forded the creek, — passing on the shore 
a wounded or crazy rebel, who had considerable to say, — and 
was drawn up on the other side behind a hill. Near the top 
of the hill was a thin line of Union sharp-shooters skirmishing, 
lying flat on the ground, protecting themselves by using the 
hill as breastworks, showing their heads to the enemy only 
long enough to take aim and fire, and then dropping beliind 
the hill again. The enemy the Maine men could not see, but 
that they were there they knew from the hearty sound of their 
bullets as they sang over their heads, — sounding louder in 
the absence of the usual noise and confusion of battle. A few 
moments they remained quietly there, during which time Capt. 
Chase's battalion rejoined the regiment, and then moved to 
the right a short distance, and then over the hill at a charge, 
the enemy leaving them in possession, and scattering over the 
hills and through the woods in front of them. The brigade 
pushed on after the fleeing enemy, marching as fast as con- 
venient over the rough ground — in one place being obliged 
to dismount and lead the horses down an almost perpendicular 
hill — for three or four miles, when the enemy made another 
stand. The rest of the brigade, with the artillery, was soon 
engaged, while this regiment reinained inactive in the road, on 
the left of the brigade, waiting till wanted, — that most uncom- 
fortable position to a soldier, — expecting eyevy moment to be 
sent into he knows not what kind of a place. 

Soon Gen. Smith rode to Col. Cilley and said: "We have 
driven the enemy out of the town ; charge in there at once, 
and capture what prisoners you can." Hardly were the words 



420 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

spoken, when Col. Cilley had given the order "Forward! " and 
the regiment was in motion. A moment and it was at the top 
of a hill, while a hundred rods away, nestled in among the 
hills, as cosily as any New England village, was the town of 
Farmville. A glance and a look of surprise at the size and 
appearance of the town, and as " Charge ! " rang from the 
lips of Col. Cilley, away they went, — men shouting, cheering, 
— sabres rattling, — horses straining every nerve to go faster, 
seeming tu feel, as well as the riders, the importance of the 
occasion, — and both horses and riders wild with excitement. 
" Excitement " does not half express the feeling of a trooper 
during a charge. 

As the regiment started, a rebel battery, posted out of sight 
at the right of the town, a mile or so away, opened on it, 
their shells crossing the charging column in a diagonal direc- 
tion. The first shell came screaming over their heads, causing 
a yell of derision on the part of the boys, tearing up the ground 
beyond, and hurting no one, and a second fell as much short, 
causing not the least hesitation in the onward charge. As the 
regiment neared the town, this battery carefully refrained from 
firing, not caring to endanger 'the inhabitants. On reaching 
the town. Col. Cilley reined out and halted till one battalion 
had gone by, and taking the next battalion, passed to tlie right 
a short distance and into the town by the next street, both 
columns still at a charge. Another battalion, which had been 
scouting further to the left, also joined in the charge, entering 
the town by a third street. Through the town was but the 
work of a moment, at that rapid pace, and as the heads of 
tlie columns arrived at the other edge of the town, a force of 
infantry which was posted in a road leading over the hill 
beyond opened with a smart volley, which, as the whole was 
aimed directly at the lieads of the columns, caused such a 
whizzing of bullets over the heads of the men as was never 
known before. An officer who had been in dozens of fights 
afterwards said : " That was the only place I was ever in where 
I thought I could not help being hit." But most of the bullets 
went over. One of the advance horses was killed, in his last 
bound throwing his rider over his head ; and the rider immedi- 



FAHMVILLE. 



421 



ately juin})e(l up, got behind the body of his horse, and com- 
menced liring, using for breastworks what a moment before 
had been his best friend. 

The firing in front became less frequent, the few of the 
enemy that had been posted in the edge of tlie town retreated, 
and the regiment advanced up the hill beyond the town, 
skirmishing slightly on the way, and capturing some prisoners. 
Here the regiment halted, by orders from Gen. Crooke, and a 
detail was sent out to forage for rations.^ This was a most 
successful detail, and the boys had a big dinner, taken from 
the tables of the best citizens of the town, while tobacco in 
great plenty and of the best quality — the best to which the 
boys ever helped themselves on Virginia soil — was brought 
in and distributed. More than this, many of the boys confis- 
cated articles of underclothing, and enjoyed a change then and 
there. The regimental band was paraded through the streets 
of the town with Gen. Smith's staff, playing patriotic airs, and 
on the whole it was a general jollification on the part of the boys. 

Then back into the town went the regiment, happy as ever 
was a regiment, and now fun was plenty. The citizens looked 
on with all sorts of eyes and all sorts of mouths. The boys 
helped themselves to anything they wanted, — considering that 
they had earned it, — till almost every one had as much as he 
could carry. The remainder of the brigade soon joined the 
regiment, and the whole force marched back out of the town, 
meeting the infantry coming in. The cavahy men, in their 
joyous spirits, offered the infantry men tobacco, which was 
gladly welcomed, and in another moment half the regiment 
were throwing plugs of tobacco at the infantry men, for which 
they scrambled like so many ragged boys for half rotten apples 
thrown away by the storekeeper.'- 

During the forenoon Piivate Rufus A Smith, of Co. I, who 
was serving as orderly for Gen. Smith, was sent with an order 

^ Gen. Smith had applied to Gen. Crooke for permission to stop and get forage, saying: 
" My men have been galloping over the hills all day, and we want forage." To this Gen. 
Crooke sent back the reply: "All right; go ahead and forage; I will let the Second 
brigade go ahead." 

2 Gen. W. H. F. Lee's command was the force driven out of Farmville by this brigade, 
and just before departing he left word with the mayor of Farmville to present his compli- 
ments to Gen. Smith. 



422 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

to Col. Clark, and was captured. After the surrender of Gen. 
Lee, a few days afterward, he returned, and upon reaching 
brigade headquarters, he saluted Gen. Smith as politely as 
possible, and reported: " I could not find Col. Clark, sir," just 
as though he had been gone but an hour. 

While in the town, the Second brigade of the division had 
engaged the enemy in the vicinity of the battery which saluted 
the regiment as it charged into the town, and was having a 
hard time. The Third brigade was now ordered to the sup- 
port of the Second, and crossing the Appomattox River, which 
wound around the right of the town, at a very bad ford, was 
soon in position, where it remained, without this regiment, at 
least, having anything more serious than expecting to fight, 
till about nine o'clock in the evening, and then recrossing the 
river, marched to Prospect Station, arriving about two o'clock 
the next morning. 

The casualties in the regiment this day were one man killed 
and four wounded. 

A short nap, and the regiment was in readiness to move at 
daylight of the eighth, and remained in readiness till the whole 
cavalry corps had passed, when it followed in the rear, starting 
about nine o'clock. An easy march took the regiment to 
Pomplin's Station, where there was a halt of an hour or more, 
and then the march commenced again, the men being in fine 
spirits, though tired and well worn out with the severe work 
of the past few days. At dusk the regiment halted a short 
distance from Appomattox Station and near a railroad, to allow 
another column of troops to pass on a cross-road. A strong 
detail from the brigade was sent off after something to eat for 
men and horses. While waiting there the men heard the 
whistle of an engine, and then the sound of an approaching 
train. Strange sounds for that vicinity — what does it mean? 
As the sound approached it was accompanied with tlie sound 
of cheers, till the men were well nigh lost in wonder. Then a 
train reached the regiment on the railroad, came to a stop, and 
the engineer — one of Custer's long-haired, rough riders, who 
could control the iron horse as easy as he could his own quad- 
ruped, and would ride either to destruction if duty said go — 



''GOING our TO HOLD A liOAD." 423 

sang out : '' Gen. Custer lias cliaro-ed into Appcnnattox Station 
and captured three trains loaded with supplies, and here is one 
of them. Pitch in, boys." The boys did pitch in, and in a 
short time had rations and forage enough, and to si)are for those 
who had been sent out to capture it by the slower method of 
horseback riding. Going foraging by railroad was something- 
new, even in those times of wonders. The men loaded what 
they could carry on the horses, and fed the rest out to them 
by the roadside, — there was enough. They also foimd plenty 
of clothing on the train, and better still, underclothing, of 
which they were sadly in need, and improved the time in put- 
ting them on, — even to gray pants and jackets, — in place of 
the torn, service-stained ones furnished by Uncle Sam. 

The other column got by at last, and the regiment moved on. 
A mile or more, perhaps, and the regiment was drawn up in a 
field, near Appomattox Station, the men were told, and ordered 
to unsaddle and go into camp. Welcome order, and obeyed 
with all the spirit the tired boys could muster. The foragers 
rejoined the command, having been unsuccessful, and were 
duly laughed at, but they forgave that when they found there 
was plenty for them. A good supper, thanks to Gen. Custer's 
capture, and by nine o'clock a part of the brigade was sleeping 
sweetly, and the remainder preparing for sleep with pleasant 
anticipations. 

Suddenly came the order : " Saddle and pack, and be ready 
to move out at once ! " In less than an hour the men were 
mounted and awaiting^ orders. A brig'ade staff officer rode 
along by Col. Cilley, telling him the regiment was going out a 
short distance to hold a road, and that the general thought they 
were shoving this brigade a little. The men agreed with him, 
but there was no gnettingf behind the orders. Soon the command 
reached burning wagons, scattered munitions of war of every 
kind, muskets, caissons, clothing, blankets, and all sorts of 
stores, strewed in every direction, some partially destroyed, 
while some were as yet unhurt, the light from the burning 
wago. lighting up the scene and making it picturesque. The 
command had barely got clear of this work of destruction 
when the advance found the enemy's pickets, and commenced 



424 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

skirmishing. The march had heen slow l^efore, and was now 
even more so ; march a few steps, halt a few moments, and 
march again, till midnight, when the brigade was drawn up in 
line of battle on the right of the road. A staff officer rode to 
Col. Cilley with : " Prepare your men to fight on foot — give 
no loud orders — let there be as little noise as possible — I will 
show you where to take position." It was quietly done, the 
led horses left there, and the men were taken across the road, 
advanced to the brow of a hill and placed in line in a direction 
at right angles with the road, which was on the right. The 
firing had stopped as soon as the little force stopped advancing, 
though the occasional hum of a bullet and crack of a rifle, 
sounding fiercer than usual in the stillness of midnight, told 
that the enemy was near and was aware of the presence of this 
force. It was a strange, weird scene, — those men noiselessly 
carrying rails and building breastworks, their forms showing 
at intervals against the sky, and then disappearing. By one 
o'clock a strong line of works had been put up, and the men 
were resting on their arms, most of them asleep, but enough 
awake to give the alarm in case of need.^ 

With the first gray of dawn on the morning of Sunday, 
April ninth, — memorable day, — the enemy sent over a " good 
morning," suddenly awakening those blue-coated sleepers, 
whose first motion was for their carbines with one hand as 
they rubbed open their eyes with the other, and a lively skir- 
mish fire commenced, which lasted an hour or more without 
amounting to much. The daylight revealed the position of the 
force. This regiment was in the road and the remainder of 
the brigade was on the right of the road, one regiment remain- 
ing mounted in reserve, while in the road, in rear, were two 
pieces of artillery. On the left there was no force to be seen. 
The skirmish fire grew quite hot at times, and then dwindled 
down to occasional shots, the enemy apparently feeling the 

^ It appears this brigade had tlie rear of the eohimn tliat day, and was the last into 
camp. Soon after arriving there Gen. Crooke sent for Gen. Smith, and .said: " Gen. Sher- 
idan thinks Gen. Lee is in a tiglit place, and may try to get out to-night by the Lynchburg 
pike ; he wants me to look out for him, and I guess you better go. I will give you a section 
of artillery, and you look up a guide." Gen. Smith was given two guns, under command 
of Ijieut. Lord, and the brigade moved out. On reaching the pike, it turned in the direc- 
tion of Clover Hill, relieving Cu.ster's men on picket. 





FRANK W. PEARCE, 1st Band. 
Sergt. Co. A, 2d Me. Cav. 

Houlton. 




DAVID W. SMALL. Co. E. 

Sergt. Co. A, 2d Me. Cav 

Walla Walla, Wash. Ter. 




Dr. RODOLPH L. DODGE. Co. F. 

Lieut. Co. C, 2d Me. Cav. 

Portland. 




WARREN MANSUR, 1st Band. 
Lieut. Co. A, 2d Me. Cav. 
Charlestown, Mass. 



Capt, ANDREW B. SPURLING, Cu. D. 
Lieut. Col. 2d Me. Cav. 
Elgin, 111. " 





THOMAS B. MOORE, Co. E. 

Also Co. A, 2d Me. Cav. 

Houlton. 



Corp. ABNER C. EMERY, Co. H. 

Lieut. Co. K, 2d Me. Cav. 

Deceased. 



APPO^fATT()X COURT HOUSE. '^-^ 

Strength of the Union force. Then the men coukl see in the 
distance a body of the enemy's troops working round their left, 
and in a short time the line was swung around on a line with 
the road, to meet this attempt to flank it, the men all the time 
fighting. The men began to wonder where the rest of the 
troops were if the enemy could come around them in that way, 
but all such disrespectful thoughts were quieted when they 
saw Little Phil Sheridan and a staff officer riding in full view 
of the situation, looking as unconcerned as if it were all right, 
and apparently satisfied with the position of affairs, which 
impression he left with the men by his bearing as he rode off 
to the right without so much as a word to any one connected 
with the little fight, his momentary presence re-enforcing the 
command equal to its own numbers, by the confidence the men 
received from him. 

No firing could be heard except in the immediate front of 
this brigade, and the men supposed that was all that was 
engaged, and that they Avere merely "holding a road." The 
line in front grew stronger and came nearer, and finally came 
within fair range, when their men seemed unwilling to advance. 
The carbines of this brigade did all that could be expected, and 
inspired the line with a wholesome fear, — a feeling, apparently, 
that they would fight very well where they were, but would 
have to get wonderfully waked up to advance much, even on 
that little handful of Yankees. The little brigade fought well, 
losino- m-ound little by little, being pressed slowly back, the 
enemy gaining no temporary advantage sufficient to raise their 
spirits to attempt a charge, which would literally have swal- 
lowed the brigade up, they being of at least ten times its num- 
bers, but worn out, half starved, and wholly discouraged. Had 
the enemy fought with their vim of a year before, this brigade 
would hardly have got a sight at the road it was holding. This 
could not long continue. The brigade was losing the field, and 
had already left the road when an orderly came riding by, say- 
ing: "Keep up your courage, boys; the infantry is coming 
right along — in two columns — black and white — side by side 
— a regular checker-board." They must come soon, or the field 
were lost ; the men were scattering little by little ; the line was 



426 FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 

growing thin; the force was certainly fast getting towards 
demoralization, causing a corresponding rise in the spirits of 
the enemy. As the men reached the woods at the edge of the 
field they met the infantry, a part of the Twenty-fifth corps, — 
black, to be sure, but their uniforms were blue and their hearts 
loyal, and the men were as glad to meet them as though they 
were of pure Anglo-Saxon blood. They were Union soldiers, — 
they were needed, — and black or white, they were Avelcome, 
and the " Bully for you ! " which greeted them from all sides 
was none the less hearty than the same greeting had, on previ- 
ous like circumstances, been given trooj^s of their own color. 
These troojis were in good spirits, and apparently anxious to 
get at " dem rebels." The inen of this brigade passed through 
their line into and through the woods and into a field where the 
led horses had been taken, while the negroes took their places 
in front of the enemy. An officer of the regiment who remained 
behind to see if " the niggers would fight," afterwards said they 
went in gallantly, charging across the field in fine style, while 
their once owners waited not to recognize their former slaves.^ 
The different regiments in the brigade got together, the men 
hunted for their comrades, some of them, alas, never to find 
them alive, the number of casualties in each regiment was 
ascertained, — in this regiment two killed, seventeen wounded, 
and one missing, — a hasty breakfast was eaten, and the men 
remained quietly in readiness for whatever orders were in store 
for them. All seemed to feel that a big day's work was yet to 
be done, and that they would get their share, and they lay 
there expecting every moment to be ordered to mount and 
away, anxious, fearing, expecting soon to hear roar of cannon 
and rattle of musketry sucli as they had seldom if ever heard, 
and wondering why things were so quiet, — why there was not 
firing on some part of the line, at least, till the quiet grew 

^ Thus this brigade, coinmaiuled by a First Maine officer, and having in it the First 
Maine regiment, had the post of honor in what proved to be the last light in tlie Army 
of the Potomac. The enemy came forward with the intention of brushing this force out 
of the way if there was nothing but cavalry, and came so near as to endanger the guns, 
which at first were on the skirmish line, and it was necessary to take the horses out of the 
way and draw the guns off by the prolongs. The enemy made a very brisk attack, l)ut 
finding artillery and the repeating carbines of the First Maine, they gave up the idea of 
"brushing this force out of the way " so easily. 



SUBRENDER OF GEX. LEE. 



427 



oppressive, foreboding, as they believed, a severer storm wlieii 
it did burst. 

But here is a rumor that Gen. Lee has surrendered ! What ! 
Nonsense! Who says tliat? An orderly told such an officer, 
and he told so-and-so. The half-formed hope dies at once ; it 
is only a common rumor, and can be traced to no authority. 
But it is repeated ! All listen eagerly to the story, not yet 
daring to hope. Col. Cilley speaks of it to Capt. Hall in a 
low tone of voice, as if half ashamed to be heard repeating 
the improbable story, and the captain replies : " I know they 
say so ; but don't, for pity's sake, say anything about it " ; as 
if it were weak to re[)eat it, and might reflect on his judgment. 
The rumor gathers strength, — no one seems to know how, — 
no one can tell how it got there, — and no one believes it. 
Then it assumes a more tangible form, and it is reported that 
there is a cessation of hostilities, and that Gens. Grant and Lee 
are endeavoring to arrange terms of capitulation. Yet the 
men do not know whether to believe it or not. 

Then comes an order to move, and the regiment, with the 
brigade, marches toward the front, halting a short time, and 
then directly over the contested field of the morning, where 
no troops are seen. A few ride up the road, out of curiosity, 
by the breastworks thrown up the night before, over the hill, 
which it is now learned is Clover Hill, and soon return, saying 
they can see the two armies lying quietly on their arms, and the 
Hags of truce. The men begin to have some idea of believing 
the many reports flying around, and learn that when they 
thought they were "only holding a road," the little brigade 
was resisting Gen. Lee in his attempt to escape over the only 
road to Lynchburg, and was holding the post of honor. A 
short stop, and the command marches back again, halting in 
the field where it re-formed after the fight, the men filled 
with new and unusual sensations. Will the generals come 
to terms? Is Gen. Lee going to surrender? Is the fighting 
over? Can it be possible the end of marching and fighting, 
of hardship and exposure, of dull picket and duller camp duty 
has come ? And their tlioughts at once return to their homes, 
and they think "if this only could be true." 



428 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

By the middle of the afternoon the brigade was ordered to 
go into camp where it then was, which relieved the men of the 
strain of being ready to move at any moment, and soon after 
the mail arrived, bringing kind messages from loved ones. 
" Oh, if they only knew we were safe, and the fighting over I 
But perhaps Gen. Lee will decide to fight it out, rather than 
agree to Gen. Grant's terms." Uncertain yet. It was amusing 
to read in the papers the various surmises as to the result of 
the then present campaign, — how and what Gen. Grant was 
going to do, and how and what Gen. Lee would be obliged to 
do, — and compare them with the actual state of affairs. 

The men went to sleep that night in the same state of uncer- 
tainty, but with strong hopes that the result of the conference 
had been favorable. The next morning they were awakened by 
the roar of cannon, and sprang for their arms as from intui- 
tion, while "How are you, Lee's surrender?" was heard in 
tones of doubt and sinking hope. The report that "it is a 
salute in honor of the surrender," only half reassured them. 
But when they got orders to move they were told they were 
going to ride through the camps of their late enemies, and 
were ordered to make no noisy demonstrations — to use no in- 
sulting language or offensive epithets to the prisoners, and then, 
for the first time, hours after the whole loj^al north had learned 
the' joyful news, they knew Gen. Lee had surrendered to Gen. 
Grant. Even then they did' not fully realize the position of 
affairs. It was too great a change in their prospects to be at 
once understood. They were happy enough that morning, with 
a deep sense of happiness too strong for outward demonstration. 

As they rode over Clover Hill and neared Appomattox Court 
House, Little Phil Sheridan stood by the roadside, looking as 
unconcerned as if he had done nothing, and then all the pent- 
up joy, all the uncertainty, all the alternating hope and fear of 
the past twenty -four hours, found vent in three clieers such as 
only victorious soldiers can give. Then they realized the whole 
matter, and could talk it over with each other, while before 
there had not been much disposition to talk about it. A second 
thought on the part of some commanding officer, and the direc- 
tion of the march was changed, taking the command around, 



A PP OMA TTOX. 429 

instead of tliroiigli, the camp ot" the captured army, and the men 
of the First Maine Cavahy saw no more of tlie surrender. 



Gen. Smith, at the reunion at Pittsfield, 1880, thus speaks of 
this last engagement: — 

Appomattox! What a fjlorious cndinj; of a glorious career! After Five 
Forks, our regiment was with the advance in pursuit of the enemy. It 
marched past and beyond the rebel army, confronted it in its retreat, and at 
two o'clock on the morning of the ninth of April, drove in its pickets and 
crt)uched in its path, in full view of its camp-fires, to await certain attack 
at daylight. It has often been asked, "Who fired the last shot at Appomat- 
tox?" That question has never been determined, and it is not possible that 
it ever will be. In the uncertainty of that point, it is pleasant to feel that 
every one present particii^ated in firing the last shot, and in that matter 
"there is glory enough for all." The question, however, as to who fired 
the first shot on that ever-to-be-remembered morning, is not in doubt. The 
First Maine Cavalry received the first attack of that pent-up and doomed 
rebel army, and fired the first shot to repel it. It also continued its firing 
in the very front till hostilities were ended, and the grand old Army of the 
Potomac commanded peace to the country. 

Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, in an address to the regiment 
at the reunion at Pittsfield, 1880, said : — 

I spoke of Appomattox. I cannot but refer to it again. I was so favored 
as to see yovi in several engagements. Brandy Station was one which I 
shall never forget. But how can any human words speak the emotions 
that still swell in my heart when I remember that morning of the ninth 
of April, 1865, when, having myself received a message from Gen. Sheri- 
dan to break oft' with my brigade from the column and come to his sup- 
port, I double quicked three miles to that field, and saw you there, as I 
said just now, in that magnificent scene, holding your own, almost holding 
your own at any rate, surging like the very waves of the ocean before the 
old Stonewall .Jackson corps of infantry at Appomattox Court House, — 
where, from midnight, I think, or nearly so, until eight o'clock in the morn- 
ing, the cavalry, single-handed, without any infantry supjiorting them, had 
held at bay that most magnificent army of tlie rebellion, the Army of North- 
ern Virginia. I submit, comrades, that that was a scene and a feat which 
history never saw before nor since. I say, without fear of contradiction, 
that it was the cavalry, and it was the First Maine Cavalry which had the 
post of honor in that crowning and consummating scene, without which 
we should not have been able to stop Lee. He would have got somehow 
or other, I doubt not, to Lynchburg, had it not been for your magnificent 
speed and strength which held him there at bay. 



430 



FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY, 



The story of this last fight of the glorious old Army of the 
Potomac was thus put iu verse by a member of this regiment, 
in 1875 : — 

THE MORNING AT APPOMATTOX. 

One Sabbath morn, ten years ago, beneatli'an April sky, 

The southern sokliers stacked their arms and bade the field good-by; 

Surrendered after four years' war to justice and to right; 

And hymns of praise and songs of joy rang through the north that night. 

Six days before, and Petersburg, the stronghold of the foe, 

Was occupied by Union troops; then Richmond felt the blow; 

And since that time, by day and night, unlike its past repute, 

Lee's army'd been in full retreat — and Grant's in hot pursuit. 

Upon that morn, ten years ago, before the break of day, 

A force of gallant boys in blue, near Appomattox lay; 

Along a hill the blue line ran, across the Lynchburg road, 

And back and forth, with watchful eye, the faithful sentry strode. 

The force was small, but staunch and true — a cavalry brigade : 
We'd reached the hill and found the foe at midnight's deepest shade; 
Dismounted then and formed the line, sent horses to the rear, 
Then slept upon our arms and dreamed of home and loved ones dear. 

The orders were to hold the road, and that at any cost; 

We did not know if that were done the southern cause was lost, 

Nor did we know that single road was Lee's sole chance of 'scape 

From Sheridan, who'd "pushed things" well and caught him in bad shape, 

With dawn's first light the fight commenced — an hour or two 'twas waged. 
With little gain on either side. The Union troops engaged 
Were but this small brigade ; we heard no firing on our right, 
Nor yet upon our left — we stood alone in that fierce fight. 

At length we saw, down on the left, a mile or more away, 

A line of battle forming fast — a line of men in gray; 

Forward they march, straight for the road, with steady tread but slow — 

We swing our line round with the road to meet the flanking foe. 

This force was full ten times our own, and infantry beside. 
It ought to drive us easily, and would but that the tide 
Had turned; the banners of defeat hung round about it then — 
A week's retreat had left but little courage in those men. 

That they were brave they well had shown all through that four years' strife ; 

They fight with desperation now, yet seem devoid of life ; 

They answer not the orders " charge! " which we distinctly hear 

Above the din of battle sounds, their line has come so near. 

They press us hard ; by sheer main strength they force us to retire ; 
We fall back slowly, keeping up a sharp and rapid fire — 
Back to the road, where for a time we check their onward course 
And then give way, pushed back at last by their sui^erior force. 



THE MORNING AT APPOMATTOX. ^^'^1 

J500U " Little riiil" came vidiuo- by, so cool, calm, and serene, 
We knew at once that all was well. The moment he was seen 
By our brave boys they made a dash and gained the road again — 
His presence there, without a word, was worth a tlu)usand men. 

'Twas all in vain; again they come, again force us to yield, 
And drive us, fighting step by step, across the open field. 
We felt that all was lost, but in our sorest time of need 
An orderly, war-stained and grinr, rode up at break-neck speed. 

" Keep courage, boys, relief's at hand ! " this dusty stranger roared ; 
"They're coming on two roads, - white and black, - reg'lar checker- 

board!" 
A moment and his words proved true -was e'er a sight so good- 
A corps of negro infantry came pouring from the wood. 

We could have hugged those black boys then, in spite of dusky hue; 
We only knew, 'twas all we cared, they wore the Union blue, 
And black or white, or bond or free, was little matter then — 
Those coats of blue and rifies true proclaimed them noble men. 

W^ith jest and song they took our place, rejoicing that they could, 
Yet with a " business look " throughout that just did cmr souls good; 
We left the field as they went on, assured that all was right, 
A few remaining there " to see if the colored troops would fight." 

The line is formed without delay, the order is advance; 
They charge across that field as though 'twere but a merry dance; 
The gray line breaks, away it goes, in spite of leaders brave — 
The haughty master's fleeing now before his former slave. 



We find our horses, not far off, and there a while we stay, 
Expecting a terrific fight before the close of day; 
We wait in vain the battle crash we think is sure to come — 
We list in vain for cannon's roar — the musketry is dumb. 

The stillness grew oppressive soon — we feared 'twas but the calm 
That comes before the storm -Dame Nature's quiet, sure alarm. 
Which by its length foretells the strength and fury of the blast, 
And makes each waiting moment still more anxious than the last. 

A rumor reached us by-and-by, which afterward proved true, 
That Lee'd surreudered his whole force to Grant and boys m blue; 
The tale at first none dared believe, and hardly dared repeat, 
But after hours of hopes and doubts came confirmation sweet. 

^nius closed the strife. The brave Botomac Army's work was done ■ 
And of that grand old Army, best and bravest 'neath the sun. 
The soldiers of the race enslaved — 'twas retribution's law — 
Made the last charge, fired the last shot, and ended slavery's war. 



432 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

The story of this last campaign, from the morning after the 
fight at Dinwiddie Court House to the surrender of Gen. Lee, 
Avas tlius tokl by CoL Cilley at the reunion in RocMand, 1875: — 

All the next day we lay idly in the woods, resting as only tired soldiers 
can rest. At night we again slept most soundly, and bottled up sleep for 
the week to come, as the nights were at hand when sleep was an affair of the 
imagination, and not of enjoyment. Our dreams were disturbed in the 
small hours of Sunday morning, April second, by the fearful cannonading 
along the whole line in front of Petersburg. How its thunder shook all the 
air till morning light, and an order to move dissipated its sound! As we 
mounted to move out the rebel prisoners captured at Five Forks marched 
by, and we treated them to patriotic music from our band. All that day we 
were guard for the wagon train. At night we were still entangled in its 
meshes, now halting, now marching slowly, now using rail fences to pry 
wagon and nrules from mud, and at half-past one the next morning were 
near Sutherland Station. A cup of coffee, a short nap, and we were ready 
to start at four o'clock in the morning. During this day we took various 
liositions. Sent surplus horses, caused by fighting dismounted, to City Point; 
drew up in line of battle, threw out skirmishers, and at one time prepared 
to fight our infantry, till near dark, when the conflicting rumors and counter- 
marching ceased, and we settled down to a rapid march westward, and kept 
on marching and marching till one o'clock, when, with short nap, and sup- 
per and breakfast almost at one meal, we were up and off by daylight, march- 
ing rapidly westward, by abandoned army wagons, dismounted cannon and 
caissons, by Dennesville and the old court house, till at Jennings' Ordinary 
we struck the railroad from Eichmond to Danville. Here the division rested 
for an hour or two, while, at the si)ecial request of Gen. Crooke, the First 
Maine amused itself by burning culverts and tearing up rails. Young's 
scouts, most perfect rebels in appearance, were going and coming through 
our ranks. It was here that the telegraph wires were cut, and a message 
from Gen. Lee to Danville intercepted, telling the quartermaster there to 
send supplies to Amelia Court House. Forwarding the despatch to Danville, 
we marched Eichmond-ward towards Amelia Court House, on the Danville 
Eailroad. At Jettersville we came front into line at a gallop, then moved 
forward as skirmishers, but the force in front proving small, we dismounted 
and remained in position till dark, when we were ordered back to our 
horses. Capts. Myrick's and Hall's battalions went on picket, while the rest 
slept, rejoicing in the opportunity. 

It seemed to us — excepting stable call and watering horses — that we 
slei^t till noon, when we were emphatically waked, saddled in hot haste 
and were off, with dipper, carbine, and sabre making most glorious rattle, 
and continued our gallop till we were well out on the road to Paineville, or 
Fame's cross-roads, to the relief of the First and Second brigades, that in a 
reconnoissance had captured a lot of rebel army wagons, guns, and battle- 
flags, and were now being driven back by the enemy. We arrived in season 
to enable them to get off with their plunder, while we treated ourselves 
with a slight set-to with the angry, hornet-like rebs. The stinging, how- 



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ever, was imitual, and while wo peppered eaeli other wc felt most deeply 
stiin<i that Davies' and drefig's brigades had taken so many guns and battlc- 
llags, while we had not even a baggage wagon to plunder. Tliey had stirred 
up the hive and taken the honey, leaving the bees to buzz round our heiuls. 
We fell baek slowly to Jettersville, followed by the robs, till near the sta- 
tion, where we took up the line of the First New Jersey Cavalry, and they 
moved, mounted, to the road, to receive a charge from the enemy, and their 
young and gallant Col. Janeway, already bearing thirteen scars, went down 
with a pistol bullet through his head. The enemy was in turn charged by 
the Sixth Ohio of our brigade and driven back with loss. Skirmishing fol- 
lowed till night, when we were relieved and passed a quiet, delicious night. 
During our fighting in front the infantry had marched up, and Avere now 
behind wide-extended breastworks, closing as with a vice Lee's line of 
march along the Danville Eailroad. They had marched all the previous 
night, and now lay entrenched on one of Lee's outlets. 

Fresh and vigorous, the next morning we rose with the sun, and in the 
midst of a heavy shower began our westward course. We could see on a 
road parallel with us, and but a mile or so away, a long train of army 
wagons moving. We soon learned it was Lee's train, and ached to get at 
it. I can see Capt. Heald, as he rode to the head of the column in the 
fresh spring-like air of that glorious day; his eyes fairly glistened, and his 
arm trembled with excitement as he pointed to tlie rebel wagon train. Ere 
two hours had elapsed, in a charge on that very train, he fell, shot through 
the heart. It seemed only a short time before we turned to the right on a 
road leading to the Deatonsville road, on which Lee was marching. Gregg's 
brigade was in advance, and we could hear firing in front. We soon came 
to Cen. Smith, who said to me: "Gregg's brigade is attacking; put your 
regiment on the right of the road, and charge through into the train." I 
read it in his eyes and manner; I felt it in my blood that what Davies' 
brigade did yesterday at Fame's cross-roads, we this day would do at this 
point, and have our boast of army wagons. But what a place to charge I 
mire and imderbrush, thickets impenetrable to horse or foot. Yesterday 
Lee's wagons moved in fancied security. To-day they moved as for battle, 
Avith wheels flanked with guns and muskets, like chariots of old, bristling 
with implements of death. And from this warlike train came out an 
awful flame of fire and sulphurous smoke, and stinging lead and crushing 
iron balls, which no one could see; but horse and man went down. We 
moved further to the right, pressing vigorously to find an opening through 
the horrid thickets. At one point Capt. Boyd, of Co. L, at another Lieut. 
Hussey, with Co. I, i-eached the road, but were driven back. Caj)t. Heald, 
our best scouting officer, of gallantry unsurpassed, went down. Adjt. Little 
was fearfully, swearing mad, with a pistol shot in his shoulder, causing his 
sword arm to hang powerless at his side. Back we went, rallied under the 
enemy's fire, charged to where Heald fell, when we were ordered back to 
the left and rear of the road, carrying Heald with us. 

As I unsnarled my regiment from that fearful place for cavalry, and 
massed on the road, it seemed to me that half of my men were lost, so slow 
was the extrication of horses from bush and mud. My dream of wagons 
and battle-flags was gone. I felt blue; sore and sick from head to foot. 



434 FIRST MAINE CAVA LB Y. 

Was it to be the duty and fate of this dear regiment to do all the hard 
work? — to be used as a battering ram, and bleed and suffer, while others 
plucked the fruit? Yet, ere night, as we charged over the crest by Sailor's 
Creek, and burning trains to right and left glowed in the sunset, and prison- 
ers and debris of scattered armies lay before and around us, your huzzahs 
lifted high all gloom from my heart. For one brief moment my head 
touched the skies. 

Of the manner Sheridan effected his arrangements at Sailor's Creek I have 
little time to tell. We did some rapid marching; one division would engage 
the enemy's attention till another marched by and engaged him at another 
point. Thus we crept along the Hank of Lee's train, with slow steps but 
enormous strides, till near night we stood in front of the rear guard of 
Lee's army, with the Sixth corps at their rear; and in a hot, sharp liglit we 
squeezed the fighting life out of some ten thousand prisoners, so many that 
they were never counted or reported, with Maj. Gens. Ewell, Kershaw, 
Bartow, and Corse, and other general officers. Corse surrendering to one of 
our regimental stafL After this fight, Lieut. Poor, acting adjutant in place 
of Adjt. Little, wounded earlier in the day, visited jNlaine, at the advice of 
the sui'geon. The loss of two adjutants in the same day was a singular 
occurrence, and when Sergt. Maj. Tobie asked me who should be detailed 
as adjutant, I replied: " That kind of ammunition has been exhausted, and 
you must act as adjutant." And the sergeant major performed this service 
till Adjt. Little recovered from his wound, although he received a slight 
wound just after his p.sewfZo promotion, and another at Farmville the next 
day, where his horse was shot. 

A glorious night's rest, and at half-past six o'clock in the morning we 
were off, and were respectfully given the road by a division of the Twenty- 
fourth corps of the Army of the James, for by this time the infantry had 
learned to take off their hats to the cavalry, and to ask for tol)acco respect- 
fully. At Briery Creek, the enemy taking advantage of the high bluff' of the 
opposite bank, tried to stop us, but the battalion of sixteen shooters moved 
up the stream to a bend covering the bluff, and soon wiped thenr away, 
and we were over. Finding them troublesome in our front, we moved to 
the fiank and over and down some of the steepest hills we had seen in that 
part of Virginia, and opened a side fire on their marching column, which 
melted away as we advanced, and Ave were soon out on the brow of a hill. 
Before us was Farmville, on the banks of the Appomattox, a charming 
place, and, in comparison with the other towns passed through, bearing 
the appearance of a city. Long lines of hospital barracks Qlustered in the 
farther part of the place. Li the plain across the river a large force of 
the enemy lay with batteries and wagons. We could see rebel soldiers in 
the place, but could not tell the number. Gen. Smith moved the section of 
artillery that had followed us to the hill top, and ordered the First Maine 
to charge the place. We started at a trot, which soon changed to a square, 
steady gallop. The enemy whirled their batteries into position on the oj^po- 
site side, and hurled shot and shell at us. Maj. Myrick, whose battalion 
was thrown as skirmishers to our left, and had a better view of the place, 
in sorrow and anger exclaimed : " There goes the First Maine to destruction! " 
We knew not what was in front of us, but the steady, swinging gallop of 



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435 



our horses caused our blood to tingle and <x\o\v from head to foot. We real- 
ized the full nieaninfj; of the Arabic proverb, that ''A day not spent on 
horseback is a day lost." The enemy's guns shot wild, and touched not a 
man. As we neared the city they ceased lirin"', fearing- to injure their own 
people. It occurred to me just in time not to risk my command all in one 
street. Directing the leading company to keep straight on, and waiting till 
two or three companies followed it, I again led the column on another 
street. Maj. Hall, catching my idea, for we were moving at a gallop, with 
no opportunity to give instruction, took a third street with his battalion. 
As our horses' feet rattled on the hard streets the men broke out with a yell. 
The horses caught the spirit of the charge, which almost became a race. I 
remember a sergeant, whose horse, gaining on the others, came abreast of 
mine, and we complimented each other's horses as we galloped side by side. 
All at once our street turned sharp to the left, along the base of a wooded 
hill; barracks were to our right, and this hill to our front and left. From 
its top came a showier of leaden hail that dropped man and horse as we 
turned the corner. I remember contemplating the situation a moment — of 
seeing one of the men, whose horse had fallen in the middle of the street, 
spring behind him and commence firing with his carbine. A brick house, 
destroyed by lire, stood with its walls fallen low and its cellar on our imme- 
diate right where the street turned. In hot haste the leading company of 
the regiment was placed, dismounted, in that cellar and behind that house, 
with orders to spare not their ammunition, but to make a noise, if nothing 
else; and the guns that wound up Saturday night to shoot all the week, 
unloaded themselves in a manner that was sweeter than music. The tiring 
in front became less frequent, and the rebel force receiving this fire in front, 
seeing Maj. Hall on a road leading to their rear, soon left the top, and we 
took possession of it. The whole place lay under our carbines and con- 
trol. A fortunate, nice, enjoyable thing. Done with slight loss of men, 
and we felt happy. 

Maj. Weir, of Gen. Crooke's staff, came up and expressed great astonish- 
ment that we had driven the rebs from such a position so easily defended, 
and told us not to advance any further, as we were now beyond supporting 
distance from the brigade and division. Gen. Smith was so pleased with 
the affair that he formed our band in the rear of his staff, and marched 
through the principal streets to the sound of patriotic tunes. It Avas the 
hour of high twelve, and having posted the regiment to cover and protect the 
hill, they were called from labor to refreshment by the return of a large detail 
of one man in four from levying contributions on the inhabitants. The 
people of the place had evidently prepared sumptuous meals for friends and 
relatives in Lee's army, but the sudden clangor of sabre and hoof of horse 
had prevented the consumption of the prepared feast. Never was more 
abundant or acceptable food offered to hungry men. Baskets of hot biscuit 
and fresh bread, Avhole jars of butter, jars of preserves, roast turkey, vege- 
tables, pies and cakes, fresh from table and pantry, with dishes and means 
of conveying them, were brought to the hill and served to our men. " Ain't 
you glad you j'ined her," with shouts and laughter rose from all the hill 
top. Even our horses had a choice between doughnuts and biscuits. We 
ate so much that when ordered across the river we lost our place in the 



436 FIB ST MAINE CAVALBT. 

column, and instead of being the head of the leading brigade, the Second 
brigade took the advance, and we fell in their rear. A stroke of hick for 
us, as tlie enemy laid a trap and ambusdded and captured the whole 
advance of that brigade, including Gen. Gregg and his staff. 

All that afternoon we skirmished, mounted, witli the enemy, and i)layed 
at making war. We evidently had no stomach for fighting, and were too 
happy to hurt any one. It was only after two days, on the morning of April 
ninth, in front of Clover Hill, that we felt hungry and cross enough to bite 
bullets and eat gunpowder. We recrossed the river at night, and still full 
of good nature, were congratulating ourselves on a sound, all night sleep, 
Avhen Sheridan, learning our condition, and thinking we ought to get up an 
appetite for breakfast, marched us till two o'clock in the morning, and to 
Prospect Station. It was rather dark to admire the prosi^ect, and after 
caring for our horses we went to sleep to wake early to greet Sheridan the 
next morning as he rode by, and to a long, swinging pace for Appomattox 
Station. All day long we kept up a steady tramp, halting only to feed and 
breathe the horses at Pomplin's, till we halted in the dark near Aiiijomattox 
Station, to the sound of cannon in front and cars moving towards us — 
supplies for Lee's army, just captured by Custer's division. We helped our- 
selves liberally, with the rapidity l)orn of cavalry movements, and new 
shoes, shirts, drawers, and even gray jackets, were on our men and in our 
saddle-bags. Three men from the ranks rode to me and said they were 
engineers, and competent to run a locomotive, proving, as time and again it 
had been proved before, there was no sijecial duty or unexpected work to 
jierform but men trained for such work could be called from the ranks 
to do it. 

At eight o'clock we were ordered into a large, open field, a most suitable 
place for cam^), had hastily cooked our coffee and prepared to lie down in 
comfort, when at nine we were ordered to move to the front. To the front 
we went, growling in soldierly fashion, and blaming our commanders for 
shoving this brigade so freely. We were beyond the enemy, and moved 
eastward on the pike road leading from Lynchburg through Ai^pomattox 
Court House; by wagon after wagon — burned to escape the hands of 
Custer's men; by caisson and cannon dismounted — rapidly at first, but 
slowly as the hour of midnight drew near and the rebel i^ickets drew bead 
on us. Back and still back we jiressed them, till our brigade, far from all 
support at the time, lay on the brow of Clover Hill, before Appomattox 
Coiu-t House, on the road on which if he advanced at all, Lee must come 
out in the morning. The rebel pickets fired briskly at this point, but 
stopped as our advance halted. The hour was one o'clock in the morning, 
April ninth. We came dismounted, front into line, with the First Maine on 
the left of the road and the rest of the brigade on the right, and one regi- 
ment in reserve. Behind a slight barrier of rails, without blankets, in the 
cold, damp air of April, we waited for morning and Gen. Lee's army. A 
line of dismounted videttes was thrown out in our front to give warning of 
approaching danger. Knowing the difficulty of placing such a line in the 
darkness, I personally attended to posting them, and when done a desire 
possessed me to ijractieally test the feelings of a vidette, and to learn some- 
thing of the force in front. I advanced in front of the line, and stooping, to 



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437 



lirevent my body beiii<;' seen ;ij;ainst tlio lino of tlic liorizoii, for I knew not 
how near the rebel videttes inij;ht be, I crept forward — well, as far as I 
dared. I sat on the ground and listened to the rebel teamsters in the valley 
below parkins their wagons, with oaths and imprecations savoring of tired 
horses and wearied, angry men. Thought of the morning; of what our 
small force could do to keep back the rebel hosts in front, not knowing that 
our infantry were marching all that night to take post in our rear. Thought 
of the end of fighting near at hand, thought of peace, and quiet, and home, 
when suddeidy I found myself waking — a criminal offence to a vidette. 
I know not how to characterize it in case of a regimental 'commander in 
front of the enemy and outside his own pickets. It is enough to say I went 
back inside the linos, and sought to find cold comfort and sleep inside of a 
rul)ber coat. The comfort was cold enough, but the sleep might be called 
by another name. 

The hour before, and at daybreak, is always the hour of danger and sud- 
den attacks, but Lee's forces, tired and sleepy that morning, did not wake 
early, and the section of artillery accompanying us moved to the brow of 
the hill and caused them to open their eyes that pleasant Sunday morning, 
by dropping shot and shell into the middle of their camp. For an hour or 
more after sunrise, we watched a column of their cavalry move by our right, 
half a mile or so away. As far as we were concerned, we could see nothing 
of any force prepared or placed to support us. It seemed as if we were 
alone, and the army of Lee in our front. When the skirmishers and advance 
came in view, never did the enemy more sluggishly come forward. Their 
line extended beyond ours by twice its length, but our carbines held them 
in check till they commenced to lap round our brigade on the right and left, 
and sharp firing in front told us the heavy effort made to clear this road of 
its cavalry curtain. Slowly they rolled us back. We received and we 
inrticted loss. In ten short days, of which this was the end, our regiment 
lost, in killed and wounded, one-third its men and one-half its officers. We 
were too sleepy to move rapidly. We were too cross to be shoved by bul- 
lets. Back from the wooded crest of Clover Hill ; back over an open field 
and a little rise; back down a long, sloping incline, — straightening our line 
at its foot by the aid of a rail fence, and with our men in hand, — we 
charged up the incline or hill, to be again driven back, and losing one of 
our battery guns at its foot. Back up a long rise of ground, covered with 
woods at the top — and the curtain of cavalry covering the last scene of the 
rebellion was rolled fully up and back, and before the astonished vision of 
the rebel force stood Griffin with the Fifth, and Ord with the Twenty-fourth 
corps. A colored division of the latter stepped into the place of our regi- 
ment. All night long had they marched, but how refreshing the sight of 
their black countenances at this time. At the spectacle the rebel host 
staggered back, and their whole line wavered, as if each particular man 
was terror struck. The curtain fell on four years' fighting! 



Gen. Smith's official report thus speaks of this campaign, 
from March thirty-first to the surrender of Gen. Lee, which 



438 FIE ST MAINE CAVALBY. 

will explain the bearing of the movements of the regiment 
upon those of the remainder of the brigade: — 

April first, the brigade relieved tlie reserve brigade in guarding the train 
and picketing the rear of the army. April second, conducted the train to 
Dinwiddie Court House, and marched to Hatcher's Run, in the direction 
of Sutherland Station, and later in the day resumed the march west- 
ward toward the Danville Railroad till one o'clock on the morning of the 
fourth; bivouacked a few hours, started at four o'clock on -the moniing of 
the fourth, and marched rapidly via Dennesville, to a point on the Danville 
Railroad a few miles east of Burkesville Junction. By order of the major 
general commanding division, a detachment of the First Maine was sent 
to tap the railroad. Towards evening, marched to Jetter's Station, dis- 
mounted, threw up breastworks of rails, and waited until dark to resist an 
expected attack. Bivouacked for the night. April fifth, moved out at a 
gallop on the Painesville road to the support of the First and Second 
brigades. The enemy was manoeuvring to recapture some prisoners and 
artillery captured by the First brigade. At one point a strong force was 
timely repulsed by a gallant charge of the Second New York Mounted 
Rifles; at another point the Thirteenth Ohio charged, and captured a battle- 
flag. The w^hole brigade became considerably engaged till dark, when a 
strong detail was made for picket, and the rest withdrew. 

April sixth, marched with the division till about half -past eleven o'clock, 
parallel to, and in sight of, Lee's train most of the time. The Second 
brigade having the advance, charged the train guard, and was repulsed 
amidst considerable confusion. I deployed the First Maine and Sixth 
Ohio on the right of the road, the Thirteenth Ohio on the left of the road, 
and kept the Second New York Mormted Rifles in the road in column. 
The First Maine and Sixth Ohio advanced to the support of the Second 
brigade, and charged through a thicket almost impenetrable to mounted 
men. Two companies of the former succeeded in breaking through the 
guard and reaching the train, but only to be driven back with severe loss. 
The Second brigade was then withdrawn from tlie right of the cross-roads 
by which we approached the train. I caused the Thirteenth Ohio to be 
removed from the left to the right side of the road, and the line to be ex- 
tended by the formation of the First Maine and Sixtli Ohio in succession. 
The line thus formed was about to advance, when I was ordered by the 
major general commanding to fall back. In this affair Capt. John A Heald, 
First Maine Cavalry, was killed, and Capt. John W. Freese slightly, and 
Adjt. Thaddeus Little severely wounded. Later in the day the division 
attacked the enemy at another point. The Second New York Mounted 
Rifles was detailed to guard the rear. The Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry was 
sent to destroy a portion of the enemy's train of fifty or seventy-five wagons, 
which it accomplished effectually. The First Maine and Sixth Ohio were 
kept dismounted, and charged with the line when it was ordered to 
advance, thus doing their part in breaking up and thoroughly routing the 
enemy. The Thirteenth Ohio, being mounted, charged on the left, making 
many captures, among which were Brig. Gen. Corse and staff. 



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439 



April seventh, pursuit was resumed in the morning, the Tliird brigade in 
advance. By marcliing rapidlywe overtook the retreating cohinin and skir- 
mishing commenced. At Briery Creek considerable resistance was oil'ered, 
but a crossing was soon effected by means of the repeating rifle of the First 
Maine, when the whole brigade charged across and drove the enemy back, 
pressing him very closely till we readied Farmville. At this time Lieut. Col. 
Clark, of the Thirteenth Oliio, conducted the advance very gallantly. An 
orderly sent to halt the advance, seeing an organized body of the enemy just 
in front of the Thirteenth Ohio, mistook it for our advance, and riding up 
to it presented the compliments of the general commanding, with orders to 
halt. He was taken prisoner, and did not report the execution of this order 
till the evening of the ninth instant, after the surrender of Lee with his army. 
When we approached the town of Farmville, the enemy was making all 
haste to get his rear guard across the river. The brigade was ordered to 
charge, and did so in the most fearless manner. In this cK rge, the First 
Maine bore the brunt, and dashing through the town, drove t^ t a superior 
force of the enemy offering obstinate resistance. In this charge, Jie colonel 
of the Forty-fourth Virginia was captured. In the evening of the same day 
the command marched to Prospect Station. 

April eighth, marched to Appomattox Station. At nine o'clock in the 
evening I received orders from the major general commanding to move with 
my brigade on to the main road leading from Appomattox Court House to 
Lynchburg, and hold it against the approach of the enemy. I reached the 
road by a march of about two miles, and at a point about two and one-half 
miles from the court house. Feeling the importance of gaining as much 
ground as possible, to enable me, in case of an attack, to make fight till 
notice could be given and re-enforcements be got up, I advanced down the 
road cautiously, feeling my way at midnight, till I encountered and drove in 
the enemy's pickets, within half a mile of the court house. Then I ordered 
a section of three-inch guns, Lieut. Lord, Battery A, Second United States 
Artillery, into position, dismounted three regiments (the First Maine, Sixth 
Ohio, and Second New York Mounted Pdlles), threw up breastworks of 
rails, and awaited till dayliglit without blankets or fires. 

At daylight the enemy advanced to the attack, and then the advantage 
of the position which I had obtained by pushing forward during the night, 
became apparent. My command was posted on a ridge, or kind of plateau, 
higher than any point at the enemy's command. Consequently, when his 
first attack was met by a rapid and vigorous opening from the section of 
artillery and a brisk fire from the skirmish line, being unable to ascertain 
the strength of my force except by direct assaidt, he desisted at the time, 
and occupied about two hours in manoeuvring, driving in my mounted men 
from the flank, etc., before he attempted to advance in force. I am of the 
opinion that had the position I held been left for the occupation of the 
enemy, he would have discovered my strength and continued his march at 
dayliglit, gained full possession of the road, and extended his right beyond 
our left, thus, perhaps, producing a material difference in the result of the 
day. By the delay of these two hours our forces got into position, so that 
when my command retired before the enemy advancing in force, he was 
received with "Ready I" "Aim!" "Fire!" and the career of the Army of 



440 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

Northern Yirgiuia was brought to an end. ... I desire to make favorable 
mention of Capt. J. H. Harmony, Capt. Levi H. Daggett, Lieut. George F. 
Jevrett, and Lieut. Orlando N. Terry, members of my staff, for their strict 
attention to their duties and efficient service throughout the campaign. 

Let it not be forgotton that in this hist fight Gen. Smith's 
brigade of cavalry bore the greater part, and that the gallant 
First Maine Cavalry was the backbone of this brigade. So 
much for the part this regiment took in this last grand cam- 
paign. These extracts from Gen. Sheridan's report of this 
campaign, will give the, official account of some of the move- 
ments in which this regiment bore a part : — 

On the morning of April fifth. Gen. Crooke vi'as directed to send Gen. 
Davies' brigade to make a reconnoissance to Fame's cross-roads on our left 
and f roiit, and ascertain if the enemy was making any movement towards 
that flank to escape. Gen. Davies struck a train of one hundred and eighty 
wagons, escorted by a considerable force of the enemy's cavalry, which he 
defeated, capturing five pieces of artillery. He destroyed the wagons, and 
brought in a large number of prisoners. Gregg's and Smith's brigades, of 
the Second division, were sent out to support Davies, and some heavy fight- 
ing ensued, the enemy having sent a strong force of infantry to attack and 
cut off Davies' brigade, which attempt was unsuccessful. During the after- 
noon, and after the arrival of the Second corps at Jettersville, the enemy 
demonstrated strongly in front of Jettersville against Smith's and Gregg's 
brigades of Crooke' s cavalry, but no serious attack was made. 

Early in the morning of April sixth, Gen. Crooke was ordered to move to 
the left to Deatonsville, followed by Custer's and Devin's divisions of Gen. 
Merritt's command. When near Deatonsville the enemy's trains were dis- 
covered moving in the direction of Burkesville or Farmville, escorted by 
heavy masses of infantry and cavalry, and it soon became evident that the 
whole of Lee's army was attempting to make its escape. Crooke was at once 
ordered to attack the trains, and was notified that if the enemy was too strong, 
one of the divisions would pass him, while he held fast and pressed the 
enemy, and attack a point further on, and this division was ordered to do 
the same, and so on, alternating, as this system of attack would enable us 
finally to strike some weak point. This result was obtained just south of 
Sailor's Creek, and on the high ground over that stream. Custer took the 
road, and Crooke and Devin coming up to his support, sixteen pieces of 
artillery were captured, about four hundred wagons were destroyed, many 
prisoners taken, and three divisions of the enemy's infantry cut oft' from the 
line of retreat. 

On the seventh instant the pursuit was continued early in the morning by 
the cavalry — Gen. Crooke in the advance. Gen. Crooke continued the direct 
pursuit, encountering the main body of the enemy at Farmville and again 
on the north side of the Appomattox, where the enemy's trains were 



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attacked by Gen. Gre<^g, and a sliarp fight with the enemy's infantry ensued, 
in which Gen. Gregs "^vas unfortunately captured. 

Ontlic niornin-;- of the eij^hth, Merritt and McKcnzie continued tlie inarch 
to Prospect Station, and Merritt's and Crookc's commands tlience moved 
towards Appomattox depot, a point on the Lynchburg Railroad five miles 
south of Api)omattox Court House. Shortly after the march commenced, 
Sergt. White, one of my scouts, notified me that there were four trains of 
cars at Appomattox depot, loaded with supi)lies for (Jen. Lee's army. Gens. 
Merritt and Crooke were at once notified to this effect, and the command 
was pushed on briskly for twenty-eight nnles. Gen. Custer had the advance, 
and on nearing the depot, skilfully threw a force in rear of the trains and 
captured them. Without halting a moment he pushed on, driving the enemy 
(who had reached the depot about the same time as our cavalry) in the direc- 
tion of Appomattox Court House, capturing many pi'isoners and twenty-five 
pieces of artillery, a hospital train, and a large park of wagons. Gen. 
Devin coming up, went in on the right of Custer. 

The fighting continued till after dark, the enemy being driven to Appo- 
mattox Court House. During the night, although we knew that the rem- 
nant of Lee's army was in our front, we held fast with the cavalry to what 
we had gained, and ran the captured trains down the railroad to a point 
where they would be protected by our infantry that was coming up. 

The Twenty-fourth and Fifth corps, and one division of the Twenty-fifth 
corps, arrived about daylight on the ninth at Appomattox depot. After 
consulting with Gen. Ord, who was in command of these corps, I rode to 
the front, near Appomattox Court House, just as the enemy in heavy 
force was attacking the cavalry with the intention of breaking through our 
lines. I directed the cavalry, which was dismounted, to fall back gradually, 
resisting the enemy, so as to give time for the infantry to form its lines and 
march to the attack, after which to move off to the right flank and mount. 
This was done, and the enemy discontinued his attack as soon as he caught 
sight of our infantry. I moved my cavalry around the left of the enemy's 
line of battle, which was falling back rapidly (heavily pressed by the advance 
of the infantry), and was about to charge the trains and the confused 
masses of the enemy, when a white flag was presented to Gen. Custer, who 
had the advance, and who sent me the information at once that the enemy 
desired to surrender. 

It should go on record, that for gallant and meritorious sei"- 
vices in this last campaign, Col. Charles H. Smith, Avho had 
already been breveted brigadier general, received a brevet of 
major general; Lieut. Col. Jonathan P. Cillej, previously brev- 
eted colonel, received a brevet of brigadier general ; Maj. Con- 
stantine Taylor received a brevet of lieutenant colonel ; and 
Capts. John D. Myrick, Henry C. Hall, and John W. Freese 
received brevets of major. 

The march of Monday, April tenth, was an easy one, on the 



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back track, the regiment going into camp about four o'clock in 
the afternoon near Prospect Station. At seven o'clock the next 
morning the boys were again in the saddle, the regiment serving 
as escort for Gen. Grant, and marched rapidly, reaching Burkes- 
ville Junction, a distance of twenty-five miles, before four 
o'clock in the afternoon. During this day's march the regiment 
passed by a large number of rebel prisoners, captured before 
the surrender, and on their way to Richmond. They seemed to 
be in good spirits, as the true soldier is under any circumstances, 
and on being told by one of the Maine troopers : " Keep up your 
courage, we have got your old leader, Gen. Lee, with us," (it was 
understood that Gen. Lee was with Gen. Grant, though that is 
uncertain) one of them replied : " Well, we have followed him a 
good many miles and we are not ashamed to follow him now," — 
a spirit which no one could fail to admire. 

A day was passed at Burkesville, and on the thirteenth the 
regiment started at daylight, marched to near Nottaway Court 
House and Avent into camp, holding guard mount in the after- 
noon. Here the regiment remained quietly two or three days. 

On Sunday, the sixteenth, the news of the death of President 
Lincoln, at the hand of an assassin, was received officially and 
communicated to the regiment at dress parade. It is impos- 
sible to describe the feelings of the men at this news. It seemed 
for a time as if all for which they had fought and suffered was 
gone — as if the glories of the surrender of Gen. Lee were of 
no avail. 

On Monday, the seventeenth, the regiment started again, 
marching that day to near Wilson's Station, and the next after- 
noon reached Petersburg and went into camp. 

Then came a season of quiet and rest till Monday, the twenty- 
fourth, when the cavalry started on another campaign, to go 
to North Carolina to help overpower Gen. Johnston, who had 
not yet been thoroughly tamed. Along the Boydton plank 
road, through Dinwiddle Court House, across the Nottaway 
and Meherrin rivers, through Boydton, across Staunton, Bannis- 
ter and Dan rivers, to South Boston, which was reached Friday, 
the twenty-eighth, where news was received of the surrender of 
Gen. Johnston, and orders were received to return — just as the 



GOOD-BY, ''LITTLE PIUL." -1-13 

regiment was almost in sight of North Carolina. Saturday, tlie 
twenty-ninth, the eommand started back by -a different route, 
reaching Petersburg Wednesday, May third, and the regiment 
going into camp at Ettricks, a factory village a mile or more from 
Petersburg. This was a glorious march, a sort of pleasure trip. 
The weather was fine ; all nature was bright and cheery in its 
fresh spring green, and fairly laughed ; the march was through 
a country for the most part not devastated by war ; foraging 
was easy and forage f)lentiful, thongli the men were allowed to 
forage only what was necessary ; there was no j)icket duty to do, 
no advance guard duty to perform ; the marching was rather 
leisurely than otherwise ; at night the men, with the exception 
of the few detailed for guard, turned in and went to sleep with 
no fear of war's alarms — little that savored of real war, and yet, 
to look back upon it now, it may be doubted if the lack of 
excitement on that march did not rob it of some of its enjoy- 
ment. On Tuesday, May second, as the regiment reached 
Black's and White's Station, the boys saw " Little Phil Sheri- 
dan" going off on the cars. Then, for the first time, manj' of 
them fully realized their position, — they were about to part 
from the leader they loved so well and had followed through so 
mau}^ dangers, — they were soon to part from all their leaders, 
to be separated from their comrades ; soon there would be no 
First Maine Cavalry save in memory ; and though happy at the 
thoughts of the closing of the war, of peace, and of home, many 
there were who could not help a lonesome, homesick feeling- 
hanging over them the remainder of the afternoon. 

An incident occurred on this return march which caused 
a deal of amusement at headquarters. George P. Andrews, of 
Co. D, who was and had for some time been a clerk in the 
adjutant's office, had a mare of which he w^as extremely fond. 
She was a snug-built, handsome animal, and he had a right to 
be fond of her and proud of her, too. She was a trotter and 
an easy rider, and it just did him good to see the boys look at 
him and admire the horse as he rode by, and he was justified 
in enjoying this, also. On the march toward Carolina the mare 
gave out, and he found, much to his regret, that he must leave 
her; so he hunted up an old citizen to whom he gave the mare, 



444 FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 

making him promise, in the most solemn manner, that he would 
take good care of her. And if lie shed tears as he bade his long 
time faithful friend good-by forever, they were tears that no 
man need be ashamed of. For months had they campaigned 
together, and he loved that horse — how much only the true 
cavalry man can understand. But he must have a new horse. 
This was a matter easily arranged. The boys had done some 
foraging in this new country, and horses were comparatively 
plenty. One was brought to him. One look at the horse was 
enough, but he was forced to make the best of it. It was a 
good, strong, intelligent horse, but it was long-legged, gaunt, 
and ungainly looking, — as different from his own snug-built, 
handsome pet as it was possible to be. He did not like the 
horse, that was evident, nor was he to blame for it. Next 
morning, when he mounted, he was more dissatisfied than ever, 
especially as there was a desire on the part of his friends to 
laugh at his unusual appearance, perched away up there on that 
great, tall horse. He was decidedly uncomfortable. At one of 
the halts during the day's march he dismounted, as was 
customary, to rest a bit. When the order "Forward!" came, 
he attempted to jump on as usual, but forgetting the change of 
horses, he did not put enough energy into the operation, and 
fell short. His foot was caught in the stirrup, his hands were 
on the ground, and his body was between the stirrup and the 
ground. The horse started with the others, and the trooper 
was in a very uncomfortable, though extremely comical situa- 
tion, — dragged along by the foot in the stirrup and hobbling 
along on his hands, to prevent, if possible, the re-enforcements 
of his trousers from dipping into a mud puddle he was just then 
going through. In his plight and danger he could not forget 
the cause of it all, and he shouted out in mingled tones of 
anger and anxiety : " Why don't some one stop the plaguy long- 
legged old tiling?'^ 

The camp at Ettricks was destined to be the last camp of the 
regiment. Here the First Maine remained until it was mustered 
out. There was little to do except the usual routine of camp 
and guard duty, with a goodly quantity of fatigue duty, and it 
was not long before the men got heartily sick of soldiering in 



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44/ 



time of peace. They missed the excitement and rapid changes 
of actual war — camp duty was always distasteful to them — 
they preferred to be on the move. Although few if any of them 
really loved to fight, they would accept that with all its risks, 
in preference to this inactivity, and, besides, they felt that the 
need of their services no longer existed. When arc we going 
home? What good are we doing now? The war is over, why 
can't we go home ? were thoughts that arose daily and hourly in 
the minds of the boys. But they had leai'ned patience, withal, 
and made the best of it. It was a dull, unpleasant season, 
though, and the weather was oppressive. A j)rivate letter from 
the regiment, dated June fifth, says : " We have had men, brave 
men, too, faint in their tracks at guard mount, at eight o'clock 
in the morning, and at dress parade, at six o'clock in the even- 
ing, just on account of the heat." 

On the twenty-first of May, Capt. Hall's battalion was sent 
to Chesterfield Court House to perform for Chesterfield County 
the duty afterwards performed by the Freedmen's Bureau ; two 
companies were stationed near the coal mines at Clover Hill, 
under command of Capt. Wilson, one detachment at Chester 
Station, under command of Lieut. Merrill, and the other regi- 
ments of the brigade were sent to 'other counties for the same 
purpose. Col. Smith then being in charge of five counties, the 
official designation of the command being " District of the 
Nottaway,"' with headquarters at Ettricks, where the other 
two battalions of the regiment remained. The nature of the 
duties of Capt. Hall's battalion are set forth in the following 
order, dated May 20, 1865, and the duties of the other com- 
mands were similar : — 

Capt. Hall, Fibst Maine Cavalry. 

Captain: — The general commanding- directs that you move, Avitli your 
command, to Chesterfield Court House, for permanent duty. You are 
hereby appointed provost marshal of the county, and will administer the 
oath of allegiance to all entitled to it who may desire it. You will acquaint 
yourself, as soon as possible, with the condition and necessities of the 
county. You will keep negroes, as far as possible, with their old masters, 
when arrangements can be made satisfactory to both parties. You will 
make arrangements for keeping and employing all those for whom employ- 
ment cannot be found elsewhere. You will establish an employment 



446 FIIiST MAINE CAVALRY. 

agency, from which laborei's can be obtained by those desiring them. You 
will repress all disorders and disturbances, and prevent i^illage. You will 
look properly to tlie interests of the people, and contribute in every possible 
way to the security, comfort, and prosperity of the county. 

By command of Brevet Brig. Gen. C. H. Smith. 

In July, while the Freeclmen's Bureau was in process of 
organization, five officers were detailed from this regiment as 
•' sub-superintendents of the Freedmen's Bureau," and each 
was assigned to a county ; but before starting for their several 
destinations, though not until after all the details were arranged, 
the order came to muster out the regiment, and the officers were 
released from this detail. 

There is one matter — one service performed by this regi- 
ment, or by men from this regiment — which must not be 
allowed to be forgotten. Ettricks was a factory village. The 
people Avere poor — poor in pocket, poor in spirit, and deficient 
in means to educate their children. A member of Co G, Perry 
Chandler b}^ name, saw the condition of affairs, and, in the 
spirit of the Master, conceived the idea of opening a free school 
during the stay of the regiment there. He talked with the 
parents in the village about it, but met with little encourage- 
ment at first, as they were poor. He told them the school 
should be free. That was something they could not quite un- 
derstand, doubtless thinking it was some Yankee trick. But 
he finally got encouragement enough to begin, and then got 
permission of Col. Cilley to do his soldiering in that way. The 
first day he had forty scholars, and the number increased so 
rapidly that another man was detailed to assist him — Melvin 
Preble, of Co. K, who offered his services. Still more assistance 
was needed, and Miss Anna E. Trueman kindly offered her 
services, which were accepted. There was need of books, and 
Chaplain Merrill sent for some. The scholars ranged from four 
to sixteen years of age, and the schoolmaster said he was never 
in a schoolhouse where more interest was shown by the scholars. 
This school lasted till the regiment was ordered home — eight 
weeks. At the close of the school, the following resolutions 
were adopted unanimously at a large meeting of citizens of 
the village, held in the Methodist church : — 



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Ettricks ViLLAfiE, .luly 21, 18G5. 
We, a committee ai)])oiiite(l to draft resolutions expressive of the feel- 
ings of the parents and ehildren of the Ettricks Free School, due to JNIessrs. 
Terry Chandler, :N[elvin I'reble, and Miss Anna E. Truenian, for voluntary 
and efficient services rendered the schohirs as teachers, would suhniit the 
following for adoption : — 

WiiEHEAs, Mr. Chandler, who was providentially tlirown among us a 
stranger, and who voluntarily commenced the school, prompted by no other 
motive but to do good, and his two assistants acting from the same motive, 
therefore, 

liesoh-ed, That we, the parents and children, do most respectfully tender 
our sincere thanks for their valuable services rendered during the last eight 
weeks. 

Eesohed, Second, That now Messrs. Chandler and Preble, who have been 
long absent from loved ones at home, have an opportunity to return, we 
assure them of our best wishes for them, and for a pleasant journey liome, 
and a prosperous future. 

Resolved, Third, We assure them that they carry with them our heart- • 
felt sympathy and earnest prayers, that if we never meet on earth again, 
may we meet in heaven. 

Resolved, Fourth, That a copy of these resolutions be tendered to each 
of the above named teachers. 

J. J. BAILEY. I 

J. T. RETTER. \ Committee. 

J. L. TRUEMAN, i 

It need hardly be said that Gen. Smith and CoL Cilley were 
much interested in the success of this schooh 

But there were signs of dissolution. April twenty-eighth an 
order was issued ordering the muster-out of all prisoners, con- 
valescents in hospitals, etc. May eighth an order was issued 
to muster out all one year men and cavalry men whose term 
of service expired before October first. This order went into 
effect May twenty-eighth, and took from the regiment some of 
the best of men, mainly men who had enlisted in 1862, and 
whose term of service had nearly expired. In June came an 
order to muster out all dismounted men. This order was carried 
into effect as soon as possible, and INIonday, June twenty-sixth, 
three hundred and fifty men started for their homes in charge 
of five officers. July eighteenth orders were received to prepare 
to muster out the regiment, but the rolls were not made out and 
the preparations completed until August first, on Mdiich day the 
regiment was duly mustered out of the United States service, 



448 FIB ST MAINE CAVALBY. 

and Wednesday, August second, the command started for home 
on the steamer " Cossack," from City Point. After various 
vexatious delays, the captain of the steamer evidently not dar- 
ing to run his boat after dark, the steamer reached Portland on 
the afternoon of August eighth, after a tiresome passage on an 
old, worn-out boat, which it was rumored the underwriters, who 
examined her after the regiment disembarked, decided would 
not have floated another hour. The next day the command 
proceeded to Augusta, but it was not until the thirteenth that 
the rolls were signed and the men paid off and the First Maine 
Cavalry existed only in its grand and glorious history, — a his- 
tory of which every member, every citizen of the state, may 
well be proud, — a history which the state cannot afford to have 
forgotten. As for the comrades of the regiment, well may they 
take unto themselves the words of Gen. McClellan, in an order 
issued March 14, 1862 : " When this sad war is over we will 
return to our homes and feel that we can ask no higher honor 
than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of 
the Potomac," adding, always with honest pride, " and to the 
First Maine Cavalry." 



ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT. 



EXPLAXATIOX. 

Tiiifs roster is made up from the printed reports of Adjt. Gen. Hodsdon 
(John L.), from the monthly returns of the regiment, and from such memo- 
randa as has come into the possession of the historian, and has been made 
as nearly correct and complete as possible, while the roster of each com- 
pany has been revised by one or more members of the company. The histo- 
rian regrets that it could not have been more nearly correct and complete. 
It will be seen that a large number of the men transferred from the First 
District of Columbia regiment never saw the First Maine regiment at all, 
having been taken prisoners, or wounded, or discharged, or even killed, 
before the transfer; yet they were borne on the transfer rolls, and from 
them came rightfully on the rolls of the regiment. The men who joined 
the regiment at the organization were all mustered in at Augusta, — the 
others were mustered in in different parts of the state, according to where 
they enlisted. 

ABBREVIATIONS. 

Ap. — appointed; A. P. — Army of the Potomac; b. — born; b. and r. — 
born and resided; brig. — brigade; capt. — captain; co. — company; com. — 
commissioned ; corp. — corporal ; c. c. — cavalry corps ; cav. hosp. — cavalry 
hospital; disch. — discharged; disch. for dis. — discharged for disability; 
en, — enlisted; ex. — exchanged; ex. of ser. — expiration of the three years' 
term of service ; G. O. No. 77 — General Order No. 77, dated April 28, 1805, 
mustering out paroled prisoners and convalescents in hospital ; G. O. No. 83 

— General Order No. 83, dated May 8, 1865, mustering out one year men 
and cavalry men whose term of service exjjired prior to Oct. 1, 1865; hd. 
qrs. — headquarters; m. o. — mustered oi;t; m. o. with regt. — mustered out 
with the regiment Aug. 1, 1865; m. o. June 20, '()5 — mustered out under 
the order, dated June 5, 1865, mustering out dismounted cavalry men; mus. 

— mustered in; mus. 1st D. C. — mustered into the First District of Colum- 
bia Cavalry; pris. — taken prisoners; pr'is. at tr. — prisoner at time of trans- 
fer of the First District of Columbia Cavalry to the First Maine; pro. — 
promoted; pro. mar. gen. — provost marshal general; re-en. — re-enlisted in 
the regiment as a veteran volunteer; regt. — regiment; res. — residence; 
sergt. — sergeant; tr. — transfer of the First District of Columbia regiment 
to the First Maine; vols. — volunteers; wd. — wounded; wd. and pris. — 
wounded and prisoner. 



ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT. 



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FIELD AND STAFF. 

COLONELS. 

GODD ARD, JOHX. — Lumberman ; res. Cape Elizabeth ; com. col. Sept. 
2(i, '61; mus. Oct. 31; resigned and discharged March 1, '62. [See pp. 
4-2.5.] 

A LLEN, SAMUEL H. — Res. Thomaston; com. maj. Sept. 28, '61; mus. 
^^^ Oct. 21; pro. col. March 1, '62; commanded regiment through the 
summer campaign of '62, including Pope's retreat, and the engage- 
ments at Cedar Mountain, Bull Run, and Frederick, till Sept. i;3, when 
he was appointed military governor of Frederick, Md., in which p.osi- 
tion he served until Jan. 6, '63, Avheu he resigned, on account of physi- 
cal disability, and was discharged. [See pp. 25-90.] 

OUTY, CALVIX S.— Sheriff; aged 48; res. Dover; com. major Oct. 5, 
61; mus. Xov. 7; sent from Washington to Harper's Ferry in com- 
mand of Cos. A, B, E, H, and 31, March 30, '62, and remained in command 
of that battalion until after Banks' retreat, during which time he and 
his command rendered noble service, the battalion losing heavily at 
Middletown, May 24; com. lieut. col. May 9, '62, and col. March 26,. 
'63; commanded regt. from Sept, 13, '62, through the engagement at 
Fredericksburg and to the close of Stoneman's raid; commanded 2cl 
brig. 2d div. c. c. from May 5 to June 7; commanded regt. from June 7, 
through the fight at Brandy Station, until June 17, '63, when he was 
killed while leading the regt. in a charge at Aldie, Va. [See pp. 26, 
28-48, 92-172, 356.] 

At the opening of the i-ebellion, Calvin Sangek Douty resided in the 
quiet village of Dover, the shire town of Piscataquis County, Maine. He 
had passed the meridian of life, and was enjoying the modest ct)mpetency 
acquired by the lionorable toil of his early years. Clear in his judgment 
and exemplary in all the relations of life, his ability and integrity had won 
for him the highest reputation among his fellow citizens. He had thrice 
been elected sheriff of his native county, and was then serving in the first 
year of his third term. From t!io calm repose of Ins home and the con- 
genial pursuits in which he was engaged, an impressive sense of duty sum- 
moned him to the theatre of privation and danger. The amor patrlw was 
fully aroused in his soul, and an irresistible iminilse moved him to conse- 
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452 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

liis unwilliiifjiiess to divert from his tliree siirvivinji' children the paternal 
care of which they stood so much in need, restrained him for a time. But 
when the appalling disaster at Bull Kun, in July, 18(il, extinguished the 
hope of a speedy suppression of the outbreak, he no longer hesitated. No 
remonstrances could shake the resolution he had formed, and he forthwith 
signified to the state authorities his readiness to resign his office, and serve as 
a soldier in the war for the Union. He was admirably qualified fen- a mili- 
tary command. His hardy frame had never been enervated l>y debilitating 
habits. His abstinence was scrupulously rigid, and a life of active industry 
had given him extraordinary power of endurance. He had, besides, that 
self-control and consideration for others that fitted him for a leader. He 
was endowed with the loftiest courage, combined with a spirit of caution, 
and the most perfect self-possession. While he never shrank from danger, 
no man living knew better how to meet or how to avoid it. There was 
nothing of recklessness about him — no rashness mingled with his bravery. 
He was always cool, wary, quick of perception, steady of purpose, and 
thoroughly reliable in every kind of emergency. . . . He looked " every 
inch the soldier," and felt that he was acting an appropriate and useful part 
in the grand drama of the century. He was prompt to the call of duty, and 
coveted active service and constant employment. He was beloved alike by 
the generals whom he served and the gallant volunteers whom it was his 
privilege to command. The w^ay seemed open to him for attaining by merit 
alone the foremost place in his profession, and his acute mind compre- 
hended the vastness of the struggle, and the necessity of prosecuting it with 
energy and vigor. But the shouts of triumph which heralded the substan- 
tial success at Aldie were soon hushed as in the presence of a great sorrow, 
for the intrepid colonel had fallen dead in the extreme front. He had cov- 
ered liimself with glory, but alas! he had sealed his devotion to his country 
with his )>lood; — he had exchanged the laurel for the cypress. The praises 
which echoed through the ranks of his comrades, as they saw him dash 
with impetuous bravery against the foe, were lost to him. He had won his 
star, 1)ut it w^as not destined to glitter on his shoulder. Yet the radiance 
of his fame will endure when the insignia of rank shall liave faded away. 
The witnesses of his valor will remember him as one of the truest and 
bravest patriots who ever unsheathed a sword in defence of his country's 
honor. It was a noble life crowned by a glorious death. 

His brothers in arms have recorded their testimony to his worth in the 
following words: "In him we have lost a beloved commander, — ever 
zealous and watchful for the welfare of those under his command, — a brave 
and faithful soldier, whose life was freely offered u^jon his country's altai , 
— a sincere friend, whose many jsrivate virtues have won our admiration, 
and whose memory will be cherished as a proud legacy to this regiment." 
... As a husband and father he was exemplary and devoted; as a pub- 
lic oflftcer, upright and capal)le; as a private citizen, enterprising and useful; 
as a soldier, discreet, intrepid, and "faithful unto death." — Isaac H. 
Baiuey, in Northern Monthly. 

CMITH, CHARLES. H. — Capt. Co. D; com. maj. Feb. 10, '6:5, and lieut. 

*^ col. March 26; was with the regt. on Stonemaji's raid; commanded 
regt. from May 5 to June 7; participated in the battle of Brandy .Sta- 
tion, June 9, and after the charge rallied and conducted the regt. from 
the enemy's rear; assumed command of regt. June 17, upon the death 
of Col. Douty at Aldie, and pro. col. from that date; commanded regt. 
at Middleburg, where a horse was shot under him ; commanded i-egt. at 
Upperville, and led the charge through the town; commanded regt. 
in skirmish with the enemy's rear guard at Westminster, Pa., in battle 
of Gettysburg and the pursuit of the enemy that followed, in skirmish 
at Halltown, and in the battle at Shepardstown; commanded 1st Maine 
and IGth Pemi. Cav. on reconnoissance from near Auburn to White 



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Plains thvdugh Tliorouglilarc ami Ilopcwt'll Gaps, Aivj^. 1(5 and 17 j com- 
manded regt. iipon a reconnoissance to the Blue ridge as far as Sperry- 
ville, the vegt. being cut off twice by the enemy on the return, Oct. 12 
and lo; conducted a reconnoissance from Centreville to Manassas, llnd- 
ing and lighting the enemy, Oct. 14; commanded 1st JMaine and 2d Penn, 
("av. in a movement from Fayetteville toward Eappaliannock Station, 
driving enemy's pickets and outposts all the way, and fell back at even- 
ing by orders, Oct. 22; repeated the movement with the same force Oct. 

23. meeting firmer resistance; commanded regt. through the Mine Kun 
campaign, and conducted the rear guard of the left column of the army 
on its retreat from Mine Run to and across the TJapidan, Xov. 2(i to Dec. 
1 ; commanded four regts. from Bealton Station to Luray, finding and 
lighting the enemy at Little Washington, Sperryville, and Luray, Dec. 
21 to 24; commanded regt. as part of a reconnoissance in force from 
Bealton Station to Front Eoyal and return, fighting the enemy at Salem, 
Jan. 1 to 4, '64; commanded brigade from .Tan. 8 to Feb. 17 (being in 
command of the division Feb. 11 and 12), and from March 2.5 to April 2.5; 
commanded regt. on a reconnoissance to Sulphur Springs and Jefferson, 
April IS; commanded regt. in the campaign of '64 from April 29 to .June 

24, — fighting May 4; reconnoissance from Chancellorsville to Freder- 
icksburg and return, and participating in the fight at Todd's Tavern, 
May .5; hard fight at Todd's Tavern, May 7; commanding regt. and 2d 
Penn. at Todd's Tavern, May 8; conducting the advance from Beaver 
Dam Station to Ground Squirrel bridge, and fighting part of the way. 
May 10; conducting rear guard of the corps, having a severe fight near 
Ground Squirrel bridge, and a .skirmish later in the day, and having 
a horse shot under him, May 11; fighting all day in front of Rich- 
mond, May 12; conducting the regt. and the pioneers of the division 
from Haxhall's Landing to the Chickahominy to build bridges over that 
stream, and driving off the enemy. May 16 to 18; fighting at Hawes' 
shop, May 28; commanding regt. and 2d Penn. in the fight at Barker's 
Mills, .June 2; being under fire, but not engaged, June 5 and 6; fighting 
at Trevillian Station, June 11 ; conducting a reconnoissance to Louisa 
Court House and skirmishing with the enemy, June 12; fighting at 
White House Landing, June 21; commanded regt. at the battle of St. 
Mary's church, June 24, where lie had two horses shot under him, 
and was himself shot through the thigh, about two o'clock in the 
afternoon, but did not relinquish command of the regt. until the day 
was done, and was breveted brig. gen. for his service in that action ; 
rejoined regt. after recovering from his wound, Aug. 20, and took com- 
mand of the brigade; commanded 2d division on the Weldon Railroad, 
Aug. 21 and 22; commanded 2d brigade in the severe engagement west 
of Reams' Station, Aug. 23, where he lost three regimental commanders 
and was wd. in the ankle; commanded brigade in battle of Reams' 
Station, Avig. 25, in a dash from the Weldon l»ailroad to and beyond 
Peeble's farm, running over the enemy's pickets and outposts, Sej^t. 2, 
in a skirmish on the Jerusalem plank road (cattle raid), Sept. 16, in the 
fight at Wyatt farm Sept. 20, and under fire supi^orting the 1st brigade 
on the Yaughan road, Oct. 1 ; took command of a new brigade (3d) 



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authorized and organized especially for him, Oct. IS; commanded 3d 
brigade in the battle of Boydton plank road, Oct. 27 — charged and 
drove the enemy at Rowanty Creek and again at Gravelly Kun, formed 
on the right of infantry on the i)lank road to repel an assault, and after- 
Vizards protected the rear of 2d corps against Hampton's cavalry in a 
hard fight till dark — four separate fights in four dift'erent places in one 
day; commanded brigade in reconnoissance and skirmish down Weldon 
Railroad, Xov. 7, in movement to Stony Creek, where he fought and 
defeated the enemy, Dec. 1, and in movement to Bellefield, Dec. 7-12, 
skirmishing with enemy Sth, fighting him 9th, covering the rear on the 
return march to tlie crossing of the Nottaway, and fighting the enemy all 
day 10th; commanded brigade in Appomattox campaign, March 29 to 
April 9, '05, in the fight all day at Dinwiddie Court House (where he was 
hit in the left leg by a bullet that had jiassed through his horse), in the 
sharp fight at Jettersville, April 5, in the attack on the retreating 
enemy's flank, and in the battles at Sailor's Creek, April 6, at Briery 
Creek and at Farmville, Ajiril 7, and at Appomattox, April 9; pro. 
brev. maj. gen. of vols. April 11; commanded brigade in movement 
against Johnston's army, April 24 and following days; assigned to com- 
mand of sub-district of the Appomattox, comprising five counties, in 
May, and was continued in command until July 30; m. o. of service, 
Augusta, Me., Aug 11; com. col. 28th U. S. Inf. July 28, '00; assigned 
to the 19th Inf. at the consolidation of the 19th and 28th, and still 
commands that regt. ; breveted brig. gen. U. S. Army for the battle of 
Sailor's Creek, and brev. maj. gen. U. S. Army for very meritorious 
service during the war; was under fire in person about sixty diiferent 
times; was hit by bullets three times; had five horses shot under him. 
[See Co. D, frontispiece, and pp. 124, 138, 144, 150, 154, 159-319, 358-448.] 



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LIEUTENANT COLONELS. 

IGHT, THOMAS.— Capt. 2d U. S. Dragoons; com. lieut. col. Sept. 
28, '01; mus. Oct. 31; resigned March 14, '02, and was discharged. 
[See pp. 0, 15, 25.] 

■nOOTHBY, STEPHEN. — Capt. Co. F; com. maj. March 20, '03; wd. in 
-^ action at Shepardstown, Va., July 1(5, '03; com. lieut. col. June 17, '(i3; 
commanded regt. March 24 to April 7, '04; wd. in action while in com- 
mand of the advance at Beaver Dam Station, Ya., May 10, '04, from 
effects of which he died June 0, '04. [See Co. F, and pp. 128, 151, 15(i- 
109, 181-183, 194, 211, 213, 223, 228, 234, 257, 258-200.] 

Stephen Boothby was the son of Rev. Samuel Boothby, of Lewiston, 
Me., and was a graduate of Waterville College, of the class of 1857. He 
subsequently served as teacher in one of the High Schools in Bangor, pursu- 
ing at the same time the study of law. Soon after being admitted to the 
bar he removed to Portland and commenced practice, only to leave it that 
he might figlit and die for his country. To natural endowments of a high 
order, there had been added the accomplishments of liberal culture. Of a 
genial spirit, quick sympathies, agreeal)le manners, native modesty, and 
a ready perception of the proprieties of life, his society was greatly prized. 
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mon cncvijy and decision of mental character ; with a diligence that never 
faltered, a resolution that bent under no discoura.uenients. and a persever- 
ance that ijiiiored defeat, he ji'ave early promise of a brilliant future; while 
with a clear, comprehensive. discriminatin.Lr. and i)owerful intellect, touether 
with a ready power of etfective utti'rance, lie bid fair to take rank amonu' 
the ablest 'members of tlie lej;al profession. Firmly t'ntrenched in }j,-ood 
principles and habits, he exhibited uncommon maturity of character. 
This nave him a loftv superiority to the ordinarily corruptinjjc influences of 
military life. In temperance, in the broadest ranse of its meanino-, m 
pureiu-ss of speech (as distinjiuished alike from vul.tiarity and profanity), 
in sinceritv and frankness, and in correctness of deportment, lie was a 
model man', while his tine i)ersonal appearance, his unsurpassed bravery and 
correspondinn- modestv. his promptness in every duty, and his clieerfulness 
in every hardsliip and'in every dan.uer, made him a model soldier. — Chap- 
i.Aix Mkki;ii,i-'s " Campaigns of the First Maine and First District of Colnni- 
hia Cavalry." 

Lieut. Col. r>o()Tiir.v was always ready for duty and was always ener- 
"■etic and hopeful. He had l)ut little opportunity to show his best, because 
he always served as a subordinate. As an independent commander of a 
regiment, or eveii a laroer command, I believe he would have l)een very 
da^hino- "and brilliant, and would probably have made for himself and 
comma'iid a lasting record. But notwithstaudin,a; his limited opportunity to 
display leadership, I can recall many instances of his gallantry. At Aldie, 
Kiliiatrick's brii^ade was repulsed and our regiment was ordered to the 
rescue. The lamented Douty charged with a part of the regiment just m 
time to turn back the rebel squadrons and save our battery. Boothby charged 
near Douty. Douty fell as any soldier might wish to fall — at the head of his 
troopers w'ith victory in his grasp — and brave, gallant, illustrious Boothby 
was left in temporary command of the position. I had been recalled from 
another part of the field, and came up with one battalion. Boothby had 
taken a good position behind a stone wall. At that time the fate of Douty 
was not' known. It was known, however, that the sturdy Capt. Summat 
bad been killed, because his boily was in sight. The turnpike was thick 
with dead and w^ounded. At our approach Boothby straightened up, and, 
in the midst of a carnage such as at that time but few were accustomed 
to see, called for three cheers. He inspired them, too, because they w^ere 
o-iven with a will. I would like to be able to present just his looks and 
appearance at that moment. There was no dismay nor despair. His face 
was radiant and beaming as if with delightful pleasure, and I thought he 
never looked so handsome as at that moment. . . . He was my junior in 
rank, and rendered his most valuable services immediately under my com- 
mand. He was next to myself in rank, and our relations were very intimate. 
He enjoyed my entire confidence every moment. I do not recall a single 
lnstance"^of estrangement between us. He was as noble and generous as he 
was gifted and brave — Gen. Ciiari,es H. Smith, in sketch for the reunion 
at Leibiston, 1879. 

/-^ILLEY, JONATHAN P. — Capt. Co. B; com. maj. May 8, '62; severely 
^ wd. and pris. in action at Middletown, Va., during retreat of Gen. 
Banks from Shenandoah valley. May 24, some forty pieces of bone of 
the right arm and shoulder being removed; disabled until April 7, "(i:;, 
when "detailed as judge advocate on staff of Gen. Martindale, military 
governor of Washington, and examining officer at the central guard 
house, Washington; rejoined regt. Aug. 1, '63, with his wound still 
unhealed, and remained on duty with it till June 24, '64, when he was 
again wd. in the action at St. Mary's church; com. lieut. col. July 11, 
'64; rejoined regt. Sept. 24, and took command, which he retained until 
the regt. was m. c, Aug. 1, '65, being in command during the engage- 
ments at Boydton plank road, the Bellefield raid, and the engagements 



456 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRT. 

at Hatcher's Run, Di^^vid(lie Court House, Jettersville, Sailor's Creek, 
Farmville, and Ai^pomattox Court House ; breveted col. U. S. Vols. 
March 13, '65, for distinguished and meritorious services during the war, 
and brig. gen. June 1:^, for highly distinguished services at Five Forks, 
Farmville, and Appomattox Court House; adjt. gen. state of Maine, 1876- 
'78. [See Co. B, and pp. ::)9-41, 202, 24.5, 272, 277, 280, 287, 292, 294-298, 
300, 358-448.] 

MAJOES. 

STOWELL, DAVID F. —Res. Canton; en. Oct. 5, '61; com. maj. Oct. 31; 
commanded regt. ilarch 24 to April 12, '62; served with regt. iintil after 
second battle of Bull Run, when he went to Washington; m. o. Feb. 15, 
'63. [See pp. 26, 50-64, 70, 86, 120.] 

VyHITNEY, WARREN L.— Capt. Co. A; com. maj. March 24, '62; com- 
* ^ manded the first reconnoissance from the I'egt., from Catlett's Station 
to Warrenton, Va., on the night of May 12; w^d. Aug. 20, '62; resigned 
and discharged March 16, '63. [See Co. A, and pp. 56, 69, 74, 126.] 

r)ROWN, GEORGE M. — Capt. Co. M; com. maj. June 4, '63; resigned on 
^-^ account of disability acquired in service, Feb. 11, '(54. [Sec Co. M, and 
pp. 192, 194, 197, 205, 401.] 

'yHAXTER, SIDNEY W. — Capt. Co. A; com. maj. June 18, '63; wd. in 
-^ action in the fortification of Richmond, on Sheridan's raid, May 12, "64; 
rejoined regt. June 4; commanded regt. from June 24, during the move- 
ments on the right of the army in July and August (including the 
engagement at Deep Bottom) and in the engagements at and near Reams' 
Station and at Stony Creek ; remained in the field and bore a gallant 
part in the battle at Boydton plank road, serving on the staff of Col. 
Smith Oct. 27, the day after he was ordered to start for Maine to Tje 
m. o. with the original members of the regt. for expiration of their 
three years' term of service; had four horses shot under him during his 
service. [See Co. A, and pp. 196, 200, 203, 213, 233, 245, 264, 267, 282, 287, 
295, 300-319, 358, 365.] 

'T^AYLOR, COXSTANTINE. — Capt. Co. L; com. maj. Feb. 18, '04; com- 
-*■ manded detachment of regt. on Kilpatrick's raid to Richmond, Febru- 
ary and March, '64, and also commanded the centre of Kilpatrick's 
column on that raid; assist, insp. gen. on staffs of Gens. Gregg and 
Crooke, commanding 2d div. c. c. A. P. from April 28, '64, until after 
surrender of Gen. Lee; rejoined regt. June, '65, and m. o. with it Aug. 
1, '65; breveted lieut. col. U. S. Vols, for meritorious services. [See 
Co. L, and pp. 235, 242, 243, 412, 441.] 

'yUCKER, BENJAMIN F. —Age 28; res. Bristol, Vt.; soldier by profes- 
-*■ sion, having served in U. S. A. ; mus. as adjt. of regt. Oct. 11, 61 ; com. 
capt, Co. B, May 8, '62; com. maj. July 11, '()4; wd. in action at St. 
Mary's church, June 24, losing a few inches of bone from the arm near 
the shoulder; in command of cavalry dei)ot. City Point, from Oct. '(34, 
until after surrender of Gen. Lee, wdien he rejoined regt. and was m. o. 
with it Aug. 1, '65; breveted lieut. col. and col. U. S. Vols, to rank 



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from INIarch 13, '05, for gallant and meritorious services. [Sec Co. B, 
and pp. 15, 20.] 

CURTIS, DANIEL S.— Res. Wisconsin; com. maj. 1st D. C. Cav. by 
Tresident Lincoln; wd. in action at Reams' Station, Va., on Wil- 
son's raid, June 28, '64; joined regt. at tr. ; resigned and discharged 
Jan. 18, '65. [See pp. 324, 331, 337, 373.] 

CLOUDMAN", JOEL W. — Age 40; res. Stetson; com. capt. Co. D, 1st 
D. C. and pro. maj., being com. by President; pris. in action Syca- 
more cliurch, Sept. 10, '64; paroled in a short time, and joined regt. 
after tr.; resigned and discharged Feb. 20, '65. [See p. 320.] 

/^HADBOURNE, PAUL. —Capt. Co. I; com. maj. Dec. 22, '04; com- 
^ manded 2d N. Y. Mounted Rifles during winter of '64 and in the 

battle at Dinwiddie Court House, where he was severely wd., losing 

a portion of the bone of his right arm near the shoulder; rejoined regt. 

on his recovery, and m. o. with it Aug. 1, '65. [See Co. I, and pp. 300, 

397, 399.] 

ADJUTANTS. 

STEVENS, JARVIS C— 2d lieut. Co. F; com. 1st lieut. and adjt. May 
12, '62; a. a. a. g. on staff of Col. Allen, military governor of Frederick, 
Md., from Sept. 13, '62, till Dec. 26, '62, when he resigned and was 
discharged. [See Co. F, and pp. 73, 92, 99.] 

■p USSELL, ADDISON P. — Age 23; res. Houlton; mus. as sergt. maj. 
■*^ Oct. 31, '61, at organization of regt.; pro. supernumerary 2d lieut. Co. 

A, Sept. 1, '62; but this rank was not recognized by the War Dept. 

and he was com. 2d lieut. Co. A, Oct. 24, '62; com. 1st lieut. and adjt. 

Feb. 5, '63, and capt. Co.-C, Aug. 30, '63. [See Cos. A and C] 

■nlBBER, ANDREW H.— 2d lieut. Co. D; com. 1st lieut. and adjt. June 
-D 1, '63; and served as such till July 11, '64, when com. capt. Co. F. 
[See Cos. D and F, and pp. 280, 291.] 

OYD, WILLIAM L. — Age 28; res. Houlton; mus. as second principal 

musician of regt. Oct. 19, '61; appointed 1st sergt. Co. M, '62, and sergt- 

maj. Nov. 1, '02; com. 2d lieut. Co. F, Feb. 16, '63, and 1st Ueut. and 

adjt. July 16, '04; com. capt. Co, L, March 25, '65. [See Cos. M, F, and 

L, and p. 362.] 

ITTLE, THADDEUS. — 2d lieut. Co. K; com. 1st lieut. and adjt. 
March 25, '65; wd. severely in charge on Lee's train, April 0, '65, 
losing a portion of the bone of the right arm near the shoulder; 
rejoined regt. June 4, and m. o. with it Aug. 1, '65. [See Co. K, and 
pp. 388, 415, 433, 438.] 



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QUARTERMASTERS. 

pATTEN, EDWARD M. —Res. Portland; com. Oct. 11, '01; resigiied May 

^ 8, '02. 

r^RIFFIN, ANDREW. — Res. Bangor; com. May 8, '02; res. March 9, '03. 



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T TLMER, CLAREXCE D. — Private Co. D; pro. regt. q. m. sergt. July 
^^ 1, '62, and com. q. m. March 17, '6;>; detailed a. a. q. m. od brig. 2d 

div. c. c. Oct. IS, 'G4, and served as such till he resigned, INIay 26, '6"). 

[See Co. D.] 

COIVBIISSAEIES. 

TDIGELOW, EUSTACE C — Ees. Portland; mus. regt. q. m. sergt. Oct. 

-^ 31, '61; com. 2d lieut. Co. F, May 23, '62, and 1st heut. and regt. 
com'sy Sejjt. 6, '62. In Nov. '62, obtained a leave of absence, intending 
to go to Frederick, Md_; was refused transportation, therefore started 
across the counti-y horseback and alone; was captured near Middle- 
burg, Va., and taken to Stonewall Jackson's hd. qrs. (near Win- 
chester), and remained there three days, but not imder guard; was 
then paroled, and from Gen. Stewart, at Winchester, obtained trans- 
portation via Staimton to Richmond by coach and rail ; went to Spots- 
wood Hotel, Richmond, and registered as " E. C. Bigelow, Lieut, and 
C. S. 1st Maine Cav. A. of P."; attended the theatre, and walked about 
the city unmolested. Reached Frederick in eleven days, via City Point 
and Annapolis. The leave of absence was for twelve days. Reported 
by letter to Col. Douty in the field on the day the leave of absence ex- 
pired, and no one in the army had any knowledge of the capture until 
this letter was received ; paroled prisoner at Annapolis till March, '63, 
when rejoined regt. ; served as com'sy 2d brig. 2d div. c. c, and on staff 
of Gen. Gregg, as com'sy 2d div. c. c. in summer of '63; injured by his 
horse falling on him, while serving on Gen. Gregg's staff, and was disch. 
for dis. at seminary hospital, Georgetown, D. C, Dec. 30, '63. [See 
Co. F.] 

OWMAN, MARTIN T. V. — Corp. Co. C; appointed com'sy sergt. Mayl, 
'62; re-en. Dec. '63; com. com'sy Feb. 9, '64; served with the regt. till 
the m. o., Aug. 1, '65, except short terms of service as a. c. s. 3d brig. 
2d div., and 2d div. c. c; lieut. col. on staffs of Governors Gear and 
Sherman, of Iowa. [See Co. C, and p. 84.] 

SUEGEOXS. 

/^OLBY, GEORGE W.--Res. Richmond; com. surg. Oct. 31, '61; served 
^-^ with regt. till June, '63, when he was detailed as surg. of the 2d 

brig. 2d div. c. c, and afterwards as surg. gen. 2d div. c. c. ; m. o. 

Nov. 2.5, '64, at the ex. of ser. and was afterwards com. surg. U. S. Vols. 

and attached to 2d div. c. c, where he served till the close of the war. 

[See p. 260.] 
CTEYENS, HORACE. — Res. Skowliegan; com. assist, surg. March 26, '63, 
*^ and surg. Nov. 25, '64; served as surg. of cavalry depot, City Point, 

Dec. '64 to June, '65; surg. 3d brig. 2d div. c. c. June, '65; rejoined regt. 

and m. o. with it Aug. 1, '65. [See p. 206, 296.] 

ASSISTANT SURGEONS. 

TTALEY, GEORGE W. — Res. Eastport; com. a-ssist. surg. Nov. 4, '61; 
•*- -*■ captured and paroled at Middletown, during the retreat of Gen. 
Banks, May 24, '62; disch. Nov. 15, '62. [See. pp. 37, 40, 44.] 



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■pATTEN", SUMNER A. — Kes. Monson; com. assist, siirg. June :]0, '(i-2; 

-^ with regt. at battles of Cedar jMountain and Second Bull Hun; in 
charge of regt. liospital, Frederick, Md.; com. surg. ])oard of enrol- 
ment, Fourth Maine District, April, '0;], and served in this capacity 
till close of the war. 

pAlUvER, ALEXANDEi; :s[. — lies. Westln-ook; com. assist, surg. :March 
20, '03; pris. in action July 15, '0;5, at Ilalltown; disch. for dis. Sept. 1. 
'04. [See pp. ISO, 181.] 

XTORTIIROP, GEORGE J. —Served as hospital steward 1st and 10th 
Maine Inf. regts. ; com. assist, surg. 1st D. C. Cav. March 2!), '04; 
joined regt. at tr. Sept. '04, and was on duty, acting as surg. most of the 
time, till m. o. with the regt. Aug. 1, '05. 

■nODFISH, FRANK. —Res. Water^dlle; en. 21st regt. Maine Vols. '02; ap. 

-^-^ hospital steward; com. assist, surg. 50th 111. regt. '04, and was with 
Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea; com. assist, surg. 1st Maine 
Cav. April 22, '(55, and served till the m. o. of regt. Aug. 1, '05. 

CHAPLAINS. 

'T^EFT, BENJAMIN F. — Res. Bangor; com. Nov. 20, '01; in Washington 
-*- and vicinity, looking after the sick of the regt., the mails, etc., during 
summer of '02; resigned Dec. 24, '02. [See pp. 22, 49, 01.] 

ULLER, SAMUEL. — Res. Brewer; com. Nov. 29, '02; with regt. during 
winter of '02-3; resigned May 5, '03. 



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ARTLETT, GEORGE W. — Res. Litchfield; com. Feb. 13, '04, and joined 
regt. at once; a "fighting chaplain;" killed in action near Coal Har- 
bor, June 2, '04. [See pp. 245, 259, 200, 205, 280.] 

Rev. Mr. Bautlett was a native of Litchfield, Me., and for some time was 
pastor of the Unitarian society in Augusta. On the twenty-eighth of De- 
cember, 1801, he was appointed chaplain of the 14th regiment, which he 
accompanied to New Orleans, particii>ating in the dangers and hardships of 
the campaign which succeeded the occupation of that city by our forces 
under Gen. 13utler. Soon after the battle of Baton Rouge, in which he dis- 
tinguished himself as a volunteer aid to Gen. Nickerson, he resigned his 
commission anil returned home, where he spent nearly a year, while sufter- 
ing from fever and ague caught in the swamps of Louisiana. In the 
meantime he was drafted and rejected for disability. Soon afterwards, 
however, he volunteered, thinking himself able to serve in the cavalry, but 
was again rejected. Subsequently, on the thirteenth of Febri\ary, 1804, he 
was ni)pointed chaplain of the First ^Nlaine Cavalry. A devoted friend gives 
a sketch of his character, from which this is taken: — 

Never any man died who seems less dead, or whom it is easier to recall 
to life. Nor would it seem to me very miraculous if, looking up, I should 
see him standing at the door. For he had such altundaiu-e of life, it did not 
seem possilile for him to die. His nature was perpetual childhood and 
spring, luxuriant, healthy, and gay. If sad at all. it was like the spring 
sliower, to leave all greener and more smiling than before. He was never 
anxious or careworn. When there was likely to be an explosiim of wrath 
in his presence, he could undeimine it, and instead of thunder and light- 
ning, you would see clear sky and west wind. This he could easily do, 
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overcome obstinacy and had temper by his nndisturbed tjood nature, not 
with words or crackling tliorns; and he nplit'ted the despairin<;- and melan- 
clioly heart, not liy commiseration, but with an unaffected buoyancy. 
Whoso clunsj,' to him would iind himself carrietl into a serene port. As some 
go to the seashore or mountains for reinvigoration, so you might go to him 
for courage and mutual health. It was hard to find any fault with him, for 
it was so evident that what he was, he was by nature, and not by art or 
intention. Being so, he acted so, and he was willing to leave things in this 
world pretty much to their own destiny. He found little fault with men 
or things, and to give advice was something he rarely ventured upon. What 
needed mending, he left for time and the Maker to mend. . . . He was good 
for every mood. He carried the health of the mountain wind with him 
whithersoever he went. It was his part to make every one happy and at 
ease. The thickest ice broke under him, or the thinnest would bear him. 
He was capable of the highest and most ancient form of friendship — gave 
himself wholly and all he had. He believed with Socrates, that the posses- 
sions of friends are common, and acted upon it, so that he passed through 
the world as he came into it, unencumbered with wt)rldly goods, contented, 
cheerful, admirable in his life and glorious in his death. . . . He cannot 
be mourned as one having an unfinished life, for it was perfect in each 
moment. There was nothing which men call promise in him. The promise 
was in what he was, not what he was to be or do. Again, it cannot be called 
unfinished, because he gave it for his country, and there is no death more 
fitting or complete for the citizen of a free repul)lic. He who was so 
beloved by his relations and friends, so hajipy in himself, and who fell at 
last in so good a cause, could ask no other gift from good fortune. — Adju- 
tant GeneraVs Report, 1864-5. 

lyrERKILL, SAMUEL H. — Res. Portland; com. 1st D. C. Cav. Feb. 19, 
-'■'-*■ '64; joined regt. at tr., and served with it till the m. o. Aug. 1, '65. 
Author of " Campaigns of the First Maine and First District of Colum- 
bia Cavalry." [See pp. 157, 167, 169, 219, 233, 243, 262, 270, 294, 320-355, 
365, 367, 376, 377, 407.] 

Chaplain Meerill, of whose decease we have just heard with pain, need.s 
no eulogium at my hands. You knew him well; he was loved and esteemed 
by all. If it could ever be said of any man, it could be most emphatically 
said of him, that he was "the right man in the right place"; for he was as 
good and faithful a chaplain as ever held the office. Both in camp and on 
the battle-field, he closely imitated his Master; for he, like Him, "went 
about doing good." Other men in his position would think it enough to 
do what was set before them; but he waited for no man to point out the 
ways of usefulness. He sought and found them for himself; and yet noth- 
ing, as you all know, ever did him so great a pleasure as to be informed 
where he could be of service to his suffering comrades and to his counti-y's 
cause. To bless the soldier, to encourage him in the hour of danger, to 
impart to him the consolations of religion when stricken down, was more 
than his meat and drink. But I need not enlarge, you know it all. His 
memory is sacred to every one of you; it will remain with you till your 
own dying day. — Rev. Dk. Teft, at reunion in Banyor, 1873. 

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 

SERGEANT MAJORS. 

CLIFFORD, ELISHA A. — Ap. sergt. maj. from Co. F, Feb. 16, '63; wd. in 
action at Shepardstown, July 16, '63; resigned sergt. maj.'s warrant 
Jan. 31, "64, and assigned to Co. F. [See Co. F.] 

POOR, JAMES W. — Sergt. Co. B; ap. sergt. maj. Feb. 1, '64; com. 1st 
lieut. Co. B, Dec. 16, '64. [See Co. B.] 



EOSTEE OF XOX-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 461 

TOBIE. EDWAl^D P., Jr. — Seiot. Co. G; ap. sevst. maj. Dec. 12, '(U; wd. 
sliyhtlv in action Sailor's Creek, Ai)ril (i. and in tlie cliarue at Farmvil e, 
April 7. ■()•">, liiit (lid not leave the re<;t.; horse kilh'd under him at the 
last-named enua<;enu'nt; performed the duties of adjt. of regt. durinji' 
the campaiun of' the sprin.sx of '(io, — the last eampaii;n A. P., and was 
made lioncnable mention of in the official report of that campaign, tor 
5>ood conduct; com. 2d lieut. Co. E, May S, '(5-5. [See Cos. G and E, and 
pp. 202. ;5i)4, 408, 41."), 484.] 

DAM. ALBERT C. — 1st serjit. Co. U; ap. sergt. maj. May 8, '05; served 
with leo-t. till the m. o. Aug. 1, '05, [See Co. M.] 



as veteran 



QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTS. 

HASKELL, ORRIN S. — Ap. from Co. A, March 9, '08; re-en. 

Dec. 29, '()8; com. 2d lieut. Co. A, Feb. 9, '04. [See (;o. A.] 
:SHACKFORD, EBED L. — Ap. from Co. D, Feb. 12, '04; served till ex. of 

ser. Xov. 25, '04, and then m. o. [See Co. D.] 
JORDAN, EDWARD. — Sergt. Co. M; ap. q. m. sergt. Nov. 5, '04; com. 2d 

lieut. Co. M, Dec. 12, '04. [See Co. M.] 
OILMAN, DANIEL W.— Sergt. Co. H; ap. q. m. sergt. Dec. 12, '04, and 

served as such till m. o. of regt. Aug. 1, '05. [See Co. H.J 

COMxMISSARY SERGEANTS. 

CROSBY, CHARLES S. — Res. Bangor; ap. Nov. 11, '01; disch. in '62. 
COOK, NATHAN V.— Sergt. Co. H; ap. com'sy sergt. March 1, '04, and 

served as such till ex. of ser. Nov. 25, '04. [See Co. H.] 
HAINES, DANIEL W. — Sergt. Co. E;ap. com'sy sergt. Dec. 12, '04, and 

served as such till m. o. of regt. Aug. 1, '65. [See Co. E.J 

HOSPITAL STEWARDS. 

LOVE JOY, SAMUEL C. —Res. Rockland; ap. Oct. 14, '01; on detached 
service at hospital 2d div. c. c. '08; rejoined regt. and m. o. Nov. 2o, 04, 
ex. of ser. 

OATCHELL, EMERY" T. — Ap. Sept. 28, '62, from Co. K; re-en. Dec. "08: 
on duty at brig, hospital winter of '03-4; sunstruck m action at St. 
Mary's church, June 27, '04, and returned to duty ten days later; served 
till regt. was m. o. Aug. 1, '05. [See Co. K, and pp. 103, 180.] 

KAME, JOHN M. — Ap. in Nov. '04, from Co. M. and served till m. o. of 
regt. Aug. 1, '65. [See Co. M.] 

SADDLER SERGEANT. 

NORWOOD, HENRY W. — Saddler Co. L; ap. regt. saddler sergt. March 1, 
'08; re-en. Dec. '08; on duty at cavalry depot, City Point, winter ot 04-o; 
rejoined regt. and m. o. with it Aug. 1, '05. [See Co. L.] 

PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN. 
BICKFORD, ARTEMAS D.— Res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. in "02. 

CHIEF BUGLERS. 

.SAWY'ER, HLTDSON. —Bugler Co. D; ap. chief bugler Aug. 20, '02; disch. 

by order War Dept. Feb. 1, '08. [See Co. D.] 
BRICK, ISAAC C — Bugler Co. C; ap. chief bugler May 1, '08, and served 

as such till ex. of ser. Nov. 25, '04. [See Co. C] 
BAKER, WELLINGTON P. — Ap. from Co. H, Dec. 5, '04; served till m. o. 

of regt. Aug. 1, '05. [See Co. H.] 



462 FIBST MAINE CAVALBY. 

VETERINARY SURGEON. 

BUKTOX, ELBEIDGE. — Sergt. Co. B; ap. veterinary surg. Nov. 4, 'G4, and 
served as such till m. o. of regt. Aug. 1, '6.5. At Sailor's Creek, April (i, 
he rendered gallant service, the rebel general, Corse, surrendering to 
him. [See Co. B.] 

RECAPITULATION. 

The field and staff numbered in all fifty-seven persons, many of whom, it 
will be seen, served in different grades, thirty-seven belonging to the field 
and staff proper, and twenty to the non-commissioned staff. 

The field officers were, four colonels, three lieutenant colonels, and nine 
majors. The staff" officers consisted of five adjutants, three quartermasters, 
two commissaries, two surgeons, five assistant surgeons, and four chaplains. 
Of these, thirteen joined the staff at the organization of the regiment, and 
the same number joined the regiment at the same time in different com- 
panies and were promoted to the staff"; four were transferred from the First 
District of Columbia Cavalry, three were commissioned from civil life in 
1862, two in 1863, and one in 1864 and 1865 each. Fifteen resigned, twelve 
were mustered out with the regiment, two were killed in action and one 
died of wounds, three were dischai'ged for promotion in the regiment, two 
mustered out for expiration of their term of service, one was discharged for 
disability and one was discharged by order. Ten served less than one year, 
ten more than one year and less than two, four more than two years and less 
than three, five three years or more, and eight during the entire service of the 
regiment, though not all the time on the staff. 

Of the non-commissioned staff", four were sergeant majors, four quarter- 
master sergeants, three commissary sergeants, three hospital stewards, one 
saddler sergeant, one principal musician, three chief buglers, and one veteri- 
nary surgeon. Of these, three were mustered on the non-commissioned staff 
at the organization of the regiment, thirteen joined the regiment at that time 
in different companies and were promoted, three were transferred from the 
First District of Columbia Cavalry, and one was enlisted in 1862 and after- 
wards promoted. Nine were mustered out with the regiment, five at the 
expiration of their three years' term of service, three were commissioned in 
the regiment, two discharged for disability, and one by order of the War 
Department. Their terms of service, although of course not all the time on 
the staff, was, one less than one year, five more than one and less than two 
years, five three years or more, and nine during the whole time the regiment 
was in the service. 

FIELD AND STAFF ROLL OF HONOR. 

COLONEL CALVIN S. DOUTY, Dover; killed in action at Aldie, Va., 
June 17, '68. 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEPHEN BOOTHBY, Portland; died June 
6, '64, from wounds received in action May 10, '64, at Beaver Dam Sta- 
tion, Va., on Sheridan's raid to Richmond. 

CHAPLAIN GEORGE W. BARTLETT, Litchfield; killed in action near 
Coal Harbor, Va., June 2, '64. 



EOSTER OF BANDS. 463 

FIRST BAND. 

[Organized with tlie rcgt. ami m. o. Aug. 2(), '(52, by order War Dopt. See 
pp. Hi, 88.] 

Davis, Alexandkk S. — Leader; age 87'; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. I'.t, 'Gl. 
Boyd. William L. — Ites. Anilierst; joined soon after organization, and 

tr. to Co. M at m. o. of band. [See Co. M.] 
Catks, Solomox B. — Age;«; res. lloulton; mus. Oct. 19, '(Jl. 
CiiAPMAX, Makcellus G. — Miis. shortly after organization. 
Duxx, Joiix. — Age IG; res. Hallowell; mns. Oct. 19, 'Gl; died in Augusta. 
EsTABROOK, EuwARi) M.— Age 24; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, 'Gl. 
Fkisbie, IJandoi,pii R. — Age 18; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '(il; died 

of small-pox at Washington, April 12, 'G2. 
Frin!B:i!, Frank M. — Res. Lewiston; mus. soon after organization. 
Goodwin, Tristram. — Tr. from Co. L. [See Co. L.] 
Green, Alden A. — Age 24; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, 'Gl. 
Hazei.tine, Robert. — Joined soon after organization. 
Ii.i.si.EY, Horace C. — Res. Harrison; died in Augusta before being mus. 
Inoersoll, Augustus W. — Age 21; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61. 
JuNKiNS, Robert P. — Tr. from Co. L. [See Co. L.] 
LovERiNG, JouN. — Age IS; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, 'Gl. 
Mansur, Warren. — Age 22; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 26, '61. 
Merriam, Leonard B. — Age 26; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61; 
Packard, Cobbitt L. — Tr. from Co. K, Feb. 28, '62. [See Co. K.] 
Pierce, Alfred. — Tr. from Co. F, April 20, '62, and tr. back to Co. F at 

m. o. of band. [See Co. F.] 
Pierce, Frank W. — Age 19; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61. 
Rand, Charles E. — Age 22; res. Standish; mus. Nov. '61; diseh. for dis. 

March, '62. 

Stackpole, William. — Tr. from Co. I. [See Co. I.] 

True, Ammi M., Jr. — Age 22; res. Houlton; mus. Nov. 2, '61. 

Trueworthy, Jeremiah. — Age 26; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61. 



THE LAST BAND OF THE REGIMENT. 

The last band was organized with the First District of Columbia Cavalry 
from the enlisted men belonging to the different companies of that regiment. 
At the time of the transfer most of its members joined the regiment, and the 
organization was kept alive till the regiment was mustered out, performing 
good service as a band, furnishing music at headquarters, also at brigade 
headquarters, on occasions of ceremony, in camp, and hurling a musical 
defiance and fighting a musical duel with a rebel band during the hotly 
contested fight at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65. [See pi). 362, 392, 
402, 421, 432, 435.] 

It was made up as follows : — 

Bigelow, Levi E., Co. H. — Leader and E-flat cornet; res. Skowhegan. 
Bray, Henry' L., Co. M. — B-flat cornet; res. Skowhegan. 
Ellsworth, Rufus G., Co. L. — E-flat bass; res. Freeman. 
Emery, Ch.vrles A. F., Co. A. — B-tiat tenor; res. Skowhegan. 



464 Fin ST MAINE CAVALEY. 

FoLSOM, Oliver J., Co. E. — Cymbals; res. Etna. 

GiLBEKT, JosiAH K., Co. Gr. — B-flat coiiiet; res. North Vassalboro. 

GiLBEBT, William W., Co. G. — B-flat bass; res. Xorth Vassalboro. 

GiLMORE, Egbert J., Co. I. — B-flat tenor; res. Wiscasset. 

Kame, Johk M., Co. M. — res. North Berwick; ap. hospital steward soon 

after the tr. 
Kexney, Charles B., Co. K. — Kes. Cape Elizabeth; joined co. as busier 

soon after the ti*. 
Long, Thomas J., Co. K. — Side drum; res. Portland. 
McDonald, Albert L., Co. I. — E-flatbass; res. Orono. 
Moore, Eber S., Co. A. — E-flat cornet; res. North Anson. 
MoRGRiDGE, Samuel T., Co. I. — B-flat tenor; res. Castine. 
Oakes, George E., Co. I. — E-flatbass; res. Mars Hill. 
Ordway, Caleb F., Co. H. — E-flat alto; res. Orono. 
Owen, Nathaniel L., Co. M. — Bass drum; res. Skowhegan. 
Wells, Esau, Co. I. — E-flat cornet; res. Biddeford. 
WooDSOM, Jacob H., Co. G. — E-flat alto; res. North Vassalboro; left band 

to be com'sy sergt. Co. G. 
Young, George M., Co. G. — E-flat alto ; res. Skowhegan. 




Rev. PRESTON B. WING, 

Sergt. Co. A. 

Hopkinton, Mass. 



ISAAC H. BROWN, Co. A. 
Hampden. 




ALBERT EDGECOMB, Co. A. 
So. Boston, Mfss. 




crp. ALMON N. RICKER, Co. A. 
Holyoke, Mass. 





Lieut. ORRIN S. HASKELL Co. A 
Pittsfieid. 




EDWIN D. HALL, Co. A. 
Deceased. 



Sergt. ELISHA B. CLEVELAND, Co. A. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY A. 465 



COMPANY A. 

CAPTAINS. 

WHITNEY, WARREN L. — Age 27; res. Newburg; nms. Oct. 1!), Yil; torn, 
maj. March 24, '02. [See field and staff, and p. 2.^).] 

THAXTER, SIDNEY W.— Age 22; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, T)l, as 1st 
lieut. ; com. capt. March 24, '02, and maj. .June 18, '(!.). [See field and 
staff, and pp. 2.5, 48.] 

ESTES, LLEWELLYN G. — Age 21; res. Oldtown; mns. Oct. 19, '01, as 
sergt. ; com. 1st lieut. March 24, '02; wd. at Middletown, May 24, '02 
(instead of pris. as on p. ;57) ; pris. near Warrenton, Aug. 22,' 02; ex. 
and rejoined co. Dec. 21 ; on duty at hd. qrs. 1st brig. 3d div. c. c. from 
March, '03, till June, and then as a. a. g. 3d div. c. c. ; com. capt. 
June 18, '03, and capt. and a. a. g. U. S. Vols. Dec. '(53, when he was 
attached to 3d div. c. c, commanded by Gen. Kilpatrick; relieved from 
duty in the A. P. in April, '04, at the request of Gen. Kilpatrick, and 
assigned to duty as adj. gen. of cav., military div. of the Mississippi, 
and as such served through all the Georgia and Carolina campaigns; 
com. maj. Sept. '04, and lieut. col. and col. by brevet in March, '0.5; 
adj. gen. of western North Carolina, comprising forty-one counties, 
from March to Sept. 30, '05; breveted brig. gen. Sept. 30, '05, when he 
resigned his position in the army. [See pp. '3,1, 144, 242, 244.] 

COLE, HORACE S. — Age 21; res. Hampden; mus. Oct. 10, '01, as sergt.; 
pro. 1st sergt. '02; com. 2d lieut. Feb. 5, '03, and 1st lieut. June 18, 
'03, comdg. CO. from July 1, '03; com. capt. Dec. 31, '03; m. o. Nov. 
25, '04, ex. of ser. [See pp. 181-183, 244.] 

FREESE. JOHN W. —Age 30; res. Houlton; mus. Co. A, 7th Me. Inf. Aug. 
21, '01; disch. Feb. '04, to accept commission in 1st D. C. Cav.; mus. Co. 
K, 1st D. C. Feb. 18, '04, as capt.; joined co. at tr. ; slightly wd. in 
charge on Lee's retreating train, April 0, '05, but did not leave the regt. ; 
commanded battalion in the last campaign, and breveted maj. for meri- 
torious services ; detailed as sub-superintendent Freedmen's Bureau, 
District of Nottaway, July, '05; m. o. with regt. [See pp. 357, 303, 374, 
415, 438, 441.] 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

COLBATH, MILES. —Age 25; res. Exeter; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as private; 
pro. sergt., '02; com. 2d lieut. June 18, '03, and 1st lieut. Dec. 31, '03; 
on special duty at dismounted camp from April 25, '04, till Sept. 3, '04, 
when disch. 

HASKELL, ORRIN S. — Age 20; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as priva*^e; 
served as clerk for co. ; pro. regt. q. m. sergt. March 9, '03; com. 2d lieut. 
Feb. 9, '04, and 1st. lieut. Sept. 3, '04; a. a. q. m. cav. depot, Sept. '04; 
acting r. q. m. from Oct. 18, '04, till June 25, '05; sent to Maine Avith 
the dismounted men, June 25, '05; rejoined co. and m. o. with regt. 



466 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

MOUNTFORT, VINCENT. —Age 39; res. Bowdoiii; mus. Co. K. 1st D. C. 
Feb. (3, '04; killed at Sycamore chiirch, Sept. l(i, '(U. [See pp. o4fl, :>.')4. 
350, 357.] 

Vincent Moitntfoi!t was one of the twelve children of William Mount- 
fort, an old resident of the town of Brunswick, ]Me, and was born in the 
month of January, 1S25. While yet in his teens, he sailed on a voyage to the 
West Indies in a merchant vessel, and an opportunity being there oft'ered, he 
entered on board of a United States inan-of-war, where he served for a con- 
siderable time. Keturning home, he entered upon the business of a joiner 
and builder, in which business he was engaged in the town of Bowdoin 
at the time of the opening of the rebellion. In stature, he was above me- 
dium height, broad shouldered and muscular, with a face indicating much 
firmness, determination, and courage. On the twenty-seventh day of Oc- 
tober, 1802, he was commissioned first lieutenant of Co. K, in the Twenty- 
fourth regiment of Maine infantry, and with liis regiment served in the 
Department of the Gulf at the seige of Port Hudson. He was promoted to 
be captain of his company, Aug. 15, 1803, was mustered out with his regi- 
ment ten days later, and returned home to Bowdoin. It -was not in his 
nature to remain a non-combatant, and when orders were issued to recruit 
for the First District of Columbia Cavalry, he was commissioned first lieu- 
tenant in C!o. K, his commission bearing date the sixth day of February, 
1804. While taking leave of his friends at the village store in Bowdoin, at 
the time of his departure to join his regiment, he remarked that he would 
never allow himself to be made a prisoner by the enemy. That this was not 
a mere idle assertion, was fully confirmed by his subsequent conduct. Pro- 
ceeding to the front with his company, he was always present for duty, and 
participated in several engagciucnts on the Wilson raid, in June, 1804, and in 
the engagement near Reams" Station, on the Weldon Railroad, on the twenty- 
second of Avigust following, after which, with tlie mounted men of his regi- 
ment, he was engaged in jjicket duty in the rear of the left of the army, 
then investing Petersburg. 

One day, not long before his death, Lieut. Mountfort, while in command 
of the picket line, in company with a corporal rode outside the line to a 
plantation house. While there, he perceived a squad of rebel cavalry mov- 
ing at a gallop out of the woods, with the intention of cutting him oft' and 
making him a prisoner. Putting spurs to his horse he started at a gallop 
for the picket line, but the enemy was so near that he could not gain the 
road which led down the slope to a bridge across a brook, and so was 
obliged to proceed through the field with the enemy close at hand, on the 
opposite side of the road, keeping up a brisk fire upon him with their 
pistols. As he neared the lirook he perceived that it would not be possible 
for him to cross it without gaining the road, which at this point was some 
ten feet below the level of. the field. Without hesitating, however, he 
boldly spurred his horse over the bank, and with the corporal crossed the 
bridge in safety, when men from the picket post came to liis assistance, and 
the enemy quickly retreated. Shortly after this the lieutenant wrote in a 
letter addressed to a member of his family, that it was the last time he 
would run away from the rebels. 

The manner of the death of this, one of the most dauntless officers which 
Maine sent to the war, is related by the historian. 

DUNNING, A. M.— Tr. from 1st D. C. as 1st lieut. on the rolls, but there 
the record ends. 



SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

HILL, JOSEPH C. — Age 21; res. Kennebunk; mus. Oct. 19, '01 ; resigned 
Oct. 24, '02. [See p. 45.] 



EOSTER OF COMPANY A. 



467 



KUSSELL, ADDISON" P. —Com. 2(1 lient. from ser<;t. maj. Oct. 24, '62; 
acting adjt. '('>2; com. 1st lieut. ami adjt. Feb. '>, '•>!. [Sec Held and statY, 
and Co. C] 

COMINS, LEAKDER M.— Age 29; b. East Eddington; res. Lincoln; mus. 
Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '64; pris at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '64; ex. 
and joined co; wd. severely at Dinwiddle Covirt House, ]\Iarch 81, '65, 
and died of wounds, April 14, '65. [See pp. 356, ;3!)5, 307, 399.] 

Leandek M. CoMiNS was born at East Eddington, Dec. 4, 1834, and was 
a graduate of Wisconsin Llniversity in ISliO. He afterwards studied law. 
He enlisted in the First District of (\)luml)ia Cavalry .Ian. 15, lS(i4, and 
before Jeaving the state was commissioned second lieutenant. He served 
with his regiment through its marches, raids, battles, and skirmishes, to the 
time of the capture of a large portion of its number at Sycamore church, 
when he was taken prisoner and lodged in Libby prison, whence he was 
paroled in twenty-three days, but much emaciated and prostrated by starva- 
tion and sickness. After a furlough, he returned to the parole camp, was 
exchanged and transferred to Co. A, First Maine Cavalry, in which he served 
until March 31, 1865, when under Sheridan, at Dinwiddle Court House, in 
the last grand campaign, he fell with a ball in his right thigh. He was car- 
ried from the field by his men and conveyed to City Foint, where he died 
April 14, 1865. Lieut. Comins was ever at his post at the call of duty. He 
was in command of his company when taken prisoner, and also when he 
received the fatal wound. His death was much lamented as that of one of 
the bravest of the brave men of the war. — Adjutant General's Beport, 1864-5. 

<'OBLTRN, JEFFERSON L. — Age 27; res. Lewiston; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 

19, '64, as sergt. ; joined co. after tr. ; wd. slightly at Appomattox Court 
House, April 9, '65. just before Lee's surrender; com. 2d lieut. May 4, '65; 
m. o. with regt. 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

Sawyer, Ai.oxzo J. — Age 23; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as corp; pris. 

at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. in Oct.; pro. 1st sergt. 

'63; re-en. Jan. 6, '64; tr. to Co. L, Jan. 30, '65. [See Co. L.] 
Aldeicii, William C. — Age 23; res. Saco;mus. 1st. D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 

private; pro. sergt. '65 ; "joined co. after tr. ; pro. 1st sergt.; m. o. June 

20, '65. 

Webb, Ricuaed. — Age 25; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, "(U; 

pris. at ti-. ; ex. and joined co. ; pro. 1st sergt. '65; disch. '65, by order. 
Blake, William C. — Age 34; res. Manchester; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, 

as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. sergt. and 1st. sergt. '64 and '(55 ; 

m. o. with regt. 

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTS. 

Ellis, Scott S. — Age 22; res. Guilford; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as sergt; pro. q. m. 

sergt. '63; pris. at Brandy Station. June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined 

CO. ; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Allen, Eli.iah. — Age 24; res. Bowdoin; mus. 1st. D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 

private; pro. q. m. sergt. ; in dismounted camp at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '6.5, 

COMMISSARY SERGEANTS. 

Fogg, Benjamin F. —Age 21; res. Stetson; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as corp; pro. 

sergt. '(52, and com'sy sergt. '(53; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, 

'64; died in rebel prison, Aug. 27, '64. 
Kimball, J.\_me.s. — Age 40; res. Canaan; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 

private; pro. com'sy sergt. '(>4; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 



468 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

SERGEANTS. 

Page, Curistopiiek A. — Age 35; res. Charlestown; miis. Oct. 19, '61; discli. 
for (lis. .Jan. 22, '62. 

Wing, Preston B. — Age 2.5; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 19, "61; disch. for dis. 

April 6, '62. 
Lank, Samuel W. — As:e 23; res. Hampden; mus. Oct. 19, '61; discb. for 

dis. March 9, '62; com. 2d lieut. Co. D, 11th Inf. Sept. 1, '63; pro. from 

there to corps d'Afrique. 

Phipps, Joseph W. — Age 23; res. Hampden; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. sergt. '61; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Clark, Prentiss M. — Age 21; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. Corp. and sergt. '62; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; 
died in prison at Anderson ville, Sept. 8, '64; grave No. 8143. [See p. 30.] 

Clark, Sidney W. — Age 29; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as corp. ; pro. 
sergt. '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. [See p. 30.] 

Cleaveland, Elisha B. — Age 23; res. Lee; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. Corp. and sergt. '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Chapman, Milton C. — Age 21; res. Newburg; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as corp.; 
pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 8; pro. sergt. 
'63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

LuFKiN, Andrew J. — Age 30; res. Lewiston; served in 5th Me. Inf. till 
after the first l)attle of Bull Run, when disch. to take position of sergt. 
of 1st Me. Liglit Battery; from the liattery was disch. to accept com, 
as cai)t. 4th U. S. Colored Inf. ; served with regt. till after surren- 
der of Port Hudson, when resigned on account of ill health, and was 
disch.; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as private; pro. sergt.; horse shot 
under him at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '(i4, at which time he received 
severe injuries; went to c. c. hospital. City Point, where he remained 
till after Lee's surrender; joined co. and was detailed in command of 
the captured cannon on tlie route to Maine by the regt. 

Dresser, Purrington. — Age 34; res. Saco; mus. l.st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 
private; pro. sergt. '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Pierce, Isaac Y. — Age 27; res. Albion; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 
private; pro. sergt. '64; absent sick at tr. ; joined co. and m. o. with 
regt. 

Hall, .James M. — Age 21; res. Orono; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as corp.; pris. at 
Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '62; re-en. Jan. 4, 
'64; pro. sergt. '64; killed in the charge on Lee's train, April 6, '65. 

Dresser, Peter J. — Age 25; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 
'64, as Corp.; joined co. after tr. ; pro. sergt. '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Howard, James F. — Age 36; res. Hallowell; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 
16, '64, as private; pro. corp. '64; joined co. at tr. ; pro. sergt. '65; wd. 
at Dinwiddie Court House, March 31, '(55; m. o. witli regt. 

CoBURN, Hiram S. — Age 23; res. Wells; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as pri- 
vate; pro. corp. '64; joined co. at tr. ; pro. sergt. '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Day, John H. — Age 21; res. Newport; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 
private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. and sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 

Gray, Stephen. — Age 18; res. Litchfield; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 
private; joined co. at tr. ; ])ro. corp. and sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. [See 
p. 352. 

Harris, Delmeii. — Age 20; res. Minot; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 
private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. and sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 

North, Charles A. — Age 18; res. North Yarmouth; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 19, '(i4, as jirivate; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corj). and sergt. '65; m. o. 
with regt. 

Jack, Charles E. — Age 19; res. Westbrook; mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 
11, '64; joined co. atti-. ; pro. corji. and sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 



BOSTER OF COMPANY A. 469 

CORPORALS. 

8xow, Geohok W. — Atfe 21; res. Xewburfj; mus. Oct. 19, '(51; discli. for 

dis. April ."), ■()2. 
O-VKES. EvAXiiEH. — A<j:e 21; res. Greenbush; mus. Oct. 10, 'Gl ; disch. for 

dis. Xuv. 2(). '02. at Washington. 
DouGHEKTY, Wakkex O. — Age 20; res. Charleston; mus. Oct. 19/ '61; 

disch. for dis. June 2, '02. 
Lowell, HoKAfE H. — Age 18; res. Lee: mus. Oct. 19, '01, as private: pro. 

corp. '02: pris. at Brandy Station. .Tune 9. '03; ex. Sept. S. and rejoined 

CO.; pris. at Groimd Squirrel bridge. May 11, 't)4; released at the close 

of the war, aiul disch. May S, "Oo, some months after his term of office 

had expired. 
Dkew, Axsel. — Age 21; res. Orono; luus. Oct. 19, '01, as imvate; pris. at 

Brandy Station, Aug. 20, '02; ex. and rejoined co. Dec. '02; pro. corp. 

'02; m' o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. [See p. 156.] 
McLaighlix, Charles H. — Age 28; res. Oldtown: mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 

private; pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co, Oct. '62; 

pro. corp. '(>3: re-en. Jan. 0, '(U; m. o. June 20, '65. 
CLEAVEL.\xn, William H. — Age 26: res. Lee; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

pris. at Middletown. May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. in Oct.; pris. at 

Brandy Station, .June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 8: rejoined co. and pro. corp. '64; 

wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 18, '64; m. o. Xov, 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Fakxham, James B. — Age 21; res. Xewburg; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

pro. corp. "6;3; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 8, and 

rejoined co. ; m. o. Xov, 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Mayo, Clifford X. — Age 23; res. Monroe; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

pro. corp. '64; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
EiCKER, Almox X. — Age 23; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. '62; pro. corp. '63; 

m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
JoxES, Stafford B. — Age 26; res. Auburn; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 

private; pro. corp. '64; pris. at tr. ; sick in hospital at m. o. of regt. 
Merrill, Asa. — Age 34; res. Richmond; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'04: killed at Reams' Station, Aug. 25, '64. 
Starbird, Rufus S. — Age 38: res. Bowdoin: mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

pris. at Stony Creek, Wilson's raid, June 29. '04; disch. Jime 13, '05, by 

order. 
HuTCHixsox', Fred E. — Age 26; res. Litchfield: mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Staples, Johx W. — Age 29; res. Augusta; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. G. O. Xo. 77. 
Douglass, William W. — Age IS; res. Lisbon; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, 

as private; joined co. after tr. ; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Di'RGix, William M. — Age 35; res. Bangor: mus. Aug. 22, '62. as private; 

joined co. Sept. 6; pro. corp. '65; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 
Estes, Chelse.\ L. — Age 18; res. Oldtown; mus. Jan. 5, '(54, as private; 

joined co. Jan. 29; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Kimball, Charles. — Age 20; res. Canaan; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 

private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Stevexs, Charles H. — Age 21; res. Exeter; mus. July 25, '62, as private; 

joined co. in Oct.; pro. corp. '(>5; disch. G. O. Xo. 8^1 
LiBBY, Samuel I. — Age 18: res. Lewiston; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 

private; joined co. after tr. ; pro. corp. '05; m. o. with regt. 
Stax'hope. Am ASA. — Age 21; res. Orneville: mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 
04; joined co. after tr. ; pro. corp. '05; m. o. with regt. 



470 FIB ST MAINE CAVALBY. 

YouNO, Benjamin F. — Age 2(); res. Brewer: mus. Oct. 19, '(31, as private; 

wd. and pris. at Middletown, May 24. '62; ex. Oct. '62; re-en. Jan. 26, 

"64; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; pro. corp. '6.'); discli. for 

dis. June 10, '65. 
Wood, Josiaii L. — Age 21; res. Dayton; mus. Oct. 2."), '64, as i)rivate; 

joined co. Dec. 1; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 

BUGLERS. 

Whiteley, Riciiakd E. — Age 23; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '62; m. o. Nov. 25, "64, 

ex. of ser. 
Baktlett, Joseph W. — Age 24; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61; discli. for 

dis. April 5, '62. 
ToLMAN, JoHX F. — Age 21; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as private; ap. 

bugler, '6o; wd. at Shepardstown, July 16, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 

ser. 
Emp;ry, Chakles A. F. — Age 17; res. Skowhegan; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 10, '64; wd. at Bermuda Hundred, Sept. 10, '64; joined co. at tr., 

and served in regt. band till m. o. with regt. Printer of the history. 

[See last band.] 
King, Hiham B. — Age 20; res. Poland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64, as 

private; joined co. at tr. ; ap. bugler, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

FAEEIEES. 

Batchelor, Joseph M. — Age 34; res. Foxcroft; mus. Oct. 10, '61; disch. 

for dis. June 2, '62. 
Harkiman, Frederick A. — Age 35; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 10, '61; re-en. 

Jan. 6, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Hai.ey, David M. — Age 31; res. Sebago;mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; joined 

CO. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Davis, Samuel C. — Age 35; res. Cambridge; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 20, '64; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 12, '65. 
Sargent, Charles A. — Age 28; res. Brewer. The only record is the 

name on the final record, with disch. by order, June 26, '65. 

SADDLEPvS. 

Latham, Charles W. — Age 21; res. Phillips; mus. Nov. 1, '61. 

Cram, John P. — Age 34; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as j^rivate; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '62; ap. saddler, '63; 

on recruiting service in Maine, '63 ; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Barnes, George W. — Age 24; res. Vassalboro; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, Aug. 21, '65. 
Hammond, James C. — Age 17; res. Bucksport; mus. Dec. 1, '63, as private; 

joined co. Jan. 23, '64; ap. saddler, '65; m. o. with regt. 

WAGONERS. 

EowE, Eli W. — Age 35; res. Brewer; mus. Oct. 10, '61; disch. by examin- 
ing surg. Dec. 2, '62. 

Mow^ER, John M. — Age 27; res. Vassalboro; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. Nov. 
25, '64, ex. of ser. 

KoLLiSTON, Robert. — Age 44; res. Oldtown; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 
'64; at dismounted camp at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 



liOSTEIi OF COMPANY A. 



IMllVATES. 



471 



Allen, Fkkdioiuck K. — A<;o 18; res. Hope; mus. 1st 1). (". Feb. l'.», 't')4; 

pris. at Sycamore churcli, Sept. 1(1, '()4; died in i)iison at Salishviry, N. C, 

Feb. 18, '(i5. [See p. ;].m.J 
Amks, William H. — Age2;J; res. Maohiasport; mus. Istl). C. Fel). lit, '()4; 

died Sept. 24, '()4. 
Bakeu, GuAN\aLLK. W. — A^e 88; res. Litchfield; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '1)5. 
Bailey, Makk W. — A^e 18; res. Bariut;-; nuis. \ov. 17, '(>4; joined co. 

March 20, '6.5; m. o. with reftt. 
Beede, Oilman H.— Age 82; res. Leviint; mus. Oct. lit, '(il; discli. for dis. 

Nov. 12, '63, at Washington. 
Bell, Fkanklix H. — Age 10; res. No. .">, \l. .); mus. Istl). C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Bell, Wesley K. — Age 18; res. No. .5, R. 8; mus. 1st D. C. Fel). 10, '64; 

joined eo. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Bowen, John C. — Age 18; res. Iloulton; mus. March 1, '62; m. o. March 

1, '65, ex. of ser. 
Brackett, Hiram E. — Age 41; res. Gorham; mus. Dec. 81, '68; joined co. 

Jan. 28, '64; disch. for dis. May 11, '65. 
Bragg, Samuel M. — Age IS; res. Vassalboro; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

joined co at tr. ; wd^ at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. with 

regt. 
Branch, Milton M. — Age 18; res. Waterville; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

at dismounted cami^ at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
Brewster, Salmon C. — Age 20; res. Leeds; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Brown, Isaac H. — Age 44; res. Exeter; mus. Jan. 4, '64; joined co. Jan. 

29; disch. for dis. xlpril 20, '65. 
Budge, Daniel. — Age 83; res. Kenduskeag; mus. Dec. 4, '68; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '64; disch. for dis. May 11, '65. 
BURRILL, William L. — Age 22; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 10, '61; absent sick 

from July 1, '68, till m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Cahter, IIeman B. — Age 29; res. Manchester; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 

10. '64; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in southern prison, 

Jan. 20, '65. 
Caverly, Amos. — Age 10; res. Newport; veterau; mus. Feb. 25, '64; joined 

CO. March 27; wd. slightly at Dinwiddie, March 81, '65; m. o. witli regt. 
Clark, Leonard. — Age 28; res. Newburg; mus. Oct. 10, '61; missing in 

action Brandy Station, Aug. 20, '62. 
Cleaveland, Charles A. — Age 18; res. Lee; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, '62; died in prison at Richmond, '62. 
Colbath Martin P. — Age 18; res. Exeter; mus. Aug. 10, '62; disch. by 

order, May 20, '65. 
Comstock, Edgar F. — Age 21; res. Rockland; mus. Aug. 21, '62; joined 

CO. in Oct. ; disch. for dis. at Washington, Dec. 22, '62. 
Coombs, Clement W. — Age 21; res. Topsham; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; wd. and pris. June 24, '64, on Wilson's raid; disch. for dis. May 4, 

'65. 
Coombs, James H. — Age 18; res. Topsham; mus. Co. K, IstD. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; died in March, '64. 
Cram, Joseph, Jr. — Age 48; res. Brooks; mus. Dec. 81, 'Ci'.]; joined co. Jan. 

29, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Crapleton, James. — Age 22; res. Scotland; mus. Jan. 6, '64; joined co. 
Jan. 28; disch. G. O. No. 77. 



472 FIBST MAINE CAVALBY. 

Ckoss, Lewis C. — Age 18; res. Sebago; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. l!i, '(14; joined 

CO. at tr. ; m. o. June :iO, '(i5. 

Croxfokd, Horace. — Age 18; re.s. Newburg; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

MidiUetown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. in Oct.; discli. for dis. at 

Frederick, Dec. 4, '62. 

Davis, Octavius A. — Age 18; res. Waterville; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

pris. at Sycamore cburch, Sept. 16, '64; died in rebel prison, Nov. 14, '64. 

Davis, Samuel W. — Age 24; res. Brewer; mus. Jan. 2, '64; joined co. Jan. 

23; tr. to navy. April 19, '64. 
Davis, Thomas. — Age 18; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at Ground 
Squirrel bridge. May 11, '64; in prison at Anderson ville, and wbile tbere 
took an active part in preventing enlistments of prisoners in the rebel 
army; released after the surrender of Gen. Lee, and disch. May 11, '65, 
some months after his term of enlistment had expired. 
Davis, Thomas W. — Age 24; res. Brewer; mus. Jan. 2, '64; joined co. Jan. 

23; tr. to navy, April 19. '64. 
Daavson, Simeon M.— Age 18; res. Garland; mus. Oct. 6, '62; joined co. 
same month; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 12, and 
rejoined co. ; wd. severely at Farmville, April 7, '65; disch. for dis. June 
10, '65. 
Deakbokn, Charles E. — Age 23; res. Corinna; mus. Sept. 22, '64; joined 

CO. Oct. 26, '64. 
Dobbins, Joseph. — Age 34; res. Farmington; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

died at AVashington, Oct. 19, '64. 
Dodge, George W. — Age 22; res. Burnham; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, "'62; ex. and died at Annapolis, Md., Sept. 18, '62. 
Dodge, Nelson A. —Age 19; i-es. Burnham; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. Nov. 25, '62. 
Doe, James M. — Age 21 ; res. Orono; mvis. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at Middletown, 
May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '62; pris. at Beverly ford, Aug. 15, 
'63; ex. and rejoined co. Dec. 26, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Doe, John. —Age 44; res. Orono; mus. Aug. 18, '62; joined co. in Oct.; 

disch. for dis. at Washington, July 21, '63. 
Douggons, William M. —Age 35; res. Searsmont; mus. Aug. 22, '62. 
Dougherty, Valentine H. — Age 21; res. Charleston; mus. Oct. 19, '61; 

disch. for dis. March 9, '62. 
Drew, Alonzo. — Age 20; res. Orono; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. Jan. 

20, '63. 
Drew, Hiram T. — Age 18; res. Exeter; mus. Aug. 26, '62; joined co. Oct.; 
wd. at Middleburg, June 19, '63, and at Shepardstown, July 16, '63; 
disch. G. O. No. 83! 
Drink water, Albion C. — Age 18; res. Topsham; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 19, '64; joined co. after tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65; colonel on the staff 
of Benj'. F. Butler, governor of Massachusetts, '83. [See p. 356.] 
Dunn, James T. W. — Age 26; res. Eochester, N. Y.; mus. Oct. 19, '61; wd. 
and pris. at Middletown, May 24, '()2; paroled, and disch. for dis. Sept. 
'62. 
Dunn, John A. — Age 18; res. Litchfield; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; at dis- 
mounted camp at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Edgecomb, Albert. —Age 18; res. Exeter; mus. Aug. 10, '62; joined co. hi 

Oct.; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Ellis, Hiram S. — Age 20; res. Guilford; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at Ground 

Squirrel bridge, May 11, '<54; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Emery, George E. —Age 18; res. Hampden; mus. Dec. 29, '63; joined co. 
Jan. 23, '64; wd. at Appomattox Court House, April 9, '65, and is sup- 
posed to have died the next day. 



EOSTER OF COMPANY A. 473 

Emeuy, John-, Jh. — Afte 20; res. llamitdon; veteran; niu.s. Dec. 2!), '0:5; joined 

CO. Jan. 28, '04; \vd. severly at Dinwiddle, March ;n, '(w; <liseli. for dis. 

June 10, 'Go. 
Emery, Nahum. — Age 27; res. IL'imi)den; veteran: nius. Dec. 24, '()3; joined 

CO. Jan. 12, '64; on detached service with division train, '64; m. o. June 

20, '65. 
FiSHEK, Albert G. B. — Age 26; res. Lee; mus. Oct. 19, *61; disch. for (lis. 

June 27, '62. 
Foss, Ben.jamin R. — Age 19; res. Lee; mus. Oct. 19, '61;pris. at Middletown, 

May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
French, Charles A. —Age 18; res. Bradford; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; ex. and joined co. ;m. o. with 

regt. 
Frost, GtEOROE D. — Age 18; res. Winthrop; mus. Dec. 26, '6o; joined co. Jan. 

12, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Fuller, James. — Age 10; res. Union; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64: 

pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
FuKRUSii, Charles D. — Age 22; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61 ; pris. at Mid- 
dletown, May 24, '62; ex. and joined co. Oct. '62; re-en. Jan. 4, '64; disch. 

by order, Aug. 14, '65. 
Gardixer, Charles E. — Age 20; res. Palermo; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. '62; m. o. Dec. 6, '64, ex. 

of ser. 
Garland, Henry D. — Age 36; res. Hampden; mus. Dec. 24, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 12, '64; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
Gates. Oliver P. — Age 23; res. Lincoln; mus. Sept. 23, '62; joined co. in 

Oct. ; disch. for dis. at Camp Bayard, Feb. 25, '63. 
GooDBEHERE, JosEPH S. — Age 45; res. Biddeford; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; died at Annapolis, Md., Jan. 12, '65. 
Goodwin, Levi A. — Age 23; res. Skowhegan; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Gordon, Charles. — Age 18; res. Litchfield; mus. Dec. 8, '64; joined co. 

March 26; m. o. with regt. 
Gould, Charles R. — Age 30; res. Freedom; mus. Jan. 1, '64; joined co. 

Jan. 29; disch. for dis. June 6, '65. 
Grant, Abner D. — Age 25; res. Machiasport; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Grant, Charles E. — Age 18; res. Hermon; mus. Feb. 21, '62; on detached 

service in div. com'sy dept. '64; m. o. Feb. 21, '65, ex. of ser. 
Grant, ]\L\dison M. — Age 22; res. Hermon; mus. Oct. 19, '61; j^ris. at Mid- 
dletown, May 24, '62 ; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '62 ; pris. at Brandy 

Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined co. ; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. 

of ser. 
Grant, Samuel. — Age 20; res. Hermon; mus. March 1. '62; m. o. March 1, 

'65, ex. of ser. 
Gray, George M. — Age 27; res. 01dto\Nni; mus. Oct. 19, '61; wd. at Malvern 

Hill, July 29, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Gray, George W. — Age 18; res. Monticello; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Gray, James S. — Age 20; res. Standish; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; pris. 

at Stony Creek, on Wilson's raid, June 29; died in prison at Anderson- 

ville, Aug. 15, '64; grave No. 573(). 
GuLLiFER, MosES H. — Age 18: res. Waterville; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 

19, '64; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, ''64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Gunty, William. — Age 20; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; wd. 

and pris. on Wilson's raid, June 24, '64; disch. '65, G. O. No. 77. 



474 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Hall, Edwin D.— Age 29; res. Durham; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64 ;_ on 

detached service as clerk at cav. depot from tr. till m. o. June 20, '65. 
Hayden, George W. — Age 24; res. Sangerville ; mus. Oct. 6, '62; joined 

CO. same month ; died of disease at Belle Plain Landing, Jan. 25, '63. 
Head, Johx H. — Age 26; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. 

June 27, '62. 
HiBBERT, Baron S. — Age IS; res. Washington; mus. Oct. 4, '62. 
Hill, William H. — Age 21 ; res. Sebago; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; joined 

CO. at tr. ; wd. slightly at Jettersville, April 5, '65; disch. by order, June 

5, '65. 
Hodges, Thomas B. — Age 22; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
HOGAN, James. —Age 27; res. St. John's, N. B. ; mus. Aug. 10, '62; disch. 

by order, June 9, '65. 
Humphrey, Ephraim B. — Age 18; res. South Berwick ; mus. Avig. 15, '62; 

joined co. in Oct. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
HussEY, James K. — Age 18; res. Fairfield; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; pris. at Staunton Eiver, Wilson's raid, June 26, '64; died in rebel 

prison, '65. 
Hutchinson, Dennis. — Age 21; res. Atkinson; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, April 28, '65. 
Jackson, Miles. — Age 39; res. Xobleboro; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; pris. at Stony Creek, Wilson's raid, June 29, '64; died in rebel 

prison, '65. 
Jerris, Peter. — Age 32; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. June 21, '65. 
Jones, James, Jr. — Age 25; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. 

Feb. 21, '63. 
Jordan, Ben.jamin F. — Age 27; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 19, '61; discli. for 

dis. at Washington, Nov. 11, '62. 
Jordan, Eleazer. —Age 26; res. Kingfield; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
Jordan, Thomas D. — Age 21; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. Avig. 7, '62. 
KiJiBALL, Andrew J. — Age 25; res. Hermon; mus. Oct. 19, '61; discli. for 

dis. at Washington, Feb. 14, '63. 
King, Alpheus. — Age 30; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, "64. 
KucKiNG, Theodore. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. Jan. 4, '64; m. o. with 

regt. 
L.^jjREE, Horace. —Age 21; res. Orono; mus. Oct. 19, '61; wd. and pris. at 

Middletown, May 24,' 62; assisted in caring for Maj. Cilley while a 

prisoner; ex. and disch. for dis. Sept. 17, '62. 
Lake, Enoch H. — Age 22; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'64, ex. of ser. 
Lancaster, Kichard E. — Age 35; res. Oldtown; mus. Aug. 21, '62; joined 

CO. Oct. '62; tr. to V. H. CT at W^ashington, :March 19, '65. 
Lancaster, Zelotes. — Age 20; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. at Augusta, Aug. 7, '62. 
Lane, Lee. —Age 18; res. Madison; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; wd. 

on Wilson's raid, June 24, '64, and died of wounds. 
Lannon, John. — Age 22; res. Acton; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64. 
Lewis, Frank. — Age 21; res. Orono; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, 

ex. of ser. 
Libby, Anson O. — Age 23; res. Newport; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at Brandy 
Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined co. ; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. 
of ser. 



ROSTER OF COMPANV A. 



475 



LiBiJV, OsMAX. — Age 20; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. ID, '(11: m. o. Nov. 25, '($4, 

ex. of ser. 
Lord, Augustus, Ju. — Age 25; res. Levant; nnis. Oct. lit, '01; m. o. Oct. 

19, 'G4, ex. of ser. 
Luck, Wim.iam H. — Age 18; res. Burnliam: nnis. Oct. I'.i, 'Gl ; ni. o. Nov. 

25, '04, ex of ser. 
LuFKix, Ciiaki.es E. — Age 23; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 10, '01. 
LuFKiN, Otis E. — Age 22; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 10, '01; pris. at Brandy- 
Station, Aug. 20, '02; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '02; disch. for dis. at 

Augusta, Nov. 20, '(i3; again en. Sept. 10, '()4; joined co. Oct. 20; killed 

at Dinwiddie, March, 31, '05. 
Mack, Luthkh J. — Age 20; res. Sidney; mus. Oct. 10, '01. 
Maxsell, George F. — Age 23; res. Altim; mus. Aug. 23, '02; joined co. 

Oct. '02; on detached duty in regt. com'sy dept. '04; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Maxwell, Isaac C. — Age 10; res. Bowdoin; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Fel). 10, 

'04; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
McDoxALD, Geohge F. — Age 18; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 10, '01; wd. and 

pris. at :Middletown, May 24, '02; ex. and disch. for dis. July, '02. 
McKexzie, William. — Age 10; res. Portland; mus. Dec. 5, '04; joined co. 

March 20, '05; wd. severely at Dinwiddie, March 31, '05; disch. for dis. 

on account of wounds, June 15, '05. 
McNeill, Dwigiit. — Age 30; res. Holden; mus, Sept. 0, '02; joined co. in 

Oct.; tr. to V. r. c. at Washington, Feb. 2, '04. 
Meallee, John. — Age 40; res Kingfield; mus. Co. K, IstD. C. Feb. 10, '04; 

pris. at Sycamore cliurch, Sept. 10, '04. 
Melvix, Albert A. — Age 21; res. Hope; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04: 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Mekkix, Okiux L. — Age 10; res. Alton; mus. Aug. 23, '02; joined co. in 

Oct.; discli. G. O. No. 83. 
MoxROE, Albert P. — Age 17; res. Milo; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04; pris. 

at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '64; died in southern prison, Oct. 30, '04. 
Moore, Eber S. — Age 10; res. Anson; mus. IstD. C. Feb. 19, '64; joined 

CO. at tr., and served in regt. band till m. o. with regt. [See last band.] 
O'Bkiex, Michael. — Age 31; res. Orono; mus. March 1, '62; disch. for dis. 

at Augusta, Aug. 15, '62. 
O'CoxNELL, Redmoxd. — Age 20; res. Orono; mus. Oct. 10, 01; wd. at 

Brandy Station, Aug. 20, '02; disch. for dis. on account of wounds at 

Washington, Oct. '02. 
Palmer, Dexxis W. — Age IS; res. Plymouth; mus. Dec. 20, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Parks, James. — Age 21; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 10, '01; disch. for dis. 

Jan. 2, '02; again en. Aug. 25, "62; on detached duty at hd. qrs. '04; disch. 

by order, June 7, '05. 
Pattersox, Aaron B. — Age 22; res. Newport; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Peakes, James B. — Age 20; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 19, '(U; pris. at Mid- 

dletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. in Oct.; on detached duty as 

scout for Gen. Kilpatrick, Sept. '63; pris. Sept. 20, '03, near Culpepper; 

ex. Dec. 26, and rejoined co. ; m. o. Nov. 25, '65, ex. of ser. 
Peavey, Darius W. — Age 19; res. Exeter; mus. Aug. 22, '62; joined co. 

in Oct.; on duty as teamster in regt. q. m. dept. '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Peavey, Hiram. — Age 41; res. Exeter; mus. Ai;g. 22, '62; joined co. in 

Oct.; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Pendleton, Pvichard F. — Age 18; res. Camden; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 19, '64; pris. at Stony Creek, Wilson's raid, June 29, '04; disch. by 

order, June 5, '05. 



476 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Perkins, Horace. — A^e 43; res. Minot; mus. Co. K, l.st D. C. Feb. 10. '(U; 

promoted chaplain 9tli Me. Inf. '()4. 
PiCKEHixG, Chari.es W.— Age 30; res. Bradford; mus Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 

19, '64; pris. at tr.; died in southern prison, Dec. 22, '64. 
Potter, John. —Age 20; res. Portland; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

pris. at (Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in prison at Salisbury, X. C, 

Xov. 10, '64. 

Prescott, Daniel C — Age 37; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '(il; disch. for 
dis. June 2, '62. 

Proctor, Edward E. — Age 18; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. K. 1st D. C. Feb. 

19, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, April 28, '65. 
Proctor, George F. — Age 20; res. Lisbon; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; disch. l)y order, June 5, '6"). 
Proctor, George W. — Age 18; res. Lisbon; mus. Dec. 5, '64; joined co. 

Dec. 21 ; m. o. with regt. 

Rankins, Lucius. — Age 36; res. Mercer; mus. Dec. 31, '63; joined co. Jan. 
23, '64; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 

Raymond, Charles E. — Age 22; res. Bowdoinham; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 
'64; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in prison at Salisbury, 
Dec.24, 'C>4. 

Ricker, Nathan L. — Age 21; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 
Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 8; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Richardson, Alexander A. — Age 18; res. Winslow; mus. 1st D.C.Feb. 
19, '64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 

Richardson, E. A. —Age 18; res. Bowdoinham; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 
joined co. at tr. 

Richardson, Seth M. —Age 19; res. Winslow; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
Roberts, Nathaniel K. —Age 28; res. Levant; mus. Oct 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. at Philadelphia, Aug. 15, '62. 
Rogers, George A. — Age 19; res. Bucksport; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. April 5, '62. 

Sanford, Henry. — Age 21 ; res. Lee ; mus. Oct 19, '61 ; died of disease at 
Augusta, April, '62. 

Sargent, Groves O. — Age 26; res. Charleston; mus. Oct. 19, '61; dLsch. 
for dis. March 10, '62. 

Scott, Sargent J. — Age 20; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61; died of dis- 
ease at Washington, Nov. 5, '62. 

Scott, Wesley K. — Age 18; res. Bristol; mus. Co. A, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 
pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in prison at Salisbury, Jan. 
1, '65. 

Severance, Walter F. — Age 21; res. Greenbush; mus. Oct. 19, '61 ;m. o. 

Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Severance, William H. — Age 22; res. Greenbush; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. 

at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '62; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'64, ex. of ser. 

Smith, Charles. — Age 22; res. Dayton; mus Oct. 25, '64; joined co. Dec. 4; 

wd. severely at Api^omattox Court House, April 9, '65; m. o. with regt. 
Smith, Frank I. — Age 20; res. Westbrook; mus. Oct. 12, '64; joined co. 

Nov. 1; disch. for dis. July 12, '65. 
Smith, William S. — Age 23; res. Madison; mus. Oct. 5, '62; teamster in 

div. ammunition train, '64; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
SouLE, Leavis W. — Age 20; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'64, ex of ser. 
Spaulding, Albion. —Age 18; i-es. Burnham; mus. Oct. 19, '61; wd. and 

pris. at Middletown, ^Slay 24. "()2: jvaroled and disch. for dis. '62. 



ROSTER OF COJ/P.'l.Vr A. 477 

Steele, John C. — Age 25; res. Bowdoin; mus. 1st I). C. Feb. 11), "64; pris. 

at Sycamore clmrcli, Sept. 1(5, '(54; disch. by order, Sept. 4, '(5;"). 
Stei'iiens, Puimp C;. — Tr. from 1st Mass. Cav. '65. 
Stevens, Asa M. — Age 20; res. Exeter; mus. July 25, '62; joined co. in Oct. : 

disch. G. O. No. 88. 
Stevens, Oiiajsees II. — Age 28; res. Andover; mus. Nov. 17, '64; joined co. 

March 26, '(55; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
Stevens, Edwin F. — Age 27; res. Corinth; mus. Aug.28, '(52; joined co. Oct. ; 

wd. at Shei)ardstown, July 16, '(58; tr. to v. r. c. '(J5. 
Stewakt, Svevestek. — Age 22; res. Bowdoin; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 

10, '(54; pris. at Stony Creek, Wilson's raid, June 21), '64; disch. by order, 

June 18, '65. 

Stockham, Chakees M. — Age 21; res. Camden; mus. Co. K, IstD. C. Feb. 

in, '(54; at dismounted camp at tr. ; disch. for dis. June 10, '65. 
Stuakt, Ciiakees F. — Age 22; res. Hampden: mus. Aug. 28, '62; joined co. 

in Oct.; died of disease at Washington, April 27, '6'^>. 
SuTHEKLANi), Bemjamin. —Age 41; res. Lisbon; mus. Co. C, 1st D. C. Feb. 

19, '64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, July 17, '65. 
Sylvestek, Joseph W. — Age 18; res. Etna; mus. Oct 19, '61; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'(54, ex. of ser. 

Thompson, Ciiakees D. — Age 20; res. Lee; mus. Oct. 10, '61; pris. at Mid- 
dletown. May 24, '62; died in prison at Kichmond, Aug. '62. 

Thompson, Samuel A. — Age 22; res. Lee; mus. Oct. 10, '61; m. o. Nov. 25, 
'64, ex. of ser. 

Thorn, Samvel.- Age 18; res. Lewiston; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; pris. 

at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in southern prison, '65. 
Thukston, John E. — Age 28; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 10, '61; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'64, ex. of ser. 

Tilton, Henry F. — Age 19; res. Winthrop; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
TooTHAKEK, James M. — Age 24;res. Eichmond; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

wd. at Beams' Station, Aug. 25, '64; joined co. and m. o. with regt. 

Trask, Nathan E. — Age 28; res. Newburg;mus. Oct. 10, '61; disch. for dis. 
Feb. 22. '68. 

Veazie, Frederick M. — Age 21; res. Camden; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 

10, '(54; pris. at Stony Creek, on Wilson's raid, June 29, '64; died in prison 

at Andersonville, Jan. 15, '65 ; grave No. 12,457. 
ViLES, William H. — Age 18; res. Anson; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 19 '64; 

wd. and pris. at Stony Creek, Wilson's raid, June 29, '64; died in rebel 

prison. 

Walker, Charles W. — Age 19; res. Litchfield; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Walker, William D. — Age 28; res. Atkinson; mus. Co. L, 1st D.C.Feb. 

19, '(54; at dismounted camp at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
Walton, Daniel O. — Age 27; res. Milo; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

pris. at tr. ; died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 12, '(54. 
Webber, Harris G. — Age 28; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61; re-en. Jan. 

6, '64; m. o. June 20, '(35. 
Welch, James B. — Age 18; res. Waterville; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '(54; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '(55. 
Wells, Daniel J. — Age 34; res. Canaan; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Weymouth, Algernon. —Age 18; res. Albion; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '(j5. 
White, Egbert H. — Age 22; res. Saco; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; pris. at 

Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 



478 FIB ST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

Whitney, Henky C. — Age 20; res. Standish: iiiiis. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. by order, Aug. 16, '65. 

[See p. o54.] 
Whitney, Samtel. — Age 27; res. Mount Vernon; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 19, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '6"). 
Whitney, Thomas E. — Age 22; res. Clinton; mus. Oct. 2, '62; wd. and pris. 

at Brandy Station, June 0, '63; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined co. ; pris. at Deep 

Bottom, Aug. 16, '64; died in southern prison, Nov. 29, '64. 
WiNSi.ow, Albekt p. — Age 18; res. Winn; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
WiNSLow, John W. — Age 43; res. Searsport; mus. IstD.C. Feb. 19, '64; in 

dismounted camp at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Witham. Benjamin C. — Age 40; res. Lisbon; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 

19, '64; in dismounted camp at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Worcester, Edward P. — Age 18; res. Carmel; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. 

Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Young, Augustus. — Age 19; res. Orono; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. 

June 24, '63. 
Young, Wii>liam. — Age 25; res. Exeter; mus. July 13, '62; joined co. in 

Oct. ; tr. to navy, Api'il 19, '65. 



RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company was 
thirteen, of whom seven joined at its organization (three with commissions 
and four in the ranks and subsequently promoted), five were transferred 
from the First District of Columbia Cavalry (four with commissions and one 
in the ranks and subsequently promoted), and one was promoted from the 
field and staff ; of these, three were mustered out with the regiment, three 
were promoted to the field and staff, one was commissioned in the United 
States Volunteers, one was mustered out at the expiration of his term of 
service, one resigned, one was killed in action, one died of wounds received 
in action, one was discharged, and one is reported as never having been 
mustered. Lieut. Haskell served from the organization of the regiment 
until its muster out, and three others served three years or more, thougli 
not all of them served all the time with the company or regiment. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company (beside the 
four who were commissioned) was two hundred and fifty-seven, of whom 
twenty-eight were sergeants, twenty-four corporals, five buglers, five far- 
riers, four saddlers, three wagoners, and one hundred and eighty-eight pri- 
vates. Of these, ninety joined the company at its organization, thirty in 
1862, thirty-one in 1864 and 1865, one hundred and five were transferred 
from the First District of Columbia Cavalry, and one was transferred from 
the First Massaoliusetts Cavalry. Thirty-eight served their three years' 
term of enlistment, and were mustered outatit.s exi^iration; thirty-two were 
mustered out with the regiment, and three were discharged some time after 
the expiration of their term of service ; forty-nine were discharged for disa- 
bility ; eighty were discharged at the close t)f the war under the general 
orders mustering out paroled prisoners, convalescents in hospital, dis- 
mounted cavalry men, one year men, and cavalry men whose term of ser- 
vice expired prior to Oct. 1, 1865; one was discharged to receive promotion 



ROSTER OF COMPANY A. 479 

in tlie Ninth Maine Infantry; three Avere killed in action, two died from 
wonnds received in action, nine died of disease, and twenty died in southern 
l>risons; four were transferred to the navy, three to the veteran reserve 
corps, and one to Co. L; twelve are unaccounted for. Forty-nine served 
three years or more, twenty-two served two years and less than three, one 
hundred and twenty-six served one year and less than two, and fifty-eight 
served less than one year. Seven re-enlistcd as veteran volunteers. These, 
and the five enlisted men who were commissioned, added to the ruimber of 
enlisted men before given, makes the total number of enlistments repre- 
sented in the company two hundred and sixty-nine, or with the commis- 
sioned officers, two hundred and seventy-seven. 

COMPANY A'S HONORED DEAD. 

MEUTENANTS. 

ViN'OEXT MouxTFOKT, Bowdoiu. Killed in action at Sycamore church, 

Sept. 10, 1864. 
Leander M. Comins, Lincoln. Died April 14, 1865, of wounds received in 

action at Dinwiddle, March 31, 1865. 

SERGEANTS. 

Benjamin F. Fogg, Stetson. Died in rebel prison, Aug. 27, 1864. 
Prentiss M. Clark, Levant. Died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 8, 1864. 
James M. Hall, Orono. Killed in the charge on Lee's train, April 6, 1865. 

CORPORAL. 

Asa Merrill, Richmond. Killed in action at Reams' Station, Aug. 25, 1864. 

PRIVATES. 

Frederick K. Allen, Hope. Died in rebel prison, Feb. 18, 1865. 

William H. Ames, Machiasport. Died Sept. 24, 1864. 

Heman B. Carter, Manchester. Died in southern prison, Jan. 20, 1865. 

CuAiiLES A. Cleavelani), Lee. Died in prison at Richmond, 1862. 

James H. Coombs, Topsham. Died in March, 1864. 

OcTAVius A. Davis, Waterville. Died in rebel prison, Nov. 14, 1864. 

Joseph Dobbins, Farmington. Died at Washington, Oct. 19, 1864. 

Oeorge W. Dodge, Burnham. Died at Amiapolis, Md., Sept. IS, 1862. 

George E. Emery, Hampden. Died of wounds received at Appomattox 
Court House, April 9, 1865. 

Joseph S. Goodbehere, Biddeford. Died at Annapolis, Md., Jan. 12, 1865. 

James S. Gray, Standish. Died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 15, 1S(J4. 

George W. Hayden, Sangerville. Died of disease at Belle Plain Land- 
ing, Jan. 25, 186.3. 

James R. Hussey, Fairfield. Died in rebel prison, 1865. 

Miles Jackson, Nobleboro. Died in rebel prison, 1865. 

Lee Lane, Madison. Died of wounds received on Wilson's raid, June 24. 
1864. 

Otis E. Lufkin, Bangor. Killed in action at Dinwiddie Court House, 
3Iarch 31, 1S65. 



480 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Albert P. Monroe, Mile. Died in southern prison, Oct. 30, 1864. 
Charles W. Pickering, Bradford. Died in southern prison, Dec. 22, 1864. 
John Potter, Portland. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 10, 1864. 
Charles E. Raymond, Bowdoinham. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, 

Dec. 24, 1864. 
Henry Sanford, Lee. Died of disease at Augusta, April, 1862. 
Sargent J. Scott, Bangor. Died of disease at Washington, Nov. 5, 1862. 
Wesley K. Scott, Bristol. Died in prison at Salisbury, Jan. 1, 1865. 
Charles F. Stuart, Hampden. Died of disease at Washington, April 27, 

1863. 
Charles D. Thompson, Lee. Died in prison at Richmond, Aug. 1862. 
Samuel Thorn, Lewiston. Died in southern prison, 1865. 
Frederick M. Veazie, Camden. Died in prison at Andersonville, Jan. 15, 

1865. 
WiLLiAJi H. ViLES, Anson. Died in rebel prison. 
Daniel O. Walton, Milo. Died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 12, 1864. 
Thomas E. Whitney, Clinton. Died in southern prison, Nov. 29, 1864. 





Corp. GEO. A. MESSER. Co. B. 



Corp. JOHN THOMPSON, Co. B 
Searsmont. 





Lieut. WILLIAM P. COLEMAN, Co. 
Wetmore, Colo. 



WILLARD L. MESSER, Co. B. 
Sergt. Co. H, 2d Me. Cav. 
Union. 





GIDEON ANDREWS, Co. B. 
Hermon. 




JOHN O. BRUCE, Co. 
Belfast. 



Corp. GIDEON TOWER, Co. B. 
Camden. 



liOSTER OF C03IPANY B. 481 



COMPANY B. 

CAPTAINS. 

CILLEY, JONATPIAX P. —Age 25; res. Thomastoii; en. Sept. 3, 'CI; mus. 
Oct. 19, to rank from Oct. 4; com. major, May 8, '02. [See field and staff, 
and pp. 4, 30, 34-37.] 

TUCKER, BEXJAMIN F. — Age 29; com. capt. Co. B, from adjt. May 8, 
'62; served on the staff of Gen. D. INIcM. Gregg, comdg. 2d div. c. c. from 
June 9, '63, till following Dec; com. major, Jnly 11, '64. [See field and 
staff, and pp. 136, 146, 157, 281, 296, 298, 358.] 

LOKIXG, JACOB B. — Age 28; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. '61; mus. Oct. 19, 
as sergt. ; pro. 1st sergt. Xov. 1, '62; wd. at Gettysburg, July 2, '63, by a 
spent ball on the arm; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; wd. severely in front of Rich- 
mond, May 12, '64, by a cannon ball sti'iking his pistol and driving it 
against his hip and thigh; sent to hospital, May 15; rejoined co. Aug. 
26; com. capt. July 11, '64; m. o. with regt. [See pp. 371, 403.] 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

COLEMAN, WILLIAM P. — Age 26; res. Lincolnville ; mus. Oct. 19, '61, to 
rank from Sept. 26; comdg. co. Oct. and Nov. '63, and wd. by contusion 
of bullet at Bull Run, Oct. 15; on duty at draft rendezvous, Portland, 
early in '64; comdg. co. July, Aug. and Sept. '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, 
ex. of ser. [See pp. 181-183, 203.] 

POOR, JAMES W.— Age 21; res. Belfast; en. Sept. '61; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 
sergt.; pro. q. m. sergt. '62; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; on detached duty at 
brigade hd. qrs. '63; pro. sergt. maj. Feb. 1, '64; com. 1st lieut. Dec. 16, 
'64 ;• wd. severely at Sailor's Creek, April 6, '65, while acting adjt.; re- 
joined CO. and m. o. with regt. [See field and staff, and pp. 417, 434.] 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

CUTLER, FRANK M. — Age 19; res. Union; mus. Oct. 19, '61, to rank 
from Oct. 4; aide-de-camp for Col. J. Irwin Gregg, comdg. 2d brig. 2d 
div. c. c. from July 16, '63, till m. o. for ex. of ser. Nov. 25, '64; wd. in 
fall of '64. [See pp. 32, 141.] 

FUlIeR, henry D. —Age 19; res. Corinth; mus. 1st D. C. March 28, '64; 
pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; joined co. winter '64-5; wd. 
severely at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; rejoined co. and m. o. 
with regt. [See pp. 397, 399.] 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

VosK, Marcus A. — Age 20; res. Montville; en. Sept. 27. '61; mus. Oct. 19, 
as 1st sergt.; com. sup. 2d lieut. Oct. 31, '62, by the governor of :Maine; 
m. o. Jan. '63, by order, the AVar Dept. not recognizing that grade; 



482 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

again en. Co. H, 2d Me. Cav. and com. 2d lieut. '64; com. 1st lient. ; wd. 
on exijedition under Col. Si^urling, from Pensacola, Fla., to Montgomery, 
Ala., '64; m. o. Dec. 6, '65, at Barnacas, Fla. 
Cook, Melville B. — Age 23; res. Friendship; en. Sept. 26, '61; mns. Oct. 
19, as private; pro. corp. Sept. 1, '62, and from that time till Feb. 1, 
'64, was employed as co. clerk; wd. and horse killed under him at 
Louisa Court House, May 2, '(io; sent to military hospital at Aquia 
Creek, and thence to dismounted camp near Alexandria, where he was 
mounted, detailed as provost guard, and sent to Washington, and was 
one of the escort to President Lincoln; rejoined co. Sept. 26, '63; re-en. 
Dec. 29, '63; pro. sergt. Feb. 1, '64; was knocked down and his horse 
killed by the force of a shell at Trevillian Station, June 11, '64; served 
as ordnance sergt. for the division from Sept. 20, '64, to Nov. 12, '64, 
when he rejoined co. and was pro. 1st sergt. ; rendered distinguished 
service during the campaign of '65; m. o. with regt. [See pp. 5, 46, 
395.] 

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTS. 

ROBBINS, Edward K. — Age 22; res. Thomaston; en. Sept; 3, '61 — the 
second man who enlisted in the regt. ; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. June 
22, '62, arising from exhaustion and exposure in the campaign in the 
Shenandoah valley. 

BuREOAVS, Samuel. — Age 22; res. Friendship; en. Sept. 26, '61; mus. Oct. 
19, as private; pro. corp. Oct. 1, '62; on detached service in the divi- 
sion q. m. dept. '63 arid '64; and at the battle of Gettysburg, July, '63, 
while carrying despatches from Capt. Corson, a. q. m. to Gen. Meade, 
by the long and exhaustive galloj) to find the general, he incurred sun- 
stroke, but faithfully carried out his instructions; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; 
rejoined co. Nov. 24, '64, and pro. sergt. Nov. 24, and q. m. sergt. a little 
later; m. o. with regt. 

COMMISSARY SERGEANTS. 

Burton, Elbridge. — Age 38; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 7, '61; mus. Oct. 
19, as Corp.; pro. sergt. March, '63; at Aldie, June 17, '63, he was left 
alone while he emptied the contents of his revolver into the ranks of 
a charging column of rebel cavalry; re-en. and pro. com' sy sergt. Dec. 
29, '63; in command of co. from June 24, '64, until Aug. 26, receiving 
special commendation from the regt. commander; passed examination 
as veterinary surg. Sept. 19, '64, and received his warrant for such posi- 
tion Nov. 4; at Boyd ton plank road, Oct. 27, in the second fight of that 
day, he, in charge of twenty men, captured the glasses, flags, and para- 
phernalia of a rebel signal station. [See field and staff.] 

Bowler, Marquis. — Age 21; res. Palermo; en. Sept. '61; mus. Oct. 19, '61, 
as private; orderly for Gen. Meade, '62, and at the battle of Freder- 
icksburg, Dec. 13, '62, had his pistol shot from his side and his horse 
wounded; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. corp. May 1, '64, and com' sy sergt. Dec. 
22, '64; sick in hospital, winter of '(54 and '65, but rejoined co. in time to 
participate in all the engagements up to the surrender of Lee's '&rmy; 
m. o. with regt. 

SERGEANTS. 

Perkins, A i.oNzo. — Age 35; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 16, '61; mus. Oct. 

19; served as regt. carpenter in building the horse stalls in Augusta; 

sent to jNIaine on recruiting service, '()2, by reason of his health breaking 

down in the campaign in the valley. May, '62; died at home, Aug. '62. 
Fessenden, Joshua A. — Age 20; res. Rockland; en. Sept. 18, '61; mus. 

Oct. 19; disch. March 24, '62, to accept commission as 2d lieut. 2d U. S. 

Cav., and served with distinction during the war. 



EOSTEE OF COMPANY E. 483 

Messkh, Adelbert a.— Afte 28; res. Montville; en. Oct. 5, 'CA; mus. Oct. 
10, as Corp.; pro. ser<;t. ISIarcli 1, '()2: ruptured a, blood vessel during;- the 
campaign in the valley, Mav, Mil', and died from the el'lects of tlie injury, 
Nov. '02. 

EoiJiNsoN, Jajies II. — Age 17; res. Belfast; en. and mus. Oct. 19, '(il, as 
Corp.; pro. sergt. 'G2; pris. at Louisa Court House, ]\Iay 2, '0:3; ex. Sept. 
8, and rejoined co. ; re-en. Dec. 2i), '0;]; tr. to navy, July 4, '04. 

Parker, Aurelius. — Age 27; res. St. George; en. Sept. ;](), '01; mus. Oct. 
19, as private; pro. corp. April, '(i2; pro. sergt. Oct. 2, '02, and detailed 
in chai^ge of Gen. Sturgis' orderlies, hd. qrs. 9th corps; for his bravery 
at Antietam he was recommended to the War Dept. for a captain's com- 
mission in U. S. Army, and Gen. IJurnside approved the recommenda- 
tion, but no notice appears to have been taken of it; rejoined co. Sept. 4, 
'03, and was detailed to take charge of Gen. Gregg's orderlies; wd. at 
Deep Bottom, Aug. 10, '04, but remained with the co. ; m. o. Nov. 25, 
'04, ex. of ser. ; after m. o. became regt. sutler, and remained as such till 
m. o. of regt. — the only sutler who paid a tax to regt. fund. [Seep. 
377.] 

JNIcCoRR, Austin. —Age 20; res. Lincolnville; en. Oct. 1, '01; mus. Oct. 19, 
as Corp. ; pro. sergt. Dec. 27, '02, and was color bearer the greater part 
of '03; re-en. Dec. 29, '03; wd. slightly at Coal Harbor, June 2, '04, being 
struck by a piece of shell in the temple ; wd. severely at Boydton plank 
road, Oct. 27, '04, while leading the advance of Co. B; was sent to hos- 
pital at Augusta, and there disch. for dis. April 21, '05. [See p. 281.] 

Perkixs, Barton G. — Age 34; res. Thoniaston; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as pri- 
vate; pro. corp. and sergt. '02; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; 
ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined co. ; re-en. Dec. 29, '03; disch. for dis. Feb. '64, 
and died the following October. 

Strout, Alfred C. — Age 22; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 14, '61; mus. Oct. 

19, as private; pro. corp. early in '02; injured at second Bull Run, Aug. 
'62, by being thrown upon the pommel of the saddle, and sent to 
Armory Square hospital; rejoined co. and pro. sergt. Oct. 30, '62; com- 
manded CO. while veterans were on furlough, Feb. 27 to March 2, '64; 
ap. acting sergt. maj. of dismounted men, April 27, '64, till June, '64; 
m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

McIntyre, Charles A. —Age 22; res. Warren; mus. Feb. 1, '02, as pri- 
vate; pro. corp. Aug. '63; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; wd. slightly in the forehead 
at Todd's Tavern, May 8, '64, and had two bullets put through his hat; 
pro. sergt. Aug. 1, '04; wd. severely in the hip at Deep Bottom, Aug. 10, 
'64, and sent to hospital at Philadelphia; rejoined co. Dec. '64; Ainll 9, 
'65, at Appomattox Court House, he voluntarily took the place of a 
sergt., and was killed almost at the moment Lee's advance unfurled 
their emblem of submission, and died without knowing that what he 
had yielded up his life for had been accomplished, having been in nearly 
all the engagements of the regt. from Middletown to Appomattox. [See 
p. 34.] 

BiECE, Francis A. — Age 23; res. Orrington; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

20, '64; pris. in June, '64; ex. and disch. for dis. Aug. 30, '64. 
CoLLEY, Charles H. — Age 22; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. at hospital, June 20, '05. 

Brackett, James W. — Age 25; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 
in hospital at tr., sick from exposure and exhaustion on Wilson's raid; 
disch. for dis. at Portland, Dec. 12, '04. 

GuRNEY, Samuel J. —Age 28; res. Waldo; en. Oct. 9, '(il ; mus. Oct. 19, as 
corp; detailed as orderly for Gen. Meade, in '02, and while carrying des- 
patclies at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, his horse was killed by a cannon 
ball, while he narrowly escaped; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, 
'63; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined co. ; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. sergt. Nov,"^28, 
'64; at Appomattox Court House, April 9, '05, before it was certain that 



484 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Gen. Lee had simeiiderecl, aided by Privates A. Benner and Fred Rii)- 
ley, he captured twenty-five rebels, and marched them to hd. qrs. ; m. o. 
June 20, '(io. [See p. 365.] 

Palmek, Samuel W. — Age 19; res. Newcastle; mus. Aug. 21, '62, as pri- 
vate; pro. Corp. Aug. 1, '64, and sergt. March 20, "65; at Dinwiddie, 
March 31, '65, he distingui.slied himself by bravery; disch. G. O. Xo. SI 

Bartlett, Okiux W. — Age 30; res. Stoneham; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '64, 
as corp; joined co. at tr. ; pro. sergt. May, '65; m. o. with regt. 

Cappers, Osgood. — Age 18; res. Levant; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, '63, 
as Corp. ; absent sick at tr. ; joined co. in time to pai'ticipate in the cam- 
paign of '65; pro. sergt. May, '65; m. o. with regt. 

Baker, Albert. — Age 32; res. Belfast; mus. Jan. 7, '64, as private; joined 
CO. Jan. 29, '64; wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, '64; pro. corp. '64, and 
sergt. May, '65; m. o. with regt. 

RoBixsox, Charles E. — Age 21; res. Washington; en. Sept. 20, '61; mus. 
Oct. 19, as private; pris. at Frederick, Md., '62; rejoined co. Dec. 24; re- 
en. Dec. 29, '63; i^ro. corp. '64, and sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 

COEPOEALS. 

Bean, Charles H. — Age 21; res. St. George; mus. Oct. 19, '61; received a 
sabre cut on his left cheek, cutting through his nose and into his right 
eye, in attempting to arrest a drunken soldier, by order of Maj. Brown, 
while on the way to the front with a detachment of unmounted men, 
Dec. '63; sent to hospital at Fairfax Court House, and thence to Camp 
Stoneman, where he remained on light duty till m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 
ser. 

McCoBB, Wilbur. — Age 21; res. Lincolnville; en. Oct. 1, '61; mus. Oct. 19; 
served in the campaign in the valley, '62, but was taken sick in June, 
and disch. for dis. at Philadelphia, Oct. 25, '62. 

Frost, Xathax P. — Age 27; res. Searsmont; en. Oct. 5, '61; mus. Oct. 19; 
disch. for dis. June 30, '62. 

Brown, George H. — Age 24; res. Searsmont; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. Jan. 30, '62; disch. at Hagerstown, Md., June, '62, for dis. 
arising from injuries caused by the fall of his horse during Banks' 
retreat in the valley; again en. Deo. 29, '63, in Co. E, 1st Me. H. A., and 
served till disch. for dis. at Harwood hospital. May 28, '65; while in this 
last service, received a gun shot wound in the left hand. 

CoLLAMER, Solomon C. — Age 19; res. Lincolnville; en. Sept. 25, '61; mus. 
Oct. 19, as private; jDro. corp. spring of '62; died of disease in hospital at 
Washington, Aug. 28, '62. 

Cole, James D. — Age 25; res. Thomaston; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. Ajjril, '62; particii)ated in the campaign in the valley, and 
disch. by order of Gen. Banks shortly after. 

Turner, John. — Age 23; res. North Haven; en. Oct. 9, '61; mus. Oct. 19, 
as private; pro. corp. April, '62; disch. for dis. at Washington, Oct. 1, '62. 

Catlanh, Nehemiah B. — Age 21; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 14, '61; mus. 
Oct. 19, as private; pro. corp. '62; i^ris. at Jjouisa Court House, May 2, 
'63; ex. and sent to hospital at Annapolis, and thence to Camp Distribu- 
tion, where he died from the effects of his imprisonment, June 14, '63; 
participated in all the engagements of the co. till captured. 

Thompson. John. — ^^ Age 22; res. Searsmont; mus. Dec. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. Sept. 1, '62; tr. to navy, Ajnil 19, '64; wd. in the fight at Mobile 
Bay, Aug. 5, '64, and participated in the attack on Fort Fisher; disch. 
from navy, March 8. '65. 

Hall, Isaac A. — Age 21; res. South Thomaston; en. Sept. 24, '61; mus, 
Oct. 19, as private; pro. corp. Oct. 1, '62, and was in all the engagements 
of the CO. till tr. to navy, April 19, '64; served as seaman and cockswain 



liOSTER OF COMPAXr B. 485 

on U. S. steamer " Brooklyn," and participated in the naval engagements 

at Mobile Bay and Fort Fisher. 
Clahk, Edwakd H. — Age2(); res. Biddeford; mns. Sept. 1, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 25; pro. corp. '02, and acted as co. clerk: di.sch. Feb. '(')4, for dis. 

arising from a componnd fracture of the right ankle, incurred by his 

horse falling on him, July 1(5, '6;]. 
Hawks, Hkxhy A. — Age 21; res. Union; mus. Oct. 19, 'til, as private; pris. 

at ]Mi(ldlet()wn, May 24, '()2, while serving as surgeon's orderly; ex. Sept. 

14, and rejoined co. Oct. 25; pro. corp. Xov. 1, '02; sent to hospital sick 

Feb. 20, '04; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Haynes, Fkank G. — Age 18; res. Bremen; en. Sept. 21, '01; mus. Oct. 19, 

as private; pro. coip. Feb. 4, '0:5; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '03; 

ex. Sept. 8, 'Oo, and rejoined co. in Oct.; re-en. Dec. 29, '03; tr. to v. r. c. 

Jan. 14, '04. and disch. Sept. 5, '()4. 
SiioKKY, Samiei.. — Age 31; res. Belfast; en. Oct. 9, '01; mus. Oct. 19, as 

private ; horse killed under him at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 

'02, while serving as orderly for Gen. Meade; pro. corp. Feb. 4, '03; m. o. 

Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Pakkek, Maiscei.lus M. — Age 32; res. St. George; mus. Aug. 4, '02, as 

private; joined co. Sept. 0; pro. corp. March 7, '03; pris. at Louisa Court 

House, May 2, '03, at which time he received a slight wound from a 

rebel sabre; ex. Sejjt. 8, and rejoined co. ; tr. to signal corps, Feb. 1, '64. 
EiciiAKDsoN, William M. — Age 39; res. St. George; mus. Oct. 4, '02, as 

private; joined co. Sept. 0; pro. corp. Aug. 20, '03; had his horse shot 

under him, and taken pris. near Richmond, May 12, '04; died in prison 

at Andersonville, and buried in the National Cemetery there — grave 

No. 10,465. 

Lamsox, Emvix B.— Age 24; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '64; ab- 
sent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. June 20, '65. 

MooKE, Thomas. —Age 20; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, 
'04; pris. June, '(i4; ex. and rejoined co. ; joined co. at tr. ; Avd. at Boyd- 
ton plank road, Oct. 27, '04. 

Eoss, Geoi:ge H. —Age 24; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '(U; ab- 
sent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. July 7, '05. 

Leigiitox, Johx W. — Age 23; res. Belfast; en. Oct. 5, '61; mus. Oct. 19, 
as saddler; on detached duty at division lid. qrs. '03; re-en. Dec. 29, '03; 
pro. corp. Feb. 1, '04; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '04; ex. soon 
after and rejoined co. and served till disch. by order, June 12, '65. 

Messer, George A. — Age 19; res. Montville; en. Oct. 5, '61; mus. Oct. 19, 
as private; sent to Frederick, '02, sick with fever, brought on by ex- 
haustion in the valley campaign; rejoined co. ; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. 
cor]». Feb. 21, '04; by his persistent efforts in the engagement near Rich- 
mond, 3ray 12, '04, he got Capt. Loring (who was badly wounded and 
whose horse was killed) from the field, probably saving his life; wd. 
and horse shot under him at Trevillian Station, June 11, '64; sent to 
hospital, and after suffering severely from his wound, was discharged 
therefrom June 13, '65; during the winter of '64-5 acting q. m. of the 
hospital division south of the Potomac, including the hospitals in Alex- 
andria and vicinity; had fitted for college at Exeter, N. H., and was 
prejiaring to enter Bowdoin when he enlisted. [See p. 234.] 

Barlow, AVillaed W. — Age 21; res. Thomaston; mus. July 24, '02, as pri- 
vate; joined co. Aug. 10; orderly for Gen. Meade from Feli. 18, '03, to 
Aug. 15, '04, when he rejoined co. and was pro. corp. ; severely wd. at 
Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '05, by a Minnie ball breaking the 
bone and ploughing a furrow two inches long on the left side of his 
forehead; disch. on account of wounds, at Mount Pleasant hospital, 
June 14, '65. 

Haskell, Hexiu J. —Age 17; res. Palmyra; mus. Sept. 22, '02, as private; 
joined co. Oct. 25; ap. bugler, '02; wd. slightly at Boydton plank road 



486 FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 

Oct. 27, '04; pro. corp. March 20, '(3-5; dangerously wd. at Dinwiddle, 
March 31, '(35; sent to hospital and disch. on account of wounds, July 
12, '65. 

Tower, Gideox, Jk. — Age 34; res. Lincoln ville; served in Co. G, 2(;th Me. 
Inf., having en. Oct. 11, '(52, and m. o. with regt. Aug. 17, '(53; mus. Co. 
B, 1st Me. Cav. Jan 2(3, '64; pro. corp. ^Slarcli 28, '65; m. o. with regt. 

Small, Avery. — Age 29; res. Camden; mus. 1st D. C. Feh. 20, '64; injured 

• by his horse falling on him at Keams' Station, .June 28, '(34; joined co. at 

tr. ; pro. corp. '(55, for bravery in the engagement at Dinwiddle, March 

31; detailed as corp. in charge of the gun captured by the regt. and 

presented to the state when the regt. arrived home ; m. o. with regt. 

Davis, McKendkee. — Age 21; res. Friendship; en. Sept. 26, '61; mus. Oct. 
19, as private; Nov. '62, in ignorance of the revocation of the order 
allowing the tr., he en. with a detachment of his co. then in Washington, 
in the U. S. Heavy Artillery and participated with that regt. in the heavy 
fighting at Chancellorsville, May, '(53; July 31, '(53, having learned of the 
illegality of his enlistment, he rejoined his co. ; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; at 
Gi'ound Squirrel bridge, May 11. '(54, he and Sergt. Cook were placed 
on an advanced post, and not being recalled at the time of the enemy's 
attack, they were cut off, but escaped and joined the column as it was 
crossing the Chickahominy; at St. Mary's church, June 24, '(54, he again 
held his position as vidette till the enemy was in his rear, but finally 
worked his way into camp safely; pro. cor}). July 1, '65; m. o. with 
regt. 

Prixc'E, Ai-bert F. — Age 18; res. North Yarmouth; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, 
'64, as private; pris. at tr., and reported dead; joined co. .Jan. 5, '65, 
from parole camp; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 

EiPLEY, Fred A. — Age 18; res. Appleton; mus. Jan. 4, '64, as private; 
joined co. Jan. 29; orderly at lirig. hd. qrs. '64; wd. by a gunshot wound 
in the left foot at Ajipomattox Court House, Jan. 9, '65, while with 
Sergt. Gurney, capturing a number of prisoners; pro. corji. '65; m. o. 
with regt. [See p. 484.] 

BIJGLEES. 

Brier, Eben F. — Age 18; res. Belfast; en. Oct. 5, '61; mus. Oct. 19; on 
detached service, Nov. '(52; in all the engagements in which the co. par- 
ticipated, up to Shepardstown, July 16, '(53, when he was mortally wd. 
by almost the last shot fired, the bullet tearing across his forehead, and 
died of wounds, July 21. [See p. 188.] 

Grafton, Edmund C. — Age 18; res. Rockland; en. Sept. 25, '61; mus. Oct. 
19; killed by a railroad accident while returning from a furlough, July 
30, '62. 

Pottle, William M. — Age 28; res. Buxton; served as corp. Co. H, 7th 
Me. Inf., having en. Aug. 21, '61, and being disch. for dis. May 18, '(53; 
mus. Co. B, 1st Me. Cav. Jan. 4, '(54, as private; joined co. Jan. 23; ap. 
bugler, March 1, '64; m. o. with regt. 

FARKIERS. 

Clement, Albion H. — Age 24; res. Montville; en. Sept. 6, '61; mus. Oct. 
19; remained on duty with co. until March 3, '63, when disch. for dis. at 
Camp Bayard. 

Burrows, Jerome W. — Age 26; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 21, '61; mus. 
Oct. 19; during Banks' retreat. May 24, '62, he was with the wagons of 
Co. B, and in charge of the train as wagon master, under Lieut. Hill, 
of Co. A, and rendered efficient service in recapturing jjart of the train 
and bringing the whole train safely through to Williamsport; was seri- 
ously injured while on this duty; and in consequence of this injury he 



EOSTER OF COMPANY B. 487 

received a thirty day furlough, and at its exi)iratioii was detailed on 
recruitinfj service in" ISlaine, and was kept on tliis dnty nntil diseli. for 
dis. Dec. 30, '62. 

HoLDEN, Samuel M. — Age 21; res. Casco; en. Dec. 15, '(il; mus. Dec. IS), 
as private; ap. farrier. '(i2; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; tr. to navy, July 4, '64, 
where he served nntil disch. Aug. 27, '65. 

Fales, Fknelon M. — Age 24; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 15, '61; mus. Oct. 
19; orderly for Gen. INleade, and in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 
'62, had his horse killed under him, and received two bullet holes in his 
clothing; pris. at I.ouisa Cmu-t House, May 2, '63; ex. Sept. S, and re- 
joined co. ; re-en. Dec. 29, '63, and appointed farrier soon after; mor- 
tally wd. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '(54, and died the next day; he 
was a brother of John L. Fales, of Co. V, who was mortally wd. at Boyd- 
ton plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 

Spear, Okka P. — Age 21; res. Warren; mus. Feb. 1, 'r)2, as private; re-en. 
Feb. 1, '64; ap. farrier same date; m. o. June 20, '65; accidently killed 
shortly after disch. and return home. 

McGuike, Alp^ked D. — Age 20; res. Howland; mus. Aug. 7, '62, as i)rivate; 
joined co. Sept. 6; his horse killed by a piece of shell, at Trevillian Sta- 
tion, June 11, '64; ap. farrier, July 5, '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Adams, Job C — Age 35; res. Greenville; en. Co. E, 1st D. C. Sept. 25, '63, 
as private; joined co. soon after tr. ; Jan. 2, '65, he stabbed Joseph Rose 
across the bowels, and was court martialed, but Rose, who had recovered, 
stated that he was as much to blame as Adams, when the latter was 
acquitted, and the two became the best of friends; ap. farrier, '65; m. o. 
with regt. 

WAGONERS. 

Robertson, Richard, Jr. — Age 34; res. Monroe; en. Oct. 4, '61; mus. Oct. 
19; disch. at Philadelphia, July '63, for dis. caused by the loss of two fin- 
gers in Aug. '62. 

SPARROW', Rodney. — Age 19; res. Union; mus. Feb. 1, '62, as private; on 
detached duty with the ammunition train, '63 and '64; re-en. Fel). 1, '64, 
and ap. wagoner same date; m. o. June 20, '65. 

RoBBiNS, John B. — Age 25 ; res. Swanville ; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private ; ap. 
wagoner, '63; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; tr. to navy, July 4, '64. 

Riley, George. — Age 35; res. Monroe; en. Oct. 5, '61; mus. Oct. 19, as pri- 
vate; disabled in the campaign in the valley by his horse throwing him 
backwards and injuring his back and lumbardal muscle; ap. wagoner, 
'63; re-en. Dec. 29, '()3; rendered good service with the co. in last cam- 
paign; m. o. June 20, '65. 

SADDLER. 

Carr, Martin. — Age 23; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. '61; mus. Oct. 19, as 
private; taken with typhoid fever on Stoneman's raid. May, '63, but with 
rare pluck rode for days wdiile suffering from that disease, rather than 
be left within the rebel lines; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; ap. saddler, Feb. 1, '64; 
w^d. slightly at Malvern Hill, July 29, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

PRIVATES. 

Ames, George S. — Age 30; res. Lincolnville; mus. Dec. 28, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 29, '64; wd. and pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; ex. during 

the year and w^ent to hospital at Augusta, from whence he was disch, 

for dis. March 5, '65. 
Ames, John. — Age 21; res. Searsport; en. Oct. 5, '61; mus. Oct. 19; was 

taken sick after the regt. reached Washington, but remained with co. 



488 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

until after Banks' retreat in the valley, when he was sent to hospital at 
Frederick, whence he was furloughecl to Maine, and disch. for dis. at 
Augusta, Oct. 27, '62. 
Andkews, Gideon, Jk. — Age22-, res. Anson; en. Sept. 2S, '(14; joined co. 
Nov. 8; sick during winter of '04-5; rejoined co. April, '05; disch. G. O. 
No. S3. 
Andrews, Orlando V. — Age 29; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 20, '01;mus. 

Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Oct. 20, '02. 
Babb, Abnek. — Age 19; res. Alton; nius. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, '03; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Bagley, Alonzo J. — Age 21; res. Belfast; nius. Dec. 28, '63; joined co. 
Jan. 23, '04; tr. to navy, April 23, '04; he had seen service in another 
regt. 
Bagley, Benjamin. —Age 25; res. Corinth; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. lo, 

'63; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, '05. 
Barrett, James F. — Age 19; res. Stockton; mus. Jan. 2, '05; joined co. 
March 23; wd. at Appomattox Court House, April 9, '05; m. o. June 
20, '05. 
Barrows, Koscoe J. — Age 21; res. Lincolnville ; mus. Sept. 7, '62; joined 
CO. soon after; sent to hospital sick, March, '64; disch. for dis. May 19, 
'05. 
Beckwith, Alonzo.— Age 21; res. Belfast; mus. Oct. 19, '01; in the charge 
over the Rappahannock Railroad bridge, April, '03, he was the first man 
to gain the opposite bank, in advance of his officers, and captured two 
rebel prisoners; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Benner, Alexander. — Age 23; res. Palermo; mus. Sept. 5, '04; joined 
CO. Oct. '64; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; sent to hospital, 
and soon rejoined co. ; an hour before Lee surrendered, April 9, '05, 
twenty-five rebels surrendered to him, Sergt. Gurney, and Fred Ripley, 
and were by them marched to the regt. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. [See p. 484.] 
Benner, Daniel W. — Age 29; res. Palermo; mus. Sept. 6, '04; joined co. 
in Oct.; accidentally shot himself in the foot while on picket duty, 
March 14, '65; sent to hospital at Washington, and there disch. for dis. 
June 14, '05. 
Benner, Thomas H. — Age 18; res. Belfast; mus. Dec. 28, '63; joined co. 
Jan. 23, '04; detailed as brigade train guard, Dec. 20, '04, and remained 
on that duty till m. o. witli regt. ; on his way home taken ill with fever 
and ague. 
BiCKFORD, Warren F. — Age 22; res. Newburg; mus. 1st D. C. Fel). 20, 
'04; joined CO. soon after tr. : participated in actions at Boydton plank 
road, Oct. 27, '04; sent to hospital, Dec. '04; rejoined co. April, '05, and 
on duty as safe guard at the house of Mr. Gill, near Peterslmrg, until 
m. o. June 20, '05; graduate of Bowdoin College and Bangor Theological 
Seminary, and a Congregational minister. 
Blake, Charles E. — Age 21; res. St. George; mus. Aug. 1, '02; joined co. 
Sept. 0; on detached service from Marcli 25, '(i3, till June 23, '03, and on 
his return to co. was employed as teamster; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Bond George S. — Age 39; res. Thomaston; mus. Dec. 17, '03; on detached 
service from May 6, '64, till July 5, '64: at one time disarmed at Dinwid- 
dle, March 31, '05. bv having a rebel bullet cut his carbine almost asun- 
der; later in the eng-agemeiit he was shot dead and left on the field. 
BoYNTON, Abiel D. — Rcs. Jcfferson; mus. Sept. 10, '04, but was taken 
sick on the way to the front, and did not join tlie co. until after Lee's 
surrender; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Bradford, William. —Age 30; res. Friendship; mus. Oct. 23, '61; disch. 

for dis. at Frederick, Oct. 22, '62. 
P,i! VDSTREET, Elbridge H. — Age 36; res. Liberty; mus. March 5, '64; 
joined co. Mav 31, '64; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '04, and died 



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orp. McKENDREE DAVIS, Co 
Friendship. 






Sergt. CHAS. A. MclNTYRE, Co. 
Killed Appomattox C. H. 
April 9, '65. 





ALVIN A, CARTER. Co. 
So. Hope 



ELBRIDGE BURTON, 

Vet. Sur. 

Thomaston. 



;orp. WILLARD W. BARLOW, Co. B. 
Thomaston. 





S. rgi. AURELIUS PARKER, Co. B. 
New Orleans, La. 



Corp. MARCELLUS M. PARKER, Co. B. 
Rockland. 



BOSTEE OF COMPANY B. 



489 



in prison at Andersonville, .Sept. D, '()4; buried in tlie National Cemetery 
— grave No. 8247. 

Brady, John. — Age 2.5; res. Watevboro; miis. Oct. 0, "04; joined co. Nov. 
4; sent to hospital spring of Hi-"); discli. for dis. July 21, 'Oo. 

Briek, Francis. — Age 21; res. Belfast; mus. Dec. 28, '0;j; joined co. Jan. 
23, '04; tr. to navy, April It), '04. 

Brock, Freeman. — Age 20; res. Searsport; en. Sept. 27, '01; mus. Oct. 10; 
died of disease at Frederick, Aug. 24, '02. 

Broavn, Charees S. — Age 2.5; res. Freedom; mus. Dec. 10, '01; m. o. Dec. 
21, '04, ex. of ser. 

Broavn, Henry N. — Age 21; res. Searsmont; mus. Nov. 11, '01; taken sick 
in the fall of '02, and disch. for dis. Nov. 20. 

Broavn, Jonathan. —Age 20; res. Searsmont; mus. Oct. 10, '01; disch. for 
dis. '03. 

Brown, Seth C. — Age 23; res. Carmel; mus. Avig. 18, '04; joined co. in 
Oct. ; taken sick fo\ir days after the return from the Bellefield raid, and 
sent to hospital, from whence he was disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Brece, John O. — Age 30; res. Belmont; en. Oct. 3, '01; mus. Oct. 10; 
disch. for dis. May 8, '02. 

Bruce, Samuel J. —Age 24; res. Monroe; en. Sept. 25, '01; mus. Oct. 10; 
disch. for dis. Oct. 22, '02. 

BucKLiN, Moses K.— Age 34; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 10, '01; mus. Oct. 
19; in Luray valley, June, '02, while advancing upon the rebels, who 
were on top of a small hill, he was hit in the eye by a fragment of a 
bullet, or a piece of rock, which caused loss of sight in that eye, and has 
resulted in the loss of sight in the other eye; disch. for dis. Oct. 22, '02. 

Burrows, Rufus E. — Age 10; res. Friendship; mus. Jan. 23, '04; joined 
CO. Feb. 27; orderly at hd. qrs. 2d division, c. c, from March, '05, till 
m. o. with regt. 

Call, Lyman H. — Age 21; res. Carmel; mus. Aug. 18, '04; joined co. in 
Oct. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Carroll, James. — Veteran; aged 34; res. Philadelphia; mus. Dec. 21, 
'03; joined co. April 23, '04; found dead in his tent, near Petersburg, 
Aug. 31, '64. 

Carter, Alvin A. — Age 21; res. Hope; mus. Oct. 10, '01; injured by 
being thrown from his horse at Bath, Va., May 1, '02; pris. at Middle- 
town, May 24, '02; ex. and rejoined co. Dec. 24; re-en. Dec. 20, '03; tr. 
to navy, April 10, '04; served in the U. S. sloop-of-war "Brooklyn," and 
was wd. in the attack on the Mobile forts, Aug. 5, '04, by a shell strik- 
ing him in the right leg. 

Carter, Thomas F. — Age 18; res. Belfast; mus. Dec. 24, '03; joined co. 
Jan. 12, '64; sick in hospital, at City Point, '04; on rejoining co. was 
detailed as orderly at brig. hd. qrs. ; m. o. with regt. 

CiLLEY, Isaac. — Age 23; res. Atkinson; mus. Sept. 27, '04; joined co. Nov. 
3; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Clark, Roland C. — Age 24; res. Warren; mus. Feb. 1, '62; taken sick 
with typhoid fever the first of April, '02, while his co. was en route for 
Great Cacapon ; rejoined co. at Bath before full recovery, and partici- 
pated in the campaign in the valley, when he had a relapse, and was 
sent to the hospital; disch. for dis. at Fort McHenry, Aug. 26, '02. 

Clement, John K. — Age 24; res. Bangor; mus. Sept. 1, '04; joined co. in 
Oct. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Clement, William Y. — Age 23; res. Kenduskeag; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. 
Oct. 15, '63; absent sick at tr., and disch. for dis. at West Philadelphia, 
April 11, '65. 

Cobb, Charles H. — Age 28; res. Brunswick; mus. July 25, '02; joined co. 
Sept. 0; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '03; ex. and rejoined co. 



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FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Oct. 4; wd. severely at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, '64; disch. by order, '65. 

[See p. 311.] 
Coleman, Charles A. — Age 19; res. Winslow; mus. Aug. 29, '62; joined 

CO. Oct. 25; disch. for dis. at Camp Bayard, Marcli 2, '63. [See Co. H.] 
COLLAMORE, AxDREW W. — Age 30; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 14, '61; mus. 

Oct. 19; disch. by order, Feb. 11, '62; subsequently was sutler for the 

regt. a short time. 
COPELAND, Oliver E. — Age 31; res. Thomaston; mus. July 28, '62; joined 

CO. Sept. 6, at Frederick; taken sick with typhoid fever while at Fred- 
erick, and disch. for dis. Oct. 23, '63. 
CoYLE, William. — Age 24; res. Oldtown; mus. 1st D. C. July 14, '64; 

joined co. at tr.; wd. severely at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. for 

dis. June 5, '65. 
Ckocker, Alfred. — Age 21; res. Bangor; mus. Aug. 30, '62; joined co. 

Sept. 6; detailed on duty with division ambulance corps, Nov. 1, '64; 

disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Cross, Isaiah W. — Age 21; res. Morrill; en. Oct. 9, '61; mus. Oct. 19; 

disch. for dis. at Hagei-stown, Md., June 26, '62, being taken sick after 

the campaign in the valley. 
Curtis, Joseph R. — Age 18; res. Belfast; mus. Oct. 19, '61; tr. to Co. I. 

[See Co. I.] 
Curtis, Uriah. — Age 18; res. Stetson; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, '63; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. '65. 
Curtis, Warren W. — Age IS; res. Monroe; en. Sept. 30, '61; mus. Oct. 19; 

disch. for dis. '62, caused by injury received while in Augusta. 
Cushman, Fairfield. — Age 19; res. Friendship; en. Sept. 25, '61; mus. Oct. 

19; participated in the valley campaign, but his health gave way under 

the exposure and exhaustion of the campaign, and he died of tyi^hoid 

fever at Winchester, July 14, '62. 
Davis, James P. — Age 21; res. Stetson; mus. Sept. 17, '64; joined co. Nov. 

3; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Davis, Jason C. — Age 18; res. Whitney ville ; mus. Dec. 28, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '64; wd. at Boj^dton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Deller, John. — Age 28; formerly served in the Prince of Wales Eoyal 

Artillery, St. Johns, N. B. ; mus. Sept. 5, '64; joined co. Nov. 1; sent to 

hospital sick, March 11, '65, and disch. June 5, '(55. 
Doe, Edw^n K. — Age 22; res. Searsmont; en. Sept. 21, '61; mus. Oct. 19; 

pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; ex. Sept. 8 and rejoined co. ; 

with Col. Dahlgren at the time the colonel was killed, and one of the 

few who escaped unharmed; wd. at Beaver Dam Station, May 10, '64, 

but did not leave the co. ; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Dorritv, Hugh. — Age 19; res. Westbrook; mus. Aug. 23, '64; joined co. 

in Oct. ; on detached duty in brig. q. m. dept. ; m. o. with regt. 
Dow, Joshua M. — Age 20; res. Warren; mus. Aug. 27, '62; joined co. Oct. 

25; detailed as driver in division train, Nov. 1, '64, and there served till 

disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Downs, Phineas L. — Age 45; res. Brewer; mus. Aug. 29, '04; joined co. 

Nov. 1 ; m. o. with regt. 
DuNTON, GuvANUs H. — Age 18; res. Union; en. Sept. 11, '61; mus. Oct. 

19; disch. Dec. 12, '62, at Falmouth, for dis. arising from injuries in- 
curred in the line of duty. 
Eaton, George W. — Age 21; res. Waldo; mus. Oct. 19, '61; injured by 

being thrown from his horse in Augusta, on accoimt of which was de- 
tailed in division ambulance corps train; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; m. o. June 

20, '65. 
Edgarton, James P. — Age 28; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 16, '61; mus. 

Oct. 19; disch. for dis. '63. 



BOSTEB OF COMPANY B. ^^1 

EK8KINK, Joiix A. — Affe IS; res. Wliitoficld ; mns. 1st 1). C. Feb. 20, '(14; 

pris. at tr., and died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 28, '(54. 
Fereilt., C. — Assigned to co. but did not join; died in Wasliington, and 

buried in Arlin<;ton National Cemetery. 
Feylek, Wii.mam. — Age 22; res. Rockland; mus. Aug. 10, '(54; joined co. 

in Oct. ; disch. G. O. No. 8:5. 
FiSK, Amos. — Age 23; res. Soutli Tlioniaston; en. Sept. 21, '01; mus. Oct. 

19; tr. to navy, April 19, '04, and served to the close of the war. 
FiSK, Gkokge F. — Age 17; res. South Thomaston; mus. Feb. 2, '(M; joined 

CO. Feb. 27; orderly at brig. hd. qrs. for a time; m. o. v^'ith regt. 
Frank, Oliver B. — Age 22; res. Gorham, N. H. ; mus. Aug. 15, '()4; joined 

CO. in Oct.; m. o. June 20, '(55. 
Getchell, Ahmi T. — Age 22; res. Springfield; mus. Aug. ;}1, '04; johied 

CO. Nov. 8; disch. G. O. No. 8:}. 
GiECHREST, Arthur. — Age 18; res. Montville; en. Oct. 1, '01; mus. Oct. 

19; particii>ated in the valley campaign, and disch. for dis. near Williams- 
port, Md., June 5, '02. 
GiLCHREST, Riley. — Age 21; res. Montville; en. Oct. •"), '61; mus. Oct. 19; 

disch. for dis. March 30, '()2. 
GiLMAX, Charles B. — Age 25; res. Southport; mus. Aug. 19, '02; joined 

CO. Sept. 6; disch. for dis. at Washington, Aug. 28, '63. 
GoocH, Orrin W. — Age 20; res. East ]Machias; mus. Dec. 23, '63; joined co. 

March 9, '64; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '04, and sent to hospi- 
tal; rejoined co. spring of '65, and detailed as orderly at brig. hd. qrs.; 

m. o. with regt. 
GowEN, Bexson. — Age 19; res. Bangor; mus. Aug. 20, '62; joined co. Sept. 

6; sick in hospital a portion of summer of '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Gulliver, Thomas H. — Age 35; res. Corinth; mus. Co. A, 1st D. C. Feb. 

22, '64; joined co. soon after tr., and m. o. with regt. 
GuPTiLL, Lemuel H. — Age 24; res. Belfast; en. Oct. 5, '61; mns. Oct. 19; 

re-en. Dec. 29, '03; sent to hospital at Washington, sick, Nov. 1, '64, and 

remained there till disch. for dis. July, '()5. 
GuRXEY, Nathaniel. — Age 19; res. Waldo; en. Oct. 9, '01; mus. Oct. 19; 

Injured on the B. & O. R. R. spring of '62, and disch. for dis. at Augusta, 

Dec. 24, '63. 
Hamilton, Josiail — Age 22; res. Montville; en. Oct. 5, '61; mus. Oct. 19. 
Harrington, Orrin M. — Age 28; res. Newport; mus. Co. E, IstD. C. Oct. 

15, '63; joined co. at tr. ; wd. severely at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '04, 

and sent to hospital; disch. for dis. June 20, '05. 
Harris, Isaac B. — Age 30; res. Appleton; en. Sept. 10, '01; mus. Oct. 19; 

volunteered to remain with Maj. Cilley when the maj. was wil. at Mid- 

dletown, May 24, '02, and was paroled by Gen. Ashby to take care of 

the maj.; disch. for dis. Dec. 1, '62; again en. Dec. 1, '62, Co. D, 48th 

Mass. Vols, for nine months, and was disch. Sept. 3, '63; again en. Dec. 

5, '63, in Co. H, 2d Me. Cav., and served till m. o. Dec. '65. [See p. 41.] 
HoDGDON, William H. — Age 23; res. Northport; mus. Feb. 1, '62; en. in 

regular army, with others from the regt., Nov. 15, '62; rejoined co. 

March 23, '63; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; ex. Sept. 8, and 

rejoined co. Oct. 5; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; absent in hospital from April 3, 

'64. 
HuRD, Jetiiro H. — Age 21; res. Carmel; mus. Sept. 28, '64; joined co. Dec. 

5; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Johnson, Eri A. — Age 21; res. Camden; mus. July 24, '62; joined co. Sept. 

6; served a time in regt. pioneer corps; sent to hospital sick, March, '65, 

and died April 7; buried in National Cemetery, at Arlington. 
Jones, Eugene F. — Age 19; res. Union; en. Sept. '61; mns. Oct. 19; re-en. 



492 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Dec. 29, '63; horse killed under him, and cai'bine shot from his side by a 
shell at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, "(M; m. o. June 20, '6o. 

Keexe, William C. — Age 28; res. Howland; mus. Aug. 9, '62; joined co. 
Sept. 6; disch. for dis. April 14, '6:3. 

Kemp, Charles E. — Age 31; res. Westbrook; mus. Co. A, 1st D. C. Feb. 
20, '64; absent sick at tr. ; joined co. ; sent to hospital sick, April, "6.5; 
disch. for dis. '6.5. 

Kimball, Albiox P. — Age 27: res. Atkinson: mus. Oct. 1, '64; joined co. 
Xov. 8; severely wd. at Dinwiddle, March 31, '05; disch. for dis. on 
account of wounds, June 24, "65. 

Kimball, Andrew J. — Age 28; res. Hermon; mus. Sept. 28, '64; joined 
CO. Xov. 8; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. [See Co. A.] 

KxiGHT, Alfred W. — Age 20; res. Jefferson; mus. Sept. 16. '64; joined 
CO. in Oct. ; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 

Kyle, Alexander. — Res. Calais; mus. March 1, '64; joined co. July 2, '64; 
m. o. with regt. 

Langpher, Daniel R. — Age 26; res. Stockton; mus. Dec. 29. '63; joined 
CO. Jan. 29, '64; shot in the hip by a guerilla, while on picket post near 
Prince George Court House, Aug. 9, '64; went to liospital at Philadel- 
phia, and died of the wound, Sept. 3, '64. 

Langpher, Langworthy L. — Age 18; res. Stockton; pius. Jan. 4, '64; 
joined co. Jan. 29; m. o. with regt. 

Lear, Joseph H. — Age 22; res. Xorthport; en. Oct. 3, '01; mus. Oct. 19; 
disch. for dis. Oct. 22, '62. 

Lermond, Ephraim. — Age 28: res. Union; mus. Feb. 1. '62: injured by 
lifting railroad iron, near Great Cacapon, Ta., and disch. for dis. June 5, 
'62; again en. Jan. 18, '64, in v. r. c, and disch. July 10, "65. 

Lincoln, James W. — Age 19; res. "Washington; mus. Oct. 19. '61; died of 
disease at Wasliington, Aug. 28, "62, and buried in Military Asylum 
Cemetery. 

LrcAS, WiLLARD, 2d. — Age 22; res. Union; en. Sept. '61; mus. Oct. 19; 
injured by his horse throwing and stepping on him. at Bath, Va.. May 1, 
'02, and disch. for dis. June 4, '62; again en. under the name of " Wil- 
lard H. Lucas,"" July 24, "02; joined co. Aug. 10; wd. by sabre cut in 
the head, at Beaver Dam Station, 3Iay 10, '04; tr. to navy, July 4, "64; 
died in insane hospital, resulting from disease of the brain, March 14, "05. 

Lynn, Fkp;derick D. — Age 22; res. Palermo; mus. Sept. 5, '64; joined 
CO. in Oct. ; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 

Madigan, Dennis. — Age 24; res. Oldtown; mus. 1st D. C. July 20, '63; 
absent sick at tr. ; joined co. just before m. o. of regt. 

Marden, Rufus R. — Age 30; res. Palermo; en. Sept. 14, '61; afterwards 
en. in 1st battery, Me. Lt. Art., being mus. Dec. 18, '61. 

McAllister, Joseph. — Age 22; res. Rockland; mus. Aug. 8. '62: joined 
CO. Sept. 6; taken sick, June, '04, owing to exposure and exhaustion of 
the spring campaign, and died June 30, at City Point hospital; buried in 
Cavalry Cemetery. 

McCoKRisoN, George S. — Age 32; res. Saco; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 
20, '04; absent sick at tr., and died in '04; buried on the line of the rail- 
road, near City Point. 

McCuRDY. Eben H. — Age 24; res. Liberty; mus. March 5, '04; joined co. 
May 23 ; m. o. with regt. 

McFarland, Justin L. — Age 21; res. Belfast; en. Oct. 2, '61; mus. Oct. 
19; taken sick, '02, after the valley campaign, and furloughed to Maine. 

McFarland, William O. — Age 24; res. Searsmont; en. Sept. 12, '01; mus. 
Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Xov. 21, "62; again en. Jan. 2, '64; 
joined co. Jan. 29; m. o. with regt. ; served as orderly for Col. C'illey dur- 
ing his whole service. [See pp. 204. 371.] 



liOSTEIl OF COMPASy B. 



493 



McLouT), Joiix. — Afic2:]; ros. Kookland; en. Sept. 25, 'Ol ; niu.s. Oct. li); ic- 
en. Deo. 2ii, '(i:!; pris. near Hichmond, May 12, '04; confined in Anderson- 
ville till '(>•"); diseh. for dis. April 21, "G."). 

Mekiufield, CiiAKi-E.'^ N. — Age 22; res. Orono; mu.s. Co. E, 1st I). C. Oct. 
15, ■(Sii\ joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 

Mksseh, Willaki) L. — A<:;e 2:5; res. Union; en. Sept. 24. '01; mus. Oct. li); 
injured severely in back and si)ine, by being tlirown from his horse in the 
charge at :\liddletown, May 24. "()2. and disch. for dis. on that account at 
I'hila(leli)hia. Nov. It), '0)2 ;' again en. Co, H, 2d Me. Cav., and \n\). sergt.; 
served till Aug. 17, '05, -vvhen disch. for dis. on account of injuries 
received at Middletown, which resulted in paralysis of the lower ex- 
tremities. 

MiTCHEi.i,. Hexky L. — Age 21; res. Dixniont: en. Oct. 0, '01 ; mus. Oct. 19; 
injured severely in the back and hip, by his horse slipping on the ice and 
failing on him", during a review by Cov. Wasld)urn at Augusta; was 
under treatment for a long time, Init persisted in going to the front with 
the regiment; the hard duty of the valley campaign and the following 
service so affected his back that he became unfit for mounted duty, and 
was disch. for dis. Oct. 22, '02. 

MooREs, MoKRis L. — Age 39; res. Milo; mus. IstD. C.Feb. 20, '04; pris. at 
tr., and died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 9, '04. 

MoJiRii.L, Emery. — Age 20; res. Hermon; served in Co. C, 2d Me. Inf., 
where he en. Aug. 20, '02, and w\as disch. Jan. 28, '03; mus. Co. B, 1st 
Maine Cav. Sept. 28, '04; joined co. Nov. 4; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Morse, John. — Age 31; res. Brunswick; mus. Aug. 8, '02; joined co. Sept. 
0; on detached service, '03, as wagoner in division train; sent to hos- 
pital, March 14, '05, and disch. G. 0. No. 83. 

NEAvr.oi.i), Andrew D. — Age 22; res. Portland; served in 1st and 10 Me. 
Inf.; mus. 1st D. C. Jime 10, '()4; joined co. soon after tr. ; detailed as 
printer at army hd. qrs., and remained there till after m. o. of regt., 
being disch. Aug. 10, '05. 

NoYES, Cearexce. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, 
'04; pris. '04, and died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 18, '04. 

Olsen, Charles J. — A native of Norway ; aged 23 ; res. Thomaston; mus. 
Feb. 1, '02; disch. for dis. at Williamsport, June 0, '02. 

OxTOX, Franklin A. — Age 21; res. Camden; en. Sept. 19, '01; mus. Oct. 
19; injured by a horse falling on him while returning from picket at 
Front Pvoyal, June, '02; pris. at Frederick, '02, and ex.; disch. for dis. 
arising from injuries, Feb. 24, '03, at Alexandria. 

Palmer, Albion D. — Age 21; res. Thomaston; en. Sept. 8, 01; mus. Oct. 
19; disch. for dis. at Baltimore, Oct. 14. '02; again en. in Co. F, 7th Me. 
Inf. April 7, '03; pris. and died in prison at Florence, S. C, Nov. 17, '04. 

Palmer, Geoege D. — Age 43; res. Montville; mus. March 7, '04; joined 
CO. Aug. 29; sent to hospital sick, Sept. 5, '04, and disch. for dis. Oct. 14. 

Patten, Alonzo. — Age 21; res. Oldtown;' mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, 
'63; joined co. soon after tr.; on duty in brig. q. m. dept. Sept. '05; m. o. 
with regt. 

Patterson, Charles F. — Age 19; res. Waldoboro; mus. Dec. 24, '63; 
joined co. Jan. 12, '04; tr. to navy, April 19, '04, and was at once pro. 
asst. engineer. 

Pearsons, William E. — Age 23; res. Searsport; en. Oct. 4, '01; mus. Oct. 
19; disch. for dis. at Camp Bayard, March 3, '(53. 

Pettengill, Anson. — Age 18; res. Levant; mus. Co. E, IstD. C. Oct. 15, 

'03; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '04; ex. and joined co. and m. o. 

June 20, '65. 

Phenix, Charle.s B. — Age 18; res. Union; en. Sept. 12, '(il; mus. Oct. 19; 

orderly for Gen. Meade, 'Q'l, and had a horse shot under him in the 



494 FIEST MAIXE CAVALRY. 

battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 12; re-en. Dec. 29, '03; tr. to navv. July 

4, '04. 
Philbiuck, Charles E. — Age 2:3; res. Vienna; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

20, '04; pris. at Sycamore cliurcb, Sept. 10, '04; died in prison at Flor- 
ence, S. C, Dec. 28, '04. 
Philbbook, William J. — Age 24; res. Soutli Tbomaston; mus. Sept. 30, 

'02; joined co. Oct. 2.5; sent to bospital at Washington, sick, '03, and 

died there Feb. 18, '03. 
PiCKARD, Charles H. — Age 24; i-es. Hermon; mus. Sept. 28, '04; joined 

CO. in Dec. ; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 
PiLLSBUKT, JoHX M. — Age 23; res. Belfast; en. Sept. 28, '01; mus. Oct. 19; 

died of disease in Augusta, Feb. 23, '02. 
PiNKHAM, Hiram B. — Age 2.5; res. Steuben; mus. March 4, '04; joined co. 

in May; died of tj'phoid fever in hospital, June 17, '04, and buried in 

Arlington National Cemetery. 
Plummer, Alvix E. — Age 21 ; res. Raymond; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, 

'04; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Pli'mmer, Clemext p. — Age 20; res. Piaymond; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

20, '04; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '04, and died in prison at 

Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 20, '05. 
Plummer, Samuel. — Age 21; res. Casco; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '04, and died in prison at Salisbury, 

Oct. 23, '04. 
Porter, Edward E. — Age 18; res. Bangor; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

absent sick at tr. , and died in hospital. 
Potter, William F, — Age 21; res. Belfast; mus. Dec. 28, '03; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '04; tr. to navy, April 19, '04. 
Powers, George E. — Age 18; res. Orrington; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

absent sick at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Prince, William B. — Age 18; res. Cumberland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

20, '04; absent sick at tr., and died in hospital. 
QuiNN, Michael G. — Age 18; res. Carmel; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, 

'04; pris. at tr., and died in rebel prison, Dec. 5, '04. 
EiCHARDS, SuRMANDEL. — Age 21; rcs. Belfast; mus. Oct. 19, '01; re-en. 

Dec. 29, '03; teamster in division ammunition train from April 2, '04, till 

m. o. June 20, '05. 
RiCHARDSox, Timothy. — Age 32; res. St. George; mus. Aug. 0, '02; joined 

CO. Sept. 0; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '03; ex. Sept 8, and re- 
joined CO. Oct. 5; tr. to navy, April 19, '04. 
Rivers, Parker T. — Age 18; res. St. George; mus. Aug. 9, '02; joined co. 

Sept. 0; on detached service for a time; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Robinson, Leavis G. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

joined CO. soon after tr. ; detailed in ambulance train, April, '05; m. o. 

with regt. 
RoDGERS, William S. — Age 35; res. Belfast; mus. Dec. 24, '03; disch. for 

dis. June 3, '05. 
Rogers, Alfred. — Age 25; res. Appleton; en. Oct. 3, '01; mus. Oct. 19; 

disch. for dis. June 5, '02, having become broken down in the valley cam- 
paign. 
Rogers, Washington I. — Age 21; res. Orrington; mus. l.st D. C. Feb. 20, 

'04; joined co. at tr.; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Rose, Joseph. — Age 21; res. Searsmont; mus. July 20, '02; joined co. Sept. 

'0: pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '03; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined co. ; 

wd. severely at Trevillian Station, .June 11, '04; sent to hospital at West 

Point; rejoined co. Sept. 4; disch. G. O. No. 83. [See name Job C. Adams, 

p. 487.] 



BOSTEE OF COMPAXV B. 495 

Runnels, William F. — Ajio 2^; res. Pittsfiold; mus. Feb. 1,'()2; missing in 
action at Brandy (Station, Aug. 20. "()2, but escaped and rejoined co. in 
about ten ilays; sent to liosi)ital sick, '()•"]. 
Rydkr, Benjamin F. — Age 1!»; res. Belfast; mus. Dec. 24, 'fl;l; joined co. Jan. 
12, '(i4; wd. at Boydton ])lank road, Oct. 27, '(i4; .sent to hospital, but 
soon rejoined co.; orderly at brig. hd. qrs. for a time; m. o. with regt. 
Sampson, Osgood M. — Age 27; res. Gardiner; mus. Feb. 2, '02; tr. v. r. c. 

Feb. 15, '64. 
Sakgent, John A. — Age 22; res. Portland; en. Sept. 14, '(il; mus. Oct. 19; 

disch. for dis. July 19, '02. 
Saavyek, James F. — Age 20; res. Troy; mus. Feb. 1, '()2; furlougli, '02, on 

account of dis. incurred in valley camiiaign. 
Sedglev, Charles F. — Age 30; res. Bowdoinham; mus. 1st D. C. May 18, 

'(54; pris. attr., and died in rebel prison. 
Shields, Isaac. — Age 24; res. Linneus; mus. 1st D. C. I'eb. 20, '04; joined 
CO. at tr.; sent to hospital sick, Dec. 7, '04, and disch. for dis. July 12, '6-5. 
[See Co. E.] 
Silver, John E. — Age 22; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; absent 

sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. June 20, '05. 
Sleepej!. Burnham C. — Age 23; res. South Thomaston; mus. Sept. 20, '02; 
joined co. Oct. 25; wd. and pris. at St. Mary's church, losing the right 
arm, June 24, '64; soon ex. and sent to hospital, from whence he was disch. 
for dis. Dec. 5, '64. 
Small, Clement P. — Age 44; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. June 20, '65. 
Small, Joseph. — Age IS; res. Windham; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 14, '64; 

pris. at tr., and died in rebel prison. 
Smith, George M. — Age 18; res. Cape Elizabeth; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

20, '04; pris. at tr.; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
SouLE, AsBURY E. — Age 18; res. Newburg; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
SouLE, Lorenzo A. — Age 34; res. Camden; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

joined co. soon after tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Spear, Paris. — Age 25; res. Warren; en. Sept. 20, '01; mus. Oct. 19; died at 

home, winter '61-2. 
Spein, Andrew D. — Age 28 ; res. Ireland ; formerly of Prince of Wales Royal 
Artillery, of St. Johns, N. B.; mus. Sept. 5, '64; joined co. in Oct.; wd. 
severely at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. for dis. June 24, '65. 
Sprox:le, Charles E. — Age 20; res. Bristol; en. Sept. 23, '01; mus. Oct. 
19; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Aug. 5, '62, — disease of lungs, resulting 
from measles at Augusta. 
Steadman, Joseph C. — Age 23; res. Foxcroft; mus. Feb. 29, '04; m. o. 

June 20, '05. 
Stevens, Geoege S. — Age 19; res. Cape Elizabeth; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, 

'04; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No 77. 
Stevens, Zoradus D. — Age 19; res. Hermon; mus. Oct. 31, '64; joined co. 

Feb. 1, '05; disch. for dis. June 27, '05. 
Stewart, Asa F. — Age 20; res. Bingham ; mus. Sept. 3, '64; joined co. Nov. 
1; disch. G. O. No. 83; previously served in Co. H, 24tli Me. Inf., having 
been mus. Sept. 10, '62, and disch. Aug. 25, '63. 
Stewart, Samuel. — Age 43; res. Portland; mus. Dec. 23, '63; joined co. 
Jan. 12, '64; wd. at Appomattox Court House, April 9, '05, but remained 
with CO. ; m. o. with regt. 
Stockbridge, Joseph T. — Age 21 ; res. Castine; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 
joined co at tr. ; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '04; died in Wash- 
ington, Jan. 20, '05, and buried in Arlington Cemetery. 



496 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Stokes, Edward. — Age 22; res. England; formerly of the Trince of Wales 

Eoyal Artillery, St. Johns, X. B.; mus. Sept. o. '64; joined co. Nov. 22; 

wd. at Appomattox Court House, April 9, '6."j; disch. for dis. June 26, '65. 

Stokes, Henry. — Age 2.5 ; res. England ; formerly of Prince of Wales Koyal 

Artillery; mus. Sept. 5, '64; joined co. in Oct. ; m. o. with regt. 
Sylvester, Edward A. —Age 21; res. Etna; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, 

'64; pris. at tr., and disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Tate, Henry I. — Age 19; res. Stetson; mus. Co. D, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, '63. 
Thorxdike, Peter E. — Age 19; res. Searsmont; mus. Sept. 21, '64; joined 
CO. Oct. 27, '64, and pris. same day, at Boydton plank road; ex. '65, and 
disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Trask, Thomas A.— Age 29; res. Abbott; mus. July 15, '02; joined co. 
Sept. 6; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '03; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined 
CO.; wd. at Trevillian Station, June 11, '64; sent to hospital at West 
Point, and disch. G. O. No. 83. [See p. 286.] 
Taveedie, Thomas. —Age 37; res. Berwick; mus. Co. A, 1st D. C. Feb. 26, 

'64; pris. at tr., and died in southern prison. 
Varney, Horace. — Age IS; res. Newburg; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '64; 

pris. at tr., and died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 18, '64. 
Veazie, Abiezer. — Age32; res. Eockland; served in Co. C, 4th Me. Inf., 
bavin"- en. May 17, '01, and was disch. Sept. 16, '61, for dis. incurred at 
the battle of Bull Eun; en. Co. B, 1st Me. Cav. Feb. 1, '62; re-eu. Feb. 1, 
'64; for some time wagoner at regt. hd. qrs., then brig, forage master, 
and finally wagon master 3d cav. brig, train; m. o. with regt. 
Walker, Llewellyn. — Age 18; res. Orneville; mus. IstD. C. Feb. 23, '64; 

on detached ser. at tr. ; joined co. summer "65, and m. o. with regt. 
Walker, William B. — Age 19; res. Brookville; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Walton, George B. — Mus. 1st D. C. '04; pris. at tr., and on being released 

in spring of '05, disch. by order of the President. 
Webb Chandler J. — Age 29; res. Monroe; mus. Jan. 4, '04; joined co. 
Jan. 29, '04; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '04; released '65, and 
m. o. June 20; previous service in Co. K, 26th Me. Inf. ; en. Sept. 10, '62; 
disch. Aug. 17, '63. 
Welden, George E. — Age 21; res. Portland; mus. Sept. 21, '64; joined co. 
and detailed as orderly for asst. surg. at regt. hd. qrs. ; m. o. June 20, 
'65. 
Wentworth, Charles M. — Age 29; res. Orrington; mus. IstD. C Feb. 20, 

64; absent sick at tr., and disch. by order, June 20, '65. 
Wentworth, Edwin. — Age 25; res. Waldo; en. Oct. 11, "61; mus. Oct. 19; 
"disch. July 10, '62, for dis. incurred while in the campaign in the valley. 
Wentworth, George. —Age 20; res. Waldo; en. Oct. 9, '61; mus. Oct. 19; 
injured at Augusta, by a kick of his horse in the right leg, and disch. 
for dis. June 5, '62. 
Whitmore, Otis. — Age 18; res. Belfast; en. Oct. 2, '61; mus. Oct. 19; disch. 
at Williamsport, June 6, '62, for dis. incurred on the retreat of Gen. 
Banks. 
AViNSLOW, Ezekiel. — Age 30; res. Eockland; en. Oct. 2, "61; mus. Oct. 19; 
ap. regt. teamster, '63; pris. while hauling forage near Warrenton, Jan. 
9, '64,'and died in prison at Andersonville, Ga. 
Wood Frank M.— Age 21; res. Eockland; en. Sept. 21, '01; mus. Oct. 19; 
en. navy, Dec. 15, '62, and disch. Nov. 30, '63; incurred deafness of right 
ear. by concussion from firing a fifteen inch gun on U. S. ironclad 
" Weehawken." 
WooDVRD, Israel E. D. — Age 21; res. Bowerbank: mus. Feb. 27, '64; 
joined co. May 31; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24; died m rebel 
prison, Nov. '64. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY B. 497 

Woodman, Seward P.— Age 28; res. Plymouth; mus. Co. E, IstD. C. Oct. 

lo, 'Co; absent sick at tr. ; disch. '(ir),'by order. 
YOKK, Charles. —Age 18; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, (W; joined 

CO. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '(i."). 
Young, Josiaii B. — Age 40; res. Milford; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '64; 

joined co. attr. ; discli. for dis. June 14, '05. 



RECAriTULATION. 

The -whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was seven, of whom five joined at its organization (three with commissions 
and two in the ranks and subsequently promoted); one was transferred 
from the field and staff, and one was transferred from the First District of 
Columbia Cavahy. Of these, two were mustered out at the expiration of 
their term of service, three were mustered out with the regiment, and two 
Avere transferred to the field and staff. Two served three years, and four — 
Capts. Cilley, Tucker, and Loring, and Lieut. Poor — served from the organ- 
ization of the regiment to the muster out, though three of them did not 
serve all the time in the company. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company (l)esides 
the two who were commissioned) Avas two hundred and fifty-six, of whom 
twenty-four were sergeants, twenty-eight corporals, three buglers, seven 
farriers, one saddler, four wagoners, and one hundred and eighty-nine pri- 
vates. Of these, ninety-five joined the company at its organization, or dur- 
ing 1861, thirty-eight joined in 18(52, sixty-three joined in 18(54 and 1865, and 
sixty were transferred from the First District of Columbia Cavalry. Of the 
whole number, eight served their three years' term of enlistment, and were 
mustered out at its expiration, thirty-eight were mustered out with the regi- 
ment, seventy-nine were discharged for disability, sixty were discharged at 
the close of the war, under the orders mustering out paroled prisoners, con- 
valescents in hospital, one year men, cavalry men whose term of service 
expired prior to Oct. 1, 1865, and dismounted cavalrymen; three were dis- 
charged by order, and one to receive promotion ; two were killed in action, 
three died of wounds, eighteen died of disease, fifteen died in southern 
prisons, one was killed by accident, and one was found dead in his tent; 
fifteen were transferred to the navy, two to the veteran reserve corps, one 
to the non-commissioned staff, one to the signal corps, and one to another 
company; seven are unaccounted for. Of these, twenty-four served three 
years or more, thirty-four served two years and less than three, ninety-five 
served one year and less than two, ninety-seven served less than one year, 
and six — Sergts. Cook, Burrows, Burton, Bowler, and Robinson, and Cor- 
poral Davis — served from the organization of the regiment to the muster 
out, though Sergt. Burton was a portion of the time on the staff. Of the 
ninety-four original members, thirty-two re-enlisted in the regiment as 
veteran volunteers. These, and the three enlisted men commissioned, 
added to the number of enlisted men before given, makes the total number 
of enlistments represented in the company two hundred and ninety; or, 
with the commissioned officers, two hundred and ninety-five. 



498 FinST MAINE CAVALBY. 



COMPANY B'S HONORED DEAD. 

SERGEANTS. 

Aloxzo Peiikixs, Tliomaston. Died of disease at home, Anuust, 1862. 
Ai)EL]5EnT A. Messek, Montville. Died Nov. 1862, from injuries received 

in the campaipi in the valley. May. 18G2. 
Chakees a. McIntyue, Warren. Killed in action at Appomattox Court 

House, April 9, 186."3. 

CORPOKALS. 

Solomon C. Collamer, Lincolnville. Died of disease at "Washington, Aug. 

28, 1862. 
Nehemiah B. Catlani), Tliomaston. Died at Camp Distribution, June 14, 

1863, from the ett'ects of imprisonment in southern prison. 
William M. Richardson, St. George. Died in prison at Andersonville. 

BUGLERS. , 

Eben F. Bi!IER, Belfast. Died July 21, 1863, from wounds received at Shep- 

ardstown, July 16. 
Edmund C. Grafton, Buxton. Killed by railroad accident while returning 

from furlough, July oO, 1862. 



Fenelon M. Fales, Thomaston. Died Jime 25, 1864, from wounds re- 
ceived in action at St. Mary's church, June 24. 

privates. 

George S. Bond, Thomaston. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court House, 

March 31, 186.5. 
Elbridge H. Bradstreet, Liberty. Died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 

9, 1864. 
Freeman Brock, Searsport. Died of disease at Frederick, Md., Aug. 24, 

1862. 
James Carroll, Philadelphia. Found dead in his tent, near Petersburg, 

Aug. 31, 1864. 
Fairfield Cusiiman, Friendship. Died of tvphoid fever at Winchester, 

July 14, 1862. 
John A. Erskine, Whitefield. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 28, 

1864. 
C. Ferrell. Died in Washington, 186-5. 

Eri a. Johnson, Camden. Died of disease in hospital, April 7, 1865. 
Daniel R. Langpher, Stockton. Died Sept. 3, 1864, of wounds received 

while on picket near Prince George Court House, Aug. 9, 18G4. 
James W. Lincoln, Washington. Died of disease at Washington, Aug. 28, 

1862. 
Joseph McAllister, Rockland. Died of disease at City Point hospital, 

June 30, 1864. 
George S. McCorrison, Saco. Died of disease near City Point, 1864. 
Morris L. MooitES, Milo. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 9, 1864. 
Clarence Noyes, Portland. Died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 18, 

18()4. 



BOSTEB OF COMPANY B. 499 

CiiAiJLEs E. PiriLiJiiicK, Vienna. Died in prison at Florence, Dec. 28, 1864. 
William J. Piiilbhook, South Tliomaston. Died of disease at Washington, 

Feb. 18, 1863. 
Jouy :\r. PiLLSBURY, Belfast. Died of disease at Angusta, Me., Feb. 28, 

1802. 
HiKAM B. PiNKHAM, Stcubeii. Died of typhoid fever in hospital, June 17, 

18(54. 
Clejiext p. Plusimeu, liaymond. Die<l in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 

20, 1805. 
Samuel Plummek, Casco. Died in prison at Salisbury, Oct. 23, 1864. 
Edwakd E. Porter, Bangor. Died in hospital, 1864 or 1805. 
William B. Peixce, Cumberland. Died in hospital, 1804 or 1865. 
Michael G. QuiN>f, Carniel. Died in rebel prison, Dec. 5, 1804. 
Charles F. Sedgley, Bowdoinham. Died in rebel prison. 
Joseph Small, W^indham. Died in rebel prison. 
Paris Spear, Warren. Died of disease at home, winter of 1801-2. 
Joseph T. Stockbridge, Castine. Died of disease at Washington, Jan. 20, 

1865. 
Thomas Taveedie, Berwick. Died in southern prison. 
Horace Varxey, Newburg. Died in prison at Salisbury, Oct. 18, 1804. 
EzEKiEL WixsLOW, Rocklaud. Died in prison at Andersonville. 
Israel R. E. Woodard, Bowerbank. Died in rebel prison, Nov. 1864, 



500 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



COMPANY C. 

CAPTAINS. 

DYEK, EGBERT F. — Age 33; res. Augusta; mus. Oct. 20, '61, Augusta, as 
cajit. ; resigned and discharged, June 1, '63; mus. capt. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 19, '64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. for dis. Nov. 2.5, '64. 

KIMBALL, GEORGE S.— Age 27; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61, Au- 
gusta, as 2d lieut. ; pro. capt. '63; killed in action at Middleburg, Va., 
June 19, '63. [See pp. 72, 166, 168, 173.] 

Capt. George Stoxe Kimbai>l, who descended from excellent stock, 
was boi-n at Gardiner, Me., Jan. 2, 1833. His father was Capt. Nathaniel 
Kimball, a native of Kennebec County, one of Maine's most skilful and suc- 
cessful sea captains, and the pioneer of steamboat navigation between Bos- 
ton and the Kennebec River. His mother was a daughter of Col. John 
Stone, of Gardiner, who in his day was well known in the Kennebec valley, 
and highly esteemed for his many sterling virtues. Capt. Kimball gradu- 
ated from Bowdoin College in 1853, and studied law in the office of Hon. 
Henry Ingalls, Wiscasset. After his legal course he went to Stillwater, 
Minn., and opened an office, where he practised law for a while; but not 
liking that then new country, he returned to his native city shortly before 
the opening of the war of the rebellion. Upon the call for troops, he was 
one of the first to resjiond, enlisting in the First Maine Cavalry, Sept. 20, 
1861, and was soon after appointed second lieutenant; was promoted cap- 
tain, April 13, 1863, and was killed in action at the head of his command, 
leading a charge at Middleburg, Va., June 19, 1863. 

Before leaving Augusta, Me., the members of his company presented him 
with a sword and belt, which fell into the hands of the enemy, who held 
the ground sufficiently long to rifle the dead ; but when they were finally 
driven from the field, his body was recovered, embalmed, brought to Gardi- 
ner, and interred with apjiropriate and imposing public ceremonies. 

He will be remembered by those who knew him for his many excellent 
qualities, as always courteous, kind, generous to a fault, full of jollity and 
life, and in earlier life always the foremost and most expert in all manly 
sports and games. 

He was one of, if not the most, popular of the students in his college class, 
and the same traits of character were shown in his army life, making his 
companionship a source of pleasure. He was a gentleman honored and be- 
loved by officers and soldiers, the thought of himself finding little place 
in his sympathetic and impulsive nature. 

He was married early in life, and left one child, a daughter, about eight 
years of age. 

RUSSELL, ADDISON P. —Pro. from adjt. Aug. 30, '63; on detached ser- 
vice as a. a. i. g. 2d brig. 2d div. c. c, from '63 to April 28, '64, when 
detailed as a. i. g. 3d div. c. c, where he served until Sept. 19, '64, when 
he died from wounds received in action at Fisher's Hill, Shenandoah 
valley, Va. [See field and staff.] 

BENSON, ANDREW M. —Age 26; res. Oldtown; mus. capt. Co. K, 7th Me. 
Inf. Sept. 18, '62; served till com. capt. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 16, '64; 
wd. and pris. on Wilson's raid, June, '64; on duty at Portland, Me., win- 
ter of '()4-5; joined co. June, '65; m. o. with regt. [See pp. 335, 337, 
;340.] 



liOSTEIi OF COMPAXY C. ■ 501 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

HAINES, DUDLEY L. — Age 45; res. Readfield; mus. Oct. 20, '01, Augusta; 
resigned March 12, '03. 

LIBBY, HORATIO S.— Age 22; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61, Augusta, 
as sergt. ; pro. 1st sergt. '02; com. 1st lieut. March 12, '63; wd. in the 
head, at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '04; in command of co. from 
Oct. '63, to Sept. '64; m. o. Nov. 2.j, '64, ex. of ser. [See pp. 200, 203, 204.] 

BROOKS, JONATHAN K. — Age 24; res. Bowdoinham; mus. Oct. 20, '01, 
Augusta, as corp. ; pro. com'sy sergt. '03; com. 2d lieut. June 20, '03; 
wd. at jNIiddleburg, June 19, '63; com. 1st lieut. Nov. 28, '04; in command 
of CO. from Sept. '04, till m. o. with regt. 

SECOND LIEUTENANT. 
t 
FARWELL, WILLIAM S. — Age 10; res. Rockland; en. Co. B, 4th Me. Inf. 
in the field, Feb. 28, '62; wd. and disch. for dis. Aug. '62; en. Co. M, 2d 
Me. Cav. Jan. 2, '04, and pro. corp. ; com. 2d lieut. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 
20, '04; wd. near Reams' Station, Aug. 2.5, '04, in right hand and left leg, 
and pris. ; confined in Raleigh, Salisbury, Danville, and Libby prisons 
till ex. March 23, '6.5; joined co. on being ex.; in command of Co. M 
in summer of '05 ; m. o. with regt. 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

CowEE, George. — Age 31; res. Augusta; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as 1st sergt.; 

com. sup. 2d lieut. '62; m. o. Jan. 17, '63, the War Dept. not recognizing 

that grade. 
CoLBUKN, Francisco. — Age 22; res. Windsor; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as corp.; 

pro. 1st sergt. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Damon, Lafayette. — Age 39; res. Stetson; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; pris. Sept. '64; died in southern prison, Nov. 8, '64. 
Case, Cyrus. — Age 24; res. Farmington; veteran; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. as 

sei'gt. ; pro. 1st sergt. Dec. '64; m. o. with regt. 

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTS. 

Craig, Albert A. — Age 25; res. Windsor; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as sergt.; pro. 
q. m. sergt. '02; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Md., Jan. 25, '03. 

Winter, William A. — Age 22; res. Farmingdale; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as pri- 
vate; orderly for Gen. Ricketts, '62; pro. corp. and q. m. sergt. '03; m. o. 
Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Barrett, George H. M. — Age 24; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 8, '64, as sergt.; pro. q. m. sergt. '64; joined co. at tr. ; in. o. with 
regt. 

COINIMISSARY SERGEANTS. 

Merrill, Charles H. — Age 29; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as corp.; 

pro. com'sy sergt. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Flint, Daniel D. — Age 38; res. Abbott; mus. sergt. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; pro. com'sy sergt. '64; joined co. at tr. ; disch, by order, Aug. 14, 

'()5. 



502 . FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

sergea>;ts. 

CuMMixGS, James G. — Age 24; res. Manchester; mus. Oct. 20, '(31; discli. 

for dis. Aijril 17, '62. 
Lyox, Henry F. — Age 28; res. Manchester; miis. Oct. 20, '01; orderly for 

Gen. Tower, '62; killed at Shepardstown, July 10, 'Oo. 
Coombs, Israel A. — Age 24; res. Bowdoin; mns. Oct. 20, '01; orderly for 

Gen. Carroll, '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
HiLDRETH, Horace W. — Age 23; res. Gardhier; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as corp. ; 

pro. sergt. April 22, '02; discli. for dis. at Camp Bayard, March 3, '03. 
Thaving, Charles G. — Age 29; res. China; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as corp.; pro. 

sergt. '02; wd. at Middleburg, June 19, '03; disch. for dis. arising from 

wounds, Nov. 23, '03. 
Neal, Reuben S. — Age 24; res. Farmingdale; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as pri- 
vate; pro. corp. '02; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 12; 

rejoined co. Nov. '03; pro. sergt. Nov. 1, '03; m. o. Nov. 2.5, '04, ex. of 

ser. 

McCluke, Edavaiid W. — Age 22;*res. Bowdoinham; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as 
private; pro. corp. '02, and sergt. '03; re-en. Dec. '03; on detached duty 
with the pioneer corps, 3d brig. 2d div. c. c. '04; m. o. June 20, '05. 

Dockexdorf, William. — Age 18; res. Windsor; mus. March 7, '02, as ju-i- 
vate; pro. corp. July 1, '03, and sergt. '04; m. o. March 7, '05, ex. of ser. 

Crawford, John E. — Age 21; res. Warren; veteran; mus. Co. F, 1st. D. 

C. Feb. 8, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. [See i^. 353.] 
Barrows, Bex.jamix O. — Age 36; res. Camden; veteran; mus. Co. F, 1st 

D. C. Feb. 8, '64; on detached duty at tr. ; disch. for promotion, March 
9, '65. 

Knowles, Hosea. — Age 24; res. Stetson; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb 8, '(54; 
joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 

Harlow, Orlando W. — Age 30; res. Maysville; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 8, '04; absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. at Augusta, March 20, '05. 

McCuRDY, Samuel E. — Age 21; res. China; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as private; 
l^ro. coYY>. '63, and sergt. '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Chamberlain, Lorenzo. — Age 20; res. Hallowell; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as 
private; pro. corp. '02, and sergt. Nov. '04; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

Sanborn, Charles H. — Age 21; res. Dixmont; mus. Sept. 2, '62, as pri- 
vate; joined co. Oct. '62; pro. corp. April 1, '64; detached at hd. qrs. '04; 
pro. sergt. May 1, '05; disch. G. O. No. 83. 



CORPORALS. 

Nutting, Frank. — Age 29; res. Augusta; mus. Oct. 20, '01; tr. to v. r. c. 

'64. 
Berry, Thomas. — Age 23; res. Richmond; mus. Oct. 20, '01; disch. for 

dis. Nov. 18, '02. 
Bowman, Martin T. V. — Age 24; res. Hallowell; mus. Oct. 20, '01; tr. to 

non-commissioned staff, May 1, '02. [See field and statt'.J 
Neal, John W. — A^e 20; res. Litchfield; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as private; 

orderly for Gen. Carroll, '62; y>yo. orp. '63; killed at Middleburg, June 

19, '63. 

LUNT, Thomas. — Age 25; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as private; pro. 

corp. '62; tr. to v. r. c. Nov. 15, '63. 
Neal, Thomas J. — Age 23; res. Southport; mus. Sept 1, '02, as private; 

joined CO. Oct.; pro. corp. '63; on detached duty, '04; disch. July 8, '04, 

for promotion in the U. S. C. I. [See p. 281.] 



eost1:r of company c. 



503 



Nason, Geokuk E. — Aji'c IS; res. Ilallowoll; nius. Oct. 20, 'Ol, as private; 

pro. Corp. '63; wd. at Gruiuul Sciuirrel bridge, ^lay 11, '04; m. o. Nov. 

25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Andrews, Eijp:x. — Age 20; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as private; 

orderly for Gen. Carroll, '02; pro. corp. Nov. '03; re-en. Dec. '03; tr. to 

navy, Api'il 19, '64. 
HoxiE, William H. — Age 22; res. Sidney; mus. Sept. 2, '62, as private; 

joined oo. in Oct.; pris. at Bealton, on Stoneman's raid, May 10, '6;!; ex. 

'63; pro. corp. '04; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '(>4; discli. 'Vu}, 

G. O. No. S3. 
Weiler, William. — Age 20; res. Vassalboro; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as private; 

orderly for (ien. Tower, '02; re-en. Dec. "03; pro. corp. '04; horse shot 

under him at Hawes' shop. May 2S, '(i4, and at Deep Bottom, Aug. Ki, 

'04; m. o. June 20, '65. 
BuLLEN, William S. — Age 23; res. Farmington; veteran; mus. Co. F, 1st 

D. C. Feb. S, '64, as private; pro. corp. "04; died in rebel prison at Salis- 
bury, N. C, 'M. 
MoRKisoN, Aaron L. — Age 34; res. Charleston; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; joined co. at tr. ; died at City Point, of wounds received at Boyd- 
ton plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 
Chadwick, David. — Age 25; res. Palermo; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as private; 

pro. corp. March 1, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
ToziER, Emulus S. — Age 21; res. Monmouth; mus. Oct. 20, '61, as private; 

re-en. Dec. '63; pro. corp. March 1, '64; tr. to navy, April IV), '04. 
Martin, Joseph H. — Age IS; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; orderly for Gen. Ames, '64; joined co. and m. o. with it. 
Delaite, John. — Age 44; res. Littleton; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. S, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Champney, Alonzo D. — Age 21; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; joined co. at tr.; pro. corp. May 1, '05; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Dunham, George H. — Age 22; res. Lisbon; mus. Jan. 18, '04, as private; 

joined co. Feb. 3, '64; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Farnham, Frederick L., Jr. — Age 21; res. Warren; mus. Co. F, IstD. C. 

Feb. 8, '64; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. April 1, '65; m. o. with regt. 
Wood, Benjamin S. — Age 28; res. Gardiner; mus. Aug. 25, '62; joined co. 

in Oct. ; pro. corp. Jan. '65; wd. at Ap])omattox, xipril 9, '05, the morning 

of the surrender of Gen. Lee, losing his left arm; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Hill, Charles E. — Age IS; res. Topsfield; veteran; mus. Jan. 9, '64; 

joined co. March 9, '04; pro. corp. May 1, '65; m. o. with regt. 

BUGLEES. 

Harper, Alonzo D. — Age 18; res. Worcester; mus. Oct. 21, '01; m. o, 
Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Brick, Isaac C. — Age 21; res. Augusta; mus. Nov, 24, '01; tr. to non- 
commissioned staif as chief trumpeter. May 1, '03. [See field and staff.] 

Pike, Benjamin E. — Age 18; res. Presque Isle; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 
8, '04; absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. at Augusta, April 23, "65. 

McNear, Alfred. —Age 22; res. Newcastle; mus. Co. F, IstD. C. Feb. 8, 
'04; absent sick at tr.; joined co. and m. o. June 20, '65. 

FARRIERS. 

Pinkham, Moses S. — Age 30; res. Plymouth; mus. Oct. 20, '(51; detached 

to brig. hd. qrs. '03; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Hayes, William M. — Age 32; res. Orono; mus. Oct. 20, '61; died of fever 

at Frederick, Md., Nov. '62. 



504 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Whalex, Michael. — Ao-e 19: res. Wliitefield; mus. Oct. 20, '01, as private; 

ap. farrier, '63; re-en. '04; m. o, with regt. 
Fassett, Gokham p. — Age 24; res. Abbott; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; died in Danville, Ya., March 3, '65. [See Co. M.] 
Lash. John B. — Age .38; res. Camden; miis. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

SADDLERS. 

Tkimble, William. —Age 23; res. Calais: mus. Oct. 20, '61; tr. to v. r. c. 

Feb. 2.5, '04. 
Knight, Cyprian M. — Age 44; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

WAGONEES. 

HuxToox, Peter. — Age 35; res. Fairfield; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for dis. 
at Washington, Sept. 23, '62. 

HiLDRETH, Charles A. — Age 18; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61. as pri- 
vate; orderly for Gen. Tower, '62; ap. wagoner, '03; re-en. '04; m. o. 
with regt. 

McKenzie, John. —Age 29; res. Stoneham; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 
'04; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 

rillVATES. 

Abbott, J. Holm an. — Age 20; res. Winslow; mus. Oct. 20, '01; orderly for 

Gen. Sturgess, '62; m. o. Xov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Allen, Josiah S. — Age 26; res. Littleton; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. May 27, '65. 
Arnold, Perry. —Age 19; res. Sidney; mus. Oct. 20, '61; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, 

ex. of ser. 
Arnold, William A. —Age IS; res. Sidney; veteran; mus. Marcli 29, '64; 

m. o. June 20, '65. 
Barrett, Addison D. — Age 21; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D, C. Feb. 

11, '64; sick in Maine at tr. ; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Jan. 1, '65. 
Blanchard, Walter. — Age 24; res. Arrowsic; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. Xo. 77. 
Blanchard, Albion E. — Age 19; res. Calais; mus. Co, F, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, 

'04; died in rebel prison at'Salisbury, X. C, Xov. 7, '64. 
Briggs, Elljah H. — Age 33; res. Littleton; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C.-Feb. 8, 

'04; absent sick at tr.; disch. for dis. at Washington, Dec. 15, '04. 
Brown, William. —Age 21; res. Skowhegan; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, 

'64; pris. at tr.; died in rebel prison at Salisbury, X. C, Xov. 1, '64. 
Bryant, Sumner H. — Age 25; res. Hallowell; mus. Oct. 20, '61; died of 

disease at home, Jan. 7, '63. 
Buck, Edmund P. —Age 19; res. Vassalboro; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for 

dis. at Belle Plain, May 12, '63. 
Burgess, William M. —Age 35; res. Xantucket, Mass.; mus. Aug. 25, '02; 

joined co. in Oct. ; on detached duty at City Point, '04; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 
Burns, John. —Age 22; res. Embden; mus. Oct. 20, '01; m. o. Xov. 25, '04, 

ex. of ser. 
Burns, William. — Age 32; res. Lexington; mus. Oct. 20, '01; disch. March 

8, '02, by civil authorities. 





Sergt. GEORGE H. M. BARRETT, Co. C. 
Camden. 



Sergt. JOHN E. CRAWFORD, C. 
Fort Jones, Cai. 



^' 




Sergt. CYRUS CASE, Co. C. 
Melvern, Kan. 




PERRIN P. FREEMAN, Co. C. 
Camden. 




FREDERICK A. NORWOOD, Co. C. 
Deceased. 



-l,^l.^»'^<L 





Corp. ALONZO D. CHAMPNEY, Co. C. 
Camden. 



GEORGE R. CAMERON, Co. C. 
Camden. 



FiOSTEB OF COMPAXY C. 



505 



BUKTOX, John- F. — Aue 21; res. Gushing; mus. Co. F, 1st T). C. Fob. S. '(U; 

\\d. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '(54; disch. for dis. at Philadelphia, 

April 1."), '6*3. 
Caiioox, William. —Age 2(>; res. Augusta; mus. Oct. 20, '01; disch. for dis. 

Dec. 8, '62. 
Cakter, Charles E. — Age 19; res. Farmiugdale ; mus. Oct. 20, '61 ; disch. for 

dis. at Baltimore, Oct. 20, '62. 
Camerox, George R. — Age 19; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. by order. May 29, '6o. 
Carter, Eirjene B. — Age 18; res. Farmingdale; mus. Oct. 20, '61; died of 

fever in hospital at Frederick, Md., Oct. 29, '62. 
Casey, William. — Age 22; res. Harrison; mus. Oct. 8, '64; joined co. Nov. 

11, '64; killed at Sailor's Creek, April 6, '6.5. 
Chandler, Josiah A. — Age 29; res. Morrill; veteran; mus. Feb. 19, '64; 

joined co. March 9, '64; wd. at Dinwiddle Court House, March :>1, '6.); 

disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Cl \rk. Joseph A. — Age 21 ; res. Sidney; mus. Oct. 20, '61 ; orderly for Gen. 

Ricketts. '62: orderly for Gen. Gregg, '63; pris. '64, and died in rebel 

prison at Andersonville, June 22, '64 — grave No. 2:]1(;. 
Cliff, William E. — Age 19; res. East Machias; mus. Jan. 19, '64; joined 

CO. Jan. 29, '64; tr. to navy, July 4, '64. 
CoLCORD. Albert J. —Age IS; res. Farmingdale; mus. March 10, '62; m. o. 

March 11, '65, ex. of ser. 
CoLcoRi), Joseph L. — Age 20; res. Farmingdale; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. 

for dis. Feb. 19, '63. 
Cole, William W. — Age 18; res. Burnham; mus. Dec. 9, '63; joined co. 

March 9, '64; m. o. with regt. 
CoxAXT, Isaac B. — Age 2.j; res. East Machias; mus. Jan. 13, '64; joined co. 

Jan. 29, '64; died of disease at City Point, Aug. 29, '64. 
Craig, John. —Age 21; res. Dixmont; mus. Dec. 23, '64; joined co. March 

24, '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Ceam, Ashbel H. — Age 20; res. Portland; mus. Sept. 29, '64; joined co. 

Nov. 6, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Craxe, Joshua H. — Age 21; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61; orderly for 

Gen. Towner, '62; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. and rejoined co. 

Nov. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Crawford, Johx F. — Age 24; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61; tr. to 

V. r. c. Feb. 15, '64. 
Croavley, Jeremiah. — Age 20; res. Lexington, Mass.; veteran; mus. Nov. 

10, '63; joined co. Jan. 29, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
CUMMIXGS, John C. — Age 33; res. Fremont plantation ; mus. Co. F, 1st D. 

C. Feb. 8, '64; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died of disease at 

Annapolis, Md., March 1, '65. 
Dailey, Erastus R. — Age 18; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; disch for dis. June 26, '65. 
Dawes, Frederick S. — Age 23; res. Litchfield; mus. Sept. 2, '62; joined 

CO. in Oct.; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Md., Feb. 14, '63. 
DoRiTY, Alvix a. — Age 21; res. Charleston; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; tr. to v. r. c. May 11, '65. 
Drake, Alvix. — Age 23; res. Unity; mus. Aug. 29, '62; joined co. in Oct.; 

on detached duty in 6th U. S. Battery, '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Drake, Fraxcis E. — Age 18; res. Boston, Mass.; mus. Sept. 2, '62; died of 

disease at Frederick, Md., Oct. 23, '62. 
Duxham, William B. —Age 22; res. Vassalboro; mus. Sept. 22, '62; joined 

CO. in Oct.; orderly for Gen. Gregg, '63 and '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 



506 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

DuxNi>JG. FpvEelaxd. — Age IS; res. Charleston; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; absent sick at tr."; m. o. with regt. 
Dutch, Amos M. — Age 31; res. Sebec; veteran; mns. Feb. 29, '04; joined co. 

May 31; disch. by order, June 2, '6.5. 
Eatox, Frederick B. — Age 2.5; res. Yassalboro; veteran; mus. Jan. 15, 

'64; on detached duty with pioneer corps, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Edgekly, Asa B. — Age 39; res. Sebec; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 26, '65. 
Elliott, William. — Age 20; res. Vassalboro; mus. Oct. 20, '61; re-en. Dec. 

'63; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Ellis, John F. — Age 18; res. St. Albans; mus. Jan. 13, '<i4; joined co. Feb. 

3; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Elwell, Tristram J. —Age 34; res. Buxton; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C.Feb. 8, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Fales, John Leroy. — Age 20; res. Thomaston; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; joined co. at tr.; killed at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 
Fakrington, Byrox H. — Age IS; res. Windsor; mus. Oct. 20, '61; died of 

disease at Washington, Aug. 22, '62. 
Ford, Johx. — Age 23; res. Lewiston; mus. Xov. 19, '63; joined co. Jan. 29, 
'64; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; died Aug. 13, '64, on flag of 
truce boat en route from Richmond to Annapolis, Md. 
Freeman, Perrin P. — Age IS; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; joined co. and m. o. with regt. 
Frost, Sewell F. — Age 23; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61; orderly for 
Gen. Duryea, '62; pris. at Bealtcni, on Stoneman's raid. May 10, '63; ex. 
Sept. 12, '63; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
Garxett, James L. — Age 22; res. Perry; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, "64; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 24, '65. 
Gay, Elijah. —Age 21; res. Waldo; mus. Feb. 12, '64; joined co. March 9; 

m. o. with regt. 
Gerald, Dudley B. —Age 23; res. Canaan; mus. Oct. 20, '61; tr. to v. r. c. 

Dec. 15, '63. 
Gerald, George W. — Age 20; res. Canaan; mus. Oct. 20, '61; died of 

chronic diarrhoea at Portsmouth Grove, R. I., July 31, '63. 
Gerald, Samuel M. — Age 20; res. Canaan; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for 

dis. at Waterloo, Va., June 26, '62. 
(Jeyear, George. —Age 18; res. Calais; mus. Jan. 12, '64; joined co. Jan. 

29; disch. by order, July 7, '65. 
GiBBS, Eeubex. — Age 34; res. Fairfield; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for dis. 

Dec. 9, '62. 
GiLLEY, Edavard. — Age 20; res. Augusta; mus. Oct. 20, '61, Augusta; or- 
derly for Gen. Duryea, '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
GiLMAx, William B. —Age 18; res. Hallowell; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for 

dis. Nov. 17, '62. 
GiLMORE, Adnah. — Age 34; res. Washburn; mus. Co. F. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
GooDSPEED, William M. — Age 22; res. China; mus. March 10, '62; orderly 

for Gen. Gregg, '64; m. o. March 21, '65, ex. of ser. 
Greenlaw, Augustus. —Age 19; res. Calais; veteran; mus. Jan. 12, '64; 

joined co. Jan. 29; wd, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Greexleaf, Charles L. — Age 34; res. Washburn; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 8, '64; absent sick at tr.; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Hanson. Daxiel P. —Age 19; res. China; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for dis. 

at Washington, Sept. 23, '62. 
Hardinbrook, Charles W. — Age 21; res. Portland; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. 
Feb. S, '64; wd. and pris. at tr. ; died in rebel prison, Nov. b, 04. 



liOSTER OF COMPANY C. ^^'^ 

Haslett, Huciii. — Age 19; res. Jefferson; miis. Co. F, Lst D. C. Feb. 8, '()4; 

pris. at tr. ; disch. C4. O. No. 77. 
Hattin, Chahlks M. — Age IS; res. Litclifield: mus. Oet. 20, '61; orderly 

for Gen. Duryea, '152; disoli. for dis. at Pliiladelpliia, .Jan. ol, '03. 
Hazi.etox. Asa B. — Ac^e 19; res. Troy; mus. Oet. 20, '(31; disch. for dis. 

at Washington, .Jan. 2.5, '03. 
HiOGixs. CiiAiu.ES J. —Age 19; res. Farmingdale; mus. Oct. 20, '01; orderly 

for Oen. Tower, '02; \vd. at Middleburg, June 19, '03; tr. to v. r. c. Jan. 

19, '04. 
HiGGiNs, Gkouge H. — Age 21; res. Charleston; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '04; disch. for dis. at New York, Sept. 29, '64. 
HiGGixs, Waukex S. — Age 23; res. Damariscotta; mus. Oct. 20, '61; or- 
derly for Gen. Carroll, '62; disch. for dis. at Falmouth, Va., Jan. 2."), '03. 
Holt, Chaki.es H. — Age 21; res. Augusta; mus. Dec. 15, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '64; m. o. June 20, '6-5. 
HoRTON, William. — Age 18; res. Eaton grant; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '04; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Jewett, W^illiam H. — Age 19; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '01; disch. for 

dis. at Frederick, Md.,'jan. 9, '03. 
JoHXSox, Aai:ox. — Age 23; res. Benton; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '04; 

missing in action at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '04; m. o. .June 20, '05. 
JOHNSOX, Alvix M. — Age 22; res. Farmington; mus. Oct. 20, '01; orderly 

for Gen. Eicketts, '02; wd. at Middleburg, June 19, '03; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'04, ex. of ser. 
JoHXSox, Marixee S. — Age 19; res. Exeter; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; joined co. attr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
JoHXSOX, William. — Age 35; res. Saco; mus. Feb. 4, '04; joined co. '65; 

m. o. June 20, '05. 
Keexax, George. — Age 30; res. Pittsfield; mus. Oct. 20, '61; m. o. Nov. 

25, '64, ex. of ser. 
KxiGHT, Augustus H. — Age 18; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Kxox, Charles O. — Age 23; res. We.st Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. 

for dis. at Frederick, Md., Oct. 23, '02. 
Laxe, Johx. —Age 26; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '04; ab- 
sent sick at tr. ; ni. o. June 20, '65. 
Lexxox, William A. — Age 22; res. Kittery; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; tr. to v. r. c. April 17, "05. 
Leemoxb, Edward W. — Age 21; res. Thomaston; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 8, '04; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '()5. 
LiBBY, Graxger H. — Age 19; res. W^arren; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; joined co. at tr.; m. o. June 20, '65. 
LiBBY, Jonx G. A. — Age .38; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

absent sick at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Locke, William R. — Age 27; res. Etna; mus. Oct. 20, '01; disch. for dis. 

at New York, March 18, '03. 
LocKHART, PvOBERT. — Age 18; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'04; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Lowe, Fraxklix B. —Age 18; res. Waterville; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb 8, 

'04; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
LuFKix, Jasox L. — Age 24; res. Farmington; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'04; absent sick at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
LuxT, Joseph.— Age 23; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '01; orderly for Gen. 
Sturgess, '62; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 12; disch. for 
dis. Jan. 15, '64. 



508 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

LuNT, Parker G. — Age 18; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61; orderly for 
Gen. Sturgess, '62, and for Gen. Gregg, '63; m.o. Nov. 2o, '64, ex. of ser. 

Marble, James S. — Age 18; res. Sidney; mus. Aug. 25, '62: joined co. Oct. 
'62; pris. atBealton, Stoneman's raid, May 10, '63; ex. and at dismounted 
cami?, '63. 

Mardex, Alstox R. — Age 18; res. Palermo; mus. Oct. 20, '61; orderly for 

Gen. Sturgess, '62; died of disease at Belle Plain, Dec. 25, '63. 
Marixer. Ambrose. —Age 30; res. Augusta; mus. Oct. 20, '61; re-en. Dec. 

'63; tr. to navy, AprillO, '64. 
Masox, Silas D. — Age 22; res. Belfast; mus. Feb. 11, 'tU: joined co. March 

9; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Mayberrt, Charles E. — Age 18; res. Biddeford ; mus. Dec. 9, '63; joined 

CO. Jan. 29, '64; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; discli. G. O. 

!N"o. 77. 
McCauslix, Fraxklix. — Age 20; res. Detroit; mus. Sept. 2, '62: joined 

CO. in Oct. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
McCauslix, William T. — Age 21; res. Detroit; mus. Oct. 21, '61; orderly 

for Gen Sturgess, '62; disch. for dis. at Baltimore, Oct. 27, '62. 
McKexxey, Albert S. — Age IS; res. Stetson; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; pris. attr. ; m. o. G. O. No. 77. 
McPnAiL, William H. — Age 20; res. Perry; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Miller, Johx. — Age 21; res. Cornish; mus. Oct. 12, '64; joined co. Nov. 

11; disch. by order, Aug. 28, '6-5. 
Morrow, Johx. — Age 20; res. Yassalboro; mus. Oct. 20, '61; orderly for 

Gen. Sturgess, '62; in. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Morse, Thomas H. — Age 30; res. Montville; mus. Dec. 4, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '64; m. o. Juiie 20, '65. 
Mosher, Johx M. — Age 20; res. Augusta; mus. Oct. 20, '61; on extra duty 

at Harper's Ferry, '62; died at Washington, Oct. 9, '63, of wounds re- 
ceived at Bull Eun, Oct. 15. 
Myrick, Joseph H. — Age 26; res. Palmyra; mus. Dec. 4, '64; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Nasox, Josiah, Jr. — Age 26; res. Yeazie; mus. Aug. 25, '64; joined co. 

Dec. 6; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Neal, Fraxklix B. — Age 21; res. Chelsea; mus. Oct. 20, '61; orderly for 

Gen. Sturgess, '62; disch. for dis. at Washington, March 9, '63. 
Norwood, Frederick A. — Age 23; res. Canaan; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64 ; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
No YES, Joseph H. — Age 26; res. Perkins' plantation; mus. Marcli 4, '64; 

died April, '65, from wounds received at Dinwiddie, March 31. 
O'Briex, James. — Age 21 ; res. Cornish; mus. Oct. 12, '64; joined co. Nov. 11. 
Parker, Samuel E. — Age 29; res. Bangor; mus. Dec. 16, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 29, '64; wd. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; disch. for dis. 

Feb. 29, '65. 
Pattex, Eobert a. — Age 32; res. Stetson; mus. Co. F, 1st. D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, July 17, '65. 
Pattex. Stephex W. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for 

dis. July 9, '62. 
Patteusox, Ly'CURGus. — Age 43; res. Buinham; mus. Oct. 20, '61; tr. to 

V. r. c. at Portsmouth Grove, R. I., Sept. 17, '63. 
Pay-sox, Barak C. — Age 19; res. Waldo; mus. Feb. 15, '64; joined co. 

March 9; died of disease at Washington, July 6, '64. 
Perry, Joseph E. — Age 21 ; res. Litchfield ; mus. Oct. 20, '61 ; disch. for 

dis. June .5, '64. 



BOSTER OF COMPANY C. 509 

Perkins, Geoiuje. — Age 21; res. Calais; mus. Jan. i;J, '(U; joined co. Feb. 

3; \v(l. at Dinwiddie, Mareli ;51, '(55; disch. G. U. No. 77. 
Peva, Fjjeemax C — Age 2(i; res. Windsor; mus. Get. 20, 'lil ; orderly for 

Gen. Duryea, '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

Peva, Nathan K. — Age 21; res. Windsor; veteran; mus. Jan 4, '64; joined 
CO. Feb. o; m. o. ■with regt. 

Pray, Alamber H. — Age 19; res. Vassalboro; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for 

dis. at Baltimore, Feb. 26, "(i:!. 
Pray, Isaac — Age 86; res. Orneville; veteran; mus. March 0, '64; joined 

CO. June 8; m. o. June 20, '05. 
PuRiNGTON, Granville. — Age 27; res. Bowdoin; mus. Aug. 27, '62; joined 

CO. in Oct. ; wd. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; disch. for dis. at 

Augusta, Me., Jan. 11, '65. 
Reed, ErnviN M. —Age 18; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61; died at Wash- 
ington, Sept. '62, from wounds received at Manassas, Aug. 29, '62. 
Reynolds, Mulford B. — Age 19; res. Sidney; mus. Aug. 25, '62; joined 

CO. in Oct.; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '04; disch. by order, June 

21, '05. 

Ridley, Jerome, Jr. — Age 18; res. Richmond; mus. Oct. 20, '01; re-en. 

Dec. '6o; killed at Reams' Station, Aug. 24, '64. 
Ridley, Luther. — Age 21 ; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61 ; re-en. Dec. '6::!; 

wagoner at regt. hd. qrs. '64; m. o. with regt. 
Robinson, Anson J. — Age 21; res. Dover; mus. Jan. 2, '64; joined co. Jan. 

29; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '04; disch. G. O. No. '77. 
Robinson, Charles H. — Age 20; res. Kennebunkport; mus. Co. F, 1st D. 

C. Feb. 8, '64; died of disease at City Point, Sept. 27, '04. 
Robinson, George E. —Age 19; res. Calais; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Sabine, Charles A. — Age 24; res. Palermo; mus. Oct. 20, '01; disch. '02. 
Sabine, George W. — Age 22; res. Yassalboro; mus. Oct. 20, '01; disch. 

for dis. July 10, '02. 

Sanborn, William N. — Age 24; res. Detroit; mus. Dec. 28, '63; joined co. 
Jan. 29, '64; m. o. with regt. 

Shaw, Charles F. — Age 33; res. Augusta; mus. Dec. 4, '63; joined co. Jan. 
23, '64; died Jan. 19, '65; at division hospital, from injuries received by 
being thrown from his horse. 

Shaw, Charles W. — Age 19; res. Vassalboro; veteran; mus. Jan. 7, '64; 
joined co. May 31, '64; m. o. June 20, '05. 

Shaw, James. — Age 23; res. Augusta; mus. Jan. 3, '65; joined co. March 
24; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Shaw, William B. — Age 19; res. Vassalboro; mus. Oct. 21, '61; died of 
fever at Frederick, Nov. '62. 

Shevlin, Patrick F. — Age 18; b. County Tyrone, Ireland; res. South Bos- 
ton; en. and mus. Oct. 6, '64; joined co. Nov.; horse shot under him at 
Stony Creek, Nov.; wd. on the Bellefield raid, Dec; pris. at Hatcher's 
Run, Feb. '65, but escaped from the enemy and reported back to the co. 
for duty; m. o. with regt. 

Smith, Eugene A. — Age 18; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61; disch. for 

dis. Dec. 3, '02. 
Smith, George H. — Age 22; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '61; died of fever 

at Belle Plain, Feb. 13, '63. 

Smith, William. — Age 21; mus. Jan. 4, '65; joined co. March 24; m. o. 
June 20, '65. 

Snell, Charles. — Age 20; res. Sidney; mus. Oct. 20, '61; m. o. Nov. 25, 
'64, ex. of ser. 

Spencer, Franklin. — Age 19; res. Calais; mus. Jan. 12, '64; joined co. 
Jan. 29: pris. atBoydton plank road, Oct. 27, "04; m. o. with regt. 



510 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

Stauh, Joiix. — Afje 22; res. Cornish; mus. Oct. 12, '(i4; joined co. Dec. 15; 

m. o. June 20, '05. 
Starr, John, 2d. — Age 28; res. Cornish; miis. Oct. 12, '04; disch. G. O. Xo. 

77. 
Stevens, David. — Age 24; res. Windsor; mus. Oct. 20, '01; disch. for dis. 

at Washington, Oct. 10, '02. 
Stevens, David M. — Age 38; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 20, '01; orderly for 

Gen. Carroll, '02; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Swift. William Franklin. — Age 21; res. Gardiner; mus. Aug. 12, '02; 

wd. at Middleburg, June 10, '(«; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Taylor, Winfield S. — Age 18; res. Topsfield; mus. Jan. 19, '04; joined 

CO. Jan. 29; m. o. with regt. 
Thompson, George W.— Age 21; res. Pittston; mus. Oct. 20, '01. 
Torsey, Samuel T. — Age 41; res. Winthrop; mus. Dec. 2, '03; joined co. 

March 9, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Wadsworth, Francisco. — Age 18; res. Monmouth; mus. Dec. 2, '63; 

joined co. Jan. 23, '64; disch. by order, June 2, '05. 
Wakefield, George W. —Age 18; res. Gardiner; mus. Jan. 11, '04; joined 

CO. Feb. 3; disch. by order, June 20, '05. 
Waters, James. — Age 18; res. New York City; mus. Jan. 15, '64; joined 

CO. Feb. 3; on detached duty at cavalry depot, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Webb, Albion P. — Age 26; res Fairfield; mus. Dec. 10, '61; pris. Sept. 15, 

'03; m. o. Dec. 9, '64, ex. of ser. 
Welch, Gilman. —Age 33; res. Veazie; mus. Aug. 25, '64; joined co. Dec. 

0; m. o. June 20, '05. 
White, William. — Age 23 ; res. Hallowell; mus. Oct. 20, '01. 
Whiteiiouse, Charles H. — Age 21; res. Yassalboro; mus. Oct. 20, '61; 

re-en. Dec. '63; m. o. with regt. 
Whitten, Charles. — Age 18; res. Detroit: mus. Sept. 2, '02; joined co. in 

Oct. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Whitten, William. —Age 42; res. Detroit; mus. Dec. 28, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 29, '01; disch. by order, July 17, '05. 
Woodman, Kupert W. — Age IS; res. Calais; mus. Jan. 12, '04; joined co. 

Jan. 29, '04; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Worthing, Arnold F. — Age 19; res. Palermo; mus. Oct. 20, '61; wd. at 

Middleburg, June 19, '03; tr. to v. r. c. Dec. 18, '63. 
Wright, Horace. — Age 45; res. Auburn; mus. Jan. 18, '64; joined co. 

Feb. 3; died of disease at home, Aug. 18, '04. 
Young, Andrew J. — Age 22; res. Detroit; mus. Aug. 4, '03; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '04; disch. by order, June 8, '05. 
Young, Henry. — Age 18; res. Detroit; mus. Sept. 2, '62; joined co. in 

Oct.; wd. at Middleburg, June 19, '63, losing his right arm, and disch. 

for dis. on account of woimds at Liberty, Ya., Nov. 17, '63. 



RECAPITULATION, 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was eio'ht, of whom five joined at its organization (three with commissions 
and two in the ranks and subsequently promoted), two were transferred 
from the First District of Columbia Cavalry, and one was transferred from 
the field and staff. Of these, three were mustered out with the regiment, 
t^vo resigned, one was mustered out for expiration of his term of service, 
and two were killed in action- One resigned and was discharged, then 



BOSTEE OF COMPAXY C. 511 

t'lilistc'il ill the First District ol' Columbia Ciivalr}- iiiul was transferred to 
tills company, and was discharged for disability, thus representiiifj two 
onlistments. Of these, two served three years or more, one of them, Jona- 
than K. Brooks, serving with the regiment from its organization until the 
muster out. 

The actual number of enlisted men l)elonging to the company (besides 
the two who were commissioned) was two hundred and twenty-tive, of 
whom twenty-four were sergeants, twenty-one corporals, four buglers, five 
farriers, two saddlers, three wagoners, and one hundred and sixty-six pri- 
vates. Of these, ninety-three joined the company at its organization, nine- 
teen joined in 1862, fifty-three joined in 1S()4 and 1805, and sixty were 
transferred from the First District of Columbia Cavalry. Of the whole 
number, twenty-seven (original members) served their three years' term of 
enlistment, and were mustered out at its expiration; twenty-six were mus- 
tered out with the regiment, forty were discharged for disability arising 
from disease, and two from wounds ; seventy were discharged at the close of 
the war as paroled prisoners and convalescents in hospital, dismounted men 
and cavalry men whose term of service expired prior to Oct. 1, 1865; five 
were discharged by order, and two to receive promotion in other regiments ; 
ten were transferred to the veteran reserve corps, five to the navy, and two 
to the non-commissioned staff; five were killed in action, four died from 
wounds, fourteen died of disease, eight died in rebel prisons, and one died 
from injuries; four are unaccounted for. Thirty-one served three years or 
more, twenty-seven served two years and less than three, one hundred and 
twenty-four served one year and less than two, thirty-eight served less than 
one year, and five, M. T. V. Bowman, Michael Whalen, Charles A. Hildreth, 
Luther Ridley, and Charles H. Whitehouse, served from the organization 
to the muster out, though the first named were not all the time in the com- 
pany. Of the ninety-two original members, eleven re-enlisted as veterans. 
These, and the two enlisted men commissioned, added to the number of en- 
listed men before given, will make the total number of enlistments in the 
company two hundred and thirty-eight, or with the commissioned officers, 
two hundred and forty-four. 

COMPANY C'S HOXOEED DEAD. 



Oeor(ik S. Kimball, Gardiner. Killed in action at Middleburg, June 111, 

1863. 
Addison P. Russell, Houlton. Died of wounds received at Fisher's Hill, 

Sept. 19, 1S64. 

SEEGEAXTS. 

Lafayette Damon, Stetson. Died in southern prison, Nov. 8, 1864. 
Hexky F, Lyon, Manchester. Killed at Shepardstown, July 10, 18(i3. 

COKPOIiALS. 

John W. Neal, Litchfield. Killed at IMiddleburg, June 19, I860. 
William S. Bullen, Farmington. Died in prison at Salisbuiy, N. C, 1864. 
Aakon L. Mokrison, Charleston. Died of wounds received at Boydton 
plank road, Oct. 27, 1864. 



512 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

FAKRIERS. 

William M. Hayes, Orono. Died of fever at Frederick, 'Sid., Nov. 1862. 
GORUAM P. Fassett, Abbott. Died in Danville, iS". C, March 3, 1865. 

PRIVATES. 

Alvix E. BlancHard, Calais. Died in prison at Salisbury, X. C, Nov. 7, 

1864. 
"William Brown, Skowhegan. Died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 1, 1864. 
SuMXER H. Bryant, Hallowell. Died of disease at home, Jan. 7, 1863. 
Eugene B. Carter, Farmington. Died of fever at Frederick, Oct. 29, 

1862. 
William Casey, Harrison. Killed at Sailor's Creek, April 6, 186.5. 
.Joseph A. Clark, Sidney. Died in prison at Andersonville, June 27, 1864. 
Isaac B. Conant, East Machias. Died of disease at City Point, Aug. 29, 

1864. 
John C. Cummings, Fremont. Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., March 

1, 1865. 
Francis E. Drake, Boston. Died of disease at Frederick, Oct. 23, 1862. 
John Leroy Fales, Thomaston. Killed at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, 

1864. [See name Fenelon M. Fales, p. 487.] 
Byron H. Farrington, Windsor. Died of disease at Washington, Aug. 22, 

1862. 
John Ford, Lewiston. Died on flag of truce boat en route from Richmond 

to Annapolis, Md., Aug. 13, 1864. 
George W. Gerald, Canaan. Died of disease at Portsmouth Grove, E. I., 

July 31, 1863. 
Charles W. Hardinbrook, China. Died in southern prison, Nov. 6, 1864. 
Alston E. Marden, Palermo. Died of disease at Belle Plain, Dec. 25, 

1863. 
John M. Mosher, Augusta. Died Oct. 9, 1863, of wounds received at Bull 

Eun, Oct. 15. 
Joseph H. Noyes, Perkins plantation. Died April, 1865, from wounds 

received at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31. 
Barak C. Payson, Waldo. Died of disease at Washington, July 6, 1864. 
Edwin M. Eeed, Gardiner. Died Sept. 1862, from wounds received at 

Manassas, Aug. 29, 1862. 
Jerome Eidley, Jr., Eichmond. Killed at Beams' Station, Aug. 24, 1864. 
Charles H. Eobinson, Kennebunkport. Died of disease at City Point, 

Sept. 27, 1864. 
Charles F. Shaw, Augusta. Died Jan. 19, 1865, from injuries received by 

being thrown from his horse. 
William B. Shaw, Vassalboro. Died of fever at Frederick, Nov. 1862. 
George H. Smith, Gardiner. Died of fever at Belle Plain, Feb. 13, 1863. 
Horace Wright, Auburn. Died of disease at home, Aug. 18, 1864. 




Sergt. A. R. DEVEREAUX. 

Co. D. 

Ellsworth. 






> ^^ '• 'm »-_.' 




LORING W. BELL, Co. D. Sergt. CHAS. H. BELL, Co. D 

Deceased, San Jose, Cal. 

Sergt. GEO. P. ANDREWS, Co. D. 

Eastport. 



Sergt. NATH'L BOWDEN, Co. D. 
No. Bluehill. 





Sergt. NATHAN B, WEBB, Co. D. 
Boulder, Colo. 



GEORGE W. WARD, Co. D. 
Biddeford. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY D. 613 



COMPANY 1). 

CAPTAINS. 

SMITH, CHARLES H. — Age 33; b. Hollis; res. Eastport; en. Sept. 23, '61, 
Eastport; sent to Augusta in cliarge of squad for regt. soon after enlist- 
ment; ap. capt. Co. D, and mus. Oct. 19; sent with co. from Washington 
to Upton Hill, Ya., to take charge of camps abandoned by A. of P. on 
its departure for the peninsula, March, '62; commanded co. during the 
campaign of '02, including the reconnoissance to Front Royal, the battle 
of Cedar Mountain (after which he was detailed with co. to collect wd. 
and bury dead on battle-field, under a flag of truce), the retreat of Gen. 
Pope, the second battle of Bull Run, and the engagement at Frederick 
City; assigned to duty as pro. mar. of Frederick, Sept. 13, and remained 
there till he rejoined co. Jan. 16, '63; com. maj. Feb. 16, '63. [See field 
and staff, and pp. 27, 62, 73, 81, 92-99, 126.] 

SPURLING, ANDREW B. — Age 27; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 1st 
lieut. ; com. capt. Feb. 16, '63; wd. at Upperville, Jime 21, '63; com. 
maj. 2d Me. Cav. Jan. 4, "64. [See pp. 139, 169, 171.] 

MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM. — Age 31; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 
2d lieut.; com. 1st lieut. Feb. 16, '63; wd. at Aldie, June 17, '63; com. 
capt. Feb. 9, '64; wd. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; disch. for dis. 
from wds. Oct. 18, '64. [See pp. 69, 160, 272, 296, 298.] 

HOWE, WILLIAM S.— Age 30; b. St. John, N. B.; res. Stetson; clergy- 
man; en. 1st D. C. as private; pro. sergt. lieut. and capt. Co. D; mus. 
Oct. 15, '63; pris, at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; in old Libby prison 
eight weeks ; in prison at tr. ; ex. and joined regt. and assigned to Co. 
D, winter of '64; wd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; 
m. o. Avith regt. [See pp. 321, 326, 342-;351, 396^02.] 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

FOSTER, PHINEAS, Jk. — Age 30; res. Machias; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 
sergt.; com. 1st lieut. Feb. 9, '64; on general court martial, Sept. '64; 
m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

MERRILL, EDWARD P.— Mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. March 30, '64; pris. at 
Sycamoi-e church, Sept. 16, '64; joined co. April, '05; m. o. Avith i-egt. 
[See pp. 352, 445.] 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

BIBBER, ANDREW H.— Age 24; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 1st 
sergt; com. sup. 2d lieut. Sept. 1, '62, and 2d lieut. Feb. 16, '63; ap. adjt. 
June 1, '63. [See field and staff.] 

BUGBEE, GEORGE E. — Age 27; res. Perry; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as sergt.; 
com. 2d lieut. June 1, '63; disch. for dis. Dec. 5, '64. 



514 . FIRST MAIXE CAVALRY. 

STAYNER, JAMES E. — Age IS; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 19, '(il, as private; 
orderly for Gen. Tower, '02; re-en. Feb. i:3, '04; ap. 1st sergt. '04; com. 
2cl lieut. Dec. 2, '04; killed at Dinwiddle Coui't House, March 31, '05. 
[See pp. 390, 402.] 

James E. Stayner was born in Eastport, Dec. 5, 1844. He attended the 
public schools until he was fifteen years of age, and then was employed 
in the drug store of Samuel K. Byram, in that city. At the l)reaking out 
of the war he early enlisted in Co. D, First Maine Cavalry, before he was 
eighteen years old. AVhen the company was organized at Augusta, he was 
the youngest and most puny looking of the company. He served in the 
various campaigns, a portion of the time on orderly duty, and in the winter 
of 1803-4, re-enlisted as a veteran, proving himself to be a good and brave 
soldier, and all his comrades recognized ithe justice of his promotion, near 
the close of the war. He w^as kind hearted and liberal almost to a fault. 
He was killed in the severe engagement at Dinwiddle Court House, March 
31, 1805, — his first fight after he received his commission, — the regiment 
being engaged in repelling a charge from the enemy. While the regiment 
was near Petersburg, during the summer of 1805, his Eastport comrades went 
to Dinwiddie, procured his body, and reburied it near their camp. He was 
afterwards buried, where he now lies, in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, 
Virginia, grave 305, Sec. E, Div. E. 

JOHNSON, ALBERT R. —Age IS; res. Perry; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as private; 
re-en. Feb. 1, '04; pro. corp. March 1; wd. at St. Mary's church, June 24, 
'04; pro. sergt. '05; com. 2d lieut. May 3, '05; ni. o. with regt. 

FIRST SERGEAJSTTS. 

BowDEX, Nathaniel, Jr. — Age 24; res. Penobscot; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as 
Corp.; pro. sergt. '03; re-en. Dec. 29, '03; pro. 1st sergt. March 1, '04; 
m. o. June 20, '05. 

Gray, Wesley. — Age 19; res. Embden; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '04, as sergt.; 
joined co. after tr. ; pro. 1st sergt. '04; m. o. with regt. 

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT. 

GiLLEY, John. — Age 35; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as q. m. sergt; re-en. 
Dec. '03; wd. and pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge. May 11, '04; died in 
Richmond, Va., of wounds received. May 20, '04. 

SERGEANTS. 

Brown, Charles B. — Age 29; res. Hampden; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. for 

dis. Oct. 3, '02. 
Daggett, John H. — Age 27; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '01; on recruiting 

service in Maine, '02; wd. at Shepardstown, July 10, '03; rejoined co.; re- 
en. Dec. 29, '03; killed at St. Mary's church, June -21. '04. 
Devereaux, Augustus R. — Age 23; res. Penobscot; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as 

private; pro. sergt. '02; pris. at Shepardstown, July 10, '03; ex. May 1, 

'04; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. [See p. 174.] 
KxowLES, BEN.JAJ1IX P. — Age 22; res. Hampden; miis. Oct. 19, '01, as* 

Corp.; pris. at Middlebvu-g, June 19, "03; ex. Sept. 12, '03; pro. sergt. 

Jan. 1, '04; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '04; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, 

ex. of ser. 
Baker, William B. — Age 22; res. Orrington; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as private; 

pro. sergt. '03; wd. and pris. at (xround Squirrel bridge, May 11, '(>4, 

and died of his wounds at Richmond, Aug. 11, '04. 



BOSTEIt OF COMFANY D. 515 

Haruimax, Joseph X. — Age 26; res. Penobscot; mus. Oct. 10, '(U, as pri- 
vate; pro. Corp. \ov. 1, '62; re-en. Dec. 29, '60; pro. sergt. March 1, '64; 
m. o. June 20, '60. 

Grant, William B. — Age 2.5; res. Penobscot; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. Jan. 1,'63; re-en. Dec. 20, '63; pro. sergt. March 1, '()4; wd. 
June 5, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Webb, Nathan B. — Aye 10; res. Sweden; en. Sept. 20, '61; nuis. Oct. 19, 
a^ private; pris. at Aldie, June 17, '63; ex. Sept. 12, '63; rejoined co. 
Oct. 18, '63; pro. sergt. -Marcli 11, '64; wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, '64; 
m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

GuRXS, L. B. — Kes. Stoneham; tr. from 1st D. C; on detaclied service, '()4; 
joined co. ; joro. sergt. '65; m. o. witli regt. 

Mekrifikld, James S. — Age 24; res. Orono; mus. Co. D, 1st D. C. Jan. 
12, "64; m. o. with regt. 

KoBiNsoN, Lkandek. — Age 21; res. Warren; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 
'64; tr. to Co. C, and then to Co. D; absent sick at tr. ; joined co. ; m. o. 
with regt. 

x^DAMS, James M. — Age 23; res. Lincoln; mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. Feb. 27, 
"64, as private; pro. sergt. '64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 
24, '60. 

Bell, Charles H., Jr. — Age 10; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as pri- 
vate; orderly for Gen. Sturgess, '62; wd. at Shepardstown, July 16, '63; 
re-en. Feb. 1, '64; pro. corp. March 1, '64; wd. June 0, '64; in-o. sergt. 
'64; m. o. June 20, '65. [See p. 187.] 

Andrews, George P. — Age 19; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as pri- 
vate; pro. corp. Nov. 1, '62, and resigned; orderly for Brig. Gen. Wads- 
worth, and for Maj. Gen. Reynolds, comdg. 1st div. 1st a. c. winter and 
spring of '62-3; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; detailed as clerk at regt. hd. (jrs. '(i4; 
pro. sergt. July 26), '65; acting ordnance sergt. for the regt. till the 
m. o. [See pp.' 187, 395, 443.] 

Abrams, John. — Age 20; res. Eastport; veteran, having served in 1st 
Mass. Inf.; mus. March 5,' 64; joined co. May 31, '64; pro. corp. and 
sergt. '64; m. o. with regt. 

Harris, Gilbert N. — Age 20; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
re-en. Feb. 22, '64; pro. corp. March 1, '64; pro. sergt. '65; m. o. June 20, 
'65. [See j). 395.] 

Starbird, Herbert M. — Age 18; res. Litchfield; mus. 1st D. C. March 1,, 
'64; joined co. after tr. ; pro. sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 



CORPORALS. 

Connor, John. — Age 28; res. Calais; mus. Oct. 19, '61; sick in '62; disch. 
for dis. Nov. 22, '62, at Frederick. 

Hall, George W. — Age 26; res. Addison; mus. Oct. 10, '61; disch. for 

dis. June 24, '62. 
Saunders, Daniel H. — Age 24; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 10, '61; disch. for 

dis. May 24, '62. 
Ward, John C. — Age 23; res. Meddybemps; mus. Oct. 10, '61; wd. at 

Aldie, June 17, '63; jiris. in action inside the fortifications of Richmond, 

May 12, '64; was prisoner of war for a year, not being released until 

about six months after the expiration of his terra of service, when he 

was m. o. in Augusta, Me. 
Shackford, Ebed L. — Age 19; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 10, '61; detailed 

clerk pro. mar. office, Frederick, Md., Sept. '62; in regt. q. m. dept. '63; 

ap. regt. q. m. sergt. Feb. 13, '64. [See field and staff.] 
Lawrence, Joseph H. — Age 26; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 10, '61; re-en. Feb. 

1, '64; pris. '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 



516 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Leightox, Lyman V. —Age 27; res. Addison; mus. Oct. 19, '01, as private; 
pro. Corp. Nov. 1, '62; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, 
'64; tr. to v. r. c. '65. 
RiCKEK, WiLMAM. — Age 31; res. Perry; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; pro. 
corp. '63; pris. at Aldie, June 17, '63; ex. Sept. 12, '63; pns. on the 
Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 13, 
'64 — grave No. 5522. 

HoLDEN, Simeon A. —Age 18; b. and r. Treniont; strident; en. Sept. 19, '61, 
Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '(U, as private; orderly for Gen. Ricketts and 
Gen. Tower, Aug. and Sept. '()2; on duty at pro. mar. office, Freder- 
ick, from Sept. '()2, till Jan. '63; detailed orderly for Gen. Kilpatrick, 
March 17, '(i3; put in charge of the orderlies and pro. corp.; horse 
shot under him at Aldie, June 17, '63; wd. (sabre thrust through the 
body) at Upperville, June 21, '63; rejoined co. Dec. '63; wd. in skir- 
mish on the Rapidan, May, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. [See pp. 
174, 220.] 

TowLE Francis E. — Age 28; res. Indian River plantation; mus. Oct. 19, 
'61,' as private; orderly for Gen. Nagle, '62; re-en. Feb, 1, '64; pro. corp. 
March 1, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Moore, Wilson J. —Age 19; res. Unity; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; re- 
en. Feb. 1, '64; pro. corp. March 1, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Bean, Oscar L. — Age 30; res. Monticello; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C.Feb 8, 
'64; joined co. at tr. ; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. 
June 20, '65. 

Barker, Henry S. — Age 27; res. Stoneham; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 
'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Pollard, Jonathan F. — Age 35; res. Masardis; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 5, 
'64, as private; pro. corp. '64; joined co. at tr. ; severely wounded at 
Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Miller, Charles H.— Age 30; res. Enfield; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 5, '64; 
pro. corp. '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Latham, Charles F. — Age 21; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. March 1, 
'64; pro. corp. '64; pris. '64; died in rebel prison, Dec. 4, '64. 

Annis' Alonzo. — Age 23; res. Charlotte; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; ex. and 
rejoined co. ; pro. corp. '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Punch, John, — Age 25; res. Limerock; mus. Sept. 26, '64; joined co. Oct. 
31;' pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 

Stickney, Charles L.— Age 18; res. Perry; mus. 1st D. C. March 4, '64, 
as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 

Wallace, Oscar C — Age 21; res. Cushing; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 
'64, as private; pris. attr.; rejoined co.;pro. corp, '6o; in. o. with regt. 

BUGLERS. 

Sawyer, Hudson. —Age 19; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 19, '61; ap. regt. bugler, 

Aug.' 26, '62. [See field and staff.] 
Williams, Thomas M. — Age 23; res. Calais; mus. Oct. 19 '61; sick in 

Washington, '62; on detached duty in Campbell gen. liosp.; tr. to 

invalid corps, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Merriam, Joseph. — Age 19; res. Eastport; mus. March 5, '64, as private; 

joined co. May 31; wd. at Reams' Station, Aug. 23; ap. bugler, 64; m. o. 

with regt. 
CuRRAN, David. — Age 21; res. Lewiston; mus. Feb. 29, '64, as private; 

joined co. May 31; wd. July 1; ap. bugler, '65; m. o. with regt. 



liOSTEE OF COMPAyy D. 



FAiailEKS. 



517 



Stetsox, Andkhw 1>. — Ajic 40; res. Eastport; mius. Oct. 1'.', '(U; sick in 

hospital, 'tU; m. o. Nov. 2.5, '64, ex. of ser. 
Mattiieavs, Wii.t.iam R. — Age 21; res. Lincolnville; mus. Oct. l'.>, '(il; sick 

at Fortress Monroe, '(12; ctiscli. for dis. Nov. .5, '02. 
Sennett, Wieeiam p. — Ape :>3; res. Calais; mus. Oct. 19, '(il, as i)rivate; 

ap. farrier, '62; pris. at iShcparclstown, July 1(i, '6->; ex. ISejit. 12, '6:3; 

m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
MouETON, JoxATiiAX P. — Ago 24; res. Biddeford; mus. Aug- H, '02, as 

private; ap. farrier, April 1, '64; vrd. at Deep Bottom, Au<f. 10, '04; 

disch. G. O. No. So. 

SADDLERS. 

WiLDEJi, Elijah C. — Age 27; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 19, "61; on duty at 
brig-, lid. qrs. '68; m. o. Nov. 2.5, '04, ex. of ser. 

WiEDEh", Thomas C. — Age 32; res. Pemliroke; mus. March 4, '(i4, as pri- 
vate; joined co. May 31; ap. saddler, '04; at dismounted camp, '64; died 
of disease, July 4, '05. 

DuciiAXE, E. L. T. — Age 39; res. Biddeford; mus. Oct. 12, '04, as private; 
joined co. Nov. 1; ap. saddler, '05; m. o. with regt. 

WAGONERS. 

Meekill, Willakd R. — Age 25; res. Calais; mus. Oct. 19, '01; orderly for 
Gen. Nagle, '03; detached as brig, teamster, '03; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. 
of ser. 

Pendletox, Andkew F. — Age 22; res. Meddybemps; nuis. Oct. 19, '61; 
disch. for dis. Nov. 20, '02, Newport, Pi. I. 

PRIVATES. 

Anderson, Thomas. — Age 21; res. Boston; mus. Sept. 15, '03; joined co. 

March 9, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Aknold, Jerky E. — Age 21; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at Brandy 

Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 12; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Aykes, William H. — Age 25; res. Charlotte; mus. Oct. 19, '61; sick at 

Alexandria, '62; detached in invalid corps, Nov. 3, '03; disch. for dis. 

Oct. '04. 
Batcheldek, Theodore J. — Age 23; res. Waterville; mus. Oct. 19, '(il; 

on duty in the medical dept. '(i2; absent sick, '03; wd. June 28, '64; 

m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. [See p. 104.] 
Bell, Loring W. — Age IS; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 19, '(il; orderly for 

Gens. Waclsworth and Reynolds from winter of '62-3 until after the 

latter was killed at Gettysburg; re-en. Feb. 1, "64; orderly at hd. qrs. 

3d brig. 2d div. c. c. '(j4-5; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Bird, David E. (en. as Edward D. Bird.) — Age 24; res. Northi)ort; mus. 

Jan. 5, '64; joined co. Jan. 28; wd. at Todd's Tavern, May T, '64; wd. at 

Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Blackman, Francis H. — Age 22; res. Bradley; mus. Oct. 19, 'HI. 
BoNNASA, Eswell. — Age 22; res. Lewiston; mus. Feb. 29, '64; joined co. 

May 31; killed at Dinwiddie, March 31, '05. 
Beoavn, John. — Age 28; res. Lewiston; mus. Feb. 23, '(54; joined co. March 

9; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Brown, Thompson M. — Age 20; res. Hampden; mus. Oct. 19, '01; pris. at 

Aldie, June 17, '(53; ex. Sept. 12; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 



518 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Bryant, William W. — Age 25; res. Eastport; mus. March 5, 'M; joined 
CO. May 31; m. o. June 20, '05. 

BuKEK, Fayette. —Age 18; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '(il; discli. for dis. 
Sept. 5, '62. 

BuLMEK, MAiiK P. —Age 23; res. Perry; mus. Oct. 19, '61; re-en. Dec. 29, 

'63; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge. May 11, '64; died in rebel prison, 

Andersonville, Oct. 15, "64. 
Campbell, Charles W. — Age 26; res. Greenbush; mus. Oct. 19, '61. 
Carle, Lauriston. — Age 23; res. Lyman; mus. Oct. 25, '62; pris. at 

Ground Squirrel bridge. May 11, '64; died in rebel prison at Anderson- 
ville. July 18, '(U. 
Clark, James O. — Age 18; res. Belfast; mus. Feb. 24, '64; joined co. 

March 9; wd. at Reams' Station. Aug. 23, "64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Clark, Job. — Age 42; res. Belfast; mus. Feb. 21, '64; at dismoimted camp, 

'64; killed at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65. 
Coats, Fkaxcis "W. — Age 26; res. Charlotte; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. June 9, '62. 
Coffin, William H. — Res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '61. 
CoLBi'RN, Abraham M. — Age 38; res. Orono; mus. Dec. 1, '63; m. o. 

June 20, '65. 
Crane, Eldridge C. — Age 19; res. Kenduskeag; mus. Oct. 19, '61; orderly 

for Gen. Ricketts, '62; died of disease, Washington, Aug. 23, '63. 
Crawford, James. — Age 23; res. Lewiston; mus. Feb. 23, '64; joined co. 

March 9; m. o. with regt. 
Cross, Sewell B. — Age 25; res. Vassalboro; mus. Aug. 21, '62; in invalid 

corps, '63; tr. to invalid corps, '64. 
CuLLNAN, Michael. — Age 21; res. Bangor; mus. Dec. 30, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 28, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Davis, Charles J. — Age 18; res. Eastport; mus. March 5, '64; joined co. 

May 31; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Day, Thomas. — Age 18; res. Mount Desert; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. Xov. 25, 

'64, ex. of ser. 
Doe, Erastus A. — Age 26; res. Lubec; mus. Oct. 19, '61; orderly for Gen. 

Sturgess, '62; re-en. Feb. 1, 64; on duty at lid. qrs. '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Dow% James E. — Age 22; res. Waite plantation; mus. March 4, '64; joined 

CO. May 31; wd. and pris. at St. Mary's cliurch, June 24, '64; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. 
Dow, John H. — Age 25; res. Waite plantation; veteran; mus. March 4, '64; 

joined co. May 31; wd. Boyd ton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; wd. severely at 

Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
DuNAN, John. — Age 41; res. Bangor; mus. Jan. 5, '64; joined co. Jan. 28; 

wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Dunbar, Edward. — Age 18; res. Penobscot; mus. Aug. 27, '62; wd. at 

Aldie, June 17, '62; tr. to invalid corps, March 5, '64. 
Dutch, Alonzo. — Age 23; res. Belfast; mus. Jan. 5, '64; joined co. Jan 28; 

m. o. June 20, '65. 
Eddy, Eleazer. — Age 21; res. Eddington; mus. Oct. 19, '(il; orderly for 

Gen. Tower, '62; orderly for Gen. Gregg, W-); killed at Hawes' shop. May 

28, '64. 
Eldridge, Levi, Jr. — Age 26; res. Bucksport: mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. at Washington, Oct. 29, '62. 
Ellis, Matthew W. — Age 20; res. Prospect; mus. Jan. 4, '64; joined co. 

Jan. 28; pris. on the I)ahlgren raid. March 1, '(54; disch G. O. No. 77. 
Ellis, William. — Age 18; res. Gardiner; mus. March 18, '64; joined co. 

May 31; m. o. June 20, '65. 



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Fai.knei;, Ai.exaxdkj:. — A<ie 1'8: res. Eastixnt; nius. March ■>. 'M\ joined 

CO. May 31; wd. at tSt. Mary's churcli, June :i4, '04; ni. o. June 20, '()"). 
Felix, Andhew. — A^e 20; res. Lewiston; nius. Feb. 20, "()4; joined co. 

May ol; wd. at Deep Bottom, Au.n'. 10, '04; discli. G. O. No. 77. 
Foss, William L. — Ajje 18; res. Maehias; nius. Oct. 19, '01: re-en. Dec. 

29, '(io; detailed at brigade hd. qrs. ; killed in action near IJriery Creek, 

April 7, '05. 
Gaudxek, Leslie B.— Age 19; res. Eastport; nius. Oct. 19, '01 ; orderly for 

Gen. Sturgess in '02; died of disease at Washington, June oO, '03. 
Gerky, Samuel B. — Age 29; res. Newport; nius. Co. M, 1st D. C. Jan. 20, 

'04; absent sick at tr. ; discli. June 5, '()5, by order. 
Gilley, Charles B. — Age 20; res. Mount Desert; nius. Oct. 19, '01; discli. 

for dis. at Frederick. Md., Nov. 21, '02; afterwards served in Co. G, 1st 

Me. II. A.; en. :March 5, '03; wd. June 22, '04, and disch. for dis. March 

20, '05. 
GiLPATRiCK, Charles. — Age 21; res. Orland; nius. Oct. 19, '01; orderly for 

Gen. Hartsuff, '02, and for Gen. Kilpatrick, '(53; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. 

of ser. 
Gray, Thomas C. — Age 39; res. Brooksville; miis. Jan. 7, '04; joined co. 

Jan. 28 ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Grey, Abner K. — Age 20; res. Penobscot;^ nius. Oct. 19, '61; re-en. Dec. 

29, '63; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
Griffix, Samuel E. — Age 20; res. Charlotte; mus. Oct. 19, '61; orderly for 

Gen. Nagle, '02; wd. severely at Aldie, June 17, '63; disch. for dis. at 

Mansion House hospital, Alexandria, Feb. 15, '62. 
Grixdall, Melville. — Age 19; res. Penobscot; mvis. Oct. 19, '01. 
Gross, Edavix E. — Age 21; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. for dis. 

July 8, '62. 
Haugh, Hexry. — Age 21; res. Belfast; mus. Dec. 30, '03; joined co. Jan. 28, 

'64; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
Haywood, William H. — Age 21; res. Meddybemps; mus. Oct. 19, '61; 

died of heart disease at Washington, Oct. 22, '62. 
HiGGixs, Edwix M. — Age 21; res. Mount Desert; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. 

Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Hixckley, Fraxk K. — Age 22; res. Bluehill; mus. Aug. 22, '62; wd. at Mid- 

dleburg, June 19, '63; rejoined co. for duty and detached as wagoner at 

hd. qrs. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Holmes, William L. — Age 20; res. Mount Desert; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. 

for dis. at Frederick, Nov. 21, '62. 
HusTOX, Albert N. — Age 35; res. Bucksport; mus. Aug. 28, '62; wd. at 

Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Me., 

Nov. 23, '04. 
HuTCHixGS, Charles. —Age 19; res. Charlotte; mus. Oct. 19, '01; detailed 

in q. 111. dept. '62; detailed as mail agent, '63; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; sick in 

hospital; died of disease at Calais, Nov. 30, '64. 
HuTCHixGS, Newell S. — Age 34; res. Yerona; mus. Oct. 19, '01; m. o. Nov. 

25, '64, ex. of ser. 
JoHXSOX, George F. — Age 23; res. Eobbinston; mus. Oct. 19, '01; died at 

Augusta, Feb. 19, '62. 
Jordax, Warren A. —Age 18; res. Bangor; mus. Jan. 4, '04; joined co. 

Jan. 28; m. o. with regt. 
Kaxe, Peter M. — Age 22; res. Eastport; mus. Aug. 28, '62; tr. to signal 

corps, May 2, '64. 
KxowLES, Hexry L. — Age 24; res. Hampden; mus. Dec. 9, '61; disch. at 

Washington, '62. 
Laxe, Leaxder. — Age20; res. Biddeford; mus. Aug. 8, '02; wd. Aug. 3, 

'04; disch. G. O. No. 83. 



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Leach, Silas. — Age 23; res. renobscot; en. Sept. 28, '01; mus. Oct. 10; 
served with co. till Jan. '(53, when detailed as forage master in regt. 
q. m. dept. and served as such till Xov. 25, '04, when m. o. for ex. of ser. 
Leavitt, Horace C. — Age 21; res. Plymouth; mus. March 10, '02; died at 

Washington, June 9, '62. 
Lord, Ambrose M. — Age 19; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 19, '01; tr. to invalid 

corps, Nov. 3, '03. 
LowLix, Stephen. — Age 21; res. Bangor: mus. Feh. 3, "04; joined co. 

March 9; sick in hospital; died of disease at Okltown, Dec. 25, '04. 
LUKVEY, Lemuel K. — Age 22; res. Mount Desert; mus. Oct. 19, '01; m. o. 

Dec. 22, '04, ex. of ser. 
Maddocks, Charles. — Age 19; res. Aroostook; mus. Oct. 19, '01 ; disch. for 

dis. Sept. 27, '02. 
McCoy, Charles E. — Age 18; res. Bangor; mus. Jan. 4, '04; joined co. Jan. 

28; m. o. with regt. 
McCuRDY, Hugh. — Age 18; res. Princeton; mus. March 4, '04; joined co. 

May 31; wd. June 19, '64; died at Augusta, Aug. 25, '64. 
McFarlin, Johx. — Age 23; res. Calais; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. 

Oct. 23, '62. 
McXiCHOL, Thomas. — Age 18; res. St. James; mus. Oct. 19, '61. 
Moore, Lewis G. — Age 19; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '61; at dismounted 
camp, '03; re-en. Dec. 29, '03; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March, 'W, and 
died in prison at Andersonville. 
MooRE, Moses D. — Age 25; res. Biddeford; mus. Aug. 25, '02; pris. on the 

Dahlgren raid, March 1, '(>4; disch. by order, Sejit. 11, '04. 
Morrill, Bex.jamin C. — Age 21 ; res. Robbinston; mus. Oct. 19, '61; in hos- 
pital at Washington, '03; detached to invalid corps, Nov. 3, '63; m. o. 
Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Morrill, Edavard F. — Age 19; res. Jay; mus. Sept. 25, '02; killed at Din- 
widdle Court House, March 31, '65. 
MuRCH, Epiiraim a. — Age 26; res. Ellsworth; mus. Oct. 19, '01; orderly for 

Gen. Ricketts, '02; disch. for dis. at Washington, May 18, '03. 
Nichols, Oscar W. — Age IS: res. Winslow; mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. Feb. 25, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; died in prison at Andersonville. 
NuTT, James E. — Age 19; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. Feb. 10, 

'62. 
Nutting, Jason S. — Age 26; res. Andover; mus. 1st D. C. March 9, '64; 

died of disease, Jan. 8, '65. 
Oakes, Corrydon J. — Age 20; res. Orland; mus. Oct. 19, '61; orderly for 
Gen. Carroll, '62; at dismounted camp, '03; re-en. Dec. 29, '03; tr. to 
navy, April 19, '04. 
Patten, George. — Age IS; res. Waite plantation; mus. March 4, '04; 

joined co. July 5; died at Point Lookout, Md., Sept. 24, '04. 
Parker, Albert S. — Age IS; res. Orneville; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 27, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; died of disease at Washington, May 13, '65. 
Pendleton, Silas P. — Age 20; res. Meddybemps; mus. Oct. 19, '61; on 
duty in q. m. dept. '62; orderly for Gen. Gregg, '63; tr. to signal corps, 
Feb. 1, '64. 
Pennington, Frank A. — Age 18; res. Dexter; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 18, '04; 

joined co. after tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Perry, David S. — Age 37; res. AVinn; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '64; joined 

CO. at tr. ; disch. by order, July 26, '65. 
Pierce, George A. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 12, '64; 

pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Pollister, Joseph M. — Age 23; res. Freeport; mus. 1st D. C. March 4, '64; 
absent sick at tr. ; disch. Aug. 31, '65, by order. 



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Pkescott, Lewis. — Age ol; res. Pliillip.s; mus. Aug. .']it, ■(;2; (li.sch. (j. O. 

No. S;3. 
Preston, Koueijt. — Age 10; res. Maohias; mus. Oct. 19, 'HI; pris. on the 

Little AVashington reoonnoissanoe, Oct. 12, "(>]; ex. and rejoined co.; 
m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Priest, Alpiieus M. — Age 20; res. Atkinson; mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. Feb. 

24, '64; absent sick at tr. ; discb. G. O. No. 77. 
PuLSiFER, Thomas B. — Age 21; res. Ellsworth; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Aldie, June 17, '63; ex. Sept. 12; rejoined co.; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 

ser. 
Eandall, Warrex G.— Age 18; res. Atkinson; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

S, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Reed, Nathaniel, 2d. —Age 21; res. Bradley; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Shepardstown, July 16, '63; ex. Sept. 12; m. o. Nov. 2.5, '64, ex. of ser. 
Reynolds, James K. — Age 29; res. llallowell; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 27, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '6-5. 
Richardson, Isaac L. — Age 18; res. Orland; mus. Nov. 22, '62; pris. on 

the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; disch. by order, '65. 
Ricii.^jJDSON. Isaiah O. — Age 32; res. Orland; mus. Nov. 22, '62; pris. on 

the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; disch. by order, Sept. 25, '65. [Isaiah 

O. and Isaac L. Richardson, brothers, were in prison fourteen months, 

being in Libby, Pemberton, Belle Isle, Andersonville, Savannah, Melton, 

Blackshier, and Thomasville prisons.] 
Richards, William H. — Age 19; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. March 8, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, Sept. 25, '65. 
Ridley, Ambrose C. —Age .34; res. Fremont; mus. 1st D. C. March 4, '64; 

pris. at tr. ; died in prison at Anderson\ille, Aug. 26, '64, and buried in 

grave No. 6873. 
Ripley, James. — Age 42; res. Princeton; mus. March 4, '64; joined co. 

May 31; wtI. Aug^ 17, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Rivers, Joseph. — Age 21; res. Lewiston; mus. Feb. 29, '64; joined co. 

May 31; wd. June 19, '64; disch. for dis. at Augusta, April 22, '65. 
Robinson, George D. S. — Age 18; res. Machias; mus. Oct. 19, '61; orderly 

for Gen. Tower, '63; wd. at Shepardstown, July 16, '63; in hospital at 

Baltimore, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Rollins, George W. — Age 18; res. Sidney; mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. March 

15, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Rollins, John H. — Age 18; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Jan. 12, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, Oct. 14, '65. 
Roave, Christopher C. — Age 28; res. Stockton; mus. Jan. 4, '64; joined 

cou March 9; wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Rl'sse'll, Amos E. —Age 22; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

pris. at tr.; disch. by order. May 23, '65. 
Russell, George S. — Age 23; res. Linneus; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 29, '64; 

joined CO. after tr. ; wd. at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; died from wounds 

at Washington, April 10, '65. 
Sampson, Randall. — Age 22; res. Bowdoinham; mus. 1st D. C. March 12, 

'64; pris. at tr.; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Sawy-er, Edwin H. — Age 24; res. Rockland; mus. Oct. 19, '61; re-en. 

Dec. 29, '63; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; disch. by order, 

Sept. 18, '65. 
Sawyer, James C — Age 28; res. Bluehill; mus. Oct. 19, '61; sick in 

Maine, '63; re-en. Feb 24, '64; tr. to navy, July 25, '64. 
Sennett, David. —Age 19; res. Meddybemps; mus. Oct. 19, '61; died of 

diphtheria. May 2, '62. [See p. 61.] 
Sennett, John. — Age 35; res. Meddybemps; mus. Oct. 19, "61; sick in 

Washington, '62; re-en. Dec. 29, "63; m. o. with regt. 



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SiiAW, William, Jr. — Age 41; res. Belfast; mus. Jan. 5, '(14; joined co. 

Jan. 28; pris. on tlie Dalil<,a'en raid, March 1, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
SiMPSox, George W. — Age 18; res. Baring; mus. Oct. 19, '01; wd. at Antie- 

tam, Sept. 17, '62; killed at Aldie, June 17, '63. 
SiMPSOJf, HoLLis. — Age 18; res. Winslow; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 25. '64; 

pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Smith, Charles M. — Age 20; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. '62. 
Smith, Johx. — Age 33; res. Castine; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C; pris. at tr.; 

disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Smith, W. Frank. — Age 25; res. Biddeford; mus. Aug. 8, '62; disch. for 

dis. at Morrisville, Ya., Nov. 12, '63. 
Snow, Oliver C — Age 38; res. Mars Hill; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
SouLE, George A. — Age 26; res. Portland; mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. March 8, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Spear, Manasseii W. — Age 18; res. Camden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Stevens, Albert. — Age 20; res. Lincoln; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 26, '64; 

absent sick at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Stowe, Gardiner L. — Age 20; res. Dexter; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Stowe, Hartwell E. — Age 25; res. Dexter; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Nov. 9, '64. 
Stowe, Nathan C. — Age 21; res. Dover; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Swane^', John. — Age 18; res. Stetson; mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. Jan. 6, '64; 

pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Sweeney, Daniel. — Age 19; mus. Oct. 25, '64; joined co. Dec. 4; wd. 

severely at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Talpey, Oliver C. — Age 18; res. Charleston; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Tatten, Joseph W. — Age 23; res. Calais; mus. Oct. 19, '61; orderly for 

Gen. Gregg, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Taylor, Atwell A. — Age 18; res. China; mus. 1st D. C. March 10, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
TiBBETTS, Cyrus. — Age 20; res. Liberty; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 27, '64; joined 

CO. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
TiLDEN, Isaac W. — Age IS; res. Camden; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 12, '64; ab- 
sent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 21, '65. 
TiMMONS, Charles E. — Age 21 ; res. Portland ; mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. '^larcli 

10, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Tripp, Edmund. — Age 19; res. Littleton; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Ulmer, Clarence D. — Age 21; res. Rockland; mus. Oct. 19, '61, Augusta; 

pro. regt. q. m. sergt. July 1, '62. [See field and staff.] 
Vance, Richard. — Age 18; i-es. Lyndon; mus. Co. F, IstD. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Varnum, Joseph G. — Age 19; res. Castine; mus. Co. F, IstD. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Vose, Elisha. — Age 20; res. Robbinston; .mus. Oct. 19, '61; wd. at Shep- 

ardstown, July 16, '63; in hospital at Baltimore and Washington, '63-4; 

m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Walker, Thomas Spencer. — Age 22: res. Limington; mus. 1st D. C. 

March 10, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 



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Wallace, Given B.— Age 21; res. Tlioniastoii; iims. Co. F, 1st D. ('. Feb. 

8, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Waud, Alpiieus H. — Age 21; res. :Med(lybenii)s; mus. Oct. 19, '01; re-en. 

Feb. 8, '04; orderly at hd. qrs. 2d div. o. c.; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Ward, Geouoe W. — Age 18; res. Windham; mus. Aug. 11, '02; orderly for 

Gen. Ricketts, '02; sick at Washington. '03; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, 

March 2, '04; ex. and rejoined co. Sept. '04; disch. G. O. No. 83. [See 

p. 2;w.] 
Watson, EinvAiii) K. — Age 18; res. Westbrook; mus. Sept. 20, '04; joined 

CO. Oct. 31 ; m. o. with regt. 
WEr.HEK, Jkhemiah D. — Age 43; res. Winn; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 25, '04; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, May 22, '05. 
WiGGiN, Nathan B. — Age 28; res. Bangor; mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. March 

2, '64; pris. at tr. ; died in prison at Aiidersonville, Sept. 15, '64 — grave 

No. 8807. 
WiLLA, Hiram S. —Age 32; res. Hudson; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 0, '04; pris. at 

tr. ; disch. by order, July 31, '05. 
Williams, Gilbert. — Age 22; res. Berwick; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, Aug. 14, '05. 
Williams, Hiram. — Age 21; res. Waite plantation; mus. March 4, '64; 

joined co. May 31 ; killed at St. Mary's church, June 24, '()4. 
Williams, James T. — Age 19; res. Eastport; mus. Oct. 19, '61; regt. mail 

carrier, '03; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; regt. mail carrier till m. o. June 20, '65. 
Willis, William. —Age 24; res. Boston; mus. March 4, '64; joined co. 

March 9; disch. G. 0. No. 77. 
Wilson, Charles. —Mus. Sept. 20, '04; joined co. Oct. 31; m. o. with regt. 
Wilson, George E. — Age 22; res. Atkinson; mus. 1st D, C. Feb. 24, '04; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
WixoN, Atwell M. — Age 19; res. Augusta; mus. 1st D. C. March 10, '04; 

pris. at tr.; died in rebel prison, Dec. 18, '04. 
WixoN, Edavard. — Age 19; res. Sidney; mus. 1st D. C. March 15, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; wd. at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; m. o. 

June 20, '65. 
Wood, John. — Age 27; res. Meddybemps; mus. Oct. 19, '61, Augusta; 

disch. for dis. June 9, '63. 
WooLFENDE, JosHUA. — Age 42; res. Boothbay; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Wright, George B. — Age 19; res. Boothbay; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; pris. at tr.; disch. by order, July 28, '65. 
Wyatt, George H. — Age 21; res. Waite plantation; mus. Feb. 4, '64; died 

of disease at Washington, July 0, '64. 
Young, Asa M. — Age 35; res. Hampden; mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was ten, of whom eight joined at its organization (three with commissions 
and the remainder in the ranks and subsequently promoted), and two were 
transferred from the First District of Columbia Cavalry. Of these, three 
were mustered out with the regiment, two were promoted to the field and 
staff, one was promoted major Second Maine Cavalry, one was discharged 
for disability on account of wounds, one for disability from disease, one was 
mustered out at the expiration of his term of service, and one was killed in 



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action. Four of these served three years or more, and three — Capt. Smith, 
Lieut. Bibber, and Lieut. Johnson — served from tlie organization of the 
regiment until the muster out, though two of tliem did not all the time 
serve with the company. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company (besides 
the five who were commissioned) was two hundred and eleven, of whom 
twenty were sergeants, twenty corporals, four buglers, four farriers, three 
saddlers, two wagoners, and one hundred and fifty-eight privates. Of 
these, ninety-two joined the company at its organization, sixteen joined in 
1862, forty-two joined in 1864, and sixty-one were transferred from the First 
District of Columbia Cavalry. Of the whole number, twenty-six (origi- 
nal members) served their three years' term of enlistment and were 
mustered out at its exjiiration, twenty-nine were mustered out with the 
regiment, twenty-five were discharged for disability, seventy-five were 
discharged at the close of the war as paroled prisoners and convales- 
cents in hospital, dismounted men, and cavalry men whose term expired 
prior to Oct. 1, 1865, and four by order; three were promoted to the field 
and staff, eight were killed in action, four died from wounds, thirteen died 
of disease, and nine died in rebel prison; four were transferred to the vet- 
eran reserve corps, four to the navy, and two to the signal corps ; five are 
unaccounted for. Of these, forty-seven served three years or more, twenty- 
three served two years and less than three, one hundred and five served 
one year and less than two, thirty-four served less than one year, and two 
— Sergt. George P. Andrews and Private John Sennett — served from the 
organization of the regiment till its final muster out. Of the ninety-two 
original members, twenty-eight re-enlisted in the regiment as veteran vol- 
unteers. These, and the five enlisted men promoted, added to the number 
of enlisted men before given, makes the total number of enlistments repre- 
sented in the company two hundred and forty-four, or with the com- 
missioned oflicers, two hundred and forty-nine. 

COMPANY D'S HOjSTORED DEAD. 

SECOND LIEUTENANT. 

James E. Stayner, Eastport. Killed in action at Dinwiddie Court House, 
March 31, 1865. 

sergeants. 

John Gilley, Orland. Died in Eichmond, May 20, 18(34, of wounds re- 
ceived May 11. 

John H. Daggett, Orland. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, June 
24, 1864. 

WiLLiAJi B. Baker, Orrington. Died in Eichmond, Aug. 11, 1864, of 
wounds received May 11. 

CORPORALS. 

William Bicker, Perrf . Died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 13, 1864. 
Charles F. Latham, Portland. Died in rebel prison, Dec. 4, 1864. 

SADDLER. 

Thomas C. Wilder, Pembroke. Died of disease, July 4, 1865. 



liOSrElt OF COMFAXY D. 



PRIVATES. 



525 



EsAVKi.L BoxNASA, Lcwiston. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court House, 

March 31, 18()5. 
Makk p. Bui-mkk, Perry. Died in prison at Andersonville, Oct.* 15, 1804. 
Lavkistox Caki.k, Lyman. Died in prison at Andersonville, July 18, 18()4. 
Job Clakk, Belfast. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court House, March 

31, 186.5. 
Elduidoe C. CiiAsii, Kenduskeag. Died of disease in Washin<iton, Aug. 

23, 1803. 
Eleazeu Eddy, Eddington. Killed in action at Hawes' shop. May 28, 1804. 
William L. Foss, Machias. Killed in action near Briery Creek, April 7, 

1865. 
Leslie B. Gakdnei:, Eastport. Died at Washington, June .30, 1863, of 

disease. 
William H. Hayayood, Meddybemps. Died of heart disease in Washing- 
ton, Oct. 22, 1862. 
Charles HrxciiiNOS, Charlotte. Died of disease at Calais, Xov. 30, 1864. 
George F. Johxsox, Pvobbinston. Died at Augusta, Feb. 19, 1862. 
Horace C. Leavitt, Plymouth. Died at Washington, June 9, 1862. 
Stepiiex Lowlix, Bangor. Died of disease at Oldtown, Dec. 25, 1864. 
Hugh McCurdy, Princeton. Died at Augusta, Aug. 25, 1864, of wounds 

received June 19. 
Leavis G. Moore, Orland. Died in prison at Andersonville. 
Edward F. Morrill, Jay. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court House, 

March 31, 1865. 
Oscar W. Nichols, Winslow. Died in prison at Andersonville. 
Jason S. Nuttixg, Andover, Died of disease Jan. 8, 1865. 
Albert S. Parker, Orneville. Died of disease at Washington, May 13, 

1865. 
George Pattex. Waite plantation. Died at Point Lookout, Md., Sept. 24, 

1864. 
Ambrose C. Ridley, Fremont. Died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 26, 

1864. 
George S. Russell, Linneus. Died at Washington, April 10, 1865, from 

wounds received at Dinwiddle Court House March 31. 
David Sexxett, Meddybemps. Died of diphtheria. May 2, 1862. 
Geoege W. Simpsox, Baring. Killed in action at Aldie, June 17, 1863. 
Nathax B. Wiggix, Bangor. Died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 15, 

1864. 
Hiram Williams, Waite plantation. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, 

June 24, 1864. 
Atwell M. Wixox, Augusta. Died in rebel prison, Dec. 18, 1864. 
George H. Wyatt, Waite plantation. Died of disease at Washington, 

July 6, 1864. 



526 FIE ST MAINE CAVALRY. 



COMPANY E. 

« 

CxVPTAINS. 

PUTNAM, BLACK HAWK. — Age 23; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; led 
the charge at Middletown, May 24, '62, Co. E being in the advance, where 
his horse was sliot and he was wd. and separated from the Union forces ; 
remained nine days in the woods and mountains, with a number of men 
from his own and other companies, closely hunted by the enemy, who 
fired on them the fourth day, but without effect; escaped capture and 
rejoined regt. with tlie men ; on recruiting service, July 30 to Sept. 2.5, 
'62; resigned and was honorably discharged, Feb. 19, '03. [See p. 37.] 

ELLIS, OSCO A. — Age 29; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 2d lieut. ; 
com. 1st lieut. Feb. 16, and capt. May 1, '63; killed at St. Mary's church, 
June 24, '64. [See pp. 165, 270, 296-298.] 

Osc'O A. Ellis, of Lincoln, was mustered into the servic^ Oct. 19, 1801, 
and was commissioned second lieutenant of Co. E, First Maine Cavalry. 
He was afterwards promoted to first lieutenant, and then to captain. He 
was killed in action at St. Mary's church, June 24, 1864, while leading his 
men, who were fighting on foot. He was buried one mile west of Charles 
City Court House, near Wilcox Landing, James River, Va. The deceased 
was a lawyer by i^rofession, and a young man of fine talents and irreproach- 
able character. — Adjutant General's Report, 1864-5. 

HEALD, JOHN A. — Age 18; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. and sergt. '62; com. 2d lieut. Aug. 20, '03, and capt. July 16, 
'64; on duty as pro. mar. 2d brig. 2d div. c. c. from March 27 to June, '64; 
killed in the charge on Lee's retreating train, April 6, '65. [See i)p. 243, 
373, 401, 415, 433, 438.] 

John Avery Heald was born in Lincoln, Me., Nov. 30, 1842, and was 
the youngest of a family of twelve. He came of hardy pioneer and soldier 
stock, being a lineal descendant on his mother's side from Capt. Miles 
Standish and Governor Bradford, pilgrims of tlie " Mayflower," and his 
father, Israel Heald, having been a soldier in the war of 1812, and one of the 
pioneer settlers at Lincoln. 

He was a born leader, and whether in his native village or among the 
Congressional pages in Washington, he was always foremost among his 
mates. For a time lie was a sailor. With such antecedents, it would have 
been strange if he had not responded to his country's call. Indeed, he was 
one of the first to offer himself, and he was enlisted in the First Maine Cav- 
alry, Oct. 8, 1801, being then less than nineteen. He was made corporal 
of Co. E, April 7, 1802, and sergeant, Sept. 1, 1862. In January, 1863, he was 
promoted to lieutenant, for bravery in the field, and was made captain in 
June, 1864. 

From the first day in the field, the Maine cavalry men knew no rest, and 
John Heald, in possession of iron strength, indomitable good-nature, and 
fearless to the last degree, was restless among the restless. He was for 
some time on the staff' of Gen. Gregg, and saw considerable service away 
from his regiment. He never shunned the thick of the fight, and was more 
than once surrounded and apparently cut oft"; but lie was never captured, 
and it appears strange that in thirty battles and numerous fights of lesser 
degree, and many adventurous enterprises in which he bore a part, he was 
not, until the fatal day, seriously hurt. His capacity for the command of 
men was very great, because every man was his comrade, and "he dared to 



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Lieut. SYLVANUS R. JACKSON, Co. E. 
Deceased. 



Corp. ALBERT E. KNIGHT, Co. E 
Killed Boynt.n Plank Ro.^d, Oct. 27, '64 






A VIES M. KNIGHT, Co. K. 
Kennebunk. 



mCapt. BLACK HAWK PUTNAVI, Co, E. 
Houlton. 



Sergt. PATRICK CLEARY. Co. E. 
Houlton. 





f" rn, LAUREL MUNSON, Co. E. 
Houlton. 



Bugler JOHN S. MANSUR, Co. E. 
Lieut. 9th and 36th U. S. C. T. 



EOSTER OF COMPANY E. 



527 



lead where any dared to follow." In four different engagements lie com- 
manded a battalion of the regiment. 

On the sixth of April. 1S(1.">. Lee's trains were discovered in the vicinity of 
Sailor's Creek, retreating along a road parallel with that on whicli the First 
;Maine Cavalry was advancing. At about eleven o'clock an attack was or- 
dered and gallantly delivered, but the unfavorable nature of the ground, 
obstructed by swamps and close thickets, made success ahnost impossible 
in face of the strong resistance of the infantry guard. When Co. E finally 
fell back, Cliina, Capt. Heald's favorite horse, was riderless. A call for 
volunteers to rescue the captain brought every man to the front. lie Avas 
found living, but unconscious, and he died in an hour. The fatal bullet 
ploughed a gash across the top of his head, barely ]>enetrating the brain; 
one little half inch higher and he would have been untouched. 80 he died 
at the early age of twenty-three, mourned as only soldiers can mourn a fallen 
leader, but witli his wdrk done, for three days later Lee surrendered at 
Appomattox, and the war was over. His bones repose in the cemetery at 
Petersburg, Va. On his tomb it may be truthfully inscribed: "He hath 
borne himself beyond the promise of his age." 

HUSSEY, GEORGE W. — Age 28; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as corp; 
pro. sergt. and q. m. sergt. '62; com. 2d lieut. '63, and 1st lieut. June 20, 
'63; wd. at St. Mary's church, Jvme 24, '64; in command of Co. I from 
Nov. '64, till April, '65; com. capt. April, '65; m. o. with regt. [See pp. 



298, 433.] 



FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 



GODDARD, JOHN H. — Age 20; res. Portland; mus. Oct. 19, '61; resigned 
on account of dis. and disch. Feb. 28. '63. [See i>. 27.] 

N'EVILLE, MARK. — Age 30; res. Littleton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as corp.; 
pro. sergt. '62; com. 1st lieut. Feb. 16, '63; killed at Middleburg, June 
19, '63. [See pp. 165, 168, 173.] 

Mabk Neville, of Littleton, entered the service by enlisting as a private 
in Co. E, First Maine Cavalry, but by his courage and uniform attention to 
duty was gradually promoted, until he was commissioned first lieutenant. 
He 'was killed by apiece of shell, which crushed his left temple, at the battle 
of Middleburg, June 19, 1863. During his term of service, such was his devo- 
tion to the life he had chosen that he was not off duty for a single day. 
While living he jjroved himself to be a true and valiant soldier, and but for 
his untimely death, such was the promise of his enegy, skill, and courage, tliat 
it is fair to presume that he would have been one of the best and bravest 
officers in the service. — Adjutant GeneraVs Report, 1864-5. 

OSBORN, BENJAMIN A. — Age 19; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as sad- 
dler; re-en. March 28, '64; pro. sergt. and 1st sergt. '64; com. 2d lieut. 
March 20, '65, and 1st lieut. April, '65; commanded co. in the action at 
Appomattox, April 9, '65, the last engagement of the Army of the Poto- 
mac; m. o. with regt. [See p. 416.] 1 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

COLLINS, WINFIELD S. — Age IS; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 
private; pro. corp. and sergt. '62, and 1st sergt. '63; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; 
com. 2d lieut. July 18, '64; killed at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 
[See p. 365.] 

WiXFiELD S. Collins was one of the first to respond to the call for 
men to form a regiment of cavalry in Maine. He enlisted and was assigned 



OZO FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

to Co. E. Soon afterwards he was made corporal. At Camp Bayard, in 
1862, he was made sergeant. His soldierly bearing was a model for his com- 
rades, and his bravery on the battle-field won the highest admiration. On 
the thirtieth of December, 1803, he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer; on 
the eighteenth of July, 18(34, he was mustered as first lieutenant of Co. E, 
First Maine Cavalry, and as such served until the first of August, when he 
was assigned to the command of Co. M. Here was an opportunity to dis- 
play his military talent, which, with his kindness, won the hearts of all under 
his immediate command, and elicited the highest praise of his superior 
officers. There was every prospect of his soon receiving higher rank, with 
military honors. 

Again our columns move on the enemy. The First Maine Cavalry has the 
advance. It was the afternoon of the twenty-seventh of October, 1864, in 
the hottest of the fight, that the First Maine was ordered to charge. At the 
head of his company, with stern but cheering words of command, he led 
them on, until a bullet came crashing through his temples. He fell, never 
more to give command to his brave followers, and amid the fearful carnage 
was carried from the field. He was taken to the Yellow House, where he 
died the following morning, and near which he was buried. Young and 
brave, he sacrificed his life for his country, and in years to come his memory 
shall be blessed. — Adjutant General's Report, 1864-5. 

JACKSOX, SYLVANUS E. — Tr. from Co. G; disch. March 9, '6.5, for dis. 
arising from wounds received at Boydton plank road, Oct 27, '64. 

TOBIE, EDWAED P., Jk. — Com. 2d lieut. Co. E, from non-com. staff. 
May 8, '65; acting regt. adjt. till return of Adjt. Little from wd. in action, 
June 6; sent to Maine in charge of m. o. rolls of dismounted men, June 
23, and returned; detailed sub-superintendent Freedmen's Bureau, 
Buckingham Co., Va., July 15, but regt. ordered home and detail 
countermanded; m. o. with regt.; historian of the regt. [See. Co. G, and 
field and staff.] 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

Leuzardek, Julius M. — Age 25; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as sergt. ; 

pro. 1st sergt. Sept. 1, '62; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Md., Nov. 29, '62. 
White, Horace M. — Age 25; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as corp. ; 

pro. sergt. Sept. 1, '62, and com'sy sergt. '63; wd. April 16, '63; pro. 1st 

sergt. July 4, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. «f ser. [See p. 44.] 
Field, Bohax. — Age 23; res. Lee; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; pro. corp. 

'&S; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. sergt. '64, and 1st sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT. 

Bailey, Charles M. — Age 18; res. Chelsea; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. '62, and q. m. sergt. '63; re-en. '64; killed in the charge on 
Lee's train, April 6, '65. [See p. 416.] 

SERGEANTS. 

Hill, Lorexzo B. — Age 22; res. Presque Isle; mus. Oct. 19, '61; on re- 
cruiting service, '62; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Jan. 15, '63. 

Rajisdell, Hexry a. — Age 27; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. on 
the Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, '63; ex. and m. o. Nov. 
25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Orcutt, Eosalvo E. — Age 22; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as 
sergt; ap. sup. 2d lieut. Oct. '62; m. o. Jan. 16, '63, by order, this grade 
not being recognized by the War Dept. 



liOSTEE OF COMPANY E. 529 

Hawes, Washington. — Age 34; res. Ashland; mus. Oct. 10, '(H ; disch. for 

dis. Feb. 15, '62. 
PiERCK, Gardiner. — Age 20; res. Ashland; nuis. Oct. 10, 'til; died of 

disease at Augusta, Aug. 1, '62. 
Putnam, Charees C. — Age 18; res. Iloulton; mus. Oct. 10, '(Jl, as corp. ; 

pro. sergt. Oct. 2.5, '62; killed at Middleburg, June 10, '63. [See p. 16.").] 
Thompson, Jeremiah. — Age 3.5; res. Presque Isle; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as 

private; pro. corp. and sergt. '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Haines, Daniel W. — Age 23; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as pri- 
vate; pro. corp. '62. and sergt. '(i3; re-en. ,D*JC. 20, '(53; pro. regt. com'sy 

sergt. and tr. to non-com. staff, Dec. '64. [See held and staff.]' 
Smith, Ansel. — Age 21; res. Maysville; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as private; pro. 

corp. '62, and sergt. '63; killed at Deep Bottom, Aug. Ki, '64. 
Okay, James J. — Age IS; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 10, '61, as private; pro. 

Corp. '62, and sergt. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Richardson, Oscar. — Age 28; res. Portland; mus. Aug. 22, '62, as private; 

joined co. Oct. 11; pro. corp. '63. and sergt. '64; killed at Boydton plank 

road, Oct. 27, '64. 
WiiiTMOJtE, Alfred H. — Age 22; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 8, '64; pris. at Eeams' Station, Aug. 25, '64, and died in southern 

prison. 
Green, Frank W. — Age 21; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '()4; 

joined co. at tr. : severely wounded at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; 

disch. for dis. June 10, '65. [See p. 365.] 
Hall, Dana M. — Age 22; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 28, '64; in 

hospital at tr. ; disch. by order, June 23, '65. 
True, George W. — Age 26; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64; 

joined co. after tr. ; ^^^d. at Dinwiddie Court flouse, March 31, '()5; 

disch. for dis. June 14, '65. 
Thayer, John D.— Age 26; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Shields, Charles E. — Age 10; res. Linneus; mus. Aug. 30, '62, as pri- 
vate; joined co. Oct. 11; pro. corp. '63, and sergt. '64; disch. G. O. No. 

83. 
Herbert, James. — Age 20; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64, as 

private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. and sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 
•Hunt, John. — Age 21; res. Biddeford; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '64, as pri- 
vate; joined co. at tr. ; pro. sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Luce. Hezekiah. — Age 22; res. Monticello; mus. Aug. 18, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; pro. sergt. '65; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Sanborn, Benjamin F. — Age 18; res. Houlton; mus. Dec. 20, '62; joined 

CO. Feb. 20, '63; pro. corp. and sergt. "65; m. o. with regt. 
Clear Y, Patrick. — Age 23; res. Houlton; mus. Aug. 16, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; pro. sei-gt. '65; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Luce, Charles S. — Age 32; res. Monticello; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 25, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; horse shot under him in action at Sycamore church, 

Sept. 16, '64; pro. corp. and sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 

COKPOEALS. 

Estabrooke, Thomas S. — Age 26; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 10, '61; disch. 

for dis. March 25, '62. 
Whitney, George W. — Age 21; res. Presque Isle; mus. Oct. 10, '61; 

disch. for dis. June 14, '62. 
MuNSON. Laurel. — Age 21; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 10, "61: wd. at ]\rid- 

dletown. May 24, '62; disch. for dis. Sept. 13, '62. 



530 FIB ST MAiyE CAVALBY. 

GooDWix, C. L. — Age 22; res. Liucoln; mus. Oct. 19, '(31; discli. for dis. 
April 1, '62. 

Hall, Eli.jah E. — Age 27; res. Enfield; mus. Oct. 1!), '61, as ijrivate; pro. 
Corp. '62; ra. o. Xov. 2.5, '64, ex. of ser. 

VosE, Lymax. — Age 22; i-es. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; pro. 
Corp. '62; pris. on the reconnoissance to Little Washington, Oct. 12, '63; 
ex. and m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Wyatt, Marcus P. — Age 22; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 
pro. Corp. '62; wd. at Middletown, May 24, '62; disch. for dis. at Au- 
gusta, Sept. S, '62. 

Shields, Edward AV. — Age 21; res. Linneus; mus. Oct. 20, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; pro. Corp. '62; died July 20, '63, from wounds received at Shep- 

ardstown, July 16. 
Dunn, Christopher C. — Age 22; i-es. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as pri- 
vate; pro. Corp. '63; on detached service, '63; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of 

ser. 
Kitchen, George. — Age 21; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

pro. corp. '63; wd. at Shepardstown, July 16, '63; [See p. 187.] 
McCuRDY, John. — Age 23; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co.; pro. corp. '63; 

pris. on the Little Wasliington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, '63; ex. and 

rejoined co. ; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
FoLSOM, Gorham a. — Age 21; res. Xewburg; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, 

'64; pris. at Eoauoke bridge, Wilson's raid, June 25, '64; disch. G. O. 

Xo. 77. 
Hill, Joseph C. — Age 27; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, l.st D. C. Feb. 12, 

'64; pris. at Stony Creek, June 28, '64; disch. G. O. Xo. 77. 
HuTCHiNS, Hanson, Jr. — Age 20; res. Bangor; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

5, '64; joined co. at tr. ; Avd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. 

with regt. 
Gardiner, 'Albert. — Age 22; res. Fairfield; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. corp. '64; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, 

'64; died of wounds received at Appomattox Court House, April 9, '65 — 

the last fight of the A. P. 
Hunter, John M. — Age 20; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. corp. '64; killed in the charge on Lee's train, 

April 6, '65. 
Russell, George A. — Age 27; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61, as private; 

wd. at Middleburg, June 19, '63; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. corp. '64; pris. 

at St. Mary's church, June 24, "64; died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 

12, '64 — grave Xo. 8557. 
Chandler, Elbridge G. — Age 34; res. Foxcroft; mus. Aug. 13, '62; 

joined co. Oct. 11; pro. corp. '65; disch. G. O. Xo. S3. 
HoBEN, Marcellus. — Age 20; res. Orrington; mus. l.st D. C. Feb. 9, '(i4; 

joined co. after tr.; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
HovEY, Emerson W. — Age 18; res. Monhegan; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; pro. corii. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Knight, Albert E.. — Age 21; res. Saco; mus. Aug. 28, '62, as private; 

joined co. Oct. li; pro. corp. '64; killed at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, 

'64. 
Small, Albert. — Age 21; res. Belfast; mus. Aug. 20, '62; joined co. Oct. 

11; pro. corp. '65; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 
Small, William. — Age 21; res. Belfast; mus. Aug. 30, '62; joined co. Oct. 

11; pro. corp. '65; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 



liOSTER OF COMPASY E. 531 

BUGLERS. 

Stetson, CiiAr.i.E.s W. — Age 21; res. Mattawamkeag; mus. 'Oct. lit, '(JI. 
M.A>rsuR, John 8. — Age 27; res. IToulton; mus. Sept o, 'G2; \vd. 'do; diseh. 

to accept promotion in Uth regt. U. S. C. T. Nov. 7, 'Oo; tr. to :3(>tli regt. 

U. S. C. T.; served on tlie statYs of Gens. Godfrey Weitzel, W. 'V. Clark, 

and R. M. Hall, as a. q. m., com'sy oi musters, and jjro. mar.; m. o. at 

Brazos, Santiago, Texas, Oct. 28, '06. 
SciiouTON, Antoixe. — Age 25; res. Rockland; mus. Sept. 2, '62, as private; 

joined co. Oct. 11; ap. bugler, '6:]; pris. at Brandy Station, June U, '6:5; 

ex. Sept. 12, and rejoined co. ; discli. G. O. No. 83. 
French, Evandkk L. — Age 10; res. Lincolnville; mus. Oct. 10, '61; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, '(52; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 21); ap. bugler, '63; 

wd. at Aldie, June 17, '63; m. o. Nov. 2.5, '64, ex. of ser. 
Welch, Henky T. — Age 18; res. Naples; mus. Lst D. C. Jan. 27, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. "o. with regt. 
WiLBUK, RuFUS A. — Age 26; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 26, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; died from wounds received in charge on Lee's train, 

Aprir6, '65. 

SADDLER. 

Marks, Augustus. — Age IS; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64; 
pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in southern prison. 



FARRIERS. 

Andrews, Tristum. — Age 20; res. Freeport; mus. Aug. 28, '62, as pri- 
vate; joined co. Oct. 11; ap. farrier, '63; disch. for dis. June 16, '65. 

Lyons, Charles W. — Age 30; res. Houlton; mus. Aug. 30, '62; joined co.; 
ap. farrier, '63; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Ross, JcsEPH. —Age 30; res. Westbrook; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 18, '64; joined 
CO. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Ross, Joseph W. — Age 18; res. Westbrook; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 18, 
'64; wd. severely in charge on Lee's train, April 6, '65; disch. G. O. No. 
77. 

WAGONERS. 

Sutherland, James W. — Age 27; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61. 
Mills, Gustavus L. — Age 19; res. Lincoln; mus. March 1, '62; m. o. March 
1, '65, ex. of ser. 

PRIVATES. 

Achorn, James W. — Age 25; res. Lincolnville; mus. Oct. 19, '61; wd. and 
pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Oct. '62. 

Allen, Hazo F. — Age 19; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 10, '61; disch. for dis. 
'62. 

Alexander, William F. — Age IS; res. Bath; mus. Dec. 7, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 12, '64; tr. to navy, July 5, '64. 
Ay ATT, Joseph. — Age 32; res. Forrestville; mus. Aug. 16, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11 ; wd. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63. 
Barden, Ansel. — Age 23; res. Hampden; mus. Aug. 23, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; tr. to v. r. c. Feb. 2, '64. 
Barrett, Cyrus F. — Age 21; res. Hermon; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '64; pris. 

at Sycamore church, Sept. 16., '64; died in rebel prison, Nov. 23, '64. 



532 FIEST MAINE CAVALEY. 

Beals, Roscoe G. — Age 20; res. Leeds; mus. Oct. 19, '01; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'04, ex. of ser. 
Beatiiex, Egbert. — Age 20; res. Enfield; mus. Oct. 19, '01; m. o. Nov. 2.5, 

'04, ex. of ser, 
Blake, IIokace P. — Age 28; res. Portland; nins. Dec. 10, '0:3; joined co. 

Jan. 2o, '04; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Bi.ANCJiAKD, David D. — Age 18; res. Biddeford; mus. Dec. 3, 'Oo; joined 

CO. Jan. 23, '04; m. o. with regt. 
BooTiiuY, GeoegeW. — Age 18; res. Biddeford; mus. Nov. 10, '03; joined 

CO. Jan. 23, '04; m. o. Jiuie 20, '05. 
BOWKER, Oren L. — Age 23; res. Chester; mus. Oct. 19, '01; died of disease 

at Strasburg, May 23, '02. 
Brackett, Albert A. —Age 20; res. Naples; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Jan. 

27, '04; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Brawn, Amos. —Age 23; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; wd. at Middle- 
town, May 24, '02; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Oct. '02. 
Brennan, Patrick. — Age 19; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 20, '04; 

pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '04, and died in rel)el prison, Nov. 20, 

'04. 
Brown, George "W. — Age 18; res. Alexander; mus. Dec. 3, '03; joined co. 

Jan. 12, '04; died of disease at Alexandria, Aug. 21, '04. 
Brxtsos, Peter. — Age 25; res. Biddeford; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Bryant, Joun. — Age 27; res. Biddeford; mus. Dec. 2, '03; joined co. Jan. 

12, '04; tr. to navy, April 19, '04. 
Bunker, Eli H. — Age 21; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. for dis. 

May 25, '02. 
Burgess, Hiram E. — Age 21 ; res. Martinique Isle ; mus. Oct. 19, '01 ; pris. 

on the reconnoissance to Little Washington, Oct. 12, '03; ex. and re- 
joined CO.; wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 10, '04; m. o. Dec. 3, '04, ex. of 

ser. 
Butters, George H. —Age 18; res. Waterford; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 15, '04; 

joined co. after tr.; wd. severely at Dinwiddie, March 31, '05; disch. 

G. O. No. 77. 
Cameron, John. —Age 22; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. for dis. 

'02. 
Campbell, Colin. —Age 20; res. Nova Scotia; mus. Dec. 22, '03; joined co. 

Jan. 23, '04; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Capen, Charles W. —Age 20; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 13. 

'04; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Cathcart, James. — Age 20; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '01; pris. at Mid- 

dletown. May 24, '02; died in prison at Belle Isle, Sept. 29, '02. 
Chase, Samuel S. — Age 42; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 30. '04; 

joined co. at tr. ; wd. severely at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, "04; disch. 

for dis. '05. 
Ciphers, William H. — Joined co. Oct. 31, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Clement, James. — Age 18; res. Monticello; mus. Dec. 18, '03; joined co. 

March 9, '04; disch. by order, June 8, '05. 
CoAKLEV, James W. — Age 20; res. Houlton; mus. Aug. 10, '02; accident- 
ally shot and killed at Liberty, Va., Dec. 12, '03. 
CoAKLEY, Martin H. — Age 22; res. Houlton; mus. Aug. 10, '02; joined co. 

Oct. 11; pris. on the reconnoissance to Little Washington, Oct. 12, '03; 

died of disease, March 7, '05. 
Connors, Peter. — Age 21; res. Williamstown, N. B. ; mus. Aug. 20, '02; 

joined co. Oct. 11; pris. on the reconnoissance to Little Washington, 

Oct. 12, '03. 



IWSTEE OF COMPANY E. 



533 



Connies, Samuel. — Age 45; res. Enfield; mus. Oct. l'.», Hii; pris. at Middle- 
town, May 24, '62; rejoined co. Oct. 21); dieil of disease at Camp Bayard, 
Jan. 4, '03. 
COYLE, John. — Age 20; res. Machias; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

pris. at Stony Creek, June 28, '(U; disch. by order. May 31, (w. 

Daggett, J. Monijoe. — Age IS; res. No. 11, Eange 1; en. Sept. 10, '61, 

Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. Nov. 2-5, '64, ex. of ser. ; com. 2d lieut. 

Co. I, 11th Me. Inf.; served till June 1, '65, when com. capt. and ap. 

asst. pro. mar. on staff of Gen. Turner, Kichmond, Va. ; m. o. Dec. 16, '65. 

Daggett, Washington. —Age 18; res. Ilodgdon; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, '62; rejoined co. Oct. 29; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 

ser. 

Davis, Asa E. — Age 21; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Aug. 21, '62; wd. March 

2, '64, on the Dahlgren raid; died of w^ounds at Hampton, Va., March 13. 

Davis, Charles N. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 3, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Davis, William L. — Age 19; res. Camden; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. on the 
reconnoissance to Little Washington, Oct. 12, '63; died of disease at 
Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., April 6, '64. 
Deckeu, Edwakd E. — Age 18; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Oct. 19, '61; died 

of disease at home, Oct. 20, '64. 
Decker, John C— Age 30; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. 'Aug. 21, '62; joined 
CO. Oct. 11; pris. on the Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, '(53; 
disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Derring, Octavus. — Age 21; res. Brighton; mus. Aug. 30, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; disch. for dis. Jan. 16, '62. 
DOLBIER, John H. — Age 24; res. Oldtown; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. 

at Camp Bayard, April 15, '63. 
DoLLEY, Nathan D. —Age 23; res. Windham; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 20, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; killed in the charge on Lee's train, April 6, '65. 
Donnelly, James. — Age 21; res. Presque Isle; mus. Aug. 21, '62; joined 
CO. Oct. 11; wd. at Keams' Station, Aug. 25, '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
[See p. 298.] 
Dresser, Ed-\vard E. — Age 20; res. Denmark; mus. Dec. 10, '63; joined 

CO. Jan 12, '64; disch. by order, June 29, '65. 
Dyer, Jeremiah C. — Age 33; res. Lincoln; mus. Dec. 23, '63; joined co. 
Jan. 23, '64; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; died in prison 
at Andersonville, Aug. 24, '64 — grave No. 6357. 
Eddy, Charles. — Age 36; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, '61. 
Elliott, John G. — Age 19; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 4, 
'64; wd. and pris. at Reams' Station, Aug. 25, '64; disch. for dis. June 
20, '65. 
Ellis, Hiram H. — Age 21; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Oct. 19, '61; died of 

fever at Washington, Nov. 29, '62. 
Faulkner, John E. — Age 23; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. Oct. 28, '62. 
Fellows, Samuel. — Age 19; res. Biddeford; mus. Aug. 19, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Flinn, Juan F. — Age 26; res. Newburg; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 13, '64; joined 
CO. at tr. ; wd. in the charge on Lee's train, April 6, '65, and died of 
wounds June 1. 
Folsom, Benjamin F. — Age 19; res. Newburg; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '64; 
joined co. at tr. ; pris. atBoydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Folsom, Henry W. — Age 24; res. Etna; mus. Co. L, 1st D, C. Feb. 5, '64; 
joined co. at tr. ; wd. severely in the charge on Lee's train, April 6, '65; 
disch. for dis. July 6, '65. 



534 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

FOLSOM, Olivep. J. — Age 21; res. Etna; miis. 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '()4: joined 

CO. at tr. ; served in the regt. band; m. o. with regt. [See last band.] 
Forrest, Thomas. — Age 25; res. Houlton; mus. Dec. 20, 'G2; joined co. 

Feb. 20, '63; captured by guerillas, Jan. IG, '04; died in i)rison at Ander- 
son ville, June 23, '(54 — grave No. 2362. 
Foss, Jacob P. — Age 20; res. Machias: mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; pris. at 

Reams' Station, Aug. 25, '64; disch. for dis. June 14, '65. 
Foss, Silas S. — Age IS; res. Lee; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 17, '64; in hospital at 

tr. ; disch. for dis. June 1, '65. 
French, Allen D. — Age 21; res. Lincolnville; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, '62; disch. for dis. Oct. 20, '62. 
Frost, Edward. — Age 21; res. Biddeford; mus. Aug. 21, '62; disch. for dis. 

at Alexandria, March 12, '63. 
Fuller, Alden A. — Age IS; res. Searsmont; mus. Dec. 10, '63; joined co. 

June 30, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Oilman, Alexander B. — Age 23; res. Appleton; mus. Sept. 2, '62; disch. 

for dis. '63. 
Gilman, Fairfield J. — Age 27; res. Parsonsfield ; mus. Dec. 10, '63; joined 

CO. Jan. 23, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Gilman, Lewis. — Age 21; res. Presque Isle; mus. Oct. 19, '61; shot througli 

the body at ^^iddletown. May 24, '62, the bullet passing through his 

pisfol holster and body, and coming out near the backbone; disch. for 

dis. Oct. '62. 
Given, Albert P. — Age 21; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. 

at Augusta, Oct. 24, '62. 
Glidden, Charles. — Age 21; res. Newport; mus. 1st D. C. Feb 11, '64; 

joined co. after tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
GoDDARD, Charles W. — Age IS; res. Portland; mus. Aug. IS, '62; joined 

CO. Aug. 30; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Jan. 15, '63. 
Goo, Peter G. — Age 25; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 1, '64; joined 

CO. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Gould, Edward D. — Age 18; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 10, '61; disch. for 

dis. Oct. 24, '62. 
Graffam, Joshua B. — Age 22; res. Cape Elizabeth; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 1, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; killed at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65. 
Greeley, Warren J. — Age 22; res. Haynesville; mus. March 1, '62; m. o. 

March 1, '65, ex. of ser. 
Greenleaf, George W. — Age 3S; res. Norway; mus. Feb. 6, '64; joined co. 

March 9; m. o. with regt. 
Haines, Albert. — Age 19; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Sept. 22, '()2; joined co. 

Oct. 11; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 12, and rejoined 

CO.; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Hall, James R. — Age 34; res. Athens; mus. Dec. 23, '63; joined co. Jan. 

23, '64; disch. by order. May 22, '65. 
Ham, Hiram H. — Age IS; res. Dan vers; mus. Dec. 3, '63; joined co. Jan. 

23, '64; wd. at Todd's Tavern, May 8, '64; tr. to v. r. c. '65. 
Harbison, Hiram P. — Age 28; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. 

at Middletown, May 24, '62; died in prison at Belle Isle, July, '62. 
Harriman, James W. — Age 27; res. Anson; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 29; tr. to v. r. c. '64. 
Hatch, Noah. — Age 23; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. at 

Philadelphia, Feb. 3, '63. 
Hayes, James. — Age 21; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. on the 

reconnoissance to Little Washington, Oct. 12, '03; m. o. Nov. 25, "64, ex. 

of ser. 



EOSTER OF COMPANY E. 



535 



Heath, Louknzo J. — A<iO o4; res. Castine; mus. 1st D. C. Fel). 10. '04; 

joined co. at ti\ ; wd. severely at Diinviddie, March Ml, 'Cm; disch. for dis. 

June 1,H)0. 
Her.m.^nx, CinasTiAX 8. —Age 22; res. Portland; nius. 1st D. C. Jan. 25, 

'64; in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 7". 
Hicks, Ben.jamin C — Ao-e 25; res. Portland; mus. Aug. 1, '(12; joined co. 

Oct. 11; pris. at Brandy Station, June 0, '03; ex. Sept. 12, and rejoined 

eg.; disch. U. O. No. 83. 
Hodges, William H. — Age 40; res. Winslow; mus. Oct. ID, '01; disch. for 

dis. '02. 
Horn, Ruffs A. —Age 21; res. Acton; mus. Dec. 27, '04; m. o. June 20, '0.5. 
Horrie, Thomas L. — Age 20; res. Portland; mus. 1st. D. C. Jan. 10, '64; 

wd. near Petersburg, June 10, '04; m. o. with regt. 
Howard, William.- Age IS; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04; 

joined co. at tr. ; wd. severely at Dinwiddie, March 31, '05; disch. for 

dis. June 10, '65. 
Howes, Llewellyn H. — Age IS; res. Xewbvirg; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

12, '04; in hospital at tr. ; disch. by order, May 22, '05. 
Hubbard, Charles P. — Ees. Burlington; mus. Nov. 2, '63; joined co. 

June 30, '04; died of disease at City Point, Va., '05. 
HuTCHixGs, T. W. J. —Age 20; res. Sedgwick; mus. Dec. 10, '04; m. o. June 

20, '05. . ^ 

Ingraiiam, Fraxcis. — Age 20; res. Belfast, Ac. gt. ; mus. Sept. 4, '02; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; wd. at Reams' Station (losing a leg), Avig. 25, '04; disch. for 

dis. June 24, '05. 
Jones, John. — Age 23; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '04; 

pris. at Stony Creek, June 28, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Keene, Seneca E. — Age 23; res. Chester; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch for dis. 

at Washington, Nov. 20, '02. 
Keene, Seth H. — Age 21; res. Turner; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. for dis. 

Dec. 2, '61. 
Knapp, John P. — Age 21; res. New York; en. '02. 
Knight, Cyrus E. — Age 27; res. Presque Isle; mus. Oct. 19, '61; tr. to the 

15th Me. Inf. Feb. 20, '62. 
Labelle, Lewis. —Age 18; res. Biddeford; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Lakeman, Frank. —Age 19; res. Lubec; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. for dis. 

at Augusta, Oct. '62. 
Lanelle, Virgil G. — Age 43; res. Augusta; mus. Dec. 27, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 28, '64; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge. May 11, '64; died in rebel 

prison. 
Leathers, Frank J. — Age 24; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for 

dis. at Washington, Jan. 15, '63. 
Leavitt, Frank W.— Age 25; res. Orono; mus. Aug. 13, '62; joined co. 

Aug. 30; wd. and pris. at Brandy Station, Jan. 9, '63; ex. Sept. 12, and 

rejoined co.; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
Le Sault, Batiste. —Age 23; res. Bath; mus. Sept. .5, '02; wd. at Middle- 
burg, June 9, '63; rejoined co. ; disch. by order, June 13, '65. 
Leslie, Henry B. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 1, '64; 

joined co. after tr. ; wd. severely at Dinwiddie, March 31, '05, and died 
of wounds, April 29. 
Libby, Eugene A. — Age 18; res. Saco; mus. Nov. 19, '03: joined co. Jan. 
28, '64; wd. at Appomattox Court House, just before Lee's surrender, 
April 9, '65; disch. for dis. July 12, '65. 
Lincoln, Raymond. — Age 20; res. Dexter; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 2:5, '04; wd. 
and pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 



536 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

» 

Luce, Henby A. — Age 21; res. Starks; iinis. Sept. 12, '62; joined co. Oct. 

11; pris. '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Mains, Ivory. — Age 20; res. Eaymond; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Jan. 20, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Maxgax, Michael. — Age 22; res. Bangor; mus. Aug. 23, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; disch. G. O. No. S3. 
Manjt, James K. — Age 23; res. Hudson; mus. Aug. 16, '62; joined co. Oct. 

11; disch. for dis. at Washington, July 3, '64. 
Majbtix, Thomas. — Age 21; res. Newfield; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '6.5. 
Maynard, Joseph B. — Age 19; res. Biddeford; mus. Nov. 3, '63; joined 

CO. Jan. 28, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
McAllister, Amos. — Age 22; res. Stoneham; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, June 5, '6.5. 
McAllister, William. — Age 42; res. Stoneham; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
McDuFFiE, Charles. — Age 19; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '64; pris. at Stony Creek, June 28, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
McGiNLEY, Thomas. — Age 39; res. Springfield; mus. Nov. 9, '63; joined 

CO. Jan. 12, '64; disch. by order. May 23, '65. 
McGkatii, William N. — Age 21; res. Parkman; mus. Oct. 10, '61; wd. and 

pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and disch. for dis. '62. 
McKeexe, Silas. — Age 23; res. Stoneham; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

joined co. after tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
McKenney, William H. — Age 29; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 4, 

'64; joined co. at tr.; disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
McKixNON, Alexander. — Age 21; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61; m. o. 

Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Merritt, James H. — Age 20; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64; 

disch. by order, June 5, '65. 
Meserve, James H. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; 

pris. at Sycamore church, Sejit. 16, '64; died in southern prison. 
Montgomery, Joseph. — Age 26; res. Biddeford; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. 

Feb 10, '64; pris. at Stony Creek, June 28, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Moore, Albert. — Age 21; res. Calais; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. at 

Augusta, Oct. 29, '62. 
MooRE, Thomas B. — Age -35; res. Hodgdon; mus. Oct. 19, '61; wd. and 

pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62, having his leg broken; ex. and disch. 

for dis. at Augusta, Sept. 18, '62. 
Morrill, Elijah. — Age 20; res. Newburg; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 13, '64; 

pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in rebel prison, Nov. 8, '64. 
Morrill, Ira. — Age 29; res. Patten; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. for dis. Nov. 

20, '62. 
Morrill, William. — Age 18; res. Biddeford; mus. Oct. 26, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; wd. in the charge on Lee's train, April 6, '65; disch. G. O. No. 

83. 
Nelson, Edward F. — Age 20; res. Bridgewater; mus. Oct. 19, '61; died of 

disease at Hagerstown, Md., June 20, '62. 
NiCKERSON, Eugene. — Age 29; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61; wd. at 

Middletown, May 24, '62; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Oct. 29, '62. 
Nodstrom, Charles E. — Age 22; res. Perry; mus. Aug. 27, '62; pris. on 

the reconnoissance to Little Washington, Oct. 12, '63; ex.; disch. G. O. 

No. S3. 
Nute, Israel H. — Age 18; res. Lincoln; mus. March 1, '(52; di.sch. for dis. 

Nov. 10, '62. 



ROSTEli OF COMPANY E. ^^'^ 

NUTTEH, Eor.KiiT. — Age 22; res. Iloulton: mvis. Oct. li), '01; pris. a*^. Mid- 

dletovvn, May 24, '(52; discli. for dis. July 14, '02. [See p. 45.] 
O'Bhiex, Wilmam. — Ao'c 2."); res. Iloulton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; pris. at Mid- 

dletown. May 24, '02'; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 29, '02; ni. o. Nov. 25, 

'()4, ex. of ser. 
OsBOUN, William A. — Age 21; res. Lincoln; mus. March 1, '02; m. o. 

March 1, '05, ex. of ser. 
Pakkkh, Aakox. — Age 84; res. Ilollis; mus. 1st D. C. Nov. !), '03; died in 

prison at Andersonville, July 24, '04 — grave No. 3710. 
Pentlant), Robekt. — Age 23; res. Burlhigton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. 

for dis. at Augusta, Oct. '02. 
PiCKAED, JoHX E. — Age 19; res. Belfast; mus. Sept. 4, '02; joined co. Oct. 

11; died of disease at Frederick, Md., Nov. 14, '02. 
Rag AX, James. —Age 21; res. Iloulton; mus. Oct. 10, '02; joined co. Oct. 

11; disch. G. O. No. S3. 
Rag AX, Joiix W. — Age 28; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 21, '02; joined co. Oct. 

11; wd. and pris. on the Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, '03, 

and died of wounds in Richmond. 
Reed, Hubert. —Age 21; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; died of disease 

at Aquia Creek, Feb. 10, '03. 
Richardson, Amos. — Age IS; res. Greenbush; mus. Dec. 10, '03; joined co. 

Jan. 25, '04. 
Richardson, Moses M. — Borne on the rolls as having joined co. after Nov. 

1, '04, and disch. April 2S, '05. 
Richardson, William A. — Age 18; res. Greenbush; mus. Dec. 10, '03; 

joined co. Jan. 25, '04; disch. for dis. May 19, '05. 
Rogers, Alphonso P. — Age 23; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Oct. 19, '01; 

disch, for dis. Feb. 14, '02. 
Russell, Israel I. — Age 24; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; died of 

disease in Washington, Sept. 10, '02. 
Scammon, Charles H. — Age 23; res. Lincoln; mus. Oct. 19, '01; m. o. 

Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
ScANNELL, Timothy. — Age 30; res. Bridgewater; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. 

for dis. April 29, '04. 
Scott, Hirajl — Age 21; res. Portland; mus. Oct. 19, '01; died of diSease 

at Black Creek, Va., April 24, '02. 
Shields, Isaac. — Age 22; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; \vd. at Middle- 
town, May 24, '02; disch. for dis. at Augusta, June 0, '02. [See Co. B.] 
Siprell, James E. — Age 25 ; res. Monticello ; mus. Aug. 30, '02 ; joined co. 

Oct. 11; wd. on the Dahlgren raid, March 2, '04; died of wounds May 

19, '04. 
Small, David W. — Age 23; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '01; disch. for dis. 

'62. 
Smart, Frederick. — Age 19; res. Oldtown; mus. Aug. 10, '02; joined co. 

Oct. 11; wd. at Brandy Station, June 9, '03; disch. G. O. No. S3. 
Smith, James. — Age 21; res. London, Eng. ; mus. Dec. 20, '02; joined co. 

Feb. 20, '63; pris. on the Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, '03; 

m. o. June 20, '65. 
Smith, Seavell W. — Age 20; res. Canaan; mus. '02; disch. for dis. Nov. 7, 

'63. 
Snow, William R. — Age 26; res. Woodstock, N. B.; mus. Aug. 16, '62; 

joined co. Oct. 11; disch. G. O. No. S3. 
Stevens, Wilbur J. — Age 19; res. Athens; mus. Oct. 19, '61; pris. at 

Halltow^n, July 15, '63; ex. Sept. 12, and rejoined co. ; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; 

wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, '64; in hospital at m. o. of regt. 



538 FIRST MAINE CAVALET. 

Stinx'IIFIELD, Geokge B. — Age 21; res. Lincoln: mus. March 1, "02: pris. 

at Middletown, May 24, 'G2; on duty at tlie AVarDt'i^t. '63; disch. for dis. 

April 20, '04. 
Thomas, Augustus G. — Ajje 21 ; res. Maysville ; mus. Oct. 10, '61 : wd. and 

pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; paroled and disch. for dis. '62. 
TvE, William B. — Age 29; res. Union County, X. C; mus. Feb. 9, '64; 

joined co. June 30; m. o. with regt. 
Ulmer, Matthias. — Age 21; res. Fort Fairfield; mus. Oct. 19, '61; disch. 

for dis. '62. 
Wareex, Bex.jamin. — Age IS; res. Denmark; mus. Dec. 10, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 25, '64; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64, and died of wounds 

Xov. '64. 
Wakrex, Johx F. — Age 24; res. Houlton; mus. Oct. 19, '61; died of dis- 
ease in Augusta, Feb. 15, '62. 
West, George W. — Age 26; res. Stetson; mus. March 4, '64; joined co. 

May 15, '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Whitxey, Frank W. — Age 21; res. Farmington; mus. Oct. 19, '61; died of 

disease at Washington, April 15, '62. 
WiTHAM, Samuel. — Age 28; res. Bingham; mus. Dec. 23, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 25, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Yeatox, George B. — Age 37; res. Camden; mus. Feb. 6, '64: m. o. June 

20, '65. 

RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was ten, of whom eight joined at its organization (three with commissions 
and five in the ranks and subsequently proinoted), one was transferred from 
the First District of Columbia Cavalry, and one was promoted from the non- 
commissioned staff. Of these, three were mustered out with the regiment, 
four were killed in action, two resigned and were honorably discharged, and 
one was discharged for disability on account of wounds received in action. 
One served three years and more, and two — Capt. Hussey and Lieut. Os- 
born — served from the organization of the regiment till its muster out. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company (besides 
the five who were commissioned) was two liundred and twenty-eight, of 
whom twenty-seven were sergeants, tAventy-three corporals, six buglers, one 
saddler, four farriers, two wagoners, and one hundred and sixty-five pri- 
vates. Of these, eighty-six joined the company at its organization, fifty-two 
in 1862, thirty-two in 1864, and fifty-eight were transferred from the First 
District of Columbia Cavaliy. Of the whole number, seventeen served their 
three years' term of enlistment and were mustered out at its expiration, 
twenty-four were mustered out with the regiment, sixty-two were dis- 
charged for disability, sixty-one were discharged at the close of the war as 
paroled prisoners and convalescents in hospital, dismounted men, and 
under the order mustering out one year men and cavalry men whose term 
of service expired prior to Oct. 1, 1865; one was discharged to accept pro- 
motion in another regiment, one was discharged by order; eight were killed 
in action, and one by accident; nine died of wounds received in action, six- 
teen died of disease, and tliirteen died in southern prisons; one was 
transferred to the non-commissioned staff, three to the veteran reserve 
dorps, two to the navy, and one to an infantry regiment; eiglit are unac- 



BOSTER OF COMPANY E. 539 

counted for. Twenty-six served three years or more, thirty-seven served 
two yeai's and less than three, one liundred and seventeen served one year 
and less than two, forty-five served less than one year, and three — Serpjts. 
Bohan Field and Daniel W. Haines, and Private Wilbur J. Stevens — served 
from tlie orjjfanization of the rc<j:imcnt till its muster out. Of the eighty- 
five original members, nine re-enlisted in the regiment as veteran volunteers. 
These, and the five enlisted men commissioned, a<lded to the number of 
enlisted men before given, makes the total number of enlistments repre- 
sented in the company two hundred and forty-two, or with the commis- 
sioned officers, two hundred and forty-seven. 

COMPANY E'S HOXOEED DEAD. 
CAPTAINS. 

Osco A. Ellis, Lincoln. Killed in action at St. Mary's church. June 24, 

1804. 
John A. Heald, Lincoln. Killed in the charge on Lee's train, April (i, 

ism. 

lieutenants. 

Makk Neville, Littleton. Killed in action at Middlebiirg, June 19, 1863. 
WiNFiELD S. Collins, Houlton. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, 
Oct. 27, 1864. 

SEEGEANTS. 

Charles M. Bailey, Chelsea. Killed in the charge on Lee's train, April 

6, 1865. 
Gardiner Pierce, Ashland. Died of disease at xlugusta, Aug. 1, 1862. 
Charles C. Putnaji, Houlton. Killed in action at Middleburg, June 19, 

186.3. 
Ansel Smith, Maysville. Killed in action at Deep Bottom. Aug. 16, 1864. 
Oscar Richardson, Portland. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, 

Oct. 27, 1864. 
Alfred H. Whitmore, Portland. Died in rebel prison . 

CORPORALS. 

Edward W. Shields, Linneus. Died July 20, 186;], from wounds received 

in action at Shepardstown, July 16. 
Albert Gardiner, Fairfield. Died of wounds received at Appomattox 

Court House, April 9, 1865. 
John M. Hunter, Houlton. Killed in the charge on Lee's train, April 6, 

1865. 
George A. Russell, Houlton. Died in prison at Andersonville. Sept. 12, 

1864. 
Albert E. Knight, Saco. Killed in action at Boydton plank road. Oct. 27, 

1864. 

BUGLER. 

RuFUS A. Wilbur, Portland. Died from wounds received in the charge on 
Lee's train, April 6, 1865. 

SADDLER. 

Augustus Marks, Portland. Died in southern prison. 



540 



FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 



PP.IVATES. 

Cyrus F. Barrett, Hermon. Died in rebel prison, Nov. 23, 1864. 
Oren L. Bowker, Chester. Died of disease at Strasburg, May 23, 1862. 
Patrick Brexxan, Portland. Died in rebel prison, Xov. 20, 1864. 
George W. Brown, Alexander. Died of disease at Alexandria, Auo-. 21, 
1864. 

James Catiicart, Lincoln. Died in prison at Belle Isle, Sept. 29, 1862. 

James W. Coakley, Houlton. Accidentally killed at Liberty, Ya., Dec. 
12, 1863. 

Martin H. Coakley, Houlton. Died of disease, March 7, 186.5. 

Samuel Connies, Enfield. Died of disease at Camp Bayard, Jan. 4, 1863. 

Asa E. Davis, Fort Fairfield. Died of wounds at Hampton, Va., March 13, 

1864. 

William L. Davis, Camden. Died of disease at Camp Parole, Md., April 
6, 1864. 

Edward E. Decker, Fort Fairfield. Died of disease at home, Oct. 20, 1864. 
Nathan D. Dolley, Windham. Killed in the charge on Lee's train, April 
6, 186.5. 

Jeremiah C. Dyer, Lincoln. Died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 24, 
1864. 

Hiram H. Ellis, Fort Fairfield. Died of fever at Washington, Nov. 19, 
1862. 

Juan F. Flinn, Newburg. Died June 1, 1865, of wounds received in the 

charge on Lee's train, April 6. 
Thomas Forrest, Houlton. Died in prison at Andersonville, June 23, 1864. 
Joshua B. Graffam, Cape Elizabeth. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court 

House, March 31, 1865. 

HiRAJi P. Hardison, Fort Fairfield. Died in prison at Belle Isle, July, 
1862. ^' 

Charles P. Hubbard, Burlington. Died of disease at City Point, Ya., 

1865. 
YiRGiL G. Lanelle, Augusta. Died in rebel prison, 1864. 
Henry B. Leslie, Portland. Died April 29, 1865, of wounds received at 

Dinwiddle Court House, March 31. 
James H. Meserve, Portland. Died in southern prison. 
Elljaii Morrill, Newburg. Died in rebel prison, JSTov. 8, 1864. 
Edward F. Nelson, Bridgewater. Died of disease at Hagerstown, Md., 

June 20, 1862. 
Aaron Parker, Hollis. Died in prison at Andersonville, July 24, 1864. 
John E, Pickard, Belfast. Died of disease at Frederick, Md., Nov. 14, 1862. 
John W. Rag an, Houlton. Died in Eichmond, Ya., of wounds received on 

the Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, 1863. 
Hubert Reed, Houlton. Died of disease at Aquia Creek, Ya., Feb. 10, 

1863. 
Israel I. Russell, Houlton. Died of disease in Washington, Sept. 10, 

1862. 
Hiram ^cott, Portland. Died of disease at Black Creek, Ya., April 24, 1862. 
James E. Siprell, Monticello. Died May 19, 1864, of wounds received on 

the Dahlgren raid, March 2. 
Ben.tamin Warren, Denmark. Died Nov. 1864, of wounds received at 

Boydton plank road, Oct. 27. 
John F. Warren, Houlton. Died of disease in Augusta, Feb. 15, 1862. 
Frank W. Whitney, Farmington, Died of disease at Washington, April 15, 

1862. 



BOSTEli OF COMPANY F. 541 

COMPANY F. 

CAPTAINS. 

MAYHEW, XATHAX. —Merchant; age^; b. Liveimore; res. Portlaiul; 
en. a portion of the co. ; mus. Oct. I'n, '61, as capt.; resigned May 15, '02. 

BOOTHBY, STEPHEN. — Lawyer; age 27; b. Livermore; res. Portland; en. 
a portion of the co. ; mus. Oct. 19, 'Gl, as 1st lieut. ; com. capt. May 20, 
'62; aide-de-camp on the staff of Col. Allen, mil. gov. Frederick, Md., 
from Sept. '62, till Jan. '63; com. maj. March 26, '63. [See field and staff, 
and pp. 73, 92, 99, 126.] 

PHILLIPS, WALSTEIN.— Student; age 24; b. and r. Portland; en. Sept. 
23, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. r9 as sergt. ; ap. Istsergt.; com. 2d lieut. 
May 1.5, and 1st lieut. May 20, '62; com. capt. Feb. 16, '63; served as 
com'sy of musters on the staff of Gen. Gregg, comdg. 2d div. c. c. from 
June, '63, till June 24, '64, when he was killed in action at St. Mary's 
church. [See p. 294-296.] 

BIBBEPv, ANDREW H. — Com. capt. Co. F, from adjt., July 11, '64; in 
command of dismounted camp, Sept. '64; served as a. a. a. g. 2d cav. 
div. from Oct. '64, till March 18, '65, when com. capt. and a. a. g. U. S. 
Vols, and served on the staff of Gen. Smith, comdg. 3d brig. 2d div. c. c. 
till the close of the war; m. o. Sept. '65. [See field and staff, and p. 395.] 

WILSOX, JOEL. — Tea(iher; age 22; b. and r. Gorham; en. Sept. 23, '61, 
Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as Corp.; pro. sergt. '62; horse shot under him at 
Brandy Station, June 9, '63, and in the charge at Upperville, June 21, '63; 
pro. 1st sergt. July 1, '63; horse shot in action at Halltown. July 15, '63; 
com. 1st lieut. Aug. 25, '64; on detached service as a. a. q. m. at cav. 
depot, City Point, Oct. and Nov. '64; horse shot under him at Sailor's 
Creek, April 6, '65; com. capt. May 13, '65; m. o. with regt. [See pp. 157, 
262, 445.] 

FIE ST LIEUTENANTS. 

HAERIS, WILLIAM. — Surveyor; age 30; b. East Machias; res. Machias; 
en. Sept. 23, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as sergt.; com. 2d lieut. Sept. 
1, '62, and 1st lieut. Feb. 16, '63; on the early morning of May 17, '64, at 
Jones' bridge, on the Chickahominy, as the regt. was about to resume its 
march, Lieut. Harris was found near a house just outside the camp, 
shot through the head; by what hand or by what means was not known. 
His revolver lay by his side, with one chamber empty. He was buried 
in camp, his grave receiving such recognition as camp burials could 
bestow. [See pp. 194, 199, 237, 270.] 

William Harris was born in East Machias, Me., June 30, 1827. He en- 
listed in Portland in the autumn of 1861, as a private in the First Maine 
Cavalry, and was mustered into the United States service October 19, of the 
same year, as sergeant in Co. F. He was subsequently promoted to second 
and tlfen to first lieutenant. He was killed in the line of duty May 17, 18()4. 

As a man, Lieut. Harris was highly rcsjKcted by all who knew him, and 



542 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

as an officer, he had few superiors in the vohmteer service of the country. 
Reserved and yet <ienial, brave but not reckless, impetuous l)ut self-pos- 
sessed, with the bearin.ii' find spirit of a true soldier, and a heart that burned 
with pure patriotism, he was well qualified to serve his country and win 
fame for himself as the commander of an army. He sleeps in a soldier's 
grave on the southern bank of the Chickahominy, near Jones' bridge. 

LOUGEE, JOHX E. — Farmei^ige 25; b. and r. Parsonsfield; en. Oct. 1, 
'61, Portland; mus. Oct. lOJ^ftcorp.; pro. sergt. Dec. 23; re-en. Dec. 81, 
'63; wd. and pris. near Eicl^rond, on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; 
ex. and rejoined co. '64; pro. 1st sergt. Nov. 1, '04; com. 1st lieut. May 
13, '65; m. o. with regt. 



SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

STEVENS, JAKVIS C — Merchant; age 23; b. Paris; res. Portland; en. 
Sept. 23, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 10, as 2d lieut.; com. 1st lieut. and 
adjt. May 12, '62. [See field and staff, and p. 27.] 

BIGELOW, EUSTACE C. — Q. m. sergt. of regt. ; com. 2d lieut. Co. F, May 
23, '62; acting com'sy of regt. Aug. '62, and com. 1st lieut. and com'sy 
Sept. 1, '62. [See field and staff, and p. 73.] 

BOYD, WILLIAM L. —Sergt. maj.; com. 2d lieut. Feb. 10, '63; acting adjt. 
Jan. '64; com. 1st lieut. and adjt. July 16, '64. [See field and staff, Co. 
M, and pp. 262, 281.] 

WHITE, LORENZO. — Boot bottomer; age 26; b. Burrillville, R.L; res. Paris; 
en. Sept. 25, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; wd. in the arm at 
Cedar Mountain, Aug 9, '62; pro. corp. '62, and sergt. '63; re-en. Dec. 31, 
'63; com. 2d lieut. Aug. 25, '64; m. o. May 22, '65, from hospital, Wash- 
ington. 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

LiBBY, Henry T. — Carpenter; age 34; b. Otisfield; res. Standish; en. Sept. 

23, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as corp.; pro. 1st sergt. May 20, '62; com. 

sup. 2d lieut. Sept. 1, '62, and m. o. Jan. 10, '03, by order, the War Dept. 

not recognizing that grade. 
Haavkes, Ben.jamix G. — Mason; age 25; b. Minot; res. Biddeford; en. 

Sept. 26, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as sergt.; pro. 1st sergt. Jan. 17, 

'63; killed at Middleburg, June 19, '63. 
Bolton, Horacp: W. — Millman; age 23; b. Orrington; res. Newport; en. 

Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 17, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 19, as sergt.; pro. 1st 

sergt. '04; absent sick at tr. ; disch. from hosj^ital, Philadelphia, Penn., 

by order, July 10, '05. 
DoLi.iVER, John F. — Blacksmith; age 23; b. and r. Kenduskeag; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C. Aug. 15, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15, as sergt.; wd. in front of 

Petersburg, Jvme 15, '64; joined co. after tr. ; pi'o. 1st sergt. '65; m. o. 

with regt. 

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT. 

Hamilton, George F. — Laborer; age 30; b. Penobscot; res. Newport; en. 
Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 11, '63, Stetscm; mus. Oct. 15, as sergt.; pro. q. m. 
sergt. '64; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. June 30, '65, by 
order; had previously served and en. as a veteran. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY F. 543 



CUM.MlSSAliY SERGEANTS. 

Jack, Hai!I!Isox J. — Machinist; age 20; b. Portland; res. AVesthrook; on. 

Sept. 24, "Gl, Portland; nius. Oct. 19, as jirivate; pro. corp. May 20, '02, 

and sergt. Jan. \i\, '0-!; pro. coni'sy sergt. 'GO; killed near Richmond, on 

the Dahluren raid, March 1,' 04. 
Ci.Ai'.K, Pail F. R. — Farmer; age 29; b. Orono; res. Stetson; en. Co. D, 

1st D. V. Aug. 12, '(U), Stetson; mns. Oct. 15, as sergt; pro. com'sy sergt. 

'()4; pris. at Sycamore chnrch, Sept. Ki, '04; disch. by order, JuneoO, '0.>, 

from hospital at Angusta, Me. 



SERGEANTS. 

HiLTOX, Joseph M. — Student; age 19; b. and r. Xew Gloucester; en. Sept. 
2;-], '01, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. May 0, '02. 

Holt, "William T. — Student; age 19; b. and r. North Yarmouth; en. Sept. 
20, '01, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. April 4, '02. 

Knight, Edwix D. — Shoemaker; age 20; b. and. r. Pownal; en. Sept. 2.'!, 
'01, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Washington, Nov. 24, '(i2. ' 

Harris, Elisha DeWolf. — Farmer; age 21; b. Nova Scotia; res. Port- 
land; en. Oct. 18, '01, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; i^ro. corp. "02, 
and sergt. '03; re-en. Dec. 31, '(>3; pris. near Kichmond, on the Dahlgren 
raid, March 1, '04; kept on Belle Isle; released May ."), '04; rejoined co.; 
m. o. June 20, '0.5. 

Chase, Geoege H. — Ship-carpenter; age 29; b. Freeport; res. Yarmouth; 
en. Oct. 21, '01, Portland; mus. Nov. 20, as private; pro. corp. Dec. 25,' 
'01, and sergt. Jan. 1, '03; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

Chase, James A. — Ship-carpenter; age 27; b. Freeport; res. Yarmouth; 
en. Oct. 21, '01, Portland; naus. Nov. 20, as private; pro. corp. May 20, 
'02, and sergt. Jan. 1, '03; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; m. o. June 20, '05. 

HoLYOKE, Horace P. — Student; age 21; b. Brewer; res. Yarmouth; en. 
Oct. 3, '01, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; pro. corp. '02, and sergt. 
'03; wd. severely at Middleburg, June 19, '03, receiving several wounds; 
disch. Dec. 12, '03, for dis. arising from wounds. 

Whitcomb, Otis W. — Soldier; age 22; b. and r. Etna; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. 
Aug. 11, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. at Roanoke bridge, Va., June 
23, '04; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Greeley, David. — Cooper; age 21; b. and r. Kenduskeag; en. Co. D, 1st 
D. C. Aug. 14, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 
20, '05. 

Smiley, Charles C. — Cooper; age 25; b. Skowhegan; res. Levant; en. 
Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 15, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore 
church, Sept. 10, '04; died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 15, '04. 

Bolton, Daniel V. — Farmer; age 43; b. Kenduskeag; res. Orrington; 
en. Co. D, 1st D. C. Sept. 14, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15, as private; pro. 
sergt. '04; absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. May 18, '05, at hospital, Nor- 
folk, Va. 

Dunning, Alonzo. — Farmer; age 31; b. and r. Charleston; en. Co. D, 1st 
D. C. Sept. 11, '03, Charleston; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. after tr. ; m. o. 
June 20, '05. 

Eveletii, Melvin W. — Clerk; age 21; b. Durham; res. Portland; en. and 
mus. July 30, '02, as private; joined co. Aug. 15; pro. corp. '03; on duty 
in brig. q. m. dept. '04; i:)ro. sei-gt. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Bridgham, Samuel W. — River-driver; age 23; res. Newburg; en. Co. D, 
1st D. C. Aug. 25, '03; mus. Oct. 15, as corp. ; joined co. at tr. ; pro. sergt. 
'05; m. o. with regt. 



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FIBST MAINE CAVALEY. 



Hali.owell, Henry F. — Teamster; age 38; h. Gray; res. Portland; en. 

Sept. 30, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as wagoner; re-en. Jan. 8, '64; pro. 

sergt. '6.5; m. o. with regt. 
Vaeney, Geokge a. — Farmer; age 19; 1). and r. Newburg; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 2.5, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15, as private; joined co. after tr. ; 

pro. Corp. and sergt. '65; m. o. with regt. 

CORPORALS. 

Hazen, Joiix B. — Farmer; age 25; b. Sweden: res. Westbrook; en. Oct. 8, 
'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis: May 5, '62. 

Lowell. Albert. — Shoemaker; age 26; b. Falmouth; res. Portland; en. 
Sept. 27, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. Nov. 11, '62, at 
Frederick, Md. 

Akers, Joiix M. — Merchant; age 21; b. Westbrook; res. HoUis; en. Sept. 
23, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Washington, May 6, '62. 

LovELL, Daniel K. — Seaman; age 33; b. Falmouth; res. North Yarmouth; 
en. Oct. 4, '61, Portland; mus^Oct. 19; tr. to v. r. c. Nov. 4, '63. 

Johnson, Walter. — Teamster; age 23; b. Cape Elizabeth; res. Portland; 
en. Sept. 26, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, '61; in hospital at Frederick, 
Md., Jan. 17, '63. 

Walker, Charles. — Mechanic; age 22; b. North Yarmouth; res. Yar- 
mouth; en. Oct. 11, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; pro. corp. '62; 
disch. for dis. at Frederick, Feb. 7, '63. 

Luce, Joseph P. — Sailor; age 27; b. Skowhegan; res. Bangor; en. Oct. 23, 
'61, Augusta; mus. Nov. 26, as private; pro. corp. '62; disch. for dis. at 
Frederick, Nov. 11, '62. 

Lord, John T. — Student; age 21; b. Hiram; i-es. Limington; en. Sept. 23, 
'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 20, as private; pro. corp. '63; wd. and pris. at 
Shepardstown, July 16, '63; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined co. ; m. o. Nov. 25, 
'64, ex. of ser. 

Beals, Waldo C. — Farmer; age 23; b. Leeds; res. Patten; en. Oct. 17, '61, 
Augusta; mus. Oct. 19, as private; pro. corp. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. 
of ser. 

Henly, Harmon T. — Sailor; age 20; b. and r. Cape Elizabeth; en. Oct. 15, 
'61, Portland; mus. Nov. 26, as private; wd. at Cedar Mountain, Aug\ 
9, '62; pro. corp. '63; pris. on the Little Washington reconnoissance, 
Oct. 12, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Skillings, Charles W. — Student; age 18; b. and r. Portland; en. Sept. 
30, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; pro. corp. '63; pris. on the 
reconnoissance to Little Washington, Oct. 12, '63; was confined in vari- 
ous prisons in the south, and was released March 21, '65, from Vicks- 
biirg, Miss. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Merrill, Lewis. — Farmer; age 18; b. Waterford; res. Oxford; en. Oct. 1, 
'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 20, as private; pro. corj). ^&S: re-en Dec. 31, 
'63; killed at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64. 

Merrill, John H. — Barber; age 21; b. New Gloucester; res. Portland; en. 
and mus. Aug. 4, '62; joined co. Aug. 15; pris. at Upperville, June 21, 
'63; ex. Sept. 8, and rejoined co. ; pro. corp. '63; killed at Black Creek, 
near White House Landing, June 21, '64. [See p. 173.] 

Knight, Zebulon. — Age 31; b. and r. Otisfield; en. Oct. 4, '01, Portland; 
mus. Oct. 20, as private; pro. corp. '63; tr. to v. r. c. Jan. 3, '64. 

Toothaker, Levi. — Aged 22; b. and r. Brunswick; en. Sept. 30,''61, Port- 
land; mus. Oct. 19, as private; pro. corp. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 
ser. 

Gore, Charles H. — Stone-cutter; age 30; b. and r. Westbrook; en. Sept. 
28, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. corp. 
'64; m. o. June 20, '65. 



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Sergt. HORACE P. HOLYOKE, Co. F. 
Sheldon, Iowa. 





GUSTAVUS GRANT, Co. F. 

Died in Andersonville, 

July 28, '64. 



Capt. ANDREW H. BIBBER, Co. F. 
Capt. and Asst. Adjt. Gen. U. S. Vol. 



FRANK PACOTT, Co. F. 
Rockland. 





Bugler ALBERT C. SKILLINGS, 
Portland. 



HORATIO B. SOULE, Co. F. 



liOSTER OF COMPANY F. 



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8MITII, James II. — A^e 1!>; li. Noitli Yarmouth; res. New Gloucester; en. 

Sept. 28, "61, Portland; mus. Oet. 19, as private; re-en. Dec. ol, '(>:>; pro. 

Corp. Jan. 1, '04; ni. o. with re<;t. 
LouGEE, Samuel. — Farmer; age 2:5; b. Etna; res. Exeter; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 11, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; died in hospital, New York, 

Oct. 15, '64. 
Knowi.es, John. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Corinna; en. Co. D, 1st D. C 

Sept. 15, '63; mus. Oct. 13; joined co. at tr. ; mortally wd. in charge at 

Sailor's Creek, April 6, '65, and died April 15, at c. c. hosp. City Point. 
McKexney, Damei. K. —Laborer; age 28; b. and r. Stetson; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 11, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 

16, '()4, and died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 15, '64. 
Sleepeh, Hikam B. — Teamster; age 23; b. and r. Kendu,skeag; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C. Aug. 11, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; disch. 

by order, July 24, '65, at Augusta. 
White, Austin B. — Age 21 ; b. and r. Levant; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 18, 

'63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. June 15, '64, in front of Petersburg, Va.; 

disch. for dis. at Philadelphia, Dec. 29, '64. 
Davis, Daniel F. — Farmer; age 20; b. Freedom; res. Stetson; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C, and mus. Oct. 15', '63; disch. June 10, '65, at Augusta, Me.; 

governor of the state of Maine, ISSO. 
Kelley, George S. — Age 18; b. and r. Newbu.rg; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 

21, '63, Stetson; musT Oct. 15; joined co. after tr.; wd. severely at Din- 
widdle Court House, March 31, '65, and died of wounds at Armory 

Square hospital, April 20, '65. 
LouGEE, Enoch W. —Shoemaker; age 21; b. and r. Parsonsfield ; en. Sept. 

30, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 20, as private; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. corp. 

'65; m. o. with regt. 
Evans, Harrison S.— Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Greenbush; en. Sept. 30, 

'61, Bangor; mus. Oct. 19, as private; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. corp. '65; 

m. o. with regt. 
Bingham, Isaac. — Farmer; age 32; b. and r. Clinton; en. Dec. 2, '63, Bel- 
fast; mus. Dec. 7, as private; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; pro. corp. '65; m. o. 

June 20, '65. 
Hamilton, Dimon. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Aug. 30, 

'62, Cornish; mus. Sept. 2; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; ex. 

and rejoined co. ; disch. 6. O. No. 83. 
Wentworth, Orrin S. — Farmer; age 18; b. Waldo; res. Weld; en. as vet- 
eran recruit, Feb. 9, '64, Belfast; mus. Feb. 12, as private; joined co. 

March 9; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
HuKD, Samuel, Jr. —Farmer; age 18; b. Wellington; res. Stetson; en. Co. 

D, 1st D. C. Aug. 14, '63; mus. Oct. 15, as private; joined co. after tr. ; 

pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Souther, Atavood C — Laborer; age 23; b. and r. Levant; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 13, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp, '65; 

m. o. with regt. 

BUGLERS. 

Pierce, Alfred. —Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Baldwin; en. Oct. 3, '61, Port- 
land; mus. Oct. 19; tr. to regt. band, April 20, '62, andtr. back to co. 
Aug. 26; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. [See first band.] 

MuRCH, Alfred B. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Baldwin; en. Oct. 3, '61, 
Portland ; mus. Oct. 19; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Dam, Charles F. — Barber; age 19; b. Lowell; res. Portland; en. Sept. 23, 
'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; ap. bugler, '62; on detached ser- 
vice, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 



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Skillings, Albert C. — Tinsmith; age 21; h. and r. Portland; en. Sept. 

30, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; ap. bugler, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'64, ex. of ser. 
Stixchfield, Frank H. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Dover; en. and mus. 

Dec. 1^0, '63, Bangor, as private; joined co. Jan. 11, '64; ap. bugler, '64; 

m. o. with regt. 
Pease, George L. — Farmer; age 18; b. Exeter; res. Bradley; en. Co. D, 

IstD. C. Aug. 19, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore church, 

Sept. m, '64; died in pris. at Salisbury, X. C, Xov. 28, ()4. 
Staples, Daniel L. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Swanville; en. Feb. 10, 

64, Winterport; mus. Feb. 16; joined co. March 9, '64; ap. bugler, '64; 

m. o. June 20, '65. 

FARRIERS. 

Knowlton, Samuel J. — Blacksmith; age 30; b. Xobleboro; res. Boothbay; 

en. Oct. 28, '61, Augusta; mus. Xov. 26; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Chick, Frederick L. — Blacksmith; age 23; b. and r. Limington; en. Sept. 

23, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; pris. at Halltown, July 15, '63; ex. Oct. 

24, '63; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Stearns, John Pt. —Teamster; age 28; b. Bradford; res. Orneville; en. Co. 

D, 1st D. C. Aug. 19, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. 

■with regt. 
Cannel, Joun J. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Gorham; en. and mus. Sept. 

30, '64, Portland; joined co. Dec. 1; disch. by order, at hospital, Balti- 
more, June 1, '65. 

SADDLERS. 

MVFFITT, James H.— Farmer; age 29; b. Westbrook; res. Thorndike; en. 

Oct. 1, '61, Belfast; mus. Oct. 20; disch. for dis. at Front Royal, Va., 

June 5, '62. 
Garrett, Orrin L. — Saddler; age 28; b. Carrituck; res. Bath; en. and 

mus. Aug. 14, '62, Bath, as private; ap. saddler, '64; disch. G. O. Xo. S3. 

WAGONERS. 

Jackson, Samuel H. — Age 23; b. Wales; res. Portland ; en. Oct. 4, '61, Port- 
land; mus. Oct. 19, as private; ap. wagoner, '64; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. 
of ser. 

Daniels, Richard M. —Laborer; age 20; b. Orono; res. Stetson; ,en. Co. 
D, IstD. C.Aug. 13, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 31, as private; joined co. 
after tr.; ap. wagoner, '65; m. o. with regt. 

PRIVATES. 

Allen, Henry C— Farmer; age 28; b. and r. Xew Gloucester; en. Oct. 2, 
'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Warrenton Junction, Va., 
May 4, '62. 

Beal, Charles F.— Seaman; age 19; b. Lewiston; res. Augusta; en. Oct. 
23, '61, Augusta; mus. Xov. 26; died of typhoid fever at College hospi- 
tal, Georgetown, D. C, Feb. 6, '63. 

Bennett, Preston. —Laborer; age 23; b. and r. Plymouth; en. Co. D, 1st 
D. C. Aug. 13, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. at Reams' Station, Aug. 
23, '64; disch. by order, Aug. 12, '65, at Augusta. 

Berry, Stephen A. — Farmer; age 44; b. Xew Durham; res. Garland; en. 
Co. D, 1st D. C. Sept. 25, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr.; 
m. o. June 20, '65. 



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547 



BiCKNKLL, Isaac S. — Farmer; age oO; b. Newport; res. Stetson; en. Co. 

U, 1st D. C. Oct. 5, '();], .Stetson; niiis. Oct. lo; died in Armory Square 

hospital, Wasliini^ton, Dec. ol, '04. 
BlackingTon, Geokge E. — Farmer; age 18; b. Tliomaston; res. Warren; 

en. Sept. 23, 'Gl, Tliomaston; mus. Oct. 20; wd. Deep Bottom, Aug. 1(J, 

'64; m. o. Xov. 2.^, '(54, ex. of ser. 
BOYB, Jamks W. — Laborer; ageo4; b. Levant; res. Plymouth; en. C^o. D, 

1st U. C. Aug. 10, '6:5, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. 

Juno 20, '05. 
Brackett, Alvin M. — Farmer; age 18; b. ILarrison; res. Yarmouth: en. 

Oct. 7, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; killed on the Dahlgren raid, night of 

March 1, '65. 
BUCKMAN, WiNFiELD S.— Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Minot; en. and mus. 

Sept. 13, '04, Lewiston; joined co. Oct. 20; disch. G. O. No. 8:3. 
BuKNiiAM, LINSDAT.E. — Sailor; age 22; b. and r. Bristol; en. Oct 7, 'fil, 

Portland; mus. Oct. li); disch. for dis. at Washington, '(i2. 
Carlinoj, Michael. —Teamster; age 20; b. and r. Portland; en. and mus. 

Dec. 5, '6:3, Portland; joined co. Jan. 11, '04; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, 

March 1,'64; died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. :3, '64 — buried in 

grave Xo. 7744. 
Caverly, John. — Laborer; age 18; b. Exeter; res. Stetson; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 1:3, '0:3, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. June 

20, '65. 
Caverly, Oriux B.— Laborer; age 28; b. and r. Newport; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 15, 'do, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; died Dec. 

;31, '64, at home. 
Chase, William F. — Carpenter; age 2:3; b. and r. Freeport; en. Jan. 24, 

'62; mus. Feb. 12; died of disease at City Point hospital, Nov. it, '64. 
Clakk, Nathan. — Mechanic; age 28; b. Exeter; res. Stetson; en. ('o. D, 

1st D. C. Aug. i;3, '63, Stetson-' mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. 
Clifford, Elisha A. — Clerk; age 23; b. and r. Eomney, N. H. ; mus. 

June 21, '62; pro. sergt. maj. Feb. 10, '03; resigned warrant and again 

assigned to Co. F, Jan. 31, '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. [See field and staff.] 
Clouser, John. — Laborer; age 20; res Westbrook; en. and mus. Oct. 18, 

'64, Portland; joined co. Dec. 1; pris. at Appomattox Court House, April 

9, '65, just before Lee's surrentler, and released same day; m. o. with 

regt. 
Colby, Cornelius. — Butcher; age 26; b. Topsham; res. Portland; en. 

and mus. Oct. 20, '04, Portland; joined co. Dec. 1; wd. severely at Din- 
widdle, March 31, '05; m. o. with regt. 
Cole, Joseph G. — Student; age 21; b. and r. Paris; en. Sept. ;30, '61, Port- 
land; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Md., Nov. 10, '62. 
Cole, Orison W. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Etna; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. 

Aug. 14, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 

'04; disch. by order, Aug. 15, '65. 
Coleman, Elisha H. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Unity; en. Dec. 4, '6:3, 

Belfast; mus. Dee. 7; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; wd. at Dinwiddie, March 

31, '65; disch. April 28, '65, by order. 
Connor, Peter C. — Miller; age 25; b. Galway, Ire.; res. Paris; en. Oct. 2, 

'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; m. o. Nov. 25. '64, ex. of ser. 
Corliss, Samuel M. — Laborer; age :32; b. and r. Freeport; en. and mus. 

Feb. 15, '64, Portland; killed, by being thrown from cars near Augusta, 

Me., Oct. 12, '64. 
Cross, Asa V. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Sebec; en. and mus. Dec. 30, '63, 

Bangor; joined co. March 9, '64; pris. May, '04; disch. by order, at Au- 
gusta, June :30, '05. 
CumminctS, Frederick A. — Farmer; ag§ 20; b. and r. Paris; en. Oct. 1, '61 
Portland; mus. Oct. 19; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; m. o. June 20, '65. 



548 FIB ST MAINE CAVALBY. 

Cutting, George D. — Farmer; age 24: b. Xatiok, Mass.; res. Waterboro; 

en. Aug. 30, '62, Waterboro; mus. Sept. 2; joined co. Oct. 15; cliscli. 

G. O. No. S3. 
Daniels, William H. — Farmer; age 34; b. and r. Exeter; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 21, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. after tr. ; wd. at Din- 
widdle, March 31, '65; disch. by order, June 21, '65, Augusta. 
Dakling, Joseph T. — Sailor; age 27; b. Castine; res. Cape Elizabeth; en. 

Oct. 15, '61, Portland; mus. Nov. 26; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pris. at Prince 

George Court House, June 29, '64; ex. and rejoined co. ; m. o. June 

20, '65. , 

Davis, Benjamin F. — Sailor; age 21; b. Cumberland; res. Lyman; en. Aug. 

6, '62, Lyman; mus. Aug. 25; joined co. Oct. 15; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
Davis, Stephen. — Laborer; age IS; b. Freedom; res. Stetson; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C. Aug. 13, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pi-is. at Sycamore church, 

Sept. 16, '64; died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 9, '64. 
Devereaux, Elisha W. — Farmer; age 20; b. St. Albans; res. Newburg; 

en. Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 25, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at 

tr. ; disch. by order, at Augusta, June 22, '65. 
Dodge, Kitdolph L. — Clerk; age 21; b. Sedgwick; res. Portland; en. Sept. 

23, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Washington, Dec. 31. '62. 
Doyen, Howard M. — Millman; age 25; b. and r. Levant; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. IS, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. after tr. ; m. o. June 

20, '65. 
Drake, James F. — Farmer; age IS; b. Levant; res. Guilford; en. Oct. 24, 

'61, Portland; mus. Nov. 26; disch. for dis. June 30, '62. 
Dudley, William F. — Lumberman; age 21; b. and r. Kingfield; en. Oct. 

8, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; wd. aud pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 

1, '64; disch. from hospital, Jan. 10, '65. 
Dy'ER, Charles. — Farmer; age 32; b. Sidney; res. Etna; en. Co. D, IstD. C. 

Aug. 14, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. attr. ; discli. by order, '65. 
Eastman, ChxIrles. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Parsonsfield; en. Oct. 4, 

'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; wd. at Upperville, June 21, '63; pris. on the 

Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, '63; confined in Richmond, 

Va., and Andersonville, Ga. ; released about Maj^ 1, '65; m. o. at ex. of 

ser. [See p. 173.] 
Edwards, Nathaniel S. — Farmer; age 28; b. and r. Parsonsfield; en. Oct. 

1, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, 64; 

died in prison at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 29, '64 — grave No. 7212. 
Evans, John G. — Shoemaker; age IS; b. Greenbush; res. Guilford; en. 

July 14, '62, Greenbush; mus. Aug. 2S; joined co. Oct. 15; killed on the 

Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64. 
Evans, Lorenzo K. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Greenbush; en. Sept. 30, 

'61, Bangor; mus. Oct. 19; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; killed on the Dahlgren 

raid, March 1, '64. 
Evans, Stewart E. — Blacksmith; age IS; b. Greenbush; res. Abbott; en. 

Sept. 30, '61, Bangor; mus. Oct. 19; disch for dis. April 4, '62. 
Farris, Charles W. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Orneville; en. and mus. 

Dec. 16, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; died of disease at Warren- 
ton, Va., March 4, '64. 
Farris, Walter S. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Orneville; en. and mus. 

Dec. 16, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; died in hospital, Citv Point, 

Ya., Aug. 19, '64. 
Fitzgerald, John. — Farmer; age 45; b. Ireland; res. Waterboro; en. Aug. 

30, '62, Waterboro; mus. Sept. 2; joined co. Oct. 15; tr. to v. r. c. Nov. 

4, '62. 
Flaherty, John. — Sailor; aged 19; b. Cork, Ireland; res. Portland; en. 

and mus. Dec. 5, '63, Portland; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; m. o. with regt. 



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549 



Foi.LETT, Hkxuy II. — rowdcr-makor; n^e 24; 1). and r. Monroe; en. Feb. 

22, '64, Steuben; mus. Maicb 4; joined co. May ol; m. o. June 20, '65. 
FOAVLEK, Samvel. — r>lacksmith; aue 29; b. Whitefield; res. Stetson; en, 

Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 12, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; 
disch. by order, ISIarch 1, '65, at Augusta. 
Frasier, David. — Laborer; age 33; res. Gilead; en. and mus. Oct. 15, '64, 

Auburn; m. o. witli regt. 
Friend, Tayi.oii B. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Alfred; en. Aug. 13, '62, 

Alfred; mus. Aug. 26; joined co. Oct. 15; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Gatchell, John R. — Laborer; age 17; b. China; res. Augusta; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C. Aug. 13, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; died at City Point, Va., 

Dec. 23, '64. 
Getchele, John. — Farmer; age 27; b. Litchfield; res. Augusta; en. Co. 

D, 1st D. C. Feb. 6, '64; mus. Feb. 8; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 

'64; ex. and joined co. Jan. 12, '65; wd. at Dlnwiddie, March 31, '65; 

disch. by order, at Augusta, June 26, '65. 
GiLMAX, John M. — Age 28; res. Newport; mus. Co. D, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, 

'63; absent sick at tr. 
GooDAViN, Charles H. -Farmer; age 28; b. and r. Stetson; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 17, '63; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, '65. 
Goodwin, John W. — Laborer; age 24; b. and r. Stetson; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 12, '63; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; wd. at Dinwiddie, 

March 31, '65; disch. by order, June 6, '65, at Augusta. 
Grant, Gi'stavus. — Blockmaker; age 29; b. and r. Yarmouth; en. Oct. 7, 

'61, Fortland; mus. Oct. 19; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; 

died in prison at Anderson ville, Ga., July 28, '64. 
Hamilton, Ivory W. — Farmer; age 45; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Aug. 3, 

'62. Waterboro; mus. Sept. 2; joined co. Oct. 15; wd. at Fredericksburg, 

Dec. 13, '62; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; ex. and tr. to v. r. 

c. Dec. 31, '64. 
Hanscom, LorinCx L.— Teacher; age 22; b. Crawford; res. East Machias; 

en. and mus. Aug. 9, '62, East Machias; joined co. Oct. 15; disch. for dis. 

at Washington, Dec. 19, '62; 
Hanscom, Sylvanus L.— Student; age 19; b. and r. East Machias; en. 

Feb. 13, '64, East Machias; mus. Feb. 22; joined co. March 9; pris. at 

Jettersville, April 5, '65, and released upon surrender of Lee, April 9; 

m. o. June 20, '65. 
Harris, Isaac S. — Carpenter; age 25; b. and r. Union; en. and mus. Oct. 

19, "61, Augusta; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 

1, '64; died in prison at Andersonville, Dec. 26, '64. 
Harris, Leonard A. —Farmer; age 18; b. and r. East Machias; en. Feb. 

13, '64, East Machias; mus. Feb. 25; joined co. March 9; disch. by order, 

at Point Lookout, Md., June 8, '65. 
Harvey-, Ira B. —Farmer; age 32; b. and r. Maxfield; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. 

Aug. 25, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. at Roanoke bridge, Va., June 

25, '64; disch. by order, at Augusta, April 22, '65. 
Hassan, Albert W.— Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Camden; en. and mus. 

Feb. 13, '64, Belfast; joined co. March 9; disch. for dis. at Washington, 

Oct. 15, '64. 
Hawkes, Nathaniel S. —Farmer; age 23; b. Minot; res. Oxford; en. Sept. 

28, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; pris. on the Little Washington recon- 

noissance, Oct. 12, '63; ex. '64, and m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Heald, Edwin. — Dentist; age 18; b. Lovell; res. Portland; en. Sept. 24, 

'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. June 9, '62, 
Herrin, James W, — Farmer; age 25; b, Skowhegan; res. Plymouth; en. 

Co. D, 1st D. C, Aug, 11, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15. 
Hewitt, Ephr aim. —Laborer; age IS; b. Camden; res. Rockland; en. 

Sept. 14, '61, Thomaston; mus. Oct. 20. 



550 FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 

Hill, Edavix. —Farmer; age 34; b. and r. Garland; en. Co. D. 1st D. C. 
Aug. 12, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 
'64; released March 2-P,, '()5; disch. by order, June 30, '65, at Augusta. 

Hunter, Ai.vin. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Clinton; en. Dec. 5, "63, Bel- 
fast; mus. Dec. 7; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; yvd. at Dinwiddle, March 31, 
'65; disch. by order, June 26, '65, at Augusta. 

Huntington, James C. —Carpenter; age 40; b. Litchfield; res. Bradford; 
en. Co. D, 1st D. C. Sept. 13, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at 
tr. ; joined co. and m. o. with regt. 

HuET), CuAiiLES C— Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Exeter; en. Co. D, 1st D. 

C. Sept. 14, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr., and disch. for 
dis. March 23, '65. 

Jackson, Geokge W.— Cooper; age 19; b. Levant; res. Portland; en. and 
mus. Co. D, 1st D. C. June 14, '64, Portland; pris. at Sycamore church, 
Sept. 16, '64; ex. and joined co. March 9, '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Jackson, John B. — Mechanic; age 27; b. Belfast. Ireland; res. Portland; 
en. Sept. 26, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. Jan. 3, '63, at 
Frederick. 

Jackson, Moses T. — Cooper; age 19; b. Xeifport; res. Kenduskeag; en. 

Co. D, 1st D. C. Sept. 22, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15: killed in theassaidt 

on Petersburg, June 15, '64. 
Jenkins, Alex andee. — Farmer; age 26; b. and r. Newport; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 16, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by 
order, June 30, '65, at Augusta. 

Jenkins, James. — Farmer; age 45; b. and r. Scarboro; en. Dec. 3, '63, Bel- 
fast; mus. Dec. 7; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; disch. for dis. at Washington, 
Oct. 26, '64. 

Johnson, Albert H. — Mariner; age 2S; b. and r. Gorham; en. Jan. 2, '64, 

Portland; mus. Jan. 5; joined co. Jan. 23; tr. to imvj, April 19, '64. 
Johnson, Henry. — Farmer; age 28; b. Augusta; res. Waterboro; en. Aug. 

29, '62, Waterboro; mus. Sept. 2; tr. to v. r. c. at Washington, Dec. '63. 
Johnson, John F. — Farmer; age 18; b. Cape Elizabeth ; res. Portland; en. 

Oct. 2, '62, Augusta; mus. Oct. 13; joined co. same month; killed at 

Farmville, Ya., April 7, '65. 

Johnson, Samuel M. — Farmer; age 30; b. Brown ville; res. Milo; en. and 
mus. Dec. 16, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; killed at Sailor's 
Creek, April 6, '65. 

Johnson, William L. — Farmer; age 26; b. and r. Milo; en. and mus. Dec. 
16, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; died at Carver hospital, Wash- 
ington, April 17, '65, from wounds received at Sailors Creek, April 6. 

Johnson, William P. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Lincoln ville ; en. Dec. 4, 
'(>:], Belfast; mus. Dec. 7; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; disch. for dis. at 
Augusta, Dec. 6, '64. 

Jordan, Hiram C. — Blacksmith; age 32; b. Cape Elizabeth; res. Port- 
land; en. Sept. 26, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Fred- 
erick, Nov. 24, '62. 

Keisee, John S. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Corinth; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. 
Sept. 14, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. in action in front of Petersburg, 
June 15, '64; absent in hospital at tr. and at m. o. of regt. 

Kennard, William K. — Cooper; age 19; b. Newport; res. Etna; en. Co. 
D, 1st D. C. Sept. 8, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; disch. 
by order, at Augusta, June 20, '65. 

Lampiier, William A. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Sebec; en. and mus. 
Dec. 30, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64. 

Lawrence, David. — Laborer; age 32; b. Newport; res. Stetson; en. Co. 
D, 1st D. C. Aug. 12, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore church, 
Sept. 16, '64; disch. by order, at Augusta, July 10, '65. 



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Lewis, Almox. — Farmer; age 24; b. Clinton; res. Newport; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aufy. l;3, '();5, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr., and disch. 

at hospital, Augusta, ^Nlay 28, 'Oo. 
Lowell, Daxikl W. — Farmer; age 21; 1). and r. Plymouth; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. l.>, '().!, Stetson; mus. Oct. V>; absent sick at tr.; disch. July 

10, 'G."), Augusta. 
LouGEE, William H. — Shoemaker; age 21; res. Parsonsfield ; mus. Oct. 

19, '01; m. o. Nov. 2.5, '64, ex. of ser. 
Mantek, Bex.jamix a. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Parkman; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C. Aug. 19, 'G:], Stetson; mus. Oct. 1.5; joined co. at tr. ; pris. at 

Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, 'G4; m. o. June 20, '0.5. 
Mason, Joxas W. — Artist; age 22; b. Yarmouth; res. Portland; en. Oct. 

4, '01, Portland; mus. Oct. ID; died of disease, Jan. 10, '04, at Washing- 
ton. 
McCoRRisox, James, Jij. — Cooper; age 25; b. Baldwin; res. Kenduskeag; 

en. Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. IS, 'G."], Stetsim; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Syca- 
more church, Sept. 10, '64; m. o. June 20, '05. 
McFee, Joiix. — Sailor; age 21 ; res. Westbrook; en. and Aius. Oct. 18, '64, 

Portland; joined co. Dec. 1; m. o. with regt. 
McGaffey, Otis. — Farmer; age IS; b. and r. Mount Vernon ; en. Oct. 2, 

'01, Portland; mus. Oct. 20; died of disease at Frederick, Md., Nov. 24, 

'02. 
McKexxey, Eichaed. — Farmer; age 30; b. and r. New^port; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 15, '68, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by 

order. May 22, '65. 
Melvix, Edwix B.— Farmer; age 21; b. Levant; res. Exeter; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C. Aug. 25, 'Oo, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. 

June 20, '65. 
Miller, Aloxzo D. — Farmer; age 30; b. and r. Bangor; en. and mus. Dec. 

14, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; wd. at St. Mary's church, June 
24, '04; disch. for dis. Nov. 17, '04, at Washington. 

Mitchell, Edward P. — Farmer; age 25; b. North Yarmouth ; res. Wales; 

en. Oct. 28, '61, Auj^ista; mus. Nov. 20; disch. for dis. April 28, '02. 
MOXK, Eugexe. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Thomaston; en. Oct. 1, '01, 

Thomaston; mus. Oct. 20; disch. for dis. May 14, '62. 
Moore, Nathax". — Shoemaker; age 39; b. Lew^iston; res. Orono; en. 

Co. D, 1st D. C. Jan. 4, '64, Stetson; mus. Feb. 8; joined co. at tr. ; 

m. o. June 20, '65. 
Mulvey, John. — Kecruit at close of war; no enlistment papers furnished. 
NiCKERSox', William H. H. — Farmer; age 23; b. Dover; res. Newport; 

en. Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 11, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. at Roanoke 

bridge, June 23, '64; m. o. June 20, "65. 
NoLAX', Michael. — Laborer; age 24; res. Biddeford; en. Oct. 8, '64, Port- 
land; mus. Oct. 18; joined co. Dec. 1; killed at Dinwiddle, March 31, 

'65. 
Pacott, Frax'k. — Seaman; age 19; b. Martinique, W. I.; res. Bockland; 

en. Sept. 14, '61, Thomaston; mus. Oct. 20; re-en. Dec. 31, 'do; tr. to 

navy, April 19, '64. 
Page, Johx. — Farmer; age 44; b. Orono; res. Newport; en. Co. D, 1st D. 

C. Aug. 15, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. in front of Petersburg, June 

15, '64; in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

P AixE, Richard H. — Age 21 ; b. Brow nfield ; res. Portland ; en. and mus. 

Aug. 11, '62, Portland; joined co. Oct. 15; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Perkins, Isaac T. — Ship-builder; age 22: b. and r. Biddeford; en. 

Aug. 30, '62, Biddeford; mus. Sept. 1; joined co. Oct. 15; disch. G. O. 

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Phelps, George W. — Seaman: a<ye 24; b. Trescott; res. Portland; en. Oct. 

7, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; died at Middletown, Md., Sept. 27, "62, 

from wounds received at South Mountain, Sept. 13, '02. 
Pitts, Isaac S. — Carpenter; age 22; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Aug. 30, '62, 

Waterboro; mus. Sept. 12; joined co. Oct. 1.5; disch. G. O. No. So. 
Plummer, Jeremiah S.— Bricklayer; age 30; b. Danville: res. Portland; 

en. Oct. 5, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 20; disch. for dis. May 6, '62. 
Prescott, James X. — Farmer; age 28; b. and r. Exeter; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. 

Aug. 14, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 

'64; disch. by order, Sept. IS, '6.5. 
QuiMBY, William B. — Laborer; age 25; b. Glenburn; res. Stetson; en. Co. 

D, 1st D. C. Aug. 17, '63, Newport; mus. Oct. 15. 
Qxjixx, JoHX. — Ship-cari)enter; age 25; b. and r. Lawrence; en. and mus. 

Dec. 23, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 11, '64; reported died of disease, 

July, '64, while on detached duty. 
Eeed, Ambrose. — Lumberman; age 18; b. and r. Orono; en. Sept. 30, '61, 

Bangor; muK. Oct. 19; wd. at Middleburg, June 19, '63; disch. for dis. at 

Portsmouth, ^ec. 30, '63. 
KiCE, Thomas D. — Soldier; age 22; b. and r. Plymouth; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. 

Aug. 15, '63, Orono; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
EiCKER, Hexry D. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Milo; en. and mus. Dec. 16, 

'63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 11, '64; wd. at Dinwiddle Court House, 

March 31, '65; disch. by order, June 6, '65, at Augusta. 
EiNG, James C. — Clerk; age 18; b. Boston, Mass; res. Dover; en. and 

mus. June 21, '62; disch. for dis. at Washington, Aug. 9, '64. 
EOLFE, Asa H. — Laborer; age 21; b. and r. Wellington; en. Co. D, IstD. C. 

Aug. 16, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
EoYAL, Andrew J. —Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Pownal; en. Oct. 4, '61, 

Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Nov. 4, '62. 
EoYAL, George S. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Pownal; en. Sept. 26, '61, 

Portland; mus. Oct. 19; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
EOYAL, William F. — Shoemaker; age 23; b. and%-. Pownal; en. Sept. 26, 

'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. June 30, '62. 
EussELL, Bex.jamin F. — Farmer; age 25; b. Eipley; res. Exeter; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C. Sept. 14, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. : m. o. 

June 20, "65. 
EussELL, Charles A. — Farmer; age IS; b. Eipley; res. Exeter; en. Co. D, 

1st D. C. Aug. 27, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. 

June 20, '65. 

SAMPSo:sr, Enoch. — Merchant; age .34; b. Topsham; res. Augusta; en. Oct. 
11, '61, Augusta; mus. Nov. 4; pris. on the Little Washington reconnois- 
sance, Oct. 12, '63; died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 12, "64. 

Shaav, Daniel W. — Bookbinder; age 26; b. and r. Portland; en. Sept. 26, 
'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 20; tr. to v. r. c. Nov. 4, '63. 

Shaav, Francis A. — Laborer; age 27; b. Standish; res. Corinna; en. Co. D, 
IstD. C. Sept. 14, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; died in hospital at Hamp- 
ton, Va., Sept. 29, '64. 

Shaw, Prentice. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Corinna; en. Co. D, 1st D. C 

Aug. 27, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; absent sick at tr. ; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. 
Shepherd, Albert D. — Farmer; age IS; b. Montville; res. Belfast; en. Oct. 

7, '61, Belfast; mus. Oct. 20; m. 6. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Simpson, Sanford F. — Farmer; aged 22 ;b. Levant: res. Augusta; mus. Co. 

D, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, '()3; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in 

prison at Salisbury, N. C., Nov. 24, '64. 



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Smith, Wi;m>ai.l T. — Slioemaker; a<:;e 27: b. AViiulliani; its. rortlaiul; en. 
Dec. S, ■(•>;], Portland; nuis. Dec. 28; died in hospital, July 21, '04, at 
David's Island, X. Y. 

SOULE, HoKATio B. — Farmer; a^e 25; b. and r. Yarmouth; en. Oct. 10, '61, 
Augusta; nius. Oct. 19; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

SouTiiEK, Natiianiki.. —Laborer; age 28; b. Dutton; res. Levant; en. Co. 
D, 1st D. C. Aug. lo, 'Go, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; in hospital at tr., and 
disch. for dis. March 11, '05, at Washington. 

Spencek, Joseph C— Farmer; age 31; b. and r. Waterboro; en. and mus. 
Oct. 24, '04, Portland; joined co. Dec. 1; m. o. with regt. 

Speatt, Alton D. — P'armer; age 24; b. China; res. Carmel; en. Co. D, 1st 
D. C. Aug. 14, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 
16, '64, and died in prisi)n at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 24, '64. 

Steele, William H. — Tr. from 1st D. C. Cav. ; no enlistment papers fur- 
nished; disch. by order, '65. 

Stewaet, Gakdner. — Sailor; age 22; b. Port Matown, N. S. ; res. Booth- 
bay; en. Oct. 7, '61, Portland ; mus. Oct. 20; disch. for dis. at Washington, 
Nov. 8, '02. 

Stone, Cokydon O. — Laborer; age 18; b. St. Albans; res. Corinna; en. Co. 
D, 1st D. C. Aug. 14, '03, Stetson; mus. Nov. 15; joined co. at tr.; wd. at 
Appomattox, April 9, '05, but a few moments before Lee's surrender; 
disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Sweetsee, William H.— Farmer; age 23; b. and r. North Yarmouth ; en. 
Oct. 10. '01, Augusta; mus. Oct. 19; died of disease, Dec. 23, '62, near 
White Oak church, Va. 

Sylvestee, Chaeles H. — Engineer; age 31; b. Brunswick; res. Portland; 
en. Oct. 4, '01, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; tr. to v. r. c. Dec. 30, '03, at Wash- 
ington. 

Sylvestee, Waltee. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Etna; en. and mus. Sept. 
3, '04, Bangor; joined co. Oct. 25; pris. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, 
'64; disch. June 30, '65, at Augusta, by order. 

Tabee, Ciiaeles B. — Farmer; age 10; b. and r. Albion; en. Oct. 10, '01, 
Portland; mus. Oct. 19; discli. for dis. April 5, '62. 

TiBBETTS, Daniel M. — Farmer; age 30; b. and r. Exeter; en. Co. D, 1st D. 
C. Aug. 17, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; died of disease— date not known. 

Thomeson, Howaed M. — Machinist; age 23; b. Great Falls, N. H. ; res. 
Alfred; en. Aug. 13, '62, Alfred; mus. Aug. 31; joined co. Sept. 6; wd. at 
Middleburg, June 19, '63; disch. for dis. March 19, '04. 

TowNSEND, Feedeeick P. —Laborer; age 22; b. Exeter; res. Stetson; en. 
Co. D, 1st D. C. Aug. 13, '03, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. accidentally. 
May 30, '04; disch. for dis. March 20, '05, at hospital, Augusta. 

Teefethen, John T. — Millman; age 31; b. Kennebunkport; res. Biddeford; 
en. and mus. Aug. 18, '62; joined co. Sept. 6; killed at Middleburg, June 
19, '63. 

Teue, Feank W.— Farmer; age 21; b. North Yarmouth; res. Yarmouth; 
en. Oct. 11, '01, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; on duty as clerk, Fairfax Semi- 
nary hospital, Augusta, summer of '62; disch. for dis. Nov. 24, '62, at 
Washington. 

TuKESBL'RY, Geoege D. — Teamster; age 23; b. and r. Portland ; en. Sept. 
24, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

TUTTLE, John C — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Powual; en. Oct. 3, '01, Port- 
land; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. May 14, '62. 

Twitchell, James P. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Paris; en. and mus. Sept. 
13, '64, Lewiston; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

TWOMBLY, Stephen. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Yarmouth; en. Nov. 7, '61, 
Augusta; mus. Nov. 26; pris. on the Little Washington reconnoissance, 
Oct. 12, '63; jumped from the cars while being taken south, near Gaston, 



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X. C, and escaped, reaching the Union lines near XewLurn, X. C.;m. o. 
Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Vakley, John B.— Laborer; age 21; b. Kingston, C. E.; re.s. Detroit; en. 

andmus. Oct. 18, '64, Portland; joined co. Dec. 1; m. o. with regt. 
Webber, Charles H. — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Monroe; en. and mns. Feb. 

10, '64, Augusta; while at Camp Stoneman was claimed by another regt. 

and taken away. 

Webster, Elisha A. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Glenburn; en. Co. D, 1st 
D. C. Aug. 16, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. in front of Petersburg, 
June 15, '64; disch. for dis. at Fort Schuyler, Dec. 20, '64. 

Wentwohth, Ethelbert. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Union; en. and mus. 
Feb. 15, '64, Belfast; joined co. March 9; died May 8, '65, of wds. received 
at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 

Wextworth, Makcellus. — Farmer; age 18; b. Union; res. Searsmont; en. 
and mus. Feb. 15, '64, Belfast; joined co. March 9; wd. at Dinwiddle, 
March :31, '65, and injured at Appomattox Court House, April 9, '65; 
m. o. with regt. 

Wentworth, Xathaniel. — Sailor; age 19; b. andr. Bristol; en. Oct. 7, '61, 
Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. at Washington, Feb. 18, '63. 

Weymouth, Charles D. — Farmer; age 25; b. and r. Medford; en. and 
mus. Dec. 7, '63, Bangor; wd. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64; tr. to 
V. r. c. Sept. 30, '64. 

WETMorxH, Geokge a. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Clinton; en. Dec. 5, '63; 

joined co. Jan. 11, '64; killed on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64. 
Weymouth, William H. — Farmer; age 27; b. and r. Corinna; en. and 

mus. Dec. 7, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 11, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Whitcomb, Fkancis v. — Farmer; age 21; b. Thorndike; res. Etna; en. 

and mus. Sept. 3, '64, Bangor; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 
Whitcomb, George D. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Belmont; en. and mus. 

Feb. 13, '64, Belfast; joined co. May 31; wd. at Black Creek, near White 

House Landing, June 21, '64; disch. G. O. Xo. 77. 
Whitcomb, Horace V. —Laborer; age 24; b. Thorndike; res. Etna; en. Co. 

D, 1st D. C. Aug. 11, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at Sycamore 

church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. by order, June 30, '65, Augusta. 
Whitcomb, Eipley C. — Farmer; age 19; b. andr. Waldo; en. Oct. 9, '61, 

Belfa.st; mus. Oct. 20; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; disch. by order, Aug. 14, '65. 
Whitten, David H. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Clinton; en. Dec. 5, '63, 

Belfast; mus. Dec. 7; joined co. Jan. 11, '64; died in hospital, Feb. 28, '65. 
WiLLiSTON, George, Jr. — Merchant; age 18; b. and r. Brunswick; en. 

Sept. 31, '61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; disch. for dis. July 8, '62. 
Wilson, EmvARD. — Shoemaker; age 22; res. Biddeford; en. and mus. Oct. 

18, '64, Portland ; joined co. Dec. 1 ; disch. G. O. Xo. 83. 

Wilson, Horace. — Teacher; age 21; b. and r. Gorham; en. and mus. Sept* 
26, '64, Portland; on detached service at Portland till ^March 10, '65, 
when disch. to accept promotion as lieut. Co. I, 12th Me. Inf., and 
served till m. o. with that regt. 

WiTHAM, Charles W. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Abbott; en. Co. D, 1st 
D. C. Aug. 20, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; wd. at Appomattox Court 
House, April 9, '65, just before Lee's surrender; disch. by order. May 

19, '65, at Baltimore. 

Woods, George W. — Laborer; age 18; b. and r. Stetson; en. Co. D, 1st 

D. C. Aug. 12, '63, Stetson; mus. Oct. 15; joined co. at tr. ; killed at 

Dinwiddle, March 31, '05. 
Wyman, Charles W. — Sailor; age 19; b. and r. Cumberland; en. Oct. 7, 

'61, Portland; mus. Oct. 19; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Young, William H. — Farmer; age 25; b. Exeter; res. Waterboro; en. July 

13, '62, Exeter; mus. Sept. 2; joined co. Oct. 15; tr. to v. r. c. July 5, '64. 



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RECAriTULATIOX. 

Tlie wliole number of 'commissioned officers belonyinfj to the company 
was eleven, of whom eif^ht joined at its organization (tlirec with commissions 
and five in the ranks and subsequently promoted), and three were promoted 
from the field and staff. Of these, two were mustered out with the regi- 
ment, four were promoted to the field and staff, one resigned, one was killed 
in action, one was killed by accident, one was commissioned captain United 
States Volunteers, and one was mustered out from the hospital. Capts. 
Bibber and Wilson, and Lieuts. Lougee and Boyd, served from the organiza- 
tion of the regiment to the muster out, though not all the time with this 
company. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company (besides 
the six who were commissioned) was two hundred and forty, of wliom 
twenty-three were sergeants, thirty-one corporals, seven buglers, four far- 
riers, two saddlers, two wagoners, and one hundred and seventy-one pri- 
vates. Of these, eighty-eight joined the company at its organization, 
twenty-two joined in 1862, forty-nine joined in 1804 and early in 1865, and 
eighty-one were transferred from the First District of Columbia Cavalry. 
Twenty-three served their three years' term of enlistment and were mus- 
tered out at its expiration; twenty-four were mustered out with the regi- 
ment; forty-five were discharged for disability, seventy-five were discharged 
at the close of the war, under the orders mustering out paroled jirisoners, 
convalescents in hospitals, dismounted cavalry men, one year men, and cav- 
alry men whose term of service expired prior to Oct. 1, 18G5; one was dis- 
charged to receive promotion in another regiment, one was discharged by 
order, fourteen were killed in action, and five died of wounds; sixteen died 
of disease, eleven died in rebel prison; one was killed by accident; nine were 
transferred to the veteran reserve corps, three to the navy, and one to the 
field and staff; one was claimed as belonging to another regiment, and ten 
were unaccounted for. Thirty-one served three years or more, twenty-eight 
served two years and less than three, one hundred and thirty-three served 
one year and less than two, forty-three served less than one year, and five 
— Sergts. James A. Chase and Henry F. Hallowell, and Corporals James H. 
Smith, Enoch W. Lougee, and Harrison S. Evans — served from the organi- 
zation of the company to the muster out. Of the original members, fifteen 
re-enlisted in the regiment as veteran volunteers. These, and the five who 
were commissioned, added to the number of enlisted men before given, 
makes the total number of enlistments represented in the company two 
hundred and sixty, or with the commissioned officers, two hundred and 
sixty-six. 

COMPANY F'S HONORED DEAD. 



Walsteix Phillips, Portland. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, 
June 24, 1864, while serving on the staff of Gen. Gregg. 

LIEUTEXAXT. 

William Harris, East Machias. Killed by accident on the Chickahominy 
River, May 17, 1864. 



•556 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

SERGEANTS. 

Benjamin- G. Hawkes, Biddeford. Killed in action at MiddleburK, June 
19, 1863. 

Harrison J. Jack, Westbrook. Killed near Richmond, on the Dahlgren 
raid, March 1, 1864. 

Charles C. Smiley, Levant. Died in prison at Salisbury, X. C, Nov. 15, 
1864. 

CORPORALS. 

Lewis Merrill, Oxford. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, June 24, 
1864. ' 

John H. Merrill, Portland. Killed in action near Wliite House Landing, 
June 21, 1864. 

Samvel Lougee, Exeter. Died in hospital, New York, Oct. 15, 1864. 
John Knowles, Corinna. Died April 15, 1865, of vv'ounds received in action 
at Sailor's Creek, April 6. 

Daniel R. McKenney, Stetson. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Xov. 
15,1864. -X' ' 

George S. Kelley, Xewburg. Died April 20, 1865, of wounds received in 
action at Dinwiddle, March 31, 1S65. 

bugler. 

George L. Pease, Bradley. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Xov. 28, 
1864. 

PRIVATES. 

Charles F. Beal, Augusta. Died of typhoid fever at College hospital, 
Georgetown, Feb. 6, 1863. 

Isaac S. Bicknell, Stetson, Died in Armory Square hospital, "Washing- 
ton, Dec. 31, 1864. 

Alvin M. Brackett, Yarmouth. Killed on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, 
1864. 

Michael Carling, Portland. Died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 3, 
1864, 

Okrin B. Caverly, Newport. Died of disease at home, Dec. 31, 1864. 
William F. Chase, Freeport. Died of disease at City Point hospital, Nov. 
9, 1864. 

Samuel M. Corliss, Freeport, Killed by being thrown from the cars near 

Augusta, Me., Oct. 12, 1864. 
Stephen Davis, Stetson. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 9, 1864. 
Nathaniel S. Edwards, Parsonsfield. Died in prison at Andersonville, 

Ga., Aug. 29, 1864. 

John G. Evans, Guilford. Killed on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, 1864. 
Lorenzo K. Evans, Greenbush. Killed on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, 
1864. 

Charles W. Farris, Orneville. Died of disease at Warrenton, Ya., March 
4, 1864. 

Walter S. Farris, Orneville. Died in hospital. City Point, Va., Aug. 19, 
1864. 



John R. Gatchell, Augusta. Died at City Point, Ya., Dec. 23, 1864. 

Gustavus Grant, Yarmouth. Died in prison at Andersonville, July 2 
1864. ^ 

Isaac S. Harris, Union. Died in prison at Andersonville, Dec. 26, 1864. 



liOSTER OF COMPANY F. 557 

Moses T. Jacksox, Kcnduskeag. Killed in the assault on Peterslmrg, June 

15, 1SG4. 
John F. Johnsox, Portland. Killed in action at Farniville, April 7, 18G5. 
Samukl M. Joiixsox, Milo. Killed in action at (Sailor's Creek, April G, 1SG5. 
William L. Johxsox, Milo. Died at Carver hospital. "Washington, April 

17, 18G.J, from ■wounds received at Sailor's Creek, April G. 
JoxAS W. Masox, Portland. Died of disease at Washington, Jan. IG, 1SG4. 
Otis McGaffey, Mount Vernon. Died of disease at Frederick, Nov. 24, 

1SG2. 
Michael Nolax^, Biddeford. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court House, 

March 31, 18G5. 
Geoege W. Phelps, Portland. Died at Middletown, Md., Sept. 27, 1862, 

from wounds received at South Mountain, Sept. 13. 
JoHX^ Qrix'X, Lawrence. Eeported died of disease, July, 18G4, while on 

detached duty. 
Ex'OCH Sampsox, Augusta. Died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 12, 1864. 
Fkaxcis a. Shaw, Corinna. Died in hospital at Hampton, Ya., Sept. 29, 

1864. 
Sanford F. Simpsox, Augusta. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Xov. 24, 

1864. 
Wexdall T. Smith, Portland. Died in hospital at David's Island, X. Y., 

Jvily 21, 1864. 
Altox D. Spratt, Carmel. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Xov. 24, 

1864. 
William H. Sweetser, Xorth Yarmouth. Died of disease, near White 

Oak church, Ya., Dec. 23, 1862. 
Daxiel M. Tibbetts, Exeter. Died of disease; date not known. 
John T. Trefethex, Biddeford. Killed in action at Middleburg, Ya., 

June 19, 18G3. 
Ethelbert Wex'tworth, Union. Died May 8, 1865, of wounds received at 

Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, 1864. 
George A. Weymouth, Clinton. Killed on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, 

1864. 
David H. Whittex, Clinton. Died in hospital, Feb. 28, 1865. 
George W. Woods, Stetson. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court House, 

March 31, 1865. 



558 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



COMPAXY G. 



Cx\.PTAINS. 



BURBANK, AUGUSTUS J. — Merchant; age 32; b. Bethel; res. Lewiston; 
raised a portion of the co.; mus. capt. Oct. 31, '01; commanded co. until 
May 23, ■(52, when resigned ; resignation accepted, and discharged Aug. 
14, '62. [See p. 62.] 

BLETHEiSr, ZEBULOX B. — Factory overseer; age 32; b. Lisbon; res. 
Lewiston; en. Oct. 8, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as 1st lieut.; injured 
by fall from horse, Warrenton Junction, Va., April 13, '02; rejoined co. 
May 22; pro. capt. Aug. 14; commanded co. from May 23 till Dec. 1, '62, 
when resigned, and was discharged; afterwards en. in 1st D. C, and was 
com. 1st lieut. Co. H; served until after the tr. [See p. 330.] 

VIRGIX, ISAAC G. — Farmer; age 38; b. and r. Dixfield; en. Oct. 17, '01, 
Canton; mus. Oct 31, as 2d lieut.; pro. 1st lieut. Aug. 14, and capt. Dec. 
31; commanded co. till sent to Maine on special duty, July 30, '63; 
rejoined regt. and took command co. Dec. 31 ; injured in fight. Deep 
Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, '64, and went to hospital, where he remained till 
Oct. 31, '64, when he was m. o. with the original regt., term of service 
having expired. [See pp. 72, 111, 120, 151, 272.] 

SANFORD, EDWARD T. — Age 23; res. Warren; com. capt. Co. F, 1st 
D. C Jan. 2.5, '04; assigned to co. at tr., but did not join it; disch. for dis. 
Dec. 8, '04. [See pp. 322, 337.] 

CHASE, CHARLES T. — Policeman; age 32; res. Portland; com. capt. Co. 
L, IstD. C. Feb. 20, '64; w^d. and pris. on Wilson's raid, June 27, '64; 
paroled Sept. 27; at Camp Parole till Dec. 25,lwhen joined co. and was in 
command until after surrender of Gen. Lee; resigned, and was dis- 
charged May 20, '65. [See pp. 337, 340, 419.] 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

HUNTOX, GEORGE E. — Merchant; age 22; b. Wayne; res. East Liver- 
more; en. Oct. 9, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as 1st sergt; pro. 2d 
lieut. Aug. 14, and 1st lieut. Dec. '62; wd. in action, Shepardstown, Va., 
July 16, '63; resigned on accdunt of disability from wounds, and disch. 
Oct. 1, '63. [See p. 183.] 

BENSON, CALVIN B. — Shoemakejr; age 23; b. and r. Hartford; en. Oct. 
10, '01, Canton; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. March 1, '02, and q. 
m. sergt. Oct. 28; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; taken to Rich- 
mond, paroled, and sent to Annapolis, Md., June 13; ex. and rejoined 
CO. Jan. 10, '04, at Warrenton, Va.; pro. 1st lieut. Feb. 9, '64; commanded 
detachment of Co. G on the Dahlgren raid, Feb. and Marcli, '64; com- 
manded CO. May, '64, in Wilderness and on Sheridan's raid toward Rich- 
mond; horse shot under him in skirmish, Beaver Dam Station, May 10; 
sunstruck in action St. Mary's church, Va., June 24; disch. for dis. Xov. 
1, '04. [See p. 298.] 



EOSTER OF COMPANY G. 559 

RUSSELL, JAMES IT. — Ar-g 35; res. Iloulton; com. 1st liout. Co. I, 1st D. 
C. Feb. 25, '04; joined t-o. at tr. ; on extra duty at eav. depot, City Point, 
Va., '65; m. o. Mith regt. 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

LOVE JOY, SAMUEL B. M.— Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Ea.st Livermore; 
en. Oct. 14, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. 2d lieut. Dec. 
31, '62; commanded co. from July 30, '03, till Dec. 31, '(53; resigned and 
discharged April 10, '64. 

BLANCHARD, HENRY F. — Attorney; age 24; b. and r. Rumford; en. 
Oct. 10, '61, Canton; mus. Oct. 31, as corp. ; pro. 1st sergt. Oct. 28, '02; 
pris. at Brandy Station, Va., June 9, '63; taken to Richmond, paroled, 
and sent to Camp Parole, June 13; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 17; injured 
by a fall from his horse the next day, and sent to "Washington; rejohied 
CO. Dec. 1, '03; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; pro. 2d lieut. Ainil 30; acting adjt. cav. 
depot. City Point, from Aug. '64, to Marcli 18, '65, when he resigned and 
was discharged. [See pp. 296, 350.] 

JACKSON, SYLVANUS R. — Age 32; res. Foxcroft; com. 2d lieut. Co. H, 
1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04; joined co. at tr. ; commanded co. till Oct. 27, when 
wd. in action at Boydton plank road, Va. ; transferred to Co. E. [See 
Co. E, and p. 304.] 

JUMPER, GEORGE E. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. New Gloucester; served 
three months in 1st Me. Vols.; en. Sept. 20, '01, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, 
as sergt.; pris. Brandy Station, Va., Aug. 20, '02; on Belle Isle about 
one month; ex, and rejoined co. Oct. '02; pris. a second time in action 
Brandy Station, June 9, '63; taken to Richmond, paroled, and sent to 
Annapolis, Jime 13; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 27; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; act- 
ing 1st sergt. from May 9, '04; horse shot in action at Hawes' shop, Va., 
May 28; virtually in command of co. from Aug. 16, '04, till last of the 
following month ; i)ro. 1st sergt. Oct. '64, and 2d lieut. April 10, '05; 
m. o. with regt., having served from the organization of the regt. to 
the m. o. [See pp. 82, 140, 277.] 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

Foss, VoLXEY H. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Leeds; en. Oct. 29, '61, Lew- 
iston; mus. Oct. 31; orderly for Gen Elliott, Sept. '62; pro. corp. April 
1, '03; wd. in action, Upperville, Va., June 19; rejoined co. Aug. 7; re- 
en. Feb. 1, '04; in liospital sick, summer '04; pro. sergt. Dec. 12, '64, 
and acted as q. m. sergt.; pro. 1st sergt. April, '65; m. o. .June 20, '6'). 

Kallocii, Edw^ari) K. — Veteran; age 25; res. Westbrook; en. Co. I, 1st 
D. C. Feb. 16, '04; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital at tr. ; disch. for pro- 
motion to lieut. in a colored regt. 

LuNT, Wilbur F. — Age 19; res. Biddeford; en. Co. I, l«t D. C. Feb. 11, '04, 
Portland; recruited portion of co. ; mus. Feb. 19, as corp.; joined co. at 
tr. ; on extra duty at cav. depot, from Oct. '64, to March, '05, wlien 
rejoined co.; pro. sergt. Dec. 12. '04, and 1st sergt. June 20, '05; m o 
with regt. [See pp. 329, 337, 349.] 



560 



FIBST MAINE CAVALBY 



QTJARTEEaiASTER SERGEANTS. 



CoBURX, Levi C — Farmer; age 30; b. and r. Hartford; en. Sept. 28, '61, 
Canton; mus. Oct. 31; discli. for dis. Feb. 11, '62. 

McIXTiRE, Hexky S. — Farmer; age .37: b. and r. Peru; en. Oct. 4, '61, Can- 
ton; mus. Oct. '61, as corp; pro. q. m. sergt. Dec. 16; thrown from train 
by an ugly horse, while on the way to Washington, March 24. '02, and 
severely injured; rejoined co. April 20; acting 1st sergt. summer of "62; 
com. sup. 2d lieut. by governor of Maine, Sept. 1, '62, under orders 
from War Dept., but the order being rescinded he was m. o. Feb. 1, '63. 
[Seep. 26.] 

DocKEXDOKF, James W. — Veteran; age 21; res. Windsor; en. Co. I, 1st 
D. C. Feb. 11, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19, as corp. ; joined co. at tr. ; pro. 
sergt. Dec. 12, '64, and q. m. sergt. June 21, '65; m. o. with regt. 

COlMiMISSAEY SERGEANTS. 

Stetsox, Ephram T. — Farmer; age 30; b. andr. Hartford; en. Oct. 17, '61, 
Canton; mus. Oct. 31, as sergt.; pro. com. sergt.; sent to hospital sick 
Oct. 14, '62; remained in hospital till tr. to invalid corps, Jan 1.5, '64. 

WooDSOM, Jacob H. — Veteran; age 20; res. Vassalboro; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Jan. 30, '64, Vassalboro; mus. Feb. 19, as private; joined co. at tr. ; 
sei'ved with regt. band; pro. com'sy sergt. Jan. 21, '65; m. o. with regt. 
[See last band.] 

SERGEANTS. 

RiPi.EY, William K., Jk. — Farmer; age -30; b. Hartford; res. Canton; en. 
Oct. 21, '61, Canton; mus. Oct. 31; left sick at Falmouth, Va., May 25, '62; 
disch. for dis. Nov. '62. 

Foils YTH, Nelson S. — Teamster; age 20; b. Xewburg; res. Lewiston; served 
three months in 1st Me. Vols.; en. Sept. 28, '6i, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 
31; sick in hospital from May 30 to Aug. 23, '62; orderly for Col. Allen 
from Aug. to Oct. '62; severely burned in the feet in camp, Aufj. 20, "63, 
and sent to hospital; on duty at dismounted camp, near Washington, 
from Feb. '64, till Nov. 25, '64, when m. o. for ex. of ser. [See p. 140.] 

Little, Henky. — Merchant; age 22; b. and r. Auburn; en. Oct. 21, '61, 
Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. sergt. Oct. 28, '62; wd. severely 
at Shepardstown, July 16, '63; rejoined co. Oct. 9; caught within the 
enemy's lines at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64, but escaped capture 
and rejoined co. next morning; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser.: on duty 
with CO., a portion of the time acting 1st sergt., during the whole three 
vears' service, except a short time absent wounded. [See pp. 187, 226, 
258, 303.] 

Grovek, Boyxton. — Bleacher; age 21; b. Bowdoin; res. Lewiston; en. 
Oct. 15, '61, Lewiston; mus. Nov. 28, as private: pro. corp. Dec. 16; 
pris. at Brandy Station, Va., Aug. 20, "02; on Belle Isle about a month; 
ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '62; pro. sergt. Oct. 28; acting 1st sergt. during 
summer of '63, and com'sy sergt. for some months; horse shot under him 
in action at Malvern Hill, July 29, '64; detailed on extra duty at cav. 
depot. City Point, Sept. 17, '64; m. o. Nov. 28, '64, ex. of ser.; killed by 
accident in Missouri, in '68. [See p. '82.] 

RoBiNSOX, Lucius M. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Hartford; en. Oct. 16, '61, 
Canton; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. Dec. 10, '01. and sergt. Oct. 
28, '62; sick in hospital from Nov. 21, '62. to Jan. 10. "63; wd. severely 
in action at Shepartlstown, Va., July KJ, '03, and left in the hands of the 
enemy; recaptured a few weeks later; rejoined co. Dec. 13; re-en. Jan. 
1, '64; wd. twice, once severely, in action at Deep Bottom, Aug. 10, '64, 
and left in White Oak swamp when the regt. Avas forced back, and never 
afterwards heard from. [See p. 188.] 





Lieut GEO. E. JUMPER, Co. G. 
San Ffancisco, Cal. 




Sergt. EWD. P. TOBIE, Jr., Co. G. 
Pawtucket, R. I. 



PIPE OF PEACE ' (Aug. II, 1865.; 
Augusta. 



LEROY H TOBIE, Co. G. 
Portland. 





Sergt. HANNIBAL BISBEE, Co. G 
Deceased. 





Sergt. LUCIUS ROBINSON, Co. G. 
Died in Rebel Prison. 



CARLTON T. GLEASON, Co. G. 

Georgetown, Colo 



BOSTEIi OF COMPANY G. 561 

Reed, Cyrus T. — Cahiuet-inaker; ape i'2; b. Livoimore; res. East I>ivcr- 
more; en. Oct. 0, 'lil, Lewiston; iniis. Oct. oJ, as corp. ; sunstriu-k at 
Falmouth, Va., May 25, '((2, while preparin<;: to march; rejoined co. July 
24; sent to Maine on reernitin<;' service, Ant;. 1."); rejoined co. Nov. 20, 
'()2; pro. script. April 1, "(i:!; detailed in char<;e of orderlies at brij;". hd. 
qrs. (Col. Grei;'":;) in the sprinj;' of '04; rejoined co. .July 20, '(54; m. o. 
Nov. 2."), '64, ex. of ser. [See p. (»7.] 

Drake, Joiix B. — Merchant; age 2o; b. and r. East Livcrniore; en. Oct. 
14, "()I, Ijcwiston; nms. Nov. 28, as corp.; in command of orderlies at 
A(piia Creek, from Dec. 4, '(12; pro. sergt. April 1, '(W; detailed at hd. 
qrs. Gen. Patrick, pro. mar. gen. A. P. June 17, '03; rejoined co. si)ring 
of '64; sick in hospital from Aug. 21, '64, to Nov. 28, '64, when m. o. for 
ex. of ser. [.See iip. 218, 2.")1).] 

Doyen, Daniel B. — Farmer; age 37; b. Avon; res. East Livermore; en. 
Oct. 21, '61, Lcwiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. Oct. 28, '02; 
pris. Brandy Station. June 9, '63; taken to Eichmond. paroled, and sent 
to Annapolis, Md.. June 13; ex. and rejoined co. Dec. 12; pro. sergt. 
March 21, '64; sent to hospital, June, '64, with chills; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, 
ex. of ser. 

TOBIE, Edward P., Jr. — Printer; age 23; b. and r. Lewiston; en. Sept. 21, 
'61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; left at Falmouth, Va., sick, May 
28, '62, and sent to Fairfax Seminary hospital, Alexandria; in hospital, 
on duty as clerk when able, till Nov. '62, when detailed as clerk at hd. 
qrs. Col. Allen, mil. gov. Frederick, Md.; rejoined co. Jan. 11, '03; pro. 
corp. Feb. 13; wd. and pris. at Brandy Station, June 9; taken to Eich- 
mond, jiaroled, and sent to Annapolis, June 13; ex. and rejoined co. 
Oct. 26; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; pro. sergt. April, '04; slightly wd. in action, 
Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 10; detailed q. m. sergt. cav. depot, Aug. 29; 
detailed ord. sergt. 2d. div. c. c. Nov. 9; rejoined regt. and pro. sergt. 
maj. Dec. 12, '04. [See field and staff.] 

Palmer, Thomas H. —Age 24; res. Milo; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 28, '04, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; disch. Sept. 15, '64, to receive promotion in a col- 
ored regt. 

BOY'NTON, Edavin J. — Age 24; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Dec. 29, '63, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. after tr. ; wd. severely in charge on 
Lee's train, April 6, "65; m. o. G. O. No. 77. 

Whittemore, Henry' a. — Veteran; age 23; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st 
D. C. Feb. 17, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; at dismounted camp at tr., 
and in hospital from Jan. '05, till m. o. of regt. 

Harmon, Frank E. — Age 32; res. Detroit; en. Co. I, 1st D. C Feb. 1, '(54^ 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital at tr. ; joined co. and m. o. June 
20, '05. 

Neal, Thompson. — Veteran; age 23; res. Pittsfield; en. Co. F, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 3, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; pris. in action at Sycamore church, 
Va., Sept. 16, '64; died in prison at Salisbuiy, N. C, Nov. 7, '64. 

Wallace, Charles H. — Veteran; age 24; res. Lewiston; en. Co. I, 1st 
D. C. Feb. 8, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 19; killed while scouting near 
Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 3, '64. 

Gage, Daniel W. — Tinman; age 23; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Jan. 28, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 29; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

BiSBEE, Hannibal, Jr. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Peru; en. Oct. 4, '61, 
Canton; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. April 1, '63; pris. at Brandy 
Station, June 9; taken to Eichmond, paroled, and sent to Annapolis, 
Md., June 13; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 20; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; sunstruck 
while on the march, June 25, and went to hospital for a few days; pro. 
sergt. Jan. 14, '65; acting coni'sy sergt.; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Child, Henry A. — Farmer; age 17; b. and r. Paris; en. Oct. 14, '61, Can- 
ton; mus. Oct. 31, as bugler; left at home, sick, March 24, '02; rejoined 



662 



Finsr MAINE CAVALEV. 



CO. Sept. '62; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; pro. corp. Feb. 1, '64; cautilit inside the 
enemy's line, in action St. Mary's church, June 24, but escaped capture 
and rejoined co. next morning; on duty at Gen. Gregg's hd. ijrs. for a 
time; pro. sergt. March 18, '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Holmes, Horack. — Age 27; res. Fairfiehl; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19, as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. sergt. March 
18, '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Makstox, Edwix T. — Age 19; res. Fairfiekl; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19, as i>rivate; joined co. after tr. ; pro. corp. May 
28, '65, and sergt. June 21; m. o. with regt. 

Small, Oiuux. — Age 21; res. Poland; en. Co. I, IstD. C. Feb. 10, '64, Lewis- 
ton; mus. Feb. 19, as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. June 17, '65, 
and sergt. June 21; m. o. with regt. 

Small, William W. — Age 19; res. Lubec; en. and mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 22, '64, Augusta, as private; joined co. at tr. ; wd. slightly in action 
at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; pro. corp. June 1, '65, and sergt. 
Jvine 21 ; m. o. with regt. 

Makston, Charles L. — Age 18; res. Xorth Yarmouth; en. and mus. 1st 
D. C. May 20, '64, as private; joined co, after tr.; clerk at regt. hd. qrs. 
May and June, '65; pro. sergt. June 21, '65; m. o. with regt. 

COKFOEALS. 

Stetson, Benjamin F. — Mechanic; age 32; b. and r. Sumner; en. Oct. 17, 
'61, Canton; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. June, '62, 

Bakek, Feederic M. — Farmer; age 18; b. Moscow; res. Lewiston; served 
three months in 1st Me. Vols.; en. Sept. 25, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; 
re-en. Feb. 1, '64; taken ill Aug. '64, and went to hospital; died April 17, 
'65, of disease. [See p. 140.] 

Foster, James D. — Soldier (having served in U. S. A.); age 27; b. and r. 
Gray: en. Oct. 12, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; orderly at Aquia Creek, 
Va., from Dec. 4, '(32, till June 17, '63; then orderly for Gen. Patrick, 
pro. mar. gen. A. P. till spring of '64, and then scout at Gen. Meade's 
hd. qrs. till ex. of ser., Nov. 25, '64, when m. o. [See p. 218.] 

PULSIFER, Eben J. — Shoemaker; age 22; b. and r. Poland; en. Oct. 1, '61, 
LewLston; mus. Oct. 31; wd. by double discharge of his revolver, losing 
two fingers, Dec. 20, '62; on duty in regt. hosp. from Jan. '63, to Aug. 
'63; then sent to hospital in Washington; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Rose, Leonard L. — Farmer; age 36; b. and r. Leeds; en. Sept. 24, '61, 
Leeds; mus. Oct. 31; on duty as teamster regt. q. m. dept. from April 4, 
'62, to '64; orderly regt. hosp. summer of '(54; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 
ser. 

Hall, Alden. — Mechanic; age 40; b. Minot; res. Auburn; en. Oct. 1, '61, 
Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. Nov. 20, '61; left at Alex- 
andria, Ya., sick, Nov. 21, '62; disch. for dis. Feb. 13, '63. 

Dealey, John, Jr. — Painter; age 31; b. and r. Winthrop; en. Oct. 10, '61, 
Leeds; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. Oct. 28, '62; missing in 
action, Brandy Station, Ya., June 9, '63 — probably killed; was last seen 
lying motionless, apparently dead, near the rebel battery; never since 
heard from. 

Fuller, William F. — Clerk; age 19; b. Jay; res. Wilton; en. Nov. 14, '61, 
Augusta; mus. Nov. 28, as private; orderly for Gen. Elliott from Aug. 
31, '62; wd. slightly at Frederick, Md., Sept. 12, '62, while charging into 
the town with the advance; orderly for Capt. Williamson, topographical 
engineer, from Sept. '62; i>yo. corp. Oct. 28, '62; rejoined co. Feb. '63; 
orderly for Gen. Patrick, pro. mar. gen. A. P. from July 13, '63; rejoined 
CO. spring of '64; orderly for a capt. on Col. Sharp's staff, on Kilpat- 
rick's raid to Pachmoud, March, '64; m. o. Nov. 28, '64, ex. of ser. [See 
p. 140.] 



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Child, IIo.mki:. — Farmer: age 22; b. and r. Peru; en. Oct. Ki, '(51. Canton; 

rnus. Oct. 81, a.s i)rivate; pro. corp. Oct. 28, '02; wd. in action, Aldie, 

Va., June 17, '0:5; rejoined co. Nov. IS, '03; ni. o. Xov. 2."), '()4, ex. of ser. 
Farxum, William II. — Farmer; a<;e 20; b. and r. Eumford; en. Feb. 22, 

'02, Canton; mus. Feb. 2."), '02, as private; pro. corp. April 1, '03; m. o. 

Fel). 'l'>, '05, ex. of ser. 
NoKTiiijop^ George. — Weaver; age 25; b. Strafford, Yt. ; res. Hanover; en. 

Oct. 17, '01, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; sick in liospital from 

Nov. 21, '02; rejoined co. ^lay 12, '03; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; pro. corj). Jan. 

1, '04: sbot tln-ouu'li tlie body, in a skirmish near Beaver Dam Station, 

Va., May 10, "04, on Sheridan's raid to lUchmond; disch. for dis. from 

wounds, Feb. 14, "05. 
CoFFix, Joseph H. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Webster; en. Oct. 9, '01, 

Leeds; mus. Oct. 31, as private; sent to hospital, sick, Aug. 10, '02; re- 
joined CO. Oct. '02; again sent to hospital, Nov. 20; rejoined co. May 12, 

'63; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '04; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. [See p. 103.] 
Carty, Dexxis. — Farmer; age 28; b. Ireland; res. East Livermore; en. 

Oct. 14, '01, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; detailed on duty regt. 

q. m. dept. xVpril 13, '02; rejoined co. Sept. 5, '03; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; pro. 

corp. Jan. 1, '()4; detailed wagon master division ammunition train, 

July, '04; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Delaxo, George M. — Farmer; age 18; b. Shrewsbury, Mass.; res. Turner; 

en. Oct. 8, '01, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; orderly at Aquia 

Creek, A"a., from Dec. 4, '02, till June 17, '03, when detailed orderly for 

Gen. Paul; rejoined co. Aug. 20; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; pro. corp. March 21, 

'04; m. o. June 20, '05. [See p. 259.] 
GiBsox, Charles H. — Veteran; age 24; res. Vassalboro; en. Co. I, IstD.C. 

Jan. 30, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; killed at Sycamore church, Va., 

Sept. 10, '04. 
Pisiiox, George E. — Age 18; res. Vassalboro; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 30, 

'04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; died of disease at Point of Rocks hospital, 

Va., Sept. 8, '04. 
Pierce, Alphoxso. — Age 19; res. Windsor; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '04, 

Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; pris. at Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 10, '04, and 

died in jirison, Salisbury, N. C, Nov. '04. 
Smith, William E. — Age 20; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 4, '04, 

Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; pris. in action. Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '04; 

died in prison, Salisbury, N. C, Nov. '(54. 

Baker, Edward S. — Age 25; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 28, '04, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; wd. severely in action, Appo- 
mattox Court House, Va., — the last battle of A. of P., — April 9, '05, 
just before Gen. Lee surrendered; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

TiBBETTS, JoHX. — Age 24; res. Vassalboro; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '04, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; pris. in action. Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 10, 
'04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Mower, Thomas H. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Greene; en. Oct. 8, '61, 
Leeds: mus. Oct. 31, as private; on duty at regt. hosp. from Oct. '02, to 
May, '03, when rejoined co. ; re-en. Feb. 1, '04; horse shot under liim by 
tlie enemy, while on picket near the GurleyFarm, Va., July 15, '(54; pro. 
corp. sirring of '05; m. o. June 20, '05. 

LxjCE, Aloxzo B. — Veteran recruit; age 21; res. Anson; en. Jan. 14, '64, 
Lewiston; mus. Jan. 18, as private; joined co. Jan. 27, '04; captui-ed 
while foraging on Sheridan's raid toward Gordonsville, June 10, '04; re- 
joined CO. Aug. 28, '04; pro. corp. spring of '05; m. o. June 20, '05. 

Nash, David J. — Veteran recruit; age 24; served two years in 1st and 10th 
Me. Vols.; res. Auburn; en. Aug'. 19, '04, Lewiston; mus. Sept. 3, for 
one year, as private; joined co.'Oct. 18, '04; pro. corp. March 18, '65; 
m. o. G. O. No. 83. 



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Wilson, Frederick A. —Age IS; res. Avigusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64, Avigusta; mus. Feb. 10. as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. June 

21,''6.o;"m. o. with regt. [See p. 344.] 
CiiAXDLER, Perry. — Age 20; res. Bethel; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64, 

Augusta; mus. Feb. 19, as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. June 21, 

'6.5; m. o.with regt. [See pp. 349, 446.] 
DoNNELL, Almon B. — Age 16; res. Monmouth; en. and mus. Co. I, 1st 

D. C. Feb. 22, '64, Augusta; joined co. at tr.; pro. corp. June 21, '6-5; 

m. o. with regt. 

BUGLERS. 

HoLMAX, Eawson. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Dixfield;en. Oct. 9, '61, Can- 
ton; mus. Oct. .31; sent to hospital sick, April 20, '63; detailed orderly 
bugler at dismounted camp, near Washington, Aug. '63; m. o. Nov. 2.5, 
'64, ex. of ser. 

Maloon, William, Jr. —Bleacher; age21;b. Bowdoin;res. Lewiston;en. 
Oc*^. 15, '61,Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; appointed bugler, Nov. . 
1, '62; pris. in action at Shepardstown, Va., July 16, '63, while with his 
brother, who was killed; on Belle Isle a month; paroled, and sent to 
Annapolis, Md.; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 27, '63; wd. slightly in action, 
Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. [See p. 
188.] 

Hatch, Frederick C. — Age 18; res. Waterville; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 
10, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr.; m. o. with regt. 

YouxG, George M. — Age 18; res. Skowhegan; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 9, 
'64, Skowhegan ; mus. Feb. 19; on duty with regt. band at tr. ; m. o. with 
regt. [See last band.] 

FAREIEES. 

FoY, William. — Blacksmith; age 34: b. and r. Canton; en. Oct. 11, '61, Can- 
ton; mus. Oct. 31; detailed for duty regt. q. m. dept. Nov. 4, '62; re- 
joined CO. June 2, '63 ; on duty at dismounted camp, near Washington, 
Oct. '63, till m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

FuRBiTsii, Henry- W. — Blacksmith ; age 33; b. Harmony; res. Lewiston; 
en. Sept. 23, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. June, "62. 

Smith, Albert. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Canton; en. Oct. 11, '61, Can- 
ton; mus. Oct. 31, as private; ap. farrier, Nov. 1, '62; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; 
m. o. June 20, '65. 

Nado, Henry C. — Age 23; res. Lewiston; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64, 
Lewiston; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. after tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Frost, George W. H. — Age 44; res. Monmouth; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 
15, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital, Point of Pvocks, Va., at 
time of tr., and died there Sept. '64. 

SADDLERS. 

Goodhue, Harvey L. — Harness-maker; age 24; b. Bangor; res. Fort Fair- 
field; en. Dec. 16, '61, Augusta;. mus. Dec. 23; disch. for. dis. Jun^^ '62. 

McFarland, Ira A. — Eoad-maker; age 23; b. Waterville; res. Palmyra; 
en. Dec. 1, '61. Augusta; mus. Dec. 4, as private; ap. saddler. Nov. 1, 
'62; served with co. till Sept. 2, '64, when sent to hospital sick; died 
Feb. 6, '65. 

Estes, Jeremiah A. — Veteran; age 25; res. Vassalboro; en. Co. I. 1st D. C 
Feb. 2, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; killed in action, Reams' Station, Va., 
Aug. 25, '64. 

Wing, Gorham A. — Age 24; res. Winthrop; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19, as private; joined co. at tr. ; ap. saddler; m. o. 
with regt. 



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WAGONEllS. 

Stetsox, Oukkn R. — Farmer; !i<;e 41; h. Hartford; res. Canton; en. Oct. 4, 
'Gl, Canton; mns. \ov. 28; on duty rejit. q. ni. dept. from April 20, '02, 
till April 22, '04, when taken sick; "remained in hospital till Nov. 28, '04, 
when m. o. for ex. of ser. 

Snow, Oriun A. — A<ie 10; res. Yassalboro; en. Co. I, IstD. C. Feb. 8, '04, 
Auijusta; mus. Feb. 10; joined co. at tr. ; wd. sliohtly in action at Dm- 
Aviddie Court House, Va., March 31, '05; m. o. June 20, '05. 

PRIVATES. 

Adams, Frank C. —Veteran recruit; served two years in 1st and 10th Me. 

Vols. ;ajje 20; res. Auburn; en. Au<j. 10, '04, Lewiston; mus. Sept. 13, 

for one year; joined co. Oct. 18; m. o. G. O. No. 83. 
Additon, Charles H. — Farmer; age 10; b. Lowell, Mass.; res. Greene; en. 

Sept. 24, '01, Leeds; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. June, '02. 
Allen, Harrison B. — Age 18; res. Ralmyra; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 27, 

'04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; sick in hospital attr.; m. o. G. O. No. 77. 
Atkins, Edgar. — Age 17; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '04, 

Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. Jiuie 20, '05. 
Bassett, Charles E. — Age 18; res. Calais; en. and mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. 

Jan. 12, '04, Belfast; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Bates, Henry. — Sailor; age 10; b. and r. Australia; en. and mus. Nov. 30, 

'03^ Portland; joined co. Jan. 27, '04; accidentally shot himself with a 

carbine, Feb. 1, '04, killing himself instantly. 
Black, Lebalistek. — Recruit; age 21; res. Waldoboro; en. Jan. 20, '04, 

Rockland; mus. Feb. 2; joined co. Feb. 20; wd. slightly in action. 

Reams' Station, Va., Aug. 25; m. o. with regt. 
BowHAN, Jeremiah. — Age 21; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 

10, '04; killed at Staunton River, June 20, '04, on Wilson's raid. 
Bowker, Edmund C— Farmer; age 28; b. and r. Sumner; en. Sept. 30, '01, 

Canton; mus. Nov. 28; orderly for Gen. Ricketts, from May 22 till Dec. 

'02; teamster from April, '03; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; on duty with division 

ammunition train from July, '04; m. o. June 20, '05. 
BoYNTON, Sami'el P. — Veteran recruit; age 44; res. Rockland; en. and 

mus. Nov. 27, '03, Portland; joined co. Jan. 27, '04; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Bradbury, Russell S. —Shoemaker; age 21; b. Lewiston; res. Greene; 

en. Oct. 8, '01, Leeds; mus. Oct. 31; on duty in regt. hosp. from Dec. 4; 

pris. at Halltown, Va., July 15, '03; on Belle Isle about two months; 

paroled in Sept. and sent to parole camp, Annapolis, Md.; on duty 

there until m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Bray, James "W.— Recruit; age 18; res. Montreal; en. and mus. Jan. 18, 

'04, Belfast; joined co. Feb. 20; detailed on duty with the corps train, 

and with it went to the Shenandoah valley, and was killed in action ft 

Berryville, Aug. 14, '04. 
Brown, James M. — Age 24; res. Winthrop; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, 

'04;' mus. Feb. 10; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Buck Cyrus A. — Age 24; res. Greenwood; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 20, 

'04, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 10; sick in hospital at tr., and died of disease 

at City Point, Va., '05. 
Burns, James. — Sailor; age 10; res. Montreal; recruit; en. and mus. Feb. 

0, '04, Portland; joined co. Feb. 20; pris. while on picket near the Gur- 

ley farm, Va., July 15; escaped from prison and joined Sherman's army 

on its march to the sea; rejoined co. Jan. '05; wd. in action Dinwiddie, 

March 31, '05, and died in a few days from wounds. 
Capen, Henry A. — Recruit; age 10; res. Auburn; en. and mus. Oct. 14, 

'04, for one year; joined co. ; m. o. with regt. 



566 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Cark, Enoch R.— Veteran recruit; age 23; res. Pittsfield; eu. Co. I, 1st 
D. C. Feb. 2, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; on duty with the ambulance 
corps at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Cakk, William H.— Age 23: res. Pittsfield; en. and mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 19, '64, Augusta; sick in hospital at tr. ; m. o. G. O. No. 77. 

Chandler, Nelson. — Age 25; res. Auburn; mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 
'64, Augusta. 

Clarkk, Theodore. — Age 27; res. Augusta; en. Co. 1, 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; pris. on Wilson's raid, June 26; died in prison, 
Andersonville, Ga., Nov. 1, '64 — grave No. 11,700. 

Clarke, Williasi E.— Veteran; age 22; res. Lubec; en. and mus. Co. I, 
1st D. C. Feb. 23, '64, Augusta; joined co. at tr. ; killed in action, Appo- 
mattox Court House, Va., April 9, '65, less than an hour before the sur- 
render of Gen. Lee. 

Coffin John. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Webster; en. Oct. 9, '61, Leeds; 
mus. Oct. 31; on duty in regt. q. m. dept. from April 19, and as teamster 
in div. q. m. dept. from Sept. 13, '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

COLLAMORE, ELIJAH. — Fanner ; age 18; b. Warren; res. Lewiston; en. Sept. 
21, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; sent to Maine on duty at conscript 
camp, Portland, July 30, '63; rejoined co. Nov. 5; pris. in action at 
Ground Squirrel bridge, Va., on Sheridan's raid to Kichmond, May 11, 
'64; in prison till some months after ex. of ser., when released and sent 
home ; died of small-pox in Lewiston, '66. 

Coombs, Lucallus J. — Recruit; age 21; res. Lincoln; en. and mus. Feb. 
22, '64, Belfast; joined co. Feb. 26; sick in hospital from April 23; re- 
joined CO. and m. o. June 20, '65. 

Corliss, Ben.jamin M. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Hartford ; en. Oct. 14, 
'61, Canton; mus. Oct. 31; orderly at Aquia Creek, Va., from Dec. 4, '62, 
till June 17, '63, when detailed orderly for Gen. Patrick, pro. mar. gen. 
A. P.; rejoined CO. spring of '64; horse shot under him in skirmish at 
Malvern Hill, Va., July 29, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Currier, John D.— Recruit; age 25; res. Fort Fairfield ; en. Nov. 20, '63, 
Lewiston; mus. Dec. 8; joined co. Jan. 27, '64; died at Warrenton, Va., 
Feb. 14, '64, of disease. 

CusHiNCx, James B. — Age 18; res. Rockland; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, 
'64; mus. Feb. 19; pris. Sept. 16, action Sycamore church, Va. ; died in 
rebel prison, Sabsbury, N. C, Nov. 7, '64. 

Dakin, Levi S.— Farmer; age 23; b. Wilton; res. Lewiston; en. Oct. 5, 
'61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31 ; at home, sick, when co. left for Washington, 
March 24, '62; disch. for dis. Sept. '62; again en. as a one year recruit, 
Aug. 28, '64, Chesterville; mus. Aug. 29; joined co. ; sick in hospital; 
m. o. G. O. 77. 

Davis, Milton R. — Age 18; res. Poland; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, 64, 
Lewiston; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. after tr., and m. o. with regt. 

aAVis, Rodney C— Artist; age 23; b. and r. Lewiston; en. Oct. 16, '61, 
Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; died of heart disease at Augusta, March 5, '62. 

Dearborn, Calvin. — Age 44; res. Winthrop ; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 13, 
'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; pris. in action, Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 
16, '64; m. o. G. O. No. 77. 

Delano, Charles R. — Farmer; age 19; b. Shrewsbury, Mass; res. Turner; 
en. Oct. 8, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; horse shot under him in action, 
Antietam, Sept. 17, '62; orderly at Aquia Creek, Va., from Dec. 4, '62, 
till June 17, '63, when he was detailed as orderly for Gen. Paul; vvd. 
slightly in action, Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, '63; rejoined co. Sept. 19, '63; 
re-en. Feb. 1, '64; killed in a skirmish at Beaver Dam Station, Va., while 
serving as advance guard on Sheridan's raid to Richmond, May 10, '64. 
[See p. 2.58.] 

Devine, Cornelius. — Recruit; age 41; res. Portland; en. and mus. Aug. 
29, '64, Portland; joined co.; m. o. June 20, '65. 



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DiM.iX(iiiAM, ViKCiiL P. — Slioomakor; a^e 23; h. and r. Greene; en. Oct. 4, 

'01, Leeds; mns. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. Au<;. "02. 
DoBLK, William. — Farmer; ajje 3."); b. and r. Livermore; en. Oet. 10, '01, 

Canton; mns. Oct. 31; sick in hospital, from Nov. 21, '02, to June 10, '03; 

sent to Wasliinnton, sick, Sept. 19, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Dressek, David D. — Railroad contractor; age 29; b. and r. Stetson; en. 

Oct. 10, '01, Augusta; nius. Dec. 15; disch. for dis. .July, '02. 
DuLEY, CiiAKLEs T. — Clerk; age 18; b. Starks; res. Lewiston; en. .Sept. 21, 

'01, Lewiston; nius. Oct. 31; disch. Feb. 11, '02, for dis. caused by a fall 

from a horse. 
DusTON, Gkokge L. — Blacksmith; age 25; b. Waterboro; res. Lewiston; 

en. Sept. 21, '01, Lewiston (the first name on the rolls); mns. Oct. 31; 

orderly for Gen. Ricketts, Aug 21, '02, till Dec. 25, when he rejoined 

CO.; received sabre cut in head, and pris. in action, at Brandy Station, 

Va., .Tune 9, '03; taken to Richmond, paroled, and sent to Annapolis, 

Md., .June 13; on duty at Naval School hospital as clerk; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'04, ex. of ser. 
DwELLY, .John B. — Recruit; age 21; res. Springliekl; en. and mus. Dec. 4, 

'03, liangor; joined co. Jan. 27, '04. 
Eatox, Nathaniel. — Age 21; res. Wells; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '04, 

Portland; mus. Feb. 19; killed in action. Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 

16, '64. 
Elliott, Farnum A. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Rumford; en. Feb. 18, '02, 

Canton ; mus. Feb. 25 ; disch. for dis. Nov. '62. 
Emery, Nathaniel S. — Age 18; res. Waterville; en. Co. 1, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, 

'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital at time of tr. ; m, o. G. O. 

No. 77.' 
Emmons, .Joseph P. — Age 19; res. South Maiden, Mass. ; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 11, '04, Portland; mus. Feb. 19; pris. June 20, on Wilson's raid; 

died in prison at Charleston, S. C, Oct. '04. 
Estes, GusTAVtis K. — Age 30; res. Vassalboro ; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 

3, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; killed in action. Boydton 

plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 
Farrington, Henry L. — Veteran recruit; age 21; res. Sweden; en. and 

mus. Nov. 11, '63, Portland; joined co. Jan. 27, '64; sick in hospital. May 

10 to Aug. 28; wd. in action, Boydton plank road, Va., Oct. 27, '04; m. o. 

at hospital, Augusta. 
Fessenden, Nathaniel. — Recruit; age 18; res. Portland; en. and mus. 

Nov. 13, '63; joined co. Jan. 27, '04; m. o. with regt. 
Field, Hanson S. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Hartford; en. Oct. 10, '61, 

Canton; mus. Oct. 31; detailed orderly for Gen. Elliott, Aug. 31, '02; re- 
joined CO. Sept. '02; re-en. Jan 1, '64; killed in action, Ground Scjuirrel 

bridge. May 11, '04, 
Fletcher, Stephen R. — Age 19; res. Bradford; en. and mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 12, '64, Augusta; joined co. after tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Friend, Albert P. — Recruit; age 23; res. Bethel; en. and mus. Feb. 11, 

'04, Bangor; joined co. Feb. 20; pris. in action, Boydton plank road, Va., 

Oct. 27;^ii. o. G. O. No. 77. 
Fuller, Edavin V. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. East Livermore; en. Oct. 

9, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; left at home, sick, when regt. left for 

Washington, March 24, '62; disch. for dis. '62. 
Gatchell, George W. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Pittsfield; en. Oct. 18, 

'61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. arising from injuries received 

while on duty, March, '63. 
Gilbert, Ellison. — Age 18; res. Vassalboro; en. Co. I. 1st D. C. Feb. 2, 

'64, Augu.sta; mus. JFeb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 



568 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Gii.CKUT, JosiAii R. — Age 30; res. Yassalboro; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 13, 
'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr.; served in regt. band; m. o. 
with regt. [See last band.] 

Gilbert, William W. — Age 2"); res. Vassalboro; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 
13, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; served in regt. band; 
m. o. with regt. [See last band.] 

Giles, FREDEracK M. — Age 19; res. Boothbay; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 
'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr.; wd. severely in action, 
Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9, '65, the last engag'ement of the 
A. P., just before the surrender of Gen. Lee; m. o. G. O. Xo. 7". 

Gleasox, Carlton T. — Farmer; age 18; b. Mexico; res. Dixfield; en. 
Oct. 10, '61, Canton; mus. Oct. 31; orderly at Aquia Creek, Va., from 
Dec. 4, '62, and for Gen. Patrick, pro. mar. gen. A. P., from June 17, '63; 
rejoined co. spring of '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Goodwin, Seth B. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Augusta; recruit; en. Jan. 
2, '63, Augusta; mus. Jan. 5; joined co. Feb. 20; pris. in action, Brandy 
Station, Va., June 9; taken to liichmond, paroled, and sent to Annapo- 
lis, Md., June 13; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 26; pris. (m the Dalilgren 
raid, March 1, '64; in rebel prison till surrender of Gen. Lee, April, '65, 
when he rejoined co. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Graselle, Joseph. — Recruit; age 27; res. St. John, N. B. ; en. Jan. 11, 
'64, Biddeford; mus. Jan. 26; joined co. Feb. 26; sent to hospital, Aug. 
'64; rejoined co. spring, '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

GuENEY, Freeman J. — Shoemaker; age 30; b. and r. Leeds; en. Sept. 23, 
'61, Leeds; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. Feb. 22, '62. 

Hall, James G. B. —Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Peru; en. Oct. 4, '61, Can- 
ton; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. June, '62. 

Hamlin, Henry A. — Age 18; res. China; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 26, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; pris. on Wilson's raid, June 26, at Staunton 
River, and died in rebel prison, Aug. 1, '64. 

Hatch, Israel M. — Farmer; age 21; b. Lincoln; res. Lewiston; en. Sept. 
27, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; orderly at Aquia Creek, Va., Dec. 4, '62, 
to June 17, '63, and then orderly for Gen. Patrick, pro. mar. gen. A. P. 
until spring of '64, when he was transferred to hd. qrs. A. P. as scout; 
wounded while on duty outside the lines, near Petersburg, Va., July 11, 
'64; went to Richmond, Va., on duty, in Sept., and was gone until after 
ex. of ser., when m. o. 

Harrison, Charles F. — Farmer; age 26; b. NewTork; res. Bangor; en. 
March 12, '62, Augusta; mus. April 12, at Warrenton Junction, Va. 

Hayford, Orlando A. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Peru; en. Oct. 17, '61, 
Canton; mus. Oct. 31; wd. severely in action, Shepardstown, Va., July 
16, '63; remained in hospital at Baltimore, until m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 
ser. ; suffered severely from his wound, being almost entirely disabled 
for three or four years after m. o., when the bullet Avas extracted, and 
he improved, Init died from the effects of the wound in 1884. 

Howes, Sumner W. — Joiner; age 22; b. Solon; res. Lewiston; en. Sept. 
23, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31. 
' Howes, William O. — Carriage-maker; age 20; b. Athens; res. Lewiston; 
en. Sept. 21, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; wd. slightly in action, Aldie, 
June 17, '63; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; wd. in action at Coal Harbor, Va., June 
2; com. capt. 1st Me. Sharpshooters. 

Humphrey, Timothy P. — Age 20; res. Pittsfield; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 
20, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 22; pris. on Wilson's raid, June 26; disch. 
June 20, '65. 

Hutciiins, Joseph F. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Livermore; en. Oct. 16, 
'61, Canton; mus. Oct. 31. 

Irish, Daniel G. — Farmer; age 17; b. Sumner; res. Washburn; en. Feb. 
15, '62, Canton; mus. Feb. 25; on special duty in Washington, from Sept. 



EOSTEE OF COMPANY d. ^^^ 

'62, to Feb. 15, '03; sick, April 13, 'G3; prov. <;uanl at Camp Stoneman, 
near Washington, in the fall of '(53 ; rejoined co. Dec. 13, U)3; sick, May 

10, '04; rejoined co. fall of '04, and ni. o. Feb. 25, '05, ex. of ser. 
Irving, Elxatiiax P. — A<i-e2!t; res. ^Milo; en. and mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 10, "()4. ^Vugusta; joined co. at tr. ; wd. and i)ris. in charge on 
Gen. Lee's retreating train, April 0, '05; released at the surrender, April 
9, and disch. G. O. Xo. 77. 
Jackmax, Charles G. — Age 27; res. Biddeford; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 

11, '04, Portland; mus. Feb. li); pris. in action at Sycamore church, \ a., 
Sept. 10, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Jacobs, William. — Farmer; age 32; b. Gilmanton, N. II.; res. Kumford; 
en Feb 22, '02, Canton; mus. Feb. 25; sick, and on duty m hospital, 
Point Lookout, Md., Nov. 1, '02, to March 9, '{)4; re-en. INIarch 9, t.4; 
caught within the rebel lines in action at St. Mary's church, June 24 
'(U, but got out and rejoined co. next morning; injured July 2, and went 
to hospital, but rejoined co. July 20; wd. in action, Boydton plank road, • 
Va., Oct. 27, '04; m. o. G. O. No. 77. 
Jenkixs, Jonx. — Veteran recruit; age 23; res. New Gloucester; en. Jan. 
20, '04, Portland; mus. Jan. 25; joined co. Feb. 20; sent to \\ ashmgton, 
sick. May 10; rejoined co.; disch. June 20, '05. 
Jones, Eiley L.— Sailor; age 21; b. Waterville; res. Lewiston; en. Sept. 
21 '01, Lewiston; mus. C)ct. 31; re-en. Feb. 1, '04; wd. and pris. m 
action at St. Mary's church, Va., June 24, '04, being shot down and run 
over in the last charge of the enemy in that engagement, receiving a 
bullet in the right shoulder; m. o. G. O. No. 77; absent from duty only 
while on veteran furlough, from enlistment to the time he was pns. 
[See p. 117.] 
Jones, Rodney.— Age 19; res. Fairfield; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 13, '04, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; wd. slightly m action, Boyd- 
ton plank road, Oct. 27; wd. severely at Briery Creek, April (, Oo; disch. 
G. O. No. 77. 
Johnson, John H. — Age 29; res. Monmouth; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, 
'04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; wd. and pris. while scouting near Sycamore 
church, Va., Sept. 3, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Jordan, Andrew J. — Bootmaker; age 20; b. Danville; res. Friendship; 
en. and mus. at Belfast, March 5, '02; left at Falmouth, Va., sick. May 
25, '02; died at Fairfax Seminary hospital, near Alexandria, A^a., Oct. 20, 
'62, of quinsy. 
Jordan, Charles W. — Bleacher; age 20; b. Danville; res. Lewiston: en. 
Oct. 5, '01, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; orderly for Gen. Ricketts, from May 
22 '02 till Dec. 25, when he rejoined co; orderly at hd. qrs. 1st ling. 
(Col. Gavin) from Feb. 20, '03, till Aug. 20, when he again rejoined co.; 
re-en. Jan. 1, '04; struck in the breast by a bullet, m action at \\hite 
House Landing, June 21, but his life was saved by a diary and pair ot 
scissors in his breast pocket: three days later, June 24, in action at 
St Mary's church, Va., wd. twice, once in the head, and sent to tlie 
hospital; disch. in the summer of '05, for dis. caused by the wounds, 
from which he suffered severely a long time after his discharge, and 
recovered entirely only after a surgical operation had been performed. 
[See p. 292.] 
Kelley, George M. — Pvccruit; age 35; res. Troy; en. and mus. Jan. 14, 

'04, Belfast; joined co. Jan. 27; tr to the navy, April 27, '04. ^ 

Kelley, Charles S. — Pvecruit; age 29; res. Troy: en. and mus. Jan. 14, 
'04, Belfast; joined co. Jan. 27; in hospital at City Point, Va., summer 
and fall of '04; rejoined co., and m. o. with regt. 
Kelsey, John B. — Teamster; age 35; b. and r. Canton; en. Oct. 1_, '01, 
Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31: teamster in div. com'sy dept. from Sept. 2o, O:^; 
re-en. Feb. 1. '04; on duty in div. and brig. q. m. depts. till m. o. of 



•570 • FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

regt., having been connected with the regt. from its organization until 
its m. o. 

Kennedy, William H. — Age 23; res. Boothbay; en. Co. 1, 1st D. C. Jan. 22, 
'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; pris. at Stony Creek, Va., on Wilson's raid, 
June 20; died in rebel prison, in Andersonville, Ga., Oct. '64. 

Kenersox, Itiiiel S. — Veteran; age 23; res. Bethel; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Jan. 18, 't)4, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital from Aug. 16, 
and there m. o. 

Kimball, William W. — Piecruit; age 21; res. Eoxbury; en. and mus. 
Nov. 24, '63, Portland; joined co. Jan. 27; sent to dismounted camp at 
the opening of the spring campaign, and returned Aug. 28; m. o. June 
20, '6.5. 

Knowlton, James L. — Recruit; age 18; res. Liberty; en. Jan. 4, '64, Bel- 
fast; mus. Jan. 18, and joined co. Jan. 27; m. o. with regt. 

Lane, George W. — Recruit; age 24; res. Auburn; en. and mus. Oct. 14,. 
'64, Auburn, for one year; joined co. and served with it till June 20, '65^ 
when m. o. 

Leigiiton, Benjamin F. — Age 18; res. Monmouth; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Jan. 28, '64, Augusta; mus". Feb. 19; pris. June 29, at Stony Creek, Va., 
on Wilson's raid; remained in prison till the close of the war; disch. 
G. O. No. 77. 

Leighton, James W. — Age 22; res. Monmouth; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 
12, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 
77. 

Levensellar, Samuel. — Recruit; age 28; res. Linconville; en. and mus. 
Feb. 22, '64, Belfast; joined co. Feb. 26; killed in action at Reams' Sta- 
tion, Aug. 25, '64, being cut in two by a shell. 

Leavis, Okrin F. — Recruit; age 29; res. Springfield; en. and mus. Dec. 4, 
'63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 27, '64; m. o. with regt. 

LiBBY, Madison. —Age 34; res. Pittsfield; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 27, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; killed in action at Boydton 
plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 

LiBBY, Setil — Age 24; res. Pittsfield; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 1, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Lucas, Samuel. — Shoemaker; age 34; b. and r. Canton; en. Oct. 11, '61, 
Canton; mus. Oct. 31; sick at Frederick, Md., Nov. 1, '62, to Oct. 31, '63; 
re-en. Jan. 1, '64; regimental pioneer for a while that winter; detailed 
as saddler for the division ammunition train, summer of '64, where he 
served until m. o. June 20, '65. 

Maloon, Harton. — Bleacher; age 20; b. Bowdoin; res. Lewiston; en. and 
mus. March 1, '62, Augusta; orderly at Aquia Creek, Va., from Dec. 4, 
'62, till July 12, '63; killed in action at Shejjardstown, Va., July 16, '63. 
[See p. 188.] 

Mason, Fernando F. — Shoemaker; age 19; b. Hartford; res. North Tur- 
ner; en. Feb. 19, '62, Canton; mus. Feb. 25; at Washington, sick, April 5, 
'62, to July 4; wd. severely in action, Aldie, Va., June 17, '63; remained 
in hospital, disabled from the wound, until Feb. 25, '65, when m. o. ex. 
of ser. [See p. 140.] 

Mathews, Henry A. — Recruit; age 19; res. Rockland; en. and mus. Feb. 
4, '64, Belfast; joined co. Feb. 26; tr. to navy, April 27, '64. 

Ma»o, William H. — Age 27; res. Farmingdale; en. and mus. Co. I, 1st 
D. C. Feb. 22, '64, Augusta; pris. near the picket line at Sycamore 
church, while teamster, Sept. 12; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

McClanning, William S. — Gas-fitter; age 24; b. and r. Tarmouth; en. 
Oct. 14, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; orderly for Gen. Ricketts from 
May 22, '62, till December, when he rejoined co. ; orderly at hd. qrs. Col. 
Gavin (1st brig.) from Feb. 20, '63, till Aug. 26, '63, when rejoined co. ; 
re-en. Jan, 1, '64; killed in action at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, '64. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY G. ^ ^"^1 

McDonald, Jcmin, Jk.— As;e 10; res. Fairfield; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 1, 
'04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; pris. in action at Sycamore cliurcli, Va., 
Sept. 16, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
McRay, John. — Recruit; age 82; res. Portland; en. Jan. 12, '04, Augusta; 

mus. Jan. IS; joined co. Jan. 27; m. o. June 20, '().). 
MiTCUELi., John. — Farmer; age 27; b. East Livermore; res. Jay; en Oct. 
0, '01, Le^viston; mus. Oct. 81; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; m. o. June 20, bo. 
[See p. 140.] 
MoFFiTT, EuGKNE C. — Age 17; res. Rockland; en. Co. I, IstD. C. Feb. 10, 
'04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; pris. in action at Sycamore churcli, va., 
Sept. lO" '64; disch. G. O. Xo. 77. 
Morse, William PI. — Recruit; age 10; res. Applcton; en. Jan. 21, '04, 
Rockland; mus. Jan. 25; joined co. Feb. 26; wd. severely m action, 
Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
MoKEisoN, George. —Age 86; res. Perry; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 27, '04, 

Perry; mus. Feb. 27; sick in hospital at tr. ; m. o. G. O. JNo. n. 
Neediiam, Fr^\nk C — Age 20; res. Bath; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '04, 

Lewiston; mus. Feb. 10; joined co. at tr.; m. o. June 20, Oo. 
Nichols. Charles F.— Age 20; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, 
'04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; pris. at Reams' Station, \ a., on T\ ilson s 
raid, June 28, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
NiCKERSox, Moses. -Age 48; res. Rockland; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8 '64, 
Rockland; mus. Feb. 10; sick in hospital at time of tr. ; disch. G. O. 
No. 77. 
Niles TimothyB.— Farmer; age 27; b. and r. Livermore; en. Oct. 16, 01, 
Canton; mus. Oct. 31, Augusta; sick, and on duty as nurse at Fairtax 
Seminary hospital from May, '02, until Nov. 24 following, when he was 
disch. for dis.; afterwards drafted, accepted, and joined the 8th Me. 
regt. 
NoBRiGA, Mitchell R.— Age 22; res. Gardiner; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 
7, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; pris. at Reams' Station, on Wilson s raid, 
June 28, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
No YES, Fred K. — Bainter; age 21; b. Portland; res. Lewiston; en. Sept. 
21, '01, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. arising from injuries 
received in the line of duty, Nov. '02. 
O'Brien, Dennis. — Age 20; res. Calais; mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04; 

killed at Staunton River, on Wilson's raid, June 20, '04. 
Osgood, John N.-Age 21; res. Bradford; en. Co. L 1st D. C Fel^. 17 "64, 
Bangor; mus. Feb. 10; died in hospital at Hampton Roads, \ a., Sept. 
'64. 
Parsons, John B. — Farmer; age 27; b. and r. Monmouth; en. Oct. 4, '61, 

Leeds; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. July, '62. 
Patterson, Jeremiah F. — Recruit; age 30; res. Springfield; en. and mus. 
Dec. 4, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 27, '64; sent to hospital, sick, May 
3, '64. 
Penny Henry J. — Veteran recruit; served two years in 1st and -lOth Me. 
*Vois.; age 28; res. Lewiston; en. Aug. 25, '64, Lewiston, for one year; 
mus. Sept. 13; joined co. Oct. 18, '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
PiCKARD, Jefferson. — Farmer; age 26; b. and r. Plymouth; en. Oct. 16, 

'61, Augusta; mus. Oct. 31. 
Piper, Nathaniel. —Recruit; age 18; res. Portland; en. and mus. Nov. 12, 

'03, Portland; joined co. Jan. 27, '04; m. o. June 20, '{55. 
Pollard, Thomas J. — Veteran; age 22; res. Palmyra; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 2, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; pris. at Reams' Station, Va., on Wil- 
sons raid, June 28; died in prison at Andersouville, Ga., Oct. '04. 
Pond, Arthur A. — Age 23; res. Bangor; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 26, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; joined co. after tr. ; m. o. June 20, 'Oo. 



572 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

PuLSiFER, Addisox G. — Machinist; age 22; b. Poland; res. Lewiston; en. 

Sept. 25, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; sick in hospital from Oct. 14, '62; 

disch. for dis. Dec. 29, '63. 
Reed, George E. — Clerk; age 18; b. Livermore; res. East Liverniore; en. 

Sept. 2.5, '61, Fannington; mus. Oct. 31; orderly at Aquia Creek, Va., 

from Dec. 4, '62, and for Gen. Paul fi'om Jan. 17, '63; rejoined co. Aug. 

26; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; killed in action at Reams' Station, Ya., Aug. 25, 

'64, being cut in two by a shell. 
Richards, Horatio M. — Recruit; age 28; res. Wayne; en. Jan. 20, '64, 

Lewiston; mus. Jan. 25; joined co. Feb. 26; served with co. a short 

time when he went to hospital, sick; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Richards, Moses Y. — Cooper; age 25; b. Searsmont; res. Burnham; en. 

Oct. 16, '61, Augusta; mus. Oct. 31. 
Richer, James M. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Hartford; en. Oct. 17, '61, 

Canton; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. June, '62. 
RoBBixs, Lucius C. — Farmer; age 25; b. and r. Leeds; en. Oct. 14, '61, 

Leeds; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. Aug. 7, '62. / 

Roberts, Albert J. — Yeteran recruit; age 20; res. Peru; en. Nov. 23, '63, 

Lewiston; mus. Nov. 25; joined co. Jan. '64; captured while foraging 

on foot on Sheridan's raid towards Gordonsville, June 10, '64; rejoined 

C9. Aug. 28; wd. slightly in action at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; 

m. o. June 20, '65. 
RoBiNSOX, Fraxcis E. — Age 18; res. Winslow; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64, Winslow; mus. Feb. 19; pris. in action at Sycamore church, Sept. 

16; died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 1, '64. 
Rose, Seth G. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Leeds; en. Oct. 14, '61, Leeds; 

mus. Oct. 31, Augusta; on duty as teamster in brigade com'sy dept. 

from Oct. 18, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Ross, Allex R. M. — Age 23; res. Athens; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 4, '64, 

Calais; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Royal, Bailey T. — Teamster; age 40; b. Pownal; res. Lewiston; en. Oct. 

5, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; left at Frederick, Md., sick (moonstruck 

while lying on the ground in the open air), Oct. '62; remained in hospi- 
tal till tr. to invalid corps, Jan. 15, '64; died '75, from the effects of 

being moonstruck. 
Royal, George A. — Farmer; age 18; b. Pownal; res. Lewiston; en. Oct. 5, 

'61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. Nov. 24, '62. [See Co. I.] 
Russell, Aloxzo P. — Farmer; age IS; b. Rumford; res. Livermore; en. 

Oct. 4, '61, Canton; mus. Oct. 31; orderly at Aquia Creek, Ya., from 

Dec. 4, '62, and for Gen. Patrick, pro. mar. gen. A. P. from June 17, '63, 

until the spring of '64, when rejoined co. ; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Saxbokx, Silas M. —Age 31; res. Biddeford; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, 

'64, Portland; mus. Feb. 19; in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Severaxce, Ora F. — Age 21; res. Skowhegan; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 4, 

'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. attr. ; missing in action, Boydton 

plank road, Oct. 27; di.sch. G. O. No. 77. 
Small, Leoxard C. — Age 20; res. Pittsfield; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, 

'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; wd. and pris. in action at Sycamore church, 

Sept. 16; died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C, Feb. 9, '65. 
Smith, Bexjamix S. — Recruit; farmer; age 18; b. and r. Peru; en. July 15, 

'62, Canton; mus. Aug. 20; joined co. Sej^t. 5; disch. for dis. Feb. 25, '63. 
Smith, Charles D. — Yeteran; age 20; res. Biddeford; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 11, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 19; died at Point of Rocks hospital, 

Ya., July 27, '64, of disease contracted on AVilson's raid. 
Sxell, Albiox K. — Recruit; age 43; res. Poland; en. Feb. 8, '64, Lewiston; 

mus. Feb. 26; joined co. at once; in dismounted camp and hospital most 

of the time till spring of '(io; m. o. June 20, '65. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY G. -373 

JSnell, Alonzo II. — Ivecniit; age 18; res. rolaiul; on. Feb. IS, '(i4, Lewis- 
ton; mus. Feb. 20; JDined cd. soon after; in dismounted camp and hos- 
pital most of the time till spring of '05; m. o. with regt. 

Snei,i., Waltek E.— Recruit; age 22; res. Charlestown; en. Feb. 20, '04, 
Lewiston; mus. Feb. 20; joined co. soon after; at dismounted camp and 
hospital most of the time till the spring of '05; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

yoMEKs, Thomas. — Age 22; res. Athens; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, '64, 
Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; joined co. at tr. ; wd. accidentally on picket dur- 
ing the winter of '04-5, and disch. Cr. O. No. 77. 

SOTHAEi), TiiEODOKE M. — Age 43; res. Winslow; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 
12, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Spaulding, Libehty B. — Veteran recruit; age 20; res. Springfield; en. and 
mus. Dec. 4, '0:5, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 27, '04; went to corps hospital, 
near City Point, Va., sick, July, "04, and died there Sept. IS. 

Stanhope, William H. — Age 25; res. Bradford; en. and mus. Co. I, 1st 
D. C. Feb. 17, '04, Bangor; pris. at Reams' Station, Va., on Wilson' raid, 
June 28, and died at Andersonville, Ga., Nov. 2, '64 — grave No. 11,742. 

Starkey, Augustus H. — Age 20; res. China; mus. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, 
'64, Augusta; died July, "04. 

Stetsox, Hezekiah. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Sumner; en. Oct. 21, '61, 
Canton: mus. Oct. ol; sent to Fairfax Seminary hospital. May, '02; de- 
tailed as cook in the hospital in July; disch. for dis. Nov. 24, '62. 

Stevens, Chukchill S. — Served in 1st Me. regt. ; farmer; age 19; b. and r. 
Auburn; en. Sept. 27, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. Oct. 
29, '62. 

Stevens, Daa'id. — Veteran; age 28; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 
2, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Stockwell, John M. — Painter; age 19; b. Rumford; res. Lewiston; en. 
Sept. 27, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; pris. near Warrenton, Va., Aug. 
27, '02; paroled on the field; went to Maine, and disch. by the state 
authorities. 

SUTHEBLAND, NATHANIEL. — Age 18; I'BS. Biddcford; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 11, '04, Portland; mus. Feb. 22; i^ris. in action at Sycamore church, 
Va., Sept. 10; died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Oct. '64. 

SwEETLAND, WiLLiAM H. — Age 25; res. Farmingdale; en. Co. I, 1st D. C.' 
Feb. 12, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at ti\ ; m. o. June 20, "65. 

Sylvestek, Horace. — Age 22; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 14, 
'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; on duty at Washington at tr. ; joined co. ; 
m. o. with regt. 

Thing, George S. — Age 23; res. Waterville; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 9, 
'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; disch. for dis. July, '64. 

Thomas, Lyman. — Recruit; age 18; res. Vassalboro; en. Jan. 29, '04, Rock- 
land; mus. Feb. 2; joined co. Feb. 20; went to hospital in Oct. "04, and 
disch. for dis. March 14, '05. 

Thorn, James H. — Age 18; res. Waterville; en. Co. I, 1st D. C.Feb. 9, '04, 
Waterville; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. attr. ; shot by accident while in 
camp in the winter of '05; m. o. G. O. No. 77. 

Thurston, Charles E. — Age 20; res. Calais; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, 
'64, Calais; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

ToBiE, Leroy H. — Veteran recruit, having served with the 10th Me. Inf. 
from its organization till its m. o. ; machinist.; age 21 ; b. and r. Lewis- 
ton; en. Aug. 19, '04, Lewiston; mus. Sept. 13; joined co. Oct. IS, and 
served with it till March 31, "65, when severely wd. at Dinwiddle Court 
House; disch. for dis. arising from the wound, July 27, '65, Augusta. 

ViCKEKY, Charles. — Age 18; res. Calais; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, '64, 
Calais; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 



574 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Washburn, Charles A. — Recruit; age 18; res. Auburn; en. and mus. 

Oct. 14, '64, Auburn, for one year; joined co. soon after; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. 
Williamson, Hexry. — Age 19; res. Augusta; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 

'64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 10; at dismounted camp at tr.; m. o. June 20, 

'6.5. 
Willis, Gancello. — Age 38; res. Detroit; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '64, 

Detroit; mus. Feb. 19; pris. at Sycamore cburch, Va., Sept. 16, '64; 

discli. G. O. No. 77. 
WiLSHiER, Wallace W. — Age 18; res. Palmyra; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 

27, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Wheeler, Levi W. — Carpet-stamper; age 24; b. and r. Leeds; en. Sept. 

20, '61, Leeds; mus. Oct. 81; orderly "for Gen. Eicketts from May 22 

until Aug. 21; detailed as teamster at division hd. qrs. Feb. 20, '68; m. o. 

Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
White, George W. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Dixfield; en. Oct. 8, '61, 

Canton; mus. Oct. 31; orderly at Aquia Creek, Va., from Dec. 4, '62. and 

for Gen. Patrick, pro. mar gen. A. P. from June 17, '63, till the spring of 

'64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
White, Henry. —Farmer; age 21; b. Quebec; res. Waterville; en. Dec. 2, 

'61, Augusta; mus. Dec. 4; cook in the regt. q. m. dept. from July, '62; 
■ died in hospital at Frederick, Md., Oct. 20, '62. 
Whiteknact, George W.— Recruit; age 19; res. Sanford; en. and mus. 

Dec. 20, '64, Portland; joined co. soon after muster; wd. in action at 

Dinwiddle Court House, Va., March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Whiteknact, John. — Age 18; res. Calais; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, '64, 

Calais; mus. Feb. 19; wd. Sept. 8, while on a scouting expedition near 

Sycamore church, Va. ; joined co. and was m. o. with regt. 
Whitman, William. — Age 41; res. Greenwood; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 

25, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 19; sick in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. , ., 

Woodbury, Collins. — Recruit; sailor; age 21; res. Bangor; en. Apnl 20, 
'63, Bangor; mus. June, '63, Warrenton Junction, Va. ; joined co. June 
13, '63. 

Wyman, William H.— Farmer; age 21; b. and r. East Livermore; en. Oct. 
9, '61, Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31; pris. in action, Brandy Station, Va., June 
9, '63; taken to Richmond, paroled, and sent to Annapolis, ISId., June 
13, '63; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 26, '63; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; went to dis- 
mounted camp October, '64, and to the hospital Dec. 7; m. o. Aug. 14, 
'65, upon arrival of the regt. at Augusta. 

York, Cornelius. — Age 23; res. Greenwood; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 20, 
'64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 19; in hospital at City Point at time of tr. ; 
m. o. June 20, '65. 

Young, Hanson W. — Recruit; age 18; res. Glenburn; en. and mus. Jan. 
19, '64, Belfast; joined co. Jan. 27, '64; wd. in action at Dinwiddie Court 
House, Va., March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 



RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was twelve, of whom eight joined at its organization (three with commis- 
sions and the remainder in the ranks and subsequently promoted), and four 
were transferred from the First District of Columbia Cavalry. Of these, 
two were mustered out with the regiment, one by reason of the expiration 
of his term of service, five resigned, two were discharged for disability, one 



liOSTEJi OF COMPANY G. 575 

resigned on account of -wounds received in action, and one was transferred 
to another company. Three of these served three years or more, and one, 
Lieut. Jumper, from the organization of the regiment till its muster out. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company (besides 
the five who were commissioned) was two hundred and forty-four, of whom 
thirty-one were sergeants, twenty-six corporals, four buglers, five farriers, 
four saddlers, two wagoners, and one hundred and seventy-two privates. 
Of these, ninety-six joined the company at Augusta (seventy-nine Jjcing 
present at the original muster-in, and seventeen joining during the winter), 
one joined in the summer of 1802, two in 18(53, forty-two in 18()4, and one 
hundred and three were transferred from the First District of Columbia Cav- 
alry. Of the whole number, thirty-two (original members) served their three 
years' term of enlistment and were mustered out at its expiration; thirty-five 
were mustered out with the regiment; twenty-nine were discharged for dis- 
ability arising from disease, and three from wounds; eighty were discharged 
at the close of the war, under the orders mustering out paroled prisoners, 
convalescents in hospitals, dismounted cavalry men, one year men, and 
cavalry men whose term of service expired prior to Oct. 1, 1865; one was 
discharged to receive promotion in the Maine Sharpshooters, and two to 
receive promotion in a colored regiment; one was discharged by order; one 
was discharged by the state authorities; eighteen were killed in action, 
thirteen died from disease, thirteen died in southern prisons, one died from 
wounds received in action, and one was accidentally killed by his own 
hand ; one was transferred to the non-commissioned staff, two were trans- 
ferred to the veteran reserve corps, two to the navy, and nine are unac- 
counted for. Fifty served three years or more, eight served two years and 
less than three, one hundred and twelve served one year and less than two, 
seventy-two served less then one year, and two, Sergt. E. P. Tobie, Jr., and 
Private John Kelsey, served from the organization of the regiment until its 
final muster out. The large number that served under two years is due to 
the fact that nearly all the recruits and all of the District of Columbia men 
enlisted less than two years before the close of the war, the company having 
but three additions to its original membership for more than two years from 
its muster. Of the ninety-six original members, twenty-six re-enlisted in 
the regiment as veteran volunteers, one was discharged for disability, and 
afterwards re-enlisted as a recruit, and was again discharged for disability. 
These, and the five enlisted men commissioned, added to the number of 
enlisted men before given, makes the total nvimber of enlistments repre- 
sented in the company two hundred and seventy-three, or with the commis- 
sioned officers, two hundred and eighty-six. 

COMPANY G'S HONORED DEAD. 

SEKGEAXTS. 

Lucius M. Ror.ixsox, Hartford. Killed in action at Deej) Bottom, Va., 

Aug. m, 1864. 
Thompson Neal, Pittsfield. Died in ] rison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 7, 1864. 
Charles H. Wallace, Lewiston. Killed while scouting near Sycamore 

church, Ya., Sept. 3, 18(>4. 



576 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

CORPORALS. 

Frederic M. Baker, Lewistou. Died of disease, April 17, 1865, in hos- 
pital. 

.John Dealey, Jr., Winthrop. Killed in action at Brandy .Station, Va., 
June 9, 1868. 

Charles H. Gibsox, Vassalboro. Killed in action at Sycamore church, 
Va., Sept. 16, 1864. 

George E. Pisiion, Vassalboro. Died at Point of Rocks hospital, Va., from 
disease, Sept. 8, 1864. 

Alpiionso Pierce, Windsor. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, in Nov. 
1864. 

William E. Smith, Augusta. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, in Nov. 
1864. 

farrier. 

George W. H. Frost, Monmouth. Died of disease at Point of Rocks hos- 
pital, Va., in Sept. 1864. 

SADDLERS. 

Ira I. McFarland, Palmyra. Died of disease, Feb. 6, 186-5. 
Jeremiah A. Estes, Vassalboro. Killed in action at Reams' Station, Va., 
Aug. 25, 1864. 

PRIVATES. 

Henry Bates, Australia. Killed by his own hand, accidentally, Feb. 1, 

1864. 
Jeremiah Bowhax, Lewistou. Killed in action at Staunton River, Va., 

June 26, 1864. 
James W. Bray, Montreal. Killed in action at Berry ville, Va., Aug. 14, 

1864. 
Cyrvs a. Buck, Greenwood. Died of disease in hospital at City Point, Va., 

in Jan., 186.5. 
James Burns. Montreal. Died in April, 1865, from wounds received in 

action at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31. 
Theodore Clarke, Augusta. Died in prison at Andersonville, Ga., Nov. 

1, 1864. 
William E. Clarke, Lubec. Killed in action at Appomattox Court House, 

April, 9, 1865. 
John D. Currier, Fort Fairfield. Died of disease near Warrenton, Va., 

Feb. 14, 1864. 
James B. Gushing, Rockland. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 7, 

1864. 
Rodney C. Davis, Lewistou. Died of disease in hospital at Augusta, 

March 5, 1862. 
Charles R. Delano, Turner. Killed inaction at Beaver Dam Station, Va., 

May 10, 1864. 
Nathaniel Eaton, Wells. Killed in action at Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 

16, 1864. 
Joseph P. Emmons, South Maiden, Mass. Died in prison at Charleston, 

S. C.,in Oct. 1864. 
Gustavus K. Estes, Vassalboro. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, 

Va., Oct. 27, 1864. 
Hanson S. Field, Hartford. Killed in action at Ground Squirrel bridge, 

Va., May 11, 1864. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY G. 677 

Henky a. IIamlix, China. Died in rebel i)rison, An^'. 1, 18G4. 

Andrew J. Joijdax. P'riendship. Died of disease in Fairfax Seminary lios- 

pital, near Alexandria, Va., Oct. 26, ISG'2. 
William H. Kennedy, Boothbay. Died in prison at Andersonville, Ga., 

Oct. 1864. 
Samuel Levensellah, Lincolnville. Killed in action at Reams' Station, 

Va., Aug. 25, 1864. 
Madison Liuhy, Pittsfield. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, Va., 

Oct. 27, 1864. 
HoRTON Maloon, Lewiston. Killed in action at Sliejiardstown, Va., July 

16, 1863. 
William S. McClanning, Yarmouth. Killed in action at Deep Bottom, 

Va., Aug. 16, 1864. 
Dennis O'Brien, Calais. Killed in action at Staunton River, Va., June 26, 

1864. 
John N. Osgood, Bradford. Died of disease in hospital at Hampton roads, 

Va., in Sept. 1864. 
Thomas J. Pollard, Palmyra. Died in prison at Andersonville, Ga., in 

Oct. 1864. 
George E. Reed, East Livermore. Killed in action at Reams' Station, Va., 

Aug. 25, 1864. 
Francis E. Robinson, Winslow. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 

1, 1864. 
Leonard C. Small, Pittsfield. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Feb. 0, 

1865. 
Charles D. Smith, Biddeford. Died of disease at Point of Rocks hospital, 

Va., July 27, 1864. 
Liberty' B. Spaulding, Springfield. Died of disease in hospital at City 

Point, Va., Sept. 18, 1864. 
William H. Stanhope, Bradford. Died in j^rison at Andersonville, Ga., 

Nov. 2, 1864. 
Augustus H. Starkey, China. Died in July, 1864. 
Nathaniel Sutherland, Biddeford. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, 

in Oct. 1864. 
Henry' White, Waterville. Died of disease in hospital at Frederick, Md.,. 

Oct. 20, 1862. 



578 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 



COMPAXY H. 

CAPTAINS. 

SUMMAT, GEORGE J. —Age 31; b. Konigsburg, Prussia; com. capt. Oct. 
8, '61; killed in action at Aldie, June 17, '63. [See pp. 40, 48, 160, 162, 

172.] 

I can find but little of the history of Capt. Summat, except that he joined 
us from Co. K, Fifth U. S. Cavalry, in which he had served nearly five years, 
and had attained the rank of first sergeant, bearing an excellent character 
in that command, and having been engaged in a fight with the Comanche 
Indians, at Wild Horse Creek, Oct. .5, 1858, and in a skirmish with the rebels 
at Falling Waters, Va., July 2, 1861. During the twenty months he was in 
command of his company, he was rarely ever known to allude to the father- 
land or to mention his kinsfolks. Upon assuming command of his company, 
he briefiy told us we were men and soldiei's now, — citizens and boys no 
longer, — that it became hi.s duty to discipline and prepare us for the field, 
and for the stern duties we had promised to perform; that the military law 
was so unlike the civil, that some would, doubtless, deem the requirements 
hard and unjust; but when we came to test our strength and our steel Avith 
a fighting foe by the side of untrained troops, we should feel strong in the 
strength discipline had given us, and stronger in the faith and confidence 
of each other. We soon began to feel a pride in our new commander, and 
in the progress in drill and discipline we were making. His popularity, par- 
ticularly in his own company, increased daily, and his pride in his new 
command never wavered. 

In his manner he was reserved and quiet; neither pompous nor proud, 
but always moving with a soldierly grace and bearing. In dress he con- 
formed strictly to the army regulations, with no unnecessary lace nor 
garments of gaudy show. He always looked well to the interest of the 
government, whose servant he acknowledged himself to l)e, and saw that 
no article for which he was in any way accountable was lost or unnecessarily 
injured. He was temperate in his habits, and economical in his expendi- 
tures. He was thorough in his instructions, not only as regarded drill and 
discipline, but in matters which might be, and were, of use to us in the active 
service which we afterwards saw. When we reached the field, we found him 
ever watchful, ever careful, ever giving his whole attention to the duties set 
before him, and ever performing those duties in a way to increase our re- 
spect and love for him, and to win the commendation of his superior ofiicers. 

In the action at Middletown, Ya., in May, 1862, when there seemed to us 
no way of escape, he said to us, " Let every man keep his place, and I 
will take you all out of here." Every man came out as he promised, and 
he was again raised in our estimation. In April. 1863, at the head of his 
company, he swam the Rappahannock, then at fiood, and by the instincts 
of a wary and careful soldier, eluded the obstructions of old telegraph wire 
that had been thrown into the river at the southern landing, and. together 
with a small dismounted force that had crossed on the railroad bridge 
above, drove a formidable force of the enemy from their rifle-pits on the 
opposite side, and pursued them to the woods beyond. How he died is told 
in the account of the fight at Aldie, Ya., June 17, 1863. — H. C. H. 

HALL, HENRY C. — Student and teacher; age 23; b. Waterville; res. Starks; 
en. April 19, '61, in Portland Mechanic Blues, 1st Me. Yols., as private; 
m. o. Aug. '61, ex of ser. ; en. 1st Me. Cav. Oct. 17, '61, Skowhegan; mus. 
Nov. 5, as sergt. ; pro. 1st sergt. Jan. 1, '62; com. 2d lieut. June 25, and 
1st lieut. Oct. 23, '62; com. capt. June 18, '63, and commanded co. till 
the close of the war, except the last year, when in command of battal- 



ROSTER OF COMPANY II. ^"^9 

ion; seriously wd. at AVyatt's farm, Va., Sept. 29, '04; breveted major, 
March 81, '05, for pallant and meritorious services at Dinwiddie Court 
House, Va. ; ap. provost marslial, Chesterfield County, Va., May 20, 'O-j; 
ap. sub-commissioner Frecdmen's Bureau, for Chesterfield County, July 
15, '05; m. o. with regt. [See pp. 1(50, 2:30, :)59, :!74, 402, 427, 4:52, 435, 
441, 445.] 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 
BAKER, CHARLES XL — Merchant; age 20; b. Norridgewock ; res. Skow- 
hegan; en. Sept. 20, '01, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; resigned and honor- 
ably disch. June 14, '62. 

WEBB, JOHN R. — Age 28; res. St. Albans; mus. Nov. 5, '01, as 2d lieut. ; 

com. 1st lieut. Jan. 15, '62; resigned and honorably disch. Oct. 14, '62. 
ANDREWS, JOHN R. — 2d lieut. Co. I; com. 1st. lieut. Co. H, June 18, '03; 

m. o. Nov. 25, '(>4, ex. of ser. [See Co. I, and pp. 241, 295, 300.] 
MAGUIRE, JAMES. — Age 34; res. Augusta; com. 1st lieut. Co. F, IstD. C. 

Jan. 25. '04; wd. at Peterslmrg, June, '04; pris. on Wilson's raid, June, 

'64; absent pris. at tr.; joined co. and m. o. with regt. [See p. 332.] 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

STONE, WILLIAM F. — Com. 2d lieut. Co. H, from Co. I, Oct. 23, '62; on 
duty at hd. qrs. Col. Allen, mil. gov. Frederick, Md., Nov. '02, to Jan. 
'03; pris. April, '63; on duty as a. a. q. m. at div. and corps hd. qrs. from 
May, '63, till Aug. '64, then a. q. m. at cav. depot. City Point, till m. o. 
Dec. 6, '64, ex. of ser. [See pp. 133, 142.] 

LEE, JOSEPH W. — Age 22; res. Calais; en. Co. D, 2d Me. Cav., and pro. 
1st sergt. Dec. 8, '03; com. 2d lieut. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 24, '04; joined 
CO. at tr.; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; acting adjt. 3d bat- 
talion at Chesterfield Court House, '65; m. o. with regt. 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

HuRi>, Washington L — Clerk; age 20; b. and r. Harmony; en. Sept. 25, '01, 
Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; wd. and pris. at Aldie, June 17, '63; ex. and 
died of wounds at Camp Parole, ^nnapolis. Md., Aug. 11, '63. 

HVLL Daniel W. — Student and teacher; age 23; b. Waterville; res. 
Starks; en. Co. B, 1st Me. Vols., Portland Mechanic Blues, April 22, '61; 
m. o. Aug. '61, ex. of ser.; en. Co. H, 1st Me. Cav. Oct. 17, '01, Skowhe- 
gan; mus. Nov. 5, as sergt.; pro. 1st sergt. June 15, '03; mortally wd. at 
Aldie, June 17, '63, and died of wounds, June 18. [See pp. 162, 103.] 

Cook, Nathan V. — Shoemaker; age 25; b. and r. Solon; en. Sept. 21, '01, 
Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as sergt; pro. 1st. sergt. July 1, '03; tr. to 
non-coni. staff as com'sy sergt. March 1. '64. [See field and staff.] 

West, John W. — Teacher; age 20; b. Hampton; res. Carmel; mus. Co. M, 
1st D. C. Dec. 5, '03, as sergt.; pro. 1st sergt. '04; joined co. at tr.; 
ordnance clerk, regt. hd. qrs., winter '()4-5; wd. severely at Dinwiddie 
Court House, March 31, '05, while in command of co. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 

BuzzELL, Samuel L.— Farmer; age 20; b. and r. St. Albans; en. and mus. 
Sept. 8, '62, St. Albans, as private; pro. 1st sergt. March 1, '64; wd. at 
Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64, and died of wounds at City Point, Dec. 
28, '64. 



580 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Goodwin, George E. — Farmer; age 24; b. Fairfield; res. ^iko'^vlleo;all; en. 
Nov. 2, '61, Skowhegaii ; mus. Nov. 5. as private: pro. corp. Jan. 1. "62, 
and sergt. Jan. 1, '63; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; m. o, with regt. ; bore an honor- 
able part in every action in which the co. was engaged, and came out 
unscathed. 

SERGEANTS. 

Herein, Philander S.— Shoemaker; age 20; b. Skowhegan; res. Abing- 
ton, Mass.; en. Sept. 20, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; pris. at Ground 
Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Fenderson, John H. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Madison; en. Sept. 27, 

'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Feb. 22, '62. 
Phelps, Willard H. — Farmer; age 22; b. Canaan; res. Hartland; en. Oct. 
1.5, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Oct. 5, as corp.; pro. sergt. Jan. 1, '62; pris. 
at Middleburg, Va., June 19, '63; ex. and rejoined co. Feb. 22, '64; pris. 
on the Dahlgren raid, March 2, '64; died in prison at Andersonville, 
June 16, '64 — grave No. 2064. 
Foster, Charles H. — Laborer; age 19; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. Oct. 7, 
'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. as corp.; pro. sergt. Aug. 1, '62; re-en. 
Jan. 1, '64; wd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, while in command 
of CO., March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Wyman, John H. — Farmer; age 25; b. Bloomlield; res. Skowhegan; en. 
Sept. 30, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as corp.; pro. .sergt. Jan. 1, '63; 
m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
MosHER, Bex.jamin C — Farmer; age 28; b. Canaan; res. Starks; en. Oct. 
19, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '63, and 
sergt. July 1; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; absent on furlough at m. o. of regt., 
and honorably disch. by order of Gen. Dix, Aug. '65. [See p. 162.] 
Heal, PvOBERT A. — Sailor; age 20; b. and r. Lincolnville; en. Nov. 21, '61, 
Belfast; mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. Aug. 1, '62; while crossing 
the Rappahannock Pdver, in April, '63, his horse became entangled in 
coils of telegraph wire thrown in to obstruct its passage, and fell on 
him and injured him severely; re-en. Jan. 1, '64, and pro. sergt. same 
date; m. o. June 20, '65. [See p. 162.] 
Mayo, Daniel T. — Farmer; age 40; b. and r. Carmel; served in Co. A, 
22d Me. Inf. and m. o. with regt. Aug. 14, '63; en. Co. M, 1st D. C. Jan. 
5, '64, and mus. Feb. 19; joined co. at tr.; m. o. June 20, "65. 
Stetson, Samuel K. — Blacksmith; age 38; b. Madawaska; res. Houlton; 
en. 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64, and mus. Feb. 26 ; absent sick at tr. ; tr. to 
v. r. c. April 15, '65; disch. Nov. 28, '65. [See Co. K.] 
GiLMAN, Daniel H.— Teacher; age 19; b. Levant; res. Monmouth: en. 
and mus. Co. M. 1st D. C. Marcl^ 16, '64; wd. at Roanoke bridge, June 
25, '64; in hospital at tr. ; joined co. and pro. regt. q. m. sergt. Dec. \yi. 
[See field and staff.] 
Boston, Henry W.— Student; age 20; b. and r. St. Albans; en. Sept. 25, 
'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. Aug. 1, '62; recruit- 
ing in Maine, '62; wd. at Aldie, June 17, '63; pro. sergt. '64; mortally 
wd. at Charles City cross-roads, Aug. 18, '64, and died the next day. 
Robinson, John F. — Farmer; age 18; b. Skowhegan; res. Palmyra; en. 
Oct. 15, '61, Skowhegan, and mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. Aug. 1, 
'62; wd. at Shepardstown, July 16, '63; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; pro. sergt. '64; 
wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
BiCKFORD, Aaron F. — Farmer; age 19; b. Starks; res. Madison; en. Nov. 
IS, '61, Skowhegan, and mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. July 1, "63; 
re-en. Jan. 1, '64; pro. sergt. '64; wd. at Black Creek, near White House 
Landing, June 21, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Foster, Daniel M.— Farmer; age 21; b. Canaan; res. Skowhegan; en. Oct. 
9, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '63; re-en. 



ROSTER OF COMPAXY II. 581 

Feb. 1, '04; pro. serg-t. '()4; wd. at IJoylton i)lauk road, Oct. 27, '(54; m. o. 
June 20, '05. 

Mayrehky, Georoe II. — Farmer; a<;e 10; 1). and r. .Solon; en. Oct. 21, '01, 

Skowhesan, and mus. Xov. 5, as private; re-en. Jan. 1, '(i4; pro. corp. 

'64, and seryt. '0.>; m. o. June 20, 'C"). 
BiGKLOW, Levi E. — Harness-maker; aye 41; b. Bloonifield; res. Skowhe- 

gan; served in band of 9th Me. Inf., Ijeing m. o. Xov. 1. '62; en. 1st D. C. 

Feb. 11, '()4, Aut^usta, and mus. Feb. 17; joined rest, at tr., and served as 

leader of band till m. o. of regt. ; pro. sergt. '(w. [See last band.] 
Ohlsex, Joirx. — Laborer; age 39; b. Christiana, Norway; non-resident; 

en. and mus. Oct. 4, '04, Augusta; joined co. Nov. 4; pro. sergt. '05; 

m. o. with regt. 

CORPORALS. 

Fexderson, James W. — Shoemaker; age 23; b. and r. Madison; en. Oct. 
19, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 

LiscoMB, William S. — Lumberman; age 33; b. Bloonifield; res. Skowhe- 
gan; en. Sept. ;30, '01, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 

Webb, Converse L., .Jr. — Farmer; age 24; b. St. Albans; res. Palmyra; en. 
Oct. 21, '01, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 

Corson, Charles A. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Starks; en. Oct. 18, '01, 
Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; pris. on Little Washington reconnoissance, 
Oct. 12, '63; ex. and at Camp Stoneman, Feb. 23, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, 
ex. of ser. 

Young, Sewell C — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Lincolnville; en. Nov. '61, 
Lincolnville; mus. Nov. 5; orderly for Gen. D. McM. Cxregg, '64; m. o. 
Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Marshall, Benjamin F. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Starks; en. Nov. '01, 
Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. Aug. 1, '62; re-en. Jan. 
1, '64; pris on the Dalilgren raid, March 2, '64; died in prison at Ander- 
sonville, Aug. 10, '04. 



Me. Cav. Dec. 18, '03; m. o. July 2, '05, at close of the war. [See p. 103.] 
Whittier, David H. —Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Harmony; en. Nov. 4, '61, 

Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '63; re-en. Jan. 

1, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Cyphers, Martin C— Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Ripley; en. Oct. 3, '61, 

Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as private; pro. corp. Dec. 1, '03; wd. at 

Todd's Tavern, May 8, '04; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
WiLLEY, Llewellyn L. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Corinna; en. and mus. 

Aug. 23, '02, Corinna, as private; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '64; wd. at Dinwiddle, 

March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. S3. 
Goodwin, James A. —Blacksmith; age 36; b. Litchfield; res. Gardiner; 

mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 27, '64; sick in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Kendall, Abiathar R. — Farmer; age 36; b. Hampden; res. Carmel; en. 

Co. M, 1st D. C. Jan. 5, '64, and mus. Feb. 8; pris. at Reams' Station, 

June 29, '64; died in southern prison. 
Pierce, Albert A. —Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Bradford; served in Co. F, 

2d Me. Inf., and m. o. with regt. June 9, '03; en. and mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 

29, '64: pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in prison at Salis- 
bury, N. C, Nov. 20, '04. 

Baker, Dow C. — Millman; age 24; b. Moscow; res. Kingsbury; served in 
Co. H, 22d Me. Inf., and m. o. with regt. Aug. 14. '«i3: en. and mus. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 24, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '05. 



582 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

TrENEE, Benjajiin H. — Farmer; age 32; b. and r. Lewiston; en. and mus. 
1st D. C. Feb. 2G, '64; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. l(j, '04, and died 
in prison. 

Andrews, Lewis. — Farmer; age 28; b. Brighton; res. Solon; en. Oct. 28, 
'01, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as private; Avd. at Aldie, June 17, '63; re- 
en. .Jan. 1, '04, and pro. corp. same date; m. o. June 20, '6.j. 

Gove, Moses E.— Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Terry; en. 1st D. C. Feb. 15, 
'64; mus. March 4, as private; joined co. at tr.; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with 
regt. 

Haelow", James H. — Farmer; age 26; b. Concord; res. Embden; en. Sept. 
28, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5, as private; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; wd. at 
Malvern Hill, July 29, '64; pro. corp. '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

FuLLEE, Alden W. —Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Searsmont; en. Dec. 1, '63, 
Searsmont; mus. Dec. 7; joined co. Jan. 14, '64; pro. corp. '65; m. o. 
with regt. 

BUGLERS. 

WiLSHiEE, Wallace W.— Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Palmyra; en. Oct. 19, 

'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 
Stewaed, Samuel. —Farmer; age IS; b. Wells; res. Palmyra; en Nov. '61, 

Palmyra; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. at Washington, '63. 
Oedway, Caleb F.— Millman; age 38; b. Belfast; res. Orono; en. and mus. 

1st D. C. Jan. 5, '64, Bangor; joined co. attr., and served with regt. band 

till m. o. with regt. [See last band.] 
POMEOY, RoAVLAND B. — Farmer; age IS; b. Bangor; res. Kenduskeag; en. 

and mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 23, '64, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 

16, '64; died in rebel prison. 

FARRIERS. 

Spkingek, Benjamin J. — Blacksmith; age 42; b. and r. Richmond ; en. and 
mus. Nov. 20, '61, Augusta; re-en. Jan. 1,'64; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, 
March 2, '64; died in prison at Richmond, March 20, '64. 

HiNKLEY, William. —Blacksmith; age 35; b. Topsham; res. Richmond; en. 
Nov. 28, '61, Skowhegan, and mus. same day; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; acting 
regt. armorer, '64; m. o. with regt. 

McCoy, Andeew. — Blacksmith ; age 24; b. Canada; res. Auburn; en. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 10, '64; mus. Feb. 27; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

GooDNOW, Jason S. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Newry; served in Co. G, 
2d. Me. Inf., being m. o. with regt. May 10, '63; en. 1st D. C. Feb. 26, '64, 
Newry; mus. March 4; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

SADDLER. 

Smith, Geoege W. — Saddler; age 20; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. Oct. 31, '61, 
Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; on extra duty in hospital dept. '63; re-en. Jan. 
1, '64; on detached service at cav. depot, City Point, '64; rejoined co. 
Sept. 9, '64; ra. o. June 20, '65. 

WAGONERS. 

Brown, Calvin H. — Farmer; age 27; b. Corinna; res. Palmyra; en. Oct. 

25, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; tr. to v. r. c. Nov. 1, '63. 
PoMLOW, Joseph. — Hostler; age 21; b. Canada; res. Solon; en. Sept. 23, 

'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov.^o, as private; on extra duty as teamster in 

regt. q. m. dept. '63; ap. wagoner, June 15, '63; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; m. o. 

with regt. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY IT. 



PRIVATES, 



583 



Adams, Tiiara S. — Hunter; age 21; b. and r. f'avrituck; en. Nov. 'Gl, 

Skowliegan; mus. Nov. o; discli. for dis. at Frederick, Nov. 1, '()2. 
Adektox, Thomas; J. — Farmer: age 28; b. IJowdoinham; re.s. Litclifield; 

served in Co. F, 24th Me. Inf., and was m. o. with regt. Aug. 2."). '()3; en. 

Co. M, 1st D. C. Feb. 25, HU, and mns. March 18; pris. at Reams' Station, 

June 29; died in rebel prison, Dec. 12, '(54. 
Allkx. Hikam W. — Farmer; age IS; b. Lowell; res. Haynesville; en. Feb. 

19, '(!2. Lowell; wd. at Aldie, June IT, '<i:'>; pris. on reconnaissance to 

Little Washington, Oct. 12. "(i:;; ex. and rejoined co. Feb. -^n, 'G4; pris. on 

Dahlgren raid, March 2, 'G4; died in prison at Andersonville. 
Allex. Melvix J. — Farmer; age IS; b. Bloomfield; res. Corinna; en. Dec. 

2, 'G;], Bangor; mus. Dec. 21; joined co. Jan. 2:^, 'G4; sick at Point 

Lookout, Md., Nov. 'G4; rejoined co.; m. o. with regt. 
BADGE15, Natii AX. — Farmer; age IS; b. St. Albans; res. Ripley; en. Oct. 7, 

'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Feb. 11, 'G2. 
Bailey, William E. — Millman; age 21; b. and r. Bradford; en. and mus. 

Co. M. 1st D. C. Jan. 13, 'G4, Bangor; wd. and pris. at Reams' Station, 

June 29, 'G4; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Baker, Wellixgtox P. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Bingham; en. Sept. 27, 

"61, Skowhegan, and mus. Nov. '>; re-en. Jan. 1, 'G4; acting chief bugler, 

'G4; ap. chief bugler and tr. to non-com. staff, Dec. 5, 'G4. [See tiekl and 

staff.] 
Begix, Johx B. — Laborer; age 23; b. Quebec, Canada; res. Skowhegan; 

en. Oct. 11, 'Gl, Skowhegan, and mus. Nov. ■"); pris. at Rappahannock 

Station, with Lieut. Stone, April 14, 'G3. [See p. 133.] 
BiCKFOiiD, Isaac. — Barber; age 43; b. and r. Porter; en. Nov. 2S, '63, Lew- 

iston, and mus. Dec. 28; died of disease at Alexandria, Dec. 29, '64. 
BiCKMORE, Llewellyx F. — Carpenter: age IS; b. Bradford; res. Bangor; 

en. and mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 25, '64, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, 

Sept. 16, '64; died in southern prison, Nov. 11, '64. 
Blaxchard, David J. — Farmer; age 44; b. Dexter; res. Kenduskeag; 

served in Co. H, 22d Me. Inf., and m. o. with regt.; en. and mus. 1st 

D. C. Feb. 2, '64, Bangor; disch. for dis. Aug. 21, '64. 
Bkowx, Philaxder. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. Nov. 2, 

'61, Skowhegan, and mus. Nov. 5. 
Buck, Hexry A. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Livermore; en. Co. M, 1st 

D. C. Feb. 10, '64, Augusta, and mus. Feb. 25; wd. and pris. at Reams' 

Station, June 29, '64, and died in rebel prison. 
Butler, Plummer H. — Farmer; age 23; b. New Sharon; res. Chelsea; 

served in 5th Me. battery, and di'sch. Oct. 23, '62; en. 1st D. C. Feb. 15, 

'64, Augusta, and mus. next day; joined co. at tr., and m. o. with regt. 
Bukleigh, Albert A. —Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Linneus; en. Co. M, 1st 

D. C. Feb. 25, '64, Augusta, and mus. Feb. 26; wd. and pris. at Reams' 

Station, June 29, '64; disch. for dis. April 18, '()5. 
Campbell, J. Saxborx. — Butcher; age 19; b. Athens; res. Dexter; en. and 

mus. Jan. 1, '64, Bangor; joined co" Jan. 23, '64; pris. at Ground Squir- 
rel bridge. May 11, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Caxwell, James. — Farmer; age 21; b. Franklin plantation; res. Canton; 

en. March 17, '62, Canton; mus. soon after; wd. and pris. at Aldie, June 

17, '63; ex. Sept. 12. and rejoined co. Oct. 19; re-en. March 18, '64; wd. 

at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; sick in hospital at m. o. of regt. 
Clapp, Charles T. E.— Teacher; age 22; b. East Eddington; res. Enfield; 

en. and mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 25, 'G4,"Bangor; disch. for dis. Dec. 24, '64. 
Colby. George G.— Farmer; age 21; b. Whitetield; res. W'indsor; en. 1st 

D. C. March 8, '64, Augusta, and mus. March 10; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. 

June 20, '65. 



584 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Coleman, Chakles A. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Wiuslow; en. Co. M, 
1st D. C. Feb. 8, '()4, Augusta; mus. Feb. 25; at cav. depot, City Point, 
Nov. '64; m. o. with regt. [See Co. B.] 
CoAN, William H. — Farmer; age IS; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. Jan. 14, '64, 
Augusta, and mus. Jan. 18; joined co. Fel). 27; pris. at Reams' Station, 
Aug. 2.5, '64; ex., joined co., and m. o. -witli regt. 
Coombs, Jesse F. — Farmer; age 18; b. Monmouth; res. Parkman;en. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 19, '64, Augusta, and mus. Feb. 24; absent sick at tr. ; disch. 
G. O. No. 77. 
Coombs, Samuel E. — Farmer; age 20; b. Albion; res. Parkman; en. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 19, '64, Augusta, and mus. March 18; pris. at Sycamore 
church, Sept. 16, '64; died in pri.son at Salisbury, X. C., Jan. 25, '65. 
Copeland, Llewellyn. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Corinna; en. and 
mus. Dec. 29, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; wd. at St. Mary's 
church, June 24, and disch. for dis. '64. 
CoKSON, Chables I. — Carpenter; age 26; b. and r. West Waterville; en. 

Oct. 8, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. Jan. 25, '62. 
CovPAN, KiLBUBN. — Millman ; age 18; b. and r. Orono; en. 1st D. C. Jan. 
5, '64; mus. Feb. 8; pris. at Sycamore cliurch, Sept. 16, '64; m. o. June 
20, '65. 
Cousins, Nathan H. — Farmer; age 28; b. Belfast; r. Monroe; en. Sept. 

25, '61, Belfast; mus. Nov. 5. 
Cbosby, George W. —Teamster; age 21; b. Frankfort; res. Portland; 
served in Co. B, 25th Me. Inf., and m. o. with regt. July 10, '63; en. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 19, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 23; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with 
regt. 
Cross, Simon. — Teamster; age 41; b. Scotland; res. Topsfield; en. and mus. 
Dec. 31, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; died of disease while on 
picket at Bealton Station, Feb. 6, '64. 
Day, Chables D. — Laborer; age 19; b. Bangor; res. Brewer; en. and 
mus. Co. M, 1st D. C. Feb. 25, '64, Bangor; pris. at Sycamoi-e church, 
Sept. 16, '64; died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 15, '64. 
Deckeb, Chables B. — Farmer; age 20; b. Whitefield; res. Brighton; en. 
Oct. 21, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; killed at Aldie, June 17, '63. 
[See p. 102.] 
DoANE, Edwabd H.— Sailor; age 21; b. Hampden; res. Palmyra; en. Oct. 
16, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; pris. on Dahlgren 
raid, March 2, '64; ex. and rejoined co. ; wd. at St. Mary's church, June 
24, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Douglass, Geokge F.— Farmer; age 22; b. Hallowell; res. Hartland; en. 
Sept. 25, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; wd. at St. 
Mary's church, June 24, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Dow, Albion K. P. —Teamster; age 40; b. and r. Portland; en. 1st D. C- 
March 5, '64, Portland; mus. March 8; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 
16, '64; died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 19, '64. 
Drew, Walteb. — Teamster; age 34; b. Bingham; res. Dexter; en. and 
mus". Dec. 30, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; killed on the Dahlgren 
raid, March 2, '64. 
DuNTON, Zealor a. —Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Lincoln ville ; en. and mus. 
Nov. '61; discli. May 6, "62, for dis. arising from injuries received by 
being thrown from his horse. 
Dykes, William R.— Farmer; age IS; b. Edmunds; res. Dennysville; en. 
Nov. 1, '61, Calais; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; wd. at St. Mary's 
church, June 24, '64, and died of wounds at Alexandria, Oct. 29. 
Emerson, Elisha D. — Farmer; age 26; b. and r. St. Albans; en. Oct. 20, 
'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; orderly for Gen. Carroll, '62; rejoined 
CO. ; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 





JOHN H. WYMAN, Co. H 
Skowhegan. 




HENRY J. VARNEY, Co. H. 
West Athens. 



Sergt. GEO. E. GOODWIN, Co. H. 
Skowhegan. 





MELVIN J. ALLEN, Co. H. 
Skowhegan. 



LLEWELLYN GOODWIN, Co. H. 
Skowhegan. 



BOSTER OF COMPANY II. ^^5 

Faiuj, ^Nr.VNSEi. W. — Clerk; a<;e 18; b. and r. Lewiston; en. 1st T). C. Feb. 
2, '(54, Lewiston, and mus. next day; pns- at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, 
'64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Fexdkrsox, Gili5K1!T.— Shoemaker; age 10; b. and r. Madison; en. Sept. 

30, '01, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; di.sch. for di.s. Jan. 17, '02. 
Fletchku, Joseph AV. —Carpenter; age 18; b. and r. Camden; en. Co. H, 
IstD. C. Jan. 12, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 8; pris. at Sycamore church, 
Sept. 10, '()4; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Floyd, Hexuy S. — Millman; age 22; b. and r. Eddington; en. and mus. 
Co. M, 1st D. C. Feb. 25, '(i4, Bangor; killed at Koanoke bridge, June 2o, 
'04. 
Fogg, Li.ewellyx W. — Farmer; age 18; b. Leeds; res. Lewiston; en. Aug. 

25, '02, Lewiston; mus. Sept. 20; tr. to v. r. c. May S, '03. 
Fogg, Moses H. — Shoemaker; age 19; b. Greene; res. Wales; en. Sept. 13, 

'02. Augusta; mus. Sept. 10; tr. to v. r. c. May 8, '03. 
Foss, FHAXKT.IX B.— Farmer: age 21; b. Shirley; res. Brighton; en. Oct. 
17, '01, Skowhegan; mus. iSTov. 5; on detached service as teamster brig. 
hd. qrs. '02 and '03; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Foster, William E. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. Oct. 8, 
'01, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1,'G4; killed at Wyatt's farm, 
Sept. 29, '04. [See p. 300.] 
Foster, James M. — Farmer; age 21; b. Canaan; res. Benton; en. Sept. 
13, '64, Augusta; mus. Sept. 17; joined co. May 19, '05; disch. G. O. 
No. 83. 
FoKSYTii, John G. — Farmer; age 38; b. Ireland; res. Solon; en. Oct. 31, 
'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. at Fort McHenry, Md., 03. 
Free, Robert. — Farmer; age 19; b. Canada; res. Solon; en. Sept. 23, '61, 

Augusta; mus. Nov. 5; died of disease at Augusta, April 11, '62. 
Freemax, Adelbert.— Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Corneville; en. Oct. 12, 
'01, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. at Philadelphia, Oct. 22, 
'02; again en. and mus. May 4, '64, Augusta; joined co. Aug. 28, 64; 
died of disease at Emery hospital, Nov. 12, '64. 
Frost, Wellixgtox. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Perry; served in 1st Me. 
battery, from Nov. '61, until April, '03. and disch. for dis. at >ew 
Orleans, La.; en. 1st D. C. Feb. 15, '04, Perry; mus.^March 4; joined 
CO. at tr.; wd. accidentally, Aug. '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Gammox, Walter. —Farmer; age 24; b. Scarboro; res. Cape Elizabeth; en. 
1st D. C. Feb. 27, '04, Portland; mus. March 10; sick in hospital at tr. ; 
disch. G. O. No. 77- • ^^ 

Garxett, Johx H. — Farmer; age 29; res. Dennysville; en. Oct. 28, '01, 
Dennysville; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1, '04; wd. at St. Mary's church, 
June 24, '04; disch. for dis. on account of wounds, July 17, 'Oo, at 
Augusta. 
Gates, Edwix S. — Farmer; age IS; b. and r. Lincoln; en. and mus. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 27, '04, Bangor; sick in hospital at tr.; joined co. and m. o. 
with regt. 
Gliodex, Kelsey L.— Farmer; age 18; b. Fort Kent; res. St. Albaiis; en. 
Oct. 22, '01, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; mortally wd. at Todd's Tavern, 
May 8, '64, and died the same day. 
GoNYEA, Jock. — Farmer; age 44; b. Canada; res. Dexter; en. and mus. 

Jan. 5, '04, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23; in hospital, April 20, '64. 
GooDWix, Orrix L. — Farmer: age 39; b. Clinton; res. Carroll; en. and 
mus. IstD. C. Feb. 29, '04, Bangor; on detached duty as teamster hd. 
qrs. 2d cav. div. '04; m. o. with regt. 
GoODWix, Llewellyx.— Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. Nov. 
1, '01. Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; Avd. at Aldie, June 17, '03; tr. to v. r. c. 
March 15, '04. 



586 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

GooDRiDGK, Leonard J. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Winslow; en. 1st 

D. C. Feb. 6, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 25; at cav. depot at tr. ; disch. 

G. O. No. 77. 
Gkeex, Edwix H. — Fanner; age 19; b. Starks; res. Skowhegan; en. Oct. 

15, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; furlough, Aug. '62; re-en. inf. regt. 

and died of disease. 
Hall, Alto L. — Saddler; age IS; b. and r. Lincoln; en. and mus. 1st D. C. 

Feb 27, '64, Bangor; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Hall, Amos R. — Veteran; age 20; b. New Portland; res. Skowhegan; en. 

and mus. Nov. 26, '63, Augusta; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Hahriman, William H. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Windsor; en. 1st. D. C. 

March 8, '64, Augusta; mus. March 10; wd. at Reams' Station, Aug. 23, 

'64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Hart, Henry. — Lumberman; age 25; b. London, Eng. ; res. Berwick; en. 

1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 26; pris. at Sycamore church, 

Sept. 16, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Hart, John E. — Farmer; age IS; b. Appleton; res. Searsmont; en. 1st 

D. C. Jan. 10, '64, Belfast; mus. Jan. 13; joined co. at tr.; m. o. with 

regt. 
Harvey, Charles C. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Atkinson; en. and mus. 

1st D. C. Feb. 24, '04, Bangor; died of disease in Lincoln hospital, Dec. 

26, '64. 
Hastings, Simon C. — Farmer; age 21; b. Calais; res. Sidney; en. and mus. 

Dec. 9, '64, Bangor; joined co. March 24, '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Heal, Luther L. — Sailor; age 20; b. and r. Lincolnville; en. Nov. 16, '61, 

Lincoln ville; mus. soon after; killed at Harper's Ferry, in Shenandoah 

valley, Aug. 23, '64. 
Hilton, Alfred L. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Jefferson; served in Co. 

F, 28th Me. Inf., and m. o. with regt. Aug. 31, '63; en. and mus. 1st D. C. 
Feb. 29, '64, Augusta; joined co. at tr. ; wd. at Vaughan road, Oct. 1, '64, 
losing left arm at the shoulder; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Holland, Henry. — Sailor; age 18; b. and r. Brooksville; en. 1st D. C 

Jan. 21, '64, Belfast; mus. Jan. 26. 
Holt, Frederick. — Laborer; age 18; b. and r. Orono; en. and mus. 1st 

D. C. Jan. 12, '64, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. 

G. O. No. 77. 

HoLWAY, Sumner A. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Bingham; en. Sept. 27, 

'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; wd. at Aldie, June 17, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'64, ex. of ser. 
HoNAN, Peter. — Shoemaker; age 23; b. Ireland; res. Solon; en. Sept. 11, 

'62, Solon; mus. Sept. 15; joined co. Dec. 22, '62; wd. at Aldie, June 17, 

'63, and in Sept. '63; disch. for dis. at Georgetown, May 2, '64. 
HuRD, Henry H. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Harmony; en. and mus. 

Aug. 28, '62, Augusta; killed at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64. 
HuRD, James A. — Student; age 18; b. and r. Harmony; en. and mus. Aug. 

28, '62, Augusta; killed at Aldie, June 17, '63. [See p. 162.] 
HuTCHiNS, Ben.jamin F. — Farmer; age IS; b. Moscow; res. Brighton; en. 

and mus. Nov. 13, '63, Augusta; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; disch. for dis. 

near Petersburg, Jan. 3, '65. 
HuTCHiNS, John A. — Blacksmith; age 19; b. and r. Brighton; en. Aug. 

14, '62, Skowhegan; mus. Sept. 15; joined co. Dec. 22, '62; orderly for 

Gen. D. McM. Gregg, '64; rejoined co. and disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Jackson, Henry A. — Farmer; age 24; b. Woodstock, N. B.; res. Bangor; 

en. and mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 6, '64, Bangor. 
Jewett, Rufus E. — Farmer; age 30; b. Monson; res. Etna; en. 1st D. C. 

Jan. 5, '64, Bangor; mus. Feb. 8; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; 

died of disease at Baltimore, March 26, '65. 



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587 



J0NE8, CiiAin.Ks D. — Artist; ajje iM; b. Washington; res. Warren; served 

in 2d Me. battery, and disch. for dis. March i;>, 'OiJ; en. and nuis. Jst 

D. C. .Jan. .3, '(34, Augusta; sick in hospital at tr.; joined co. and m. o. 

with regt. 
JuDKixis, iSYi.VAxrs. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Athens; en. Oct. 20, '61, 

Skowhegan; mus. Nov. ."); orderly for Gen. Carroll, '02; ni. o. Nov. 2."), 

'64, ex. of ser. 
KiMBAi.L, Augustus W. — Fanner; age 18; b. and r. Harmony; en. Sept. 

2(), '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. ."J; re-en. Feb. 1,"64; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Kimball, Cykus B. — Blacksmith; age llO; b. and r. Harmony; en. and 

mus. Dec. 26, '03, Augusta; joined co. Jan. 29, '04; disch. for dis. April 

8, '6.5. 
Kimball, George E. — Farmer; age 18; b. Macwahoc plantation; res. 

Winn; en. and mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 27, '64, Bangor; sick in hospital at tr. ; 

joined co. and m. o. ,Iune 20, '6.5. 
Kneel AXD, Alfhed. — Millman; age 22; b. Winterport; res. Newburg; en. 

and mus. Jan. .5, '64, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 29, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Kxowles, Adonieam J. — Millman; age 32; b. Exeter; res. Corinna; en. 

and mus. Jan. 5, '64, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23; died of disease, at 

Point Lookout, Md., Oct. 4, '64. 
Laine, Columbus C. — Shoemaker; age 21; b. New Sharon; res. Skowhe- 
gan; en. Sept. 21, '61, Skowhegan; miis. Nov. 5. 
Lane, David R. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Jeff erson ; served as corp Co. 

K, 16th Me. Inf., and disch. for dis. Jan. 16, '63; en. Co. M, 1st D. C. Feb. 

26, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 29; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64, 

and died in rebel prison. 
Leatheks, John B. — Trader; age 38; b. Nottingham, N. H. ; res. St. 

Albans; en. and mus. Aug. 30, '02, St. Albans; pris. on Dahlgren raid, 

March 2, '64, and died in prison at Richmond, March 20, '04. 
Leighton, Ben.jamin F. — Sailor; age 28; b. and r. Steuben: served in Co. 

G, 6th Me. Inf., and disch. for dis. Oct. 21, '62; en. and mus. Feb. 22, '64, 

Belfast; joined co. April 23; wd. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; tr. 

to navy, '64. 
Lewis, Levi B. — Shoemaker; age 18; b. and r. Kenduskeag; en. and mus. 

1st D. C. Feb. 23, '64, Bangor; sick in hospital at tr. ; joined co. and m. o. 

wath regt. 
Lewis, William N. — Farmer; age 19; b. Pembroke; res. Dennysville; en. 

Nov. 2, '61, Calais; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; killed at St. Mary's 

church, June 24, '64. 
Littlefield, James A. — Blacksmith; age 26; b. and r. Norridgewock; en. 

Sept. 27, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. July 0, '62. 
LoMBAKD, William H. — Farmer; age 20; b. Turner; res. Harmony; en. 

Sept. 26, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 
Lowe, Pekley. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Levant; en. and mus. 1st D. C. 

Jan. 12, '04, Bangor; wd. at Reams' Station, Aug. 21, '04; m. o. with 

regt. ♦ 

Lyon, Lucian W. — Laborer; age 18; b. and r. Houlton; en. and mus. Feb. 

26, "02, Lincoln; disch. for dis. at Washington, Dec. 17, '02; again en. 

Co. F, 31st Me. Inf. March 15, '04; pro. corp. and sergt. ; m. o. with regt. 

July 15, '65, Alexandria. 
Maesh, Chaeles H. — Farmer; age 18; b. No. 1,' Aroostook County; res. 

Porter; en. and mus. Aug. 12, '02, Porter; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
McGee, John. — Laborer; age 24; b. Ireland: r. Limerick; en. and mus. 

Oct. 1, '04, Portland. 
McGooN, Epheaim J. — Farmer; age 21; b. St. Albans; res. Bath; en. Aug. 

16, '02, Augusta; mus. Aug. 20; joined co. Dec. 22, '62; killed at Din- 
widdle, March 31, '65. 



588 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

McIxTiRE, Thornton AV. — Mechanic; age 23; b. Dixmont; res. York; en. 

Co. M, l.st D. C. Feb. IS, '64, Portland; mus. March 10; sick in hospital 

at tr. ; discli. G. O. No. 77. 
McKltsick, Benjamin F. — Blacksmith; age 26; b. Denmark; res. Portland; 

en. 1st D. C. March 5, '64, Portland; mus. March 8; m. o. with regt. 
McMaster, Thomas J. — Farmer; age 18; b. Scotland; res. Lewiston; en. 

Aug. 25, '62, Lewiston; mus. Aug. 26; joined co. Dec. 22, '62; disch. 

G. O. No. 83. 
McPhail, Alfred E. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Perry; en. 1st D. C. Feb. 

25, '64, Perry; mus. March 4; joined co. at tr.; m. o. with regt. 
McPhail, Duncan. — Farmer; age 41; b. and r. Perry; en. 1st D. C. Feb. 

24, '64, Perry; mus. March 18; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Merrill, Charles C. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Harmony; en. and mus. 

Aug. 28, '62; mortally wd. at Shepardstown, July 16, '63, and died 

July 18. 
Merrill, Henry O. — Sailor; age 20; b. Concord; res. Salem, Mass.; en. 

Sept. 24, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; wd. and pris. at Ground Squirrel 

bridge, May 11, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Merrill, John A. — Mason; age 35; b. Bangor; res. Orono; en. and mus. 

1st D. C. Jan. 5, '64, Bangor; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
MiLLETT, Joseph C. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Palmyra; en. Oct. 25, '61, 

Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. Jan. 25, '62, at Augusta. 
Moore, William H. — Farmer; age 25; b. and r. St. Albans; en. and mus. 

Aug. 23, '62, St Albans; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Mosher, Isaiah C — Farmer; age 20; b. Unity; res. Starks; en. Oct. 23, 

'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; wd. at Aldie, June 17, '63; re-en. Jan. 1, 

'64; m. o. June 20, '65. [See p. 161.] 
Murphy, Dennis. — Laborer; age 30; b. Ardee, Ireland; res. Skowhegan; 

en. Oct. 7, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; orderly for Gen. Kilpatrick, 

'63; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; on detached service at brig. hd. qrs. '64; m. o. 

with regt. [See p. 161. J 
NiCKERSON, Hezekiah O. — Farmer; age 28; b. and r. Waterville; en. 

and mus. Jan. 20, '62, Augusta; disch. for dis. at Philadelphia, Dec. 

29, '62. 
Nutting, Chandler B. — Farmer; age 23; b. Madison; res. Detroit; en. 

Nov. '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 
Osborne, Charles P. — Farmer; age 37; b. Palmyra; res. Corinna; en. and 

mus. Dec. 22, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 29, '64; killed in action near 

Richmond, May 12, '64. 
Page, Henry B. — Carpenter; age 20; b. and r. Harmony; en. Sept. 20, '61, 

Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 
Perkins, Thomas H.— Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Fairfield; en. and mus. 

March 11, '62, Augusta; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 2, '(54; died 

in prison at Anderson ville, Aug. 10, '64. 
PiNKHAM, Charles E. — ^ordwainer; age 24; b. Wayne; res. Hallowell; 

en. Dec. 13, '63, Augusta; mus. Dec. 30; joined co. Jan. 29, '64; m. o. 

with regt. 
PiNKHAM, Daniel. —Sailor; age 36; b. and r. Steuben; en. and mus. Feb. 

13, '64, Belfast; joined co. April 23, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Pray, Harvey S. — Sailor; age 20; b. and r. Mount Desert; en. Feb. 27, 

'64, Belfast; mus. Feb. 29; joined co. April 23, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Priest, Henry W. — Clerk; age 19; b. Athens; res. Skowhegan; en. Oct. 

11, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Jan. 30, '62. 
Quint, Luther. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Lexington; en. Oct. 23, '61, 

Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Jan. 25, '62. 
Ray, Joshua. —Farmer; age 28; b. Dixmont; res. Bangor; served in Co. C, 



ROSTER OF COMPANY II. 589 

2fl Me. Inf., and m. o. with rc<it. June 4, '(io; en. and mus. Dee. "iS, 
'63, Bangor; joined eo. Jan. 2U, '04; m. o. June 20, "ti."). 
Reniek, John. — Sailor; age 21; b. Belgium; res. Madison; en. and mus. 
Jan. 5. '04, Augusta; joined co. Jan. 2it, '04; severely \vd. and pris. at 
Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; surrendered by the enemy, April 10; disch. 
G. O. No. 77. 
Rhodes, David W. — Farmer; age 20; h. Bremen; rgs. Harmony; en. Sept. 
28, '61, SkoAvhegan; mus. Nov. 5; wd. at Aldie, June 17, '63; re-en. Feb. 
1, '64; killed at St. Mary's ehureh, June 24, '64. 
Rich, George H. — Lumberman; age 30; b. Amherst; res. Dayton; en. and 
mus. Sept. 8, '62, Bangor; wd. at Malvern Hill, July 29, '64; disch. G. O. 
No. 77. 
RiciiAKDS, Albert. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Lincolnville; en. and mus. 

Nov. '61, Lincolnville. 
Roberts, Charles E. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Solon; en. Oct. 21, '(il, 
Skowhegan; mus. Nov. .5; orderly for Gen. D. McM. Gregg, '63; m. o. 
Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Russell, Cyrus M. — Farmer; age Ifl; b. and r. Madison; en. Oct. 8, '61, 

Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; died of disease at home, March 15, '64. 
Savage, James W. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Washington, Me.; en. and 

mus. March 10, '62, Augusta; disch. for dis. July 17, '62. 
Scribner, Charles L. — Farmer; age 21; b. Monson; res. Solon; en. Sept. 
* 7, '64, Solon, for one year; mus. Sept. 15; joined co. in Oct.; disch. G. O. 
No. 83. 
Seavall, "William. — Farmer; age 22; b. Pittsfield; res. St. Albans; en. 
and mus. Sept. 8, '62, St. Albans; died of disease at Fairfax Station, 
Jan. 9, '63. 
Small, Albert J. — Laborer; age 18; b. Lewiston; res. Woolwich; en. and 
mus. Dec. 31, '63, Lewiston; joined co. Jan. 29, '64; wd. in action at for- 
tihcations of Richmond, May 12, '64; m. o. Avith regt. 
Smith, Charles. — Lumberman; age 19; b. Bloomfield; res. SkoAvhe^n; 
en. Oct. 10, '61, SkoAA-hegan; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; pris. at 
Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; ex. and disch. for dis. July 31, '65. 
Smith, Clarexce. — Fai-mer; age 18; b. and r. SkoAvhegan; en. and mus. 
Jan. 4, '64, Augusta; joined co. Feb. 3, '64; wd. in action at fortifications 
of Richmond, May 12, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Smith, Seavall W. — Farmer; age 25; b. Canaan; res. SkoAvhegan; en. Sept. 

30, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; tr. to Co. E, '62. 
Springer, Eugene. — Laborer; age 18; b. Pittsfield; res. Dexter; en. Oct. 
8, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; disch. for dis. at Washington, Oct. 
23, '62. 
Steaa'ARD, Rhine as P. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. SkoAvhegan; en. Oct. 
14, '61, SkoAA'hegan; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; wd. at Deep Bottom, 
Aug. 16, '64; disch. by order. 
Stone, Leonard. — Farmer; age 36; b. Ripley; res. St. Albans; en. and 
mus. Sept. 8, '62, St. Albans; wd. at Malvern Hill, July 29, '64; disch. 
for dis. April 10, '65. 
Sylvester, Albert. — Sailor; age 35; b. Northport; res. Lincolnville; en. 
and mus. Dec. 28, '63, Belfast; joined co. March 24, '65; died of disease 
at Petersburg, June 1, '65. 
Thurston, Martin A. — Sailor; age 19; b. and r. Lincolnville; en. Nov. 
21, '61, Belfast; mus. Nov. 5; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser.; en. Co. D, 
14th Me. Inf. Feb. 15, '65, and m. o. Avith regt. Aug. 28, '65, at Darien, 
Ga. ; died of disease contracted in service at U. S. military asylum, 
Augusta, Feb. 25, '73. 
Tibbetts, Silas F. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Concord; en. Sept. 24, '61, 
Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 



590 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

Varxey, Hexry J. — Farmer; a<ie 20; b. Madison; res. Skowheffan; en. 

Oct. 1, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; on recruiting service in Maine, '03; 

re-en. March 24, '(54; m. o. June 20, '65. [See p. 162.] 
Varxey, Joseph S.— Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. Sept. 2.5, 

'61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 
Walker, Charles F. —Carpenter; age 2.5; b. Wilton; res. Bremen; en. 

Oct. 5, '64, Augusta; mus. Oct. 6; joined co. March 24, '65; m. o. with 

regt. 
Webster, Daniel. —Sailor; age 24; b. and r. Exeter; en. March 17, '62, 

and mus. next day; re-en. March 18, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Whitxey, Charles H. — Shoemaker; age 33; b. Ipswich, Mass.; res. Ban- 
gor; served in Co. E, 2d Me. Inf., and m. o. with regt. June 9, '63; en. 

and mus. Dec. 31, '63, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 29, '64; in pioneer corps, 

'64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Whitney, Franklin P. — Farmer; age 30; b. Thorndike; res. Dexter; en. 

and mus. Jan. 1, '64, Bangor; joined co. Jan. 23, '64; wd. at St. Mary's 

church, June 24, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Withee, George W. — Laborer; age 18; b. and r. Norridgewock; en. Oct. 

7, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge. May 

11, '64, and died in rebel train en route to Andersonville. 
WiNSLOW, William A. —Bootmaker; age 22; b. and r. Portland; served in 

Co. C, 10th Me. Inf., and m. o. with regt. May 8, '63; en. and mus. 1st 

D. C. March, '64, Portland; joined co. at tr.; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Wyman, Clarence L. — Farmer; age 19; b. Bloomfield; res. Skowhegan; 

en. Nov. 8, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 
Wyman, John E. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. Nov. 4, '61, 

SkoAvhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 
Young, Havannah. — Farmer; age 19; b. Embden; res. New Portland; 

en. Sept. 24, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; died of disease at home, 

June 14, '63. 
Young, Stephen P. —Sailor; age 24; b. and r. Lincolnville; en. Nov. 16, 

'61,' Lincoln ville; mus. Nov. '61; disch. for dis. at Augusta, May 14, '63, 

by reason of being throAvn from his horse. 
Young, William A. — Farmer; age 18; b. Union; res. North Wayne; en. 

Nov. 13, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; wd. at Bar- 
ker's Mills, near Coal Harbor, June 2, '64. and died of his wounds in 

the hospital. 
York, Charles E. — Lumberman ; age 26; b. Buckfield; res. Skowhegan; 

en. Oct. 19, '61, Skowhegan; mus. Nov. 5. 

RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was eight, of whom four joined at its organization (three with commissions, 
and the fourth in the ranks and subsequently promoted), two were com- 
missioned in this company from other companies, and two were transferred 
from the First District of Columbia Cavalry. Of these, three were mus- 
tered out with the regiment, two at the expiration of their term of service, 
two resigned and were honorably discharged, and one was killed in action. 
Three served three years or more, one of them, Capt. H. C. Hall, serving 
from the organization of the company to the muster out. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company (besides the 
one who was commissioned) was two hundred and eight, of whom twenty- 
three were sergeants, nineteen corporals, four buglers, four farriers, one 



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saddler, two wagoners, and one hundred and fifty-five privates. Of these, 
ninety-two joined the company at the organization, twenty-four during the 
year 1S&2, thirty-tliree in 1S(;4, and fifty-nine were transferred from the First 
District of Columbia Cavalry. Of the whole number, twelve (original mem- 
bers) served their three years' term of enlistment, and were mustered out 
at its expiration; thirty-four were mustered out with the regiment; twenty- 
seven were discharged for disability; fifty-three were discharged at the close 
of the war as paroled prisoners, convalescents in hospitals, dismounted men, 
and under the order mustering out one year men and cavalry men whose 
termjof'service expired prior to Oct. 1, 18G5; one was discharged to accept 
a commission in another regiment, and two by order; eleven were killed in 
action, eight died of wounds, eleven died of disease, and eighteen died in 
southern prisons; five were transferred to the veteran reserve corps, three 
to the non-commissioned staff, one to the navy, and one to Co. E ; twenty-one 
ai*e unaccounted for. Thirty-six served three years or more, twenty-five 
served two years and less than three, eighty-four served one year and less 
than two, fifty-seven served less than one year, and six, Sergts. Goodwin 
and Mosher, Farrier Hinkley, Wagoner Pomlow, and Privates Wellington P. 
Baker and Dennis Murphy, served from the organization of the regiment 
until the muster out, though one of these (Baker) served a portion of the 
time on the non-commissioned staff. Of the ninety-two original members, 
thirty-three re-enlisted in the regiment as veteran volunteers, and one was 
discharged for disability, re-enlisted, and died of disease. These, and the 
enlisted riien commissioned, added to the number of enlisted men before 
given, makes the total number of enlistments represented in the company 
two hundred and forty-three, or with the commissioned officers, two hundred 
and fifty. 

COMPANY H'S HONORED DEAD. 

CAPTAIX. 

George J. Summat, U. S. A. Killed in action at Aldie, Va., June 17, 1S6.3. 

SEEGEANTS. 

Washington I. Hi^ed, Harmony. Died at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., 
Aug. 11, 1863, of wounds received in action at Aldie, Va., June 17, IStio. 

Daniel W. Hall, Starks. Died June IS, 1863, of wounds received in 
action at Aldie, June 17. 

Samuel L. Buzzell, St. Albans. Died at City Point, Dec. 28, 1864, of 
wounds received in action at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27. 

WiLLAEi) H. Phelps, Hartland. Died in prison at Andersonville, June 16 
1864. 

Heney W. Boston, St. Albans. Died Aug. 19, 1804, of wounds received in 
action at Charles City cross-roads, Aug. 18. 

COEPOEALS. 

Benjamin F. Maeshall, Starks. Died in prison at Andersonville, Auf. 

10. 1864. 
Abiathae R. Kendall, Carmel. Died in southern prison. 
Albeet a. Piekce, Bradford. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 20, 

1804. 
BEN.JAMIN H. TuENEi!, Lewiston. Died in southern jirison. 



592 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

BUGLEK. 

Rowland B. Pomjioy, Kenduskeag. Died in southern prison. 

FARRIER. 

Ben.jamix J. Springer, Richmond, Me. Died in prison at Richmond, Va., 
^ March 20, 1S64. 

PRIVATES. 

Thomas J. Aderton, Litchfield. Died in southern prison, Dec. 12, 18(54. 
Hiram W. Allex, Haynesville. Died in prison at Andersonville. 
Isaac Bickford, Porter. Died of disease at Alexandria, Dec. 29, 1864. 
Llewellyn F. Bickmore, Bangor. Died in southern prison, N^ov. 11, 1864. 
Henry A. Buck, Livermore. Died in southern prison. 
Samuel E. Coombs, Parkman. Died in prison at Salisbury, Jan. 25. 1865. 
Simon Cross, Topsfield. Died of disease while on picket at Bealton Sta- 
tion, Feb.' 6, 1864. 
CnARLES D. Day, Brewer. Died in prison at Salisbury, Xov. 15, 1864. 
Charles B. Decker, Brighton. Killed in action at Aldie, June 17, 1863. 
Albion K. P. Dow, Portland. Died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 19, 1864. 
Walter Drew, Dexter. Killed on the Dahlgren raid, March 2, 1864. 
William R. Dykes, Dennysville. Died at Alexandria, Oct. 29, 1864, of 

wounds received at St. Mary's church, June 24. 
Henry S. Floyd, Eddington. Killed in action at Roanoke bridge, June 25, 

1864. 
William E. Foster, Skowhegan. Killed in action at Wyatt's farm, Sept. 

29, 1864. 
Robert Free, Solon. Died of disease at Augusta, April 11, 1862. 
Adelbert Freeman, Corneville. Died of disease at Emery hospital, Nov. 

12, 1864. 
Kelsey L. Glidden, St. Albans. Died May 8, 1864, from wounds received 

that day in action at Todd's Tavern. 
Charles C. Harvey, Atkinson. Died of disease in Lincoln hospital, Dec. 

26, 1864. 
Luther L. Heal, Lincolnville. Killed at Harper's Ferry, Aug. 23, 1864. 
Henry H. Hurd, Harmony. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, June 

*24, 1864. 
James A. Hurd, Harmony. Killed in action at Aldie, June 17, 1863. 
RuFUS E. Jewett, Etna. Died of disease at Baltimore, March 26, 1865. 
Adoniram J. Knowles, Corinna. Died of disease at Point Lookout, Md., 

Oct. 4, 1864. 
David R. Lane, Jefferson. Died in southern prison. 
John B. Leathers, St. Albans. Died in prison at Richmond, March 20, 

1864. 
William N. Leavis, Dennysville. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, 

June 24, 1864. 
Ephraim J. McGoON, Bath. Killed at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, 

1865. 
Charles C. Meriull, Harmony. Died July 18, 1863, of wounds received 

at Shepardstown, July 16. 
Charles P. Ocborne, Corinna. Killed in action near Richmond, May 12, 

1864. 
Thomas H. Perkins, Fairfield. Died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 10, 
1864. 



EOSTEB OF COJ/Pvl.Vr 77. 593 

David W. Ehodes, Harmony. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, June 
24, 1864. 

Cyrus M. Russell, Madison. Died of disease at l:onie, March 15, 1864. 

William Sewall, St. Albans. Died of disease at Fairfax Station, Jan. 9, 
1863. 

Albekt Sylvesteij, Lincolnvillc. Died of disease at Tetersburg, June 1, 
1865. 

George W. Witiiek, Norridgewock. Died in rebel train on the way to 
Andersonville, May, 1864. 

Havannah Young, New Portland. Died of disease at home, June 14, 
1863. 

William A. Young, North Wayne. Died of wounds received at Coal Har- 
bor, June 2, 1864. 



59-1 FIRST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

COMPANY I. 

CAPTAINS, 

COWAN, LOUIS O.— Editor; age 48; b. Avigusta; res. Biddeford; en. 
Sept. 19, '61; mus. Oct. 31, as capt.; sent to Maine on recruiting service, 
July 31, '62; rejoined co. Oct. 20; in Washington, Nov. 1, '62, in com- 
mand of ex. prisoners, convalescents, and recruits; resigned on account 
of dis., and disch. Dec. 2, '62, at Brooks' Station, Va. [See p. 68.] 

CHADBOUENE, PAUL. — Age 27; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Sept. 19, '61; 
mus. Oct. 31, as 1st lieut. ; com. capt. Dec. 2, '62; wd. at Boydton plank 
road, Oct. 27, '64; com. maj. Dec. 22, '64. [See field and staff, and pp. 
73, 102, 167, 189, 194, 235, 245, 261, 262, 292, 363.] 

WEBBEE, THOMAS C. — Age 28; res. Gorham; mus. Co. D, 8tli Me. Inf. 
Sept. 6, '62; com. capt. 1st D. C. Feb. 23, '64; assigned to Co. I; disch. 
for dis. Feb. 2, '65. 

DAGGETT, LEYI H.— 2d lieut. Co. L; com. 1st lieut. Co. I, Dec. 2, '64; on 
the staff of Gen. Smith, comdg. 3d brig. 2d div. c. c. from Jan. till April, 
'65; com. capt. April 14, '65; m. o. with regt. [See Co. L,.and p. 440.] 

FIEST LIEUTENANTS. 

PEAY, FKANK W. — Age 33; b. and r. Shapleigh; en. Sept. 20, '61; mus. 
Oct. 31, as 2d lieut; com. 1st lieut. Dec. 2, '62; acting adjt. July, '63; on 
recruiting service in Maine from July 28, '63, till Feb. 14; brig, ambu- 
lance officer from April, '64, till the following June, when rejoined co. ; 
m. o. Nov, 25, '64, ex. of ser. [See pp. 73, 130.] 

WILLIS, HENEY A. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Thomaston; en. and mus, 
Nov. 16, '61, Augusta, as private; pro. corp. July 12, '62; orderly for 
Col. Allen, comdg. regt. and military governor, Frederick, Md., '62; 
orderly for Cols. Douty and Smith, comdg. regt. '63, and till Feb. '64; 
re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. sergt. May 1, '64; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge. 
May 11, '64; ex. and rejoined co. ; com. 1st lieut. April 14, '65; a. a. q. m. 
for Capt. Hall's battalion, Chesterfield Court House, June and July, '65; 
m. o. with regt. 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

ANDEEWS, JOHN B. — Clerk; age 22; b. Saco; res. Bidedford; en. Sept, 
20, '61; mus. Oct. 31, as 1st sergt.; com. sup. 2d lieut. Sept. 1, '62; com. 
2d lievxt. '63; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; ex. May 19, and 
rejoined co. ; com. 1st lieut. Co. H, June 18, '63. [See Co. H, and p. 136.] 

SMITH, SAMUEL C — Farmer; age 31; b. and r. Alfred; en. Oct. 1, '61; 
mus Oct. 31, as com'sy sergt.; pro. 1st sergt. Sept. 1, '62; com. 2d lieut. 



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DANIEL J. MEEDS, C^.. 
Biddeford. 



Sergt WWl CUMMINGS Cn I 
Died May 16, '63. 



nOSTEIi OF COMPAXY I. 



595 



June 20, '68; wd. at E.appaliainiock Station, Oct. 22, 'Go; on special duty 
at dismounted camp, '04; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. [See p. 208.] 

McKUSICK, JOHN F. — Age 28; b. Denmark; res. Warren; en. 1st D. C. 
Jan. 1, '64; nuis. Jan. 5, as 2d lieut. ; pris. at tr. ; disch. April 10, '65. 

FIRST SEXIGEAISTTS. 

Chadbourne, Com.ins M. — Farmer; age 23; !>. and r. Waterhoro; en. Sept. 
21, '61; mus. Oct. ?>1, as corp.; pro. scrgt. Sept. 1, '02, and 1st sergt. 
June 20, '03; re-en. Dec. 31, '()3; wd. and pris. at (iround Squirrel bridge. 
May 11, '64; in prison at Audersonville; ex.; died at Annapolis, Md., 
Aug. 22, '64, of tbe wounds, wbicli liad never bealed. [See p. 202.] 

Dodge, John M. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Parsonsficld; en. Oct. 19, '61; 
mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. Jan. 10, '02; pro. sergt. and acting 
q. m. sergt. Jan. 1, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; pro. 1st sergt. Aug. 22, '64; 
badly vi^d. at Boydton plank road, at tlie head of his co., Oct. 27, '64; 
disch. G. O. No. 77; since died of wounds received in the service. 

QUARTERINIASTEII SERGEANT. 

CuMMiNGS, William. — Trader; age 40; b. Parkman; res. Waterboro; en. 
Oct. 9, '61; mus. Oct. 31, as sergt.; detailed on recruiting service, Aug. 
'62; pro. q. m. sergt. Sept. 1, '63; died of disease at Aquia Creek, May 
10, *63. 

SERGEANTS. 

Pbay, J. H. — Age 29; b. Shapleigh; res. Danvers, Mass.; en. Oct. 21, '61; 
mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. '61. 

LiTTLEFiELD, JONATHAN. — Age 43; b. Eaton, N. Y. ; res. North Berwick; 
en. Oct. 11, '61; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. at Belle Plain, Marcli 3, '63. 

Pekkins, John McC. — Teacher; age 27; b. Tamworth, N. H. ; res. Liming- 
ton; en. Sept. 28, '61 ; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. at Armory Square hos- 
pital, Washington, Nov. 21, '62. 

Smith, Charles E. — Printer; age 26; b. and r. Augusta; en. and mus. Nov. 
20, '61. 

Davis, Samuel. — Farmer; age 27; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Sept. 23, '61; 
mus. Oct. 31, as corp.; pro. sergt. Sept. 1, '62; disch. for dis. at hospital 
in Wasliington, Nov. 24, '62. 

Emory, George M. — Blacksmith; age 24; b. and r. Buxton; en. Oct. 7, '61; 
mus. Oct. 31, as corp.; pro. sergt. Nov. 24, '62; tr. to v. r. c. March 15, '64. 

York, George W. — Carpenter; age 22; b. Hartford, Conn.; res. Lyman; 
en. Oct. 14, '62; mus. Oct. 31, as corp.; pro. sergt. Nov. 24, '62; wd. and 
pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; ex. Sept. 12, and rejoined co. ; 
killed near Ely's ford, on the Dahlgren raid, Feb. 29, '04, while in charge 
of the advance guard of the regt. 

Hill, John F. — Farmer; age 25; b. and r. Berwick; en. Aug. 14, '62; mus. 
Aug. 27; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; pro. sergt. Jan. 1, '63; com. 2d lieut. and 
declined; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Goodwin, Charles C. — Farmer; age 22; b. andr. Wells; en Oct. 21, '61, Bid- 
deford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corj). March 1, '62; orderly for Gen. 
Porter during Gen. Pope's campaign until second battle of Bull Run, 
where he reported to the latter officer; was familiar with the contro- 
versy between these generals; Sept. 14, was bearer of desjiatches to Gen. 
Reno at the battle of South Mountain, and was talking with that officer 
when the latter was killed ; in the temporary confusion incident to the 
death of Gen. Reno, his body would have fallen into rebel hands but for 



596 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Sergt. Goodwin, who in a storm of bullets led liack the wd. steed and 
dead rider; orderly for Gen. Burnside at the battle of Antietam; had his 
horse shot under him in the charge across the stone bridge; delivered 
an order to Gen. Rodman, and while waiting for the receipt that officer 
was killed; rejoined co. Oct. '02; orderly for Gen. Stoneman dviring Lee's 
invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania; pro. sergt. March 3, '63; wd. at 
Rappahannock Station, Oct. 23, '63; in charge of dismounted men, Camp 
Stoneman, April, '64; June 6, '64, in charge of 150 dismounted men, 
participated in the Shenandoah campaigns; pris. at Winchester, but 
escaped July 29, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

KOBEKTS, John C. —Farmer; age 21; b. Shapleigh; res. Newfield; en. Oct. 
22, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. July 12, '62; pro. 
sergt. May 10, '63; pris. at Shepardstown, Va., July 16, '63; ex. Sept. 12, 
'63; rejoined co. Dec. 1, '63; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

GUENKY, Isaac P. — Age 42; b. Greenwood; res. Biddeford; en. Aug. 26, 
'62, Biddeford; mus. Sept. 1, as private; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; pro. 
sergt. July 1, '63; acting com'sv sergt. same date; wd. and pris. at 
Groimd Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; died in Andersonville prison, Sept. 
28, '64. 

Mitchell, ISTahum W. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Newfield; en. Sept. 31, 
'61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. Nov. 2, '62; pris. at 
Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; ex. May 19, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. 
sergt. March 16, '64; killed at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; 
body removed to Maine. 

ViNAL, George. —Laborer; age 30; b. and r. Orono; en. and mus. 1st 
D. C. Dec. 4, '63, Bangor, as sergt.; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 
'64; died in Danville prison, Nov. 4, '64. 

ViNAL, William A. —Laborer; age 28; b. and r. Orono; en. 1st D. C. Dec. 
7, '63, Bangor; mus. same date as sergt ; joined co. at tr. ;ni. o. with regt 

HussEY, Charles. — Cooper; age 25; b. Monroe; res. Orono; en. 1st D. C. 
Nov. 28, '63; mus. as sergt. same date; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Edes, Edwin T. — Blacksmith ; age 21 ; b. Elliotsville ; res. Guilford ; en. 1st 
D. C. Dec. 7, '63, Bangor; mus. as sergt. same date; joined co. at tr. ; 
killed at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65. 

Davis, William B.— Farmer; age 46; b. Addison; res. Enfield; en. 1st 
D. C. Dec. 8, '63, Bangor; mus. same date as sergt.; pris. Sept. 1, '64; 
disch. from hospital, July 31, '65, at Augusta, Me. 

Daniels, Walter D. —Shoemaker; age 34; b. Barrington, N. H.; res. 
Newport; en. Co. E, 1st D. C. Aug. 11, '63; mus. Oct. 15, as sergt; pris. 
at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; died in southern prison, Danville, 
Va., Dec. 24, '64. 

Webber, Leonard. — Manufacturer; age 22; b. Waterboro; res. Bidde- 
ford; en. Sept. 27, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. 
Nov. 2, '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. sergt. '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Drew, Frederick C. — Millman; age 25; b. and r. Biddeford; en. Aug. 18, 
'62, Biddeford; mus. Aug. 28, as private; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; pro. 
corp. May 10, '63, and sergt. '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Wood, John P. —Farmer; age 21; b. Acton; res. Newfield; en. Oct. 4, '61, 
Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; re-en. Jan. 1, '64; orderly at brig, 
hd. qrs. '64; rejoined co. Jan. '65; pro. corp. April 1, '65, and sergt. May 
28; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Coffin, Charles W. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Shapleigh; en. Sept. 28, 
'61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as wagoner; pro. corp. Nov. 2, '62; pris. at 
Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. Sept. 12, and rejoined co. ; pro. sergt. 
March 16, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 




ROSTER OF COMPANY I. 597 

Robinson, At.rert A. — Carpenter; a'jje 18; b. Sebec; res. Corinth; en. Co. 
G, IstD. C. Jan. 2S, '(U, Ban<?or; mus. same date, as private; joined co. 
after tr. ; pro. sergt. 'G5; m. o. with regt. 

CORPORAL9I 

Trafton, Geokoe it., Jh. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Shapleigh; en, 
Sept. 23, '(U, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; sick in hospital at New York, 
Nov. '62; disch. fordis. at Philadelphia, Dec. 2, '02. 

Woodman. Wii.t.iam F. — Carpenter; age 23; b. and r. Buxton; en. Oct. 
9, '()1, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. '03. 

Steavart, Ezi{.\. H.— Stone-mason; age 36; b. and r. Wells; en. Oct. 21, '01; 
mus. Oct. 31. 

Allen, Ivorv R. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Waterl)oro; en. Oct. 1 '01; 
mus. Oct. 31; co. clerk from Jan. 10, '02; clerk at pro. mar. office, 
Frederick, Md., Sept. '62, to Jan. '63; recruiting in Maine after July, '03; 
disch. for. dis. at Augusta, Jan. 13, '64. 

Pii.LSRURY, Henry M. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Shapleigh; en. Sept. 24, 
'01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. March 19, '62; disch. 
at AVashington, Nov. 22, '02, by order. 

Whittemore, Victor. — Machinist; age 21; b. and r. Worcester, Mass; en. 
Nov. 1, '01, Augusta; mus. as private, same date; pro. corp. Jan. '62; 
died at Washington, Sept. 1, '02, of typhoid fever. 

Beal, George P. — Farmer; age 19; b. Waterboro; res. Newfield; en. 
Oct. 19, '01; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '63; pris. at 
Louisa Covirt House, May 2, '03; ex. May 19, '03; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; wd. 
July 28, '04, at Malvern Hill; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Garvin, Simeon. — Farmer; age 20; b. and i-. Shapleigh; en. Sept. 21, '61, 
Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '63; pris. at Louisa 
Court House, May 2, '03; ex. May 19, '63; rejoined co. '63; re-en. Dec. 
31, '63; absent, sick, summer of '64, and tr. to invalid corps. 

Harvey, George. D. — Plough-maker; age 18; b. Lebanon, N. H. ; res. North 
Berwick; en. Oct. 21, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pro. corp. 
March 3, '63; severely wd. and pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, 
'64; ex. and m. o. Jan. 10, '65, nearly three months after ex. of ser. 

Curtis, Joseph R. — Student; age 16; b. and r. Belfast; en. Co. B, Oct. 2, 
'61, Belfast; mus. Oct. 19, as private; tr. to Co. I, Dec. 30; pris. Aug. 
30, '62, at Bull Run; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 28, '62; detailed at Gen. 
Kilpatrick's hd. (jrs. June, '03; rejoined co. Aug. '03; participated in Kil- 
patrick's raid on Richmond, Feb. '64; pro. corp. Aug. 22, '64; m. o. Nov. 
8, '04, ex. of ser.; retui-ned to regt. Dec. 19, '04, and although not an 
en. man, by reason of the ranks of the regt. being full, on account of 
the tr. of the 1st D. C, remained with the regt. until the m. o. [See Co. 
B, and p. 110.] 

Ferguson, Charles H. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Alfred; en. Oct. 8, '01, 
Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; pris at Louisa Court House, May 
2,' 03; ex. May 19, '03; pro. corp. March 1, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 
ser. 

Card, James H. — Farmer; age 21; b. Bangor; res. Glenburn; en. and mus. 
1st D. C. Dec. 7, '03; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Hannaford, George O.— Currier; age 22; b. Wakefield, N. H. ; res. New- 
field; en. Oct. 21, '01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, private; sick in hospital 
from Aug. '62, to Jan. '04; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; pro. corp. July 1, '64; wd. 
Aug, 15, '04, at White Tavern; disch. G. O. No. 77. [See case 240, Medi- 
cal and Surgical Ilistory of the Rebellion, Part II., p. 79.] 

Closson, George E. — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Bluehill; en. 1st D. C. Jan. 
18, '04, Belfast; mus. Jan. 19; wd. Reams' Station, Aug. 25, '64; absent 
wd. at tr. ; joined co. ; pro. corp. '05; m. o. with regt. 



598 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

CoNANT, Albert. —Farmer; aoe 20; b. and r. Frankfort; en. 1st D. C. Jan. 
23, '64, Belfast; nius. Jan. 28, as private; pro. corp. May 28, '04; joined 
CO. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Perkins, Geoege E. — Farmer; age 19; h. and r. Parsonsfield ; en. Oct. 19, 
'61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. ;M, as private; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; pro. corp. 
'65; m. o. June 20, '05. 

Waterhouse, Eli S. — Laborer; age 18; b. and r. Biddeford; en. Aug. 29, 
'62, Biddeford; mus. Sept. 2, as private; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; wd. at 
Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; pro. corp. '05; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Fales, Leonard K. — Sailmaker; age 21; b. and r. Tliomaston; en. Sept. 
16, '61, Rockland; mus. Oct. 19, as private; pris. at Louisa Court House, 
May 2, '63; ex. May 19, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; accidentally wd. at AYar- 
renton, March 24, '64; pro. corp. '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

BUGLERS. 

LiBBT, Benjamin F.— Painter; age 26; "b. Limerick; res. Newfield; en. 
Sept. 26, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; sick in Washington, Oct. '62; re- 
joined CO. Nov. '62; detailed in brig, band, July, '63; rejoined co. April, 
'64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Hanscom. Levi P. —Farmer; age 21; b. and r. North Berwick; en. Oct. 15, 
'61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31;' died of diphtheria, March 21, '02, Augusta. 

Spencer, Alvin B. —Carpenter; age 33; b. and r. Berwick; en. Aug. 14, 
'62, Biddeford; mus. Aug. 21, as private; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; ap. 
bugler same date; disch. to join div. band, Dec. 31, '02, at Belle Plain. 

LiBBY, Alvah M. — Painter; age 18; b. Limerick; res. Newfield; en. and 
mus. Sept. 16, '62; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; ap. bugler, Dec. 30; sick in 
hospital, Sept. '64; at dismounted camp, Washington, Nov. '64; disch. 
G. O. No. 83. 

Wells, Esau. — Operator; age 23; b. Yorkshire, Eng. ; res. Biddeford; en. 
Jan. 5, '04, Biddeford; mus. Jan. 26, as private; joined co. June 2, '64; 
served with regt. band; ap. bugler, '65; m. o. with regt. Wells had 
previously served in the band of the 17th Mass. Inf., and was disch. 
therefrom Aug. 30, '62. [See last band.] 

FARRIERS. 

Newbegin, Danville. — Blacksmith; age 25; b. and r. Newfield; en. Oct. 
21, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; ap. farrier, Nov. 26, '61; 
m. o. Nov. 4, '04, ex. of ser. 

Merrifield, Jacob C — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Sept. 
27, '01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31, as private; ap. farrier, '02; wd. at 
Shepardstown, July 16, '03; in hospital until Nov. '63, when he went on 
detached service until Sept. '04; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

Otis, George H. — Farmer; age 37; b. Alfred; res. Lyman; en. Dec. 28, 
'03, Biddeford; mus. Dec. 31, as private; joined co, Jan. 28, '64; ap. far- 
rier, May 1, '64; m. o. with regt. 

WAGONER. 

Bond, William.— Farmer; age 31; b. and r. Newfield; en. Aug. 27, '62; 
mus. Sept. 5, as private; joined co. Oct. 29, '62; ap. wagoner, '63; disch. 
G. O. No. 83. 

PRIVATES. 

Abbott, Alfred. —Shoemaker; age 21; b. Portland; res. Waterboro; en. 

Oct. 14, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; sick in hospital, Washington, 62. 

Abbott, John P. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. North Berwick; en. Oct. 19, 



liOSTER OF COMFAyy I. ^99 

'61, Biddeford ; mus. Oct. 31; pris. near Aldie, June 22, '63, by Mosby's 

guerillas; ex, Sept. 12, '63; rejoined co. Oct. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. 

of ser. 
Allen, Walter. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Wells; en. and mus. Nov. 16, 

'61, Augusta; pris. near Aidie, June 22, '62, by Mosby's guerillas; ex. 

Sept. 12, '63; rejoined co. Oct. '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; wd. Oct. 27, '64, at 

Boydton plank road; discli. G. O. No. 77. 
Barnes, Benjamin F. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Dec. 1, 

'63; mus. Dec. 9, '63; joined co, Jan, 28, '64; killed at Charles City 

cross-roads, Aug, 18, '64, 
Bassett, Edward. —Age 18; b. and r. Calais; en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Jan. 4, 

'64, Belfast; mus, Jan, 1.5; sick at time of tr. ; m. o, with regt, 
Baston, Nathan P. — Farmer; age 20; b, and r. Bridgcton ; en, March, '62, 

Augusta; mus. March 20, '62; sick in hospital at Alexandria, from Aug. 

'62;"disch. for dis. March 19, '64, 
Bedell, Moses. — Manufacturer; age 22; b. Porter; res. North Berwick; en. 

Oct. 19, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; served in all the campaigns of the 

regt. ; never absent from duty a day; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Blennerville, John. —Laborer; age 25; b. Ireland; res. Naples; en. and 

mus. Nov. 30, '64; joined co. March 24, '65; m. o. with regt. 
Brooks, Francis. —Farmer; age 31; b, and r, Hollis; en. Dec. 30, '63; 

mus. Dec. 31; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; wd. Oct. 27, '64, at Boydton plank 

road; disch, G. O.No. 77. 
Bryant, Lawrence. —Farmer; age 23; res. Greenwood; en. and mus. 1st 

D, C, March 2, '64, 
Bryant, Verano G,— Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Greenwood; en. 1st 

D, C. Feb, 22, '64; mus, March 2; wd, and sick in hospital at tr. ; disch, 

G, O, No. 77. 
Briggs, Charles, — Farmer; age 21; b, and r, Belfast; en. Oct. 29, '61; 

mus. Oct. 31. 
BuRNHAM, EoBERT. — Mason; age 26; b. and r. Hollis; en. Oct. 1, '61, Bid- 
deford; mus. Oct. 31; died at Alexandria, Va., Aug. 5, "62, of typhoid 

fever — grave No. 130, National Cemetery, Alexandria. 
Butler, Luther H, — Shoemaker; age 20; b, and r. Sanford; en. Sept. 23, 

'61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; joined co. Dec. 10, '63; m. o. with regt. 
Carlton, Daniel C, — Blacksmith ; age 29; b. and r. Frankfort; en, 1st 

D, C, Jan. 23, '64, Belfast; mus. Jan, 25; absent sick at tr,; disch. by 

order, Jvily 24,- '65, at Augusta. 
Chadbourne, Albra. —Lumberman; age 20; b. and r. Waterboro; en. 

Dec. 7, '63, Biddeford; mus. Dec. 9; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; disch. for 

dis. May 8, '65. 
Chapman, Edward F. — Farmer; age 18; b. Westbrook; res. Biddeford; 

en. Oct. 28, '63, Biddeford; mus. Dec. 1; joined co. March 9, '64; acci- 
dentally wd. May 14, '64; in hospital until Nov. '64, when he rejoined 

CO. ; m. o. with regt. 
Clarke, George. —Farmer; age 18; b. Tompkins, N. Y. ; res. Belgrade; 

en. Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '64, Belfast; mus. same date; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. 
Cleaves, Frank. — Blacksmith; age 23; b. and r. Dayton; en. and mus. 
Feb. 19, '64, Portland; joined co. March 9, '64; wd. accidentally, June 4, 
'64; in hospital till Jan. '65, when rejoined co. ; m. o. with regt. 
Cleaves, Horatio M. — Farmer; age 21; b. Exeter; res. Dayton; en. March 

1, '62, Augusta; mus. March 7; pris. at Louisa Court House, Va., May 

2, '63; ex. May 19, '63; m. o. March 1, '65, ex, of ser, 

Cluff, Eben. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Alfred; en, Oct, 1, '61, Bidde- 
ford; mus, Oct, 31; disch. for dis, March 10, '62, 



600 FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 

Colby, Joseph E. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Sept. 27, '61, 
Biddeford; nnis. Oct. 31; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; ex. 
May 10, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Colby, Levi M. — Machinist; age 44; b. Conway, N. H. ; res. "Waterboro; 
en. July 24, '62, Augusta; mus. Aug. 21; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; pris. at 
Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; ex. May 19, '63; absent sick irom Oct. 
5, '63; discb. for dis. June 20, '6.5. 

Cole, Albert M. — Farmer; age 18; b. Limerick; res. Waterboro; en. Dec. 
5, '61, Augusta; mus. Dec. 6; absent sick after Aug. '62; discb. for dis. 
June 16, '64. 

Coombs, Aktemas. — Machinist; age 22; b. Parsonsfield ; res. Biddeford; 
en. Dec. 10, '63, Biddeford; mus, Dec. 16; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; m. o. 
with regt. 

Coombs, Thomas P. — Farmer; age 18; b. Appleton; res. Biddeford ; en. Oct. 
4, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; at dismounted camp, July, '63; on de- 
tached service, Sept. 11, '63; tr. to v. r. c. Jan. 15, '64; disch. for dis. 
June 16, '64. 

Cornell, Edward F. — Farmer; age 18; b. Providence, E. I.; res. Thomas- 
ton; en. and nuis. Nov. 19, '61, Augusta; pris. at Louisa Court House, 
May 2, '63; ex. May 19, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; m. o. Jime 20, '65. 

Cowan, Henry R. — Carpenter; age 20; b. Clinton; res. Orono; en. and 
mus. 1st D. C. Nov. 23, '63, Bangor; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Crosgrove, Egbert. — Seaman; age 18; b. and r. Castine; en. Co. G, 1st 
D. C. Jan. 28, '64, Belfast; mus. same date; pris. at tr. ; joined co. ; wd. 
severely at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; disch. for dis. at 
Augusta, May 28, '65. 

Cross, John. — Age 20; b. and r. Bath; mus. Nov. 23, '64; no record, only 
that he joined co. since Nov. '64. 

Cross, John F. — Millman; age 44; b. Sebec; res. Barnard; en. and mus. 
Co. M, 1st D. C. Jan. 13, '64, Augusta. 

CuMMiNGS, John G. — Peddler; age 34; b. Parkman; res. Biddeford; en. and 
mus. Sept. 9, '62, Biddeford; joined co. Oct. 13, '62; pris. at Louisa 
Court House, May 2, '63; ex. May 19, '63; rejoined co. Sept. 12, '63; pris. 
near Warrenton, Jan. 9, '64, by Mosby's guerillas; ex. and rejoined co. 
Feb. 23, '64; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

CuNLiFFE, Elisha E. — Farmer; age 20; b. New Brunswick; res. Orono; 
en. and mvis. 1st D. C. Dec. 4, '63, Bangor; pris. at Beams' Station, 
Wilson's raid, June 29, '64; absent sick at'tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

CusHMAN, Horace B. — Farmer; age IS; b. and r. Dixrnont; en. and mus. 
. Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 12, '64, Bangor; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Davis, Daniel W. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Shapleigh; en. July 26, '64, 
Portland; mus. July 29; joined co. Aug. 30; m. o. with regt. 

Davis, Leland F. — Farmer; age 18; b. Somerset; res. North BerAvick; en. 
Aug. 23, '62, Biddeford; mus. Aug. 28; joined co. Oct. 23; pris. at St. 
Mary's church, June 24, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Deering, John S. — Age 20; b. and r. Etna; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 13, '64; 
died of disease at Fortress Monroe, Aug. 17, '64. 

Dennett, Irving C — Painter; age 23; b. Lyman; res. Biddeford; en. Nov. 
13, '63, Biddeford; mus. Dec. i; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; wd. at St. Mary's 
church, June 24, '64; disch. for dis. at Avigusta, May 28, '65. 

Doe, Bradbury P. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Parsonsfield; en. Sept. 16, 
'62, Biddeford ; mus. Sept. 22 ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

DoxEY, John. — Wool spinner; age 23; b. Milford, Eng. ; res. Lowell, Mass.; 
en. Oct. 21, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; pris. at Eappahannock Station, 
Aug. 24, '62; ex. and rejoined co. Nov. 1; pris. at Sliei^ardstown, July 
16, '63; ex. Sept. 12, and rejoined co. June 1, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. 
of ser. 



ROSTER OF COMPAXY I. 601 

Dudley, David Y. — Farmer; age 41; b. Etna; res. Topshani; on. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 9, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 23; absent sick at tr. ; disi-h. by 
order, July 22, '(io. 
DURGIN, Edwin G. — Farmer; age 18; b. Cornish; res. Waterboro; en. Aug. 
30, '(52, Biddeford; mus. Sept. 6; joined co. Oct. 23, at Fredcruk, Md.; 
left sick in hospital at that place, and disch. for dis. Jan. 8, '03. 

Eaton, Albekt J. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Wells; en. Oct. 11, '01, Bid- 
deford; mus. Oct. 31; pris. at liappahannock Station, Aug. 24, '02; ex. 
and rejoined co. Nov. 1; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; pro. sergt. May 28, Oi), but 
declined; m. o. June 20, '05. 

Eaton, Joseph D. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Wells; en. Oct. 21, '61, Bidde- 
ford; mus. Oct. 31; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '63; ex. May 19; 
rejoined co. Sept. 12, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

Edgecomb, Edwin P. — Cabinet-maker; age 22; b. and r. Parsonsfield; en. 
Oct. 8, '01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. Oct. 29, '62, at Fred- 
erick, Md. 

Edgerly, Austin. — Lawyer; age 23; b. Buxton; res. North Berwick; en. 
Nov. 10, '01, Biddeford; mus. Nov. '61; clisch. for dis. Aug. 2, 62, at 
Alexandria, Va. 

Elliot, Daniel H. —Manufacturer; age IS; b. and r. Winslow; en. March 6, 
'02, Augusta; mus. March 7; disch. for dis. Feb. 2, '04, at Alexandria. 

Emerson, Henry K. —Farmer; age 19; res. Levant; en. Co. D, 1st D. C. 
Aug. 11, '03; mus. Oct. 15; pris. at tr. ; died at Andersonville, Dec. 
1, '04. 

Fletcher, William E. —Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Lincolnville ; en. Co. F, 
1st D. C. Jan. 13, '04, Augusta; mus. Jan. 15; in hospital, Augusta, Me., 
at ti-. ; disch. by order, June 25, '05. 

Foavler, Samuel H. — Farmer; age 33; b. Freedom. N. H.; res. Biddeford; 
en. Jan. 4, '02, Augusta; mus. Feb. 27; absent sick, Nov. report, '63-4; 
m. o. from hospital at Augusta, Me., Feb. 0, '05, ex. of ser. 

Gearnar, George. — Shoemaker; age 21; b. Portsmouth, N. H. ; res. Can- 
ton; en. Feb. 16, '64; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. March 9, '64; sick m hos- 
pital after April 23, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Geary, Charles B. — Machinist; age 18; b. Portland; res. Saco; en. Feb. 5, 
'64, Biddeford; mus. Feb. 10; joined co. May 31, '64; m. o. with regt. 

Gilbert, Arab E. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Turner; en. Dec. 23, '63; 
mus. Dec. 24; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, near 
Kichmond, March 2, '64; sick in hospital, Augusta, Nov. '64; rejoined 
CO. Jan. '65; disch. for dis. from hospital at Petersburg, Va., July 
5, '65. 

Gilchrist, Alden. — Farmer ; age 21; b. and r. Montville; en. and mus. 
Dec. 5, '61, Augusta. 

GiLMORE, PvOBERT J. — Artist; age 20; b. St. Stephens, N. B.; res. Wiscas- 
set; en. co. A, 1st D. C. Feb. 29, '04, Belfast; mus. March 4, '64; joined 
CO. at tr. ; served in regt. band until m. o. of regt. [See last band.] 

GiPSON, George W. — Farmer; age 19; b. Augusta; res. Orono; en. 1st D. C. 
Dec. 1, '63, Bangor; mus. same date; pris. at Beams' Station, Aug. 26, 
'64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Good ale, Andrew J. — Mason; age 28; b. and r. Wells; en. Nov. 16, '01; 
mus. same date; absent, sick, after Aug. 12, '64; disch. for dis. Oct. 
31, '64. 

Goodrich, John H. —Shoemaker; age 21; b. and r. Alfred; en. Sept. 24, 
'01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; served in all the campaigns of the regt., 
and never absent from duty; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

Gould, William. —Farmer; age 20; b. Littleton, N. IL; res. Monticello; 
en. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04; mus. Feb. 25, '04; sick in hospital at tr. ; disch. 
G. O. No. 77. 



602 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Griffix, Thomas. — Laborer; age 21; b. Ireland; res. Lewiston; en. and 
mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 29, '64; pris. Sept. 2, '64; discb. G. O. Xo. 77. Griffin 
previously served in Co. E, SUtli N. Y. Inf., and was discli. therefrom 
July 15, '63. 

Hall, George D. — Shoemaker; age 27; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Aug. 30, 
]62, Biddeford; mus. Sept. 2; joined co. Oct 23, Frederick, Md. ; left" sick 
in hospital at that place when regt. broke camp; disch. for dis. Dec. 
31, '62. 

Hall, William H. — Millman; age 29; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Aug. 30, 
'62, Biddeford; mus. Sept. 2; joined co. Oct. 23, Frederick, Md. ; sick in 
hospital at that place, Nov. '62; sick in hospital at City Point, Oct. 25, 
'64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Ham, Ben.jamin F. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Shapleigh; en. Sept. 24, '61, 
Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; tr. to v. r. c. Nov. 15, '63; m. o. Nov. 4, '64, ex. 
of ser. 

Hanson, Austin D. — Farmer; age 19; b. Hiram; res. Biddeford; en. Feb. 
19, '62; mus. March 1; sick in hospital, Nov. '63; disch. for dis. March 
19, '64. 

Hanson, Israel. — Manufacturer; age 28; b. and r. Lyman; en. Oct. 7, '61, 

Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; left sick in Augusta when regt. took the field, 

and disch. there in '62. 
Hasty, Bobert. — Machinist; age 32; b. Lisbon, N. H. ; res. Limerick; en. 

Oct. 21, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31. 
Hazeltine, Robert — Painter; age 23; b. and r. Lubec; en. and mus. 

March 1, '62; left sick in Maine; disch. for. dis. Aug. '62. 
Hill, Jeremiah. — Currier; age 42; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Aug. 30, '62, 

Biddeford; mus. Sejit. 2; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; absent, sick, in Maine 

after March 24, '63; disch. for dis. June 3, '65, Augusta. 
Hinds, Josiah D. — Sailor; age 21; b. Knox; res. Orrington; en. and mus. 

Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan 2, '64; wd. and in hosi^ital at time of tr; disch. for 

dis. at Augusta, May 19, '65. 
HoDSDON, Moses M. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Hollis; en. Aug. 11, '62, 

Biddeford; mus. Aug. 21; joined co. Oct. 23; sick in hospital, Frederick, 

Md., Nov. '62; reported for duty, March, '63; mortally wd. July 16, '63, 

at Shepardstown, and died July 18. 
Howard, Albert. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Brooksville; en. 1st D. C. 

Jan. 2, '64, Belfast; mus. Jan. 19; in hospital at tr. ; died of disease, 

Sept. '64, N. S. hospital. 
Howard, Hollis. — Sailor; age 18; b. and r. Brooksville; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. 

Jan. 25, '64, Belfast; mus. Jan. 26; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 

'64; joined co. Nov. 1, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Howe, George G. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Greenwood; en. Co. I, 1st 

D. C. Jan. 26, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 10; m. o. with regt. Howe had 

previously served in Co. B, 5th Me. Inf., and was disch. therefrom April 

10, '63. 
HuBD, Robert F. — Slioemaker; age 18; b. North Berwick; res. Berwick; 

en. Oct. 21, '61, Biddefoi-d; mus. Oct. 31; served in all the campaigns 

of the i-egt. till m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Huston, Charles E. — Mason; age 18; b. Waterboro; res. Lewiston; en. 

Co. C, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 9; sick in hospital at 

tr. ; m. o. with regt. Huston had previously served in Co. A, 23d Me. 

Inf., and was disch. therefrom July 15, '64. 
Hutchinson, Joseph M. — Shoemaker; age 22; b. Westbrook; res. Bidde- 
ford; en. Oct. 10, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; pris. 

near Richmond, on the Dahlgren raid, Marcli 2, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Jellison, BEN.IAMIN W. — Laborer; age 27; b. Frankfort; res. Oldtown; en. 

and mus. 1st D. C. Dec. 7, '63, Bangor; joined co. at tr. ; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. Jellison previously served in Co. F, 3d Me. Inf., and was disch. 

therefrom June 9, '63. 



liOSTER OF COMPANY I. 603 

Jenxixos, Pktkk. — Millman; a^e 21; b. Camden; res. Orono; en. and miis. 
1st D. C. Dec. 0, "do, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '64; 
disfh. G. O. Xo. 77. 

JoHNSox, EijJiuDOE G.— Manufacturer; ac,e 33; b. Brownfiold; res. Bidde- 
ford; en. Oct. 12, '01, Biddeford; mu.s.' Oct. 31; re-en. Fel). ], '04; wd. 
and pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '04; discli. for dis. '05. 

JOHNSOX, Joiix B. — Carpenter; age 30; b. Brownfield; res. Biddeford; en. 
Aug. 11, '02, Biddeford; mus. Aug. 28; joined co. Oct. 23, '02; in hos- 
pital, Aug. '04; died at City Point, Oct. 2, '04; buried in Cavalry Ceme- 
tery at that place. 

JOHXsox, BuFUS. — Laborer; age 2."); b. and r. Orono; en. and mus. 1st 
D. C. Dec. 2, '63, Bangor; sick in hospital at Augusta at tr. ; disch. G. O. 

■XT I— 

No. 7(. 

Kellex, Joiix, Jr. — Shoemaker; age 44; b. Ireland; res. Bre\ver; en. and 
mus. Co. A, 1st D. C. Feb. 1, '04, Bangor; pris. at Beams' Station, July 
2, '04; died in rebel prison, Charleston, S. C. Kellen had previously 
served in Co. E, 2d Me. Inf., and was disch. therefrom June 30, '03. 

KiXG, Albert H. — Shoemaker; age 34; b. Winthrop; res. Parkman; en 
Co. C, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 24; wd. at Beams' Sta- 
tion, Aug. 23, '04; in hospital at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Kimball, Charles A. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Casco; en. Dec. 25, '63; 
mus. Dec. 30; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; absent, sick, in Maine from Sept. 
'64; disch. G. O. Xo. 77. 

Kimball, Hiram. —Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Hollis; en. Oct. 17, '01, Bid- 
deford; mus. Oct. 31; died of diphtheria, Jan. 8, '02, at Augusta. 

KxiGHT, SiMEOX M. — Farmer; age 27; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Sept. 27, 
'01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; served in all the campaigns of the regt. 
till m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

Leach, Lymax. — Age 33; en. Aug. 5, '62, Augusta; joined co. Aug. 14, '62; 
disch. for dis. at Washington, Xov. 29, '63. 

LiTTLEFiELD, Charles F. — Shoemaker; age 18; b. Brownfield; res. North 
Berwick; en. Aug. 25, '02, Biddeford; mus. Aug. 29; joined co. Oct. 23, 
'02; wd. and pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge. May 11, '04; died in rebel 
prison, Andersonville, of scorbutus, Oct. 14, '04 — grave Xo. 10,931. 

LiTTLEFiELD, Depexdexce S. — Carpenter; age 18; b. Kennebunk; res. 
Xorth Berwick; en. Oct. 14, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; pris. at Louisa 
Court House, May 2, '63; ex. May 19, and rejoined co. Sept. 12; wd. 
severely and pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge. May 11, '64; ex. from 
Andersonville prison, and disch. Dec. 27, '04, ex. of ser. 

LiTTLEFiELD, OLIVER B, — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Wells; en. Oct. 19, 
'01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; pris. near Warrenton, Jan. 9, '64, by 
Mosby's guerillas; ex. Feb. 23, '04; m. o. Xov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

LiTTLEFiELD, Reubex O. — Age 18; b. and r. Sanford; en. and mus. Sept. 
27, '04; joined co. Oct. 20; disch. G. O. Xo. S3. 

Lord, Johx F. — Farmer; age 24; b. Limington; res. Waterboro; en. Dec. 
21, '03, Biddeford; mus. Dec. 29; joined co. Jan. 28, '04; wd. at Todd's 
Tavern, May 0, '04; disch. for dis. Feb. 10, '05. [From Barxes' Medical 
and Surgical History, Part I., p. 330: Case. — Private John F. Lord, Co. 
I, 1st Me. Cav., age 24 years, was wd. at the liattle of the Wilderness, 
May 0, 1804, by a conoidical musket ball, which entered the left eye and 
lodged at the left temple. He was at once admitted to the hospital of the 
2d div. c. c, thence conveyed to Washington, and admitted, on the 11th, 
into the Emery hospital, where the missile was extracted and the wound 
dressed in the usual manner. On May 10, he was transferred to the 
DeCamp hospital, New York, and thence, on June 2, sent to the Cony 
hospital, at Augusta, Me. On. Feb. 15, '65, he was discharged from the 
service and i^ensioned. Examiner John L. Allen, M.D., reports, Oct. 22, 
'66, that there is a depression of the skull over the left eye, resulting in 



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FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 



paralysis of the left side and up^jer and lower extremities. He can but 

just drag himself about.] 
Lowell, Bkn.jamix P. — Manufacturer; age 33; b. Buckfield; res. Bidde- 

ford; en. and mus. Nov. 23, '61, Augusta; arm broken, by being thrown 

from his horse at Warrenton Junction, June, '62; in hospital from that 

date till disch. for dis. Oct. 22, '62, at Frederick, Md. 
Maddox, James. — Wheelwright; age 22; b. Limerick; res. Xewfield; en. 

Oct. 21, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. at Washington, 

Nov. 22, '62. 

Manx, George W. — Farmer; age 18; b. Montreal, Can. ; res. New Sharon; 

en. Oct. 21, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; wd. at Shepardstown, July 16, 

'63; rejoined co. March, '64; m. o. Nov. 2.5, '64, ex. of ser. 
Marsh, John B. — Farmer; age 24; b. St. Albans; res. Orono; en. Co. G, 

1st D. C. Feb. 9, '64, Bangor; mus. Feb. 11; sick in hospital at tr. ; m. o. 

with regt. 
McDonald, Albert L. — Joiner; age 29; b. and r. Orono; en. and mus. 

1st D. C. Dec. 1, '63, Bangor; at dismounted camj) at tr. ; served in regt. 

band; m. o. with regt. [See last band.] 
McIntire, Oliver H. — Carpenter; age 30; b. and r. Biddeford; en. Oct. 

16, '61, Biddeford; mus. Nov. 26, '61, Augusta; ap. corp. but declined; 

disch. for dis. July, '62. 
McKenney, Joseph. — Millman; age .3-5; b. New Portland ; res. Orono; en. 

and mus. 1st D. C. Dec. 8, '63, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 

16, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. * 
Meeds, Daniel J. — Cari^enter; age 33; b. Denmark; res. Biddeford; en. 

Aug. 23, '62; mus. Aug. 28; joined co. Oct. 23; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Merrick, Stephen W. — Carpenter; age 19; b. and r. Sanford; en. Oct. 1.5, 

'61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; sick in Washington, Nov. '62; m. o. Nov. 

2.5, '64, ex. of ser, 
Merrow, Francis E. — Farmer; age 18; b; and r. Newfield; en. Aug. 27, 

'62; mus. Sept. 2, '62; joined co. Oct. 23, '62; died of phthisis at Cony 

hospital, Augusta, Jan. 16, '64. 
Monroe, Warren B. — Farmer; age 19; b. Greenfield; en. and mus. Co. H, 

1st D. C. Feb. 13, '64, Bangor; at dismounted camp at tr. ; disch. by 

order, July 31, '65, at Augusta, Me. 
Moore, Charles H. — Millman; age 18; b. and r. Orono; en. and mus. Co. 

E, 1st D. C. Dec. 7, '63, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; 

ex. ; died of disease, St. John's College hospital, Annapolis, Nov. 3, '64; 

buried in the grounds of that institution. 
Moore, Delmont. — Carpenter; age 26; b. Prospect; res. North Berwick; 

en. Oct. 29, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct 31; on detached service in q. m. 

dept. from Aug. '63, to Sept. '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Moores, Murray. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Dayton; en. Feb. 19, '64, 

Portland; mus. Feb. 29, '64; joined co. March 9, '64; sick in hospital, 

summer of '64; disch. by order, June 22, '65, Augusta, Me. 
Morgan, Alonzo D. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Greenwood; en. Co, H, 

1st D. C, Jan, 16, '64, Lewiston; mus. Jan. 18; pris. at Reams' Station, 

Aug. 25, '64; disch. by order, June 28, '65, Augusta, Me. 
MoRORiDGE, Samuel T. — Sailmaker; age 27; b. and r. Castine; en. and 

mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 19, '64, Belfast; in regt. band at tr., and served 

there till m. o. of regt. [See last band.] 
Morrill, George. — Millman; age 37; b. Cornish; res. Orono; en. 1st D. C. 

Dec. 9, '63, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. 
MoRiiisoN, Angus. — Laborer; age 18; b. and r. Wheatton, Can.; en. Feb. 

29, '64, Lewiston; mus. March 1; joined co. May 18. '64; m. o. with regt. 
MouLTON, Charles E. — Saddler; age 18; b. and. r. Portland; en. 1st D. C. 



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Feb. 5, '04, rortlaml; mus. Feb. (5; wd. and in liospital at tr. ; disch. 
G. O. No. 77. 
MuKPiiv, Samuel H. — Machinist; age 19; b. and r. Buxton; en. Oct. 21, 
'Gl, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; re-en. Feb. 1, '04; killed in action at 
('harlcs City cross-roads, Aug. 18, '64; his body temporarily fell into 
the hands of the enemy, but was recovered by his comrades after night- 
fall, having been strii)ped of its clothing, and was buried where it fell, 
in a coffin improvised from boards, and his name carved upon the trunk 
of an apple-tree, whose branches spread over his grave. 
Murray, Kx'sseli.. — Age 22; b. Parkman; res. Newfield; en. Sept. 20, '01, 

Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Murray, Thomas JSr. — Age 19; b. Palermo; res. Liberty; en. and mus. 
Nov. 2, '01, Augusta; sick in hospital, Nov. '02; disch. for dis. from 
U. S. gen. hosp. Baltimore, April 0, '03. 
Neal, James A. — Millman; age 18; b. and r. Orono; en. and mus. 1st 

D. C. Dec. 7, '63, Bangor; absent sick at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Newbegin, Eugene. — Shoemaker; age 18; b. Par^onsfield; res. Biddeford; 
en. Feb. 1, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 10; joined co. May 31; absent sick 
from Sept. 23; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Newell, Charles W. — Farmer; age 21; b. HoUis; res. Dayton; en. Oct. 
21, '01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. July 5, '02, at Washing- 
ton. 
Nutter, Samuel A. — Farmer; age 24; b. Milton, N. H. ; res. Biddeford; 
en. Feb. 15, '04, Portland; mus. Feb. 22; joined co. March 9; acciden- 
tally wd. and sent to hospital, June 24, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Cakes, George E. — Age 18; b. Oldtown; res. Mars Hill; en. and mus. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 12, '04, Bangor; in regt. band at tr., and served there till m. o. 
of regt. [See last band.] 
Paery, John B. — Millman; age 18; b. Corinth; res. Orono; en. and mus. 
1st D. C. Dec. 9, '03, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '64; 
disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Partridge, Frank A. — Machinist; age 23; b. Westbrook; res. Bidde- 
ford; en. and mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 27, '64, Portland; pris. at Syca- 
more church, Sept. 16, '64; died in prison at Danville, Va., Dec. 24, '64. 
Perkins, Daniel. — Machinist; age 29; b. and r. Biddeford; en. Aug. 23, 
'02, Biddeford; mus. Sept. 1; joined co. Oct. 23, '02; wd. at Shepards- 
town, July 10, '63; rejoined co. Nov. '63; pris. near Warrenton, Jan. 9, 
'64, by Mosby's guerillas; died in rebel prison, Andersonville, May 30, 
'64 — grave No. 1480. 
Perkins, William H. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Oxford; en. and mus. 

Nov 1, '01, Augusta; killed at Louisa Court House, May 2, '03. 
Pollard, Kendall. — Blacksmith; age 39; b. Hartland; res. Lisbon; en. 
Co. K, 1st D. C. Jan. 4, '64, Bath; mus. Jan. 22; sick in hospital at tr. ; 
joined co. ; m. o. with regt. 
Porter, John L. — Lumberman; age .34; b. New Brunswick; res. Mapleton; 
en. Co. G, IstD. C. Feb. 13, '04, Augusta; mus. Feb. 16; absent sick at 
tr. ; joined co. ; m. o. with I'egt. 
Prescott, Alpheus. — Cooper ; age 21 ; b. Buxton ; res. Biddeford ; en. and 

mus. Nov. 22, '61, Augusta. 
Pyle, Solomon. —Farmer; age 44; b. New Brunswick ; res. Mapleton; en. 
and mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '04, Bangor; absent sick at tr. ; joined 
CO.; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Khines, Benjamin. —Farmer; age 22; b. Washington; res. Thomaston; 
en. and mus. Nov. 19, '01, Augusta; disch. for dis. Nov. 20, '02, at Wash- 
ington. 
EiCE, James A. — Shoemaker; age 20; b. Framingham, Mass.; res. Water- 
boro; en. Nov. 18, '01, Augusta; mus. Nov. 20; pris. at Louisa Court 



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terred and removed to Framiiigham, Mass. 
Richer, Franklin B.— Blacksmith; age 18; b. and r. Waterboro; en. 

March 1, '62, Augusta; mus. March 6; disch. for dis. at Washington, 

Nov. 22, '62. 
RoBBiNS, Charles H. — Painter; age 21; b. Waterboro; res. Biddeford; 

en. Sept. 20, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31 ; pris. at Louisa Court House, 

May 2, '63; ex. May 19; rejoined co. Sept. 12; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; m. o. 

June 20, '65. 
Roberts, Calvin. — Laborer ; age 29; b. Waterboro; res. Biddeford; en. 

Aug. 25, '62, Biddeford; mus. Aug. 28, '62; joined co. Oct. 23; killed at 

Louisa Court House, May 2, '63. 
Roberts, William J. — Shoemaker; age 21; b. Hallowell; res. :N'orth 

Berwick; en. Oct. 10, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. '62. 
Robinson, Samuel J. — Painter; age 29; b. and r. Orrington; en. and mus. 

Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 6, '64, Bangor; joined co. at tr.; m. o. with regt. 

Robinson had previously served in Co. C, 22d Me. Inf., and was dis. 

therefrom Aug 14, '63. 
Rogers, Thomas D. — Farmer; age 38; b. Alton, IST. H. ; res. Exeter; en. 

and mus. 1st D. C. Nov. 24, '63, Bangor; absent sick at tr.; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. 
Rogers, Thomas H. —Machinist; age 45; b. Anson; res. Biddeford; en. 

and mus. Dec. 29, '63, Biddeford; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; m. o. June 

20, '65. 
RowE, William. — Farmer; age 18; b. Tapleyville, Mass.; res. Alfred; en. 

Oct. 14, '61, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; died at Alexandria, Va., Sept. 22, 

'62, of typhoid fever. 
Royal, George A. — Mechanic; age 19; b. Pownal; res. Lewiston; en. 

Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 16; pris. at Reams' Sta- 
tion, Aug. 25, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. [See Co. G.] 
Russell, George D. — Farmer; age 21; b. Gray; res. Casco; en. Dec. 21, 

'63, Portland; mus. Dec. 30; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; wd. May 11, '65, at 

Ground Squirrel bridge; disch. Aug. 17, '65, by order. [From Surg. 

Gen. Barnes' Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion, Part I., 

p. 12 : Russell, George, sergeant, Co. I, 1st Me. Cav. ; age 21 ; sabre cut of 

the scalp, Sheridan's raid in Va., May, '64; disch. from service, Aug. 

17, '64.] 
Sanborn, Otis F. — Farmer; age 21; b, and r. Waterboro ; en. Oct. 14, '61, 

Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; died of disease of the kidneys, Feb. 12, '62, at 

Augusta. 
Sanford, Augustus. -Farmer; age 22; b. Freedom; res. Montville; en. 

Oct. 28, '61, Augusta; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. April 22, '63, at 

Augusta. 
Seavey, Asa W. — Shoemaker; age 18; b. and r. Sanford; en. Nov. 13, '63, 

Biddeford; mus. Dec. 1; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; absent, sick, summer of 

'64; rejoined co. Nov. '64; m. o. with regt. 
Shaav, Nathan M. —Blacksmith; age 20; b. Cornish; res. Bradford; en. 

1st D. C. Jan. 29, '64, Bangor; mus. Feb. 11; absent wd. at tr.; disch. 

G. O. No. 77. 
Sheehan, James R. — Laborer; age 33; b. Kenncbunkport; res. Biddeford; 

en. and mus. Aug. 23, '62; joined co. Oct. 23; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Small, Horace M. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Casco; en. Dec. 29, '63, 

Portland; mus. Dec. 30; joined co. Jan. 28, '64; in hospital, summer of 

'64; died of disease, Nov. 28, '64, at N. S. hospital, Washington, 



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Small, Levi G. — Farmer; aijo IS; b. and r. Casco; en. Dee. 20, '0-'], Tort- 

land; mus. Dee. oO; joined co. Jan. 28, '04; m. o. with regt. 
Smith, Kufus A. — Teaeher; a^e 22; b. Ilollis; res. Dayton; en. and mus. 
' Feb. 9, '04, Portland; joined eo. March 27; wd. at Boydton jihink road, 
Oct. 27; in hospital till Dee. '04, when he rejoined co. ; pris. at Farm- 
ville, April G, '05; returned at surrender of Gen. Lee; m. o, June 20, '05. 
[See p. 42L] 
Speaj:, Edward. — Teamster; a<icc 18; b. and r. Saco; en. Oct. 21, '01, Bid- 
del'ord; mus. Oct. ;!1 ; wd. at Strasburg, May 1, '04; in hospital summer 
of '04; m. o. Mov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Spratt, Edward P. — Farmer; age 18; b. Levant; res. Carmel; en. Co. G, 
1st D. C. Jan. 4, '04, Belfast; mus. Jan. 15, '04; absent sick at tr.; died 
of disease at N. S. hospital, Oct. '04. 
Spbatt, Pharon p. — Farmer; age 40; b. China; res. Carmel; en. Co. G, 
1st D. C. Jan. 4, '04, Belfast; mus. Jan. 19; absent sick at tr. ; joined co.; 
m. o. June 20, '05. 
Stackpole, William. — Age 44; b. and r. Biddeford; en. Oct. 4, '01, Bidde- 

ford; mus. Oct. 31, '01; tr. to regt. band, '02. [See band.] 
Stearns, George B. — Laborer; age 19; b. and r. Orono; en. and mus. 1st 
D. C. Nov. 30, '03, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '04; died 
in rebel prison, Andersonville, Dec. 24, '04. 
Stiles, John P. — Shoemaker; age 19; b. and r. Shapleigh; en. Sept. 24, 
'01, Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; pris. at Louisa Court House, May 2, '03; 
ex. May 19; rejoined co. Sept. 12, '03; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; m. o. June 
20, '05. 
Stoddard, Aitgustine O. — Saddler; age 19; b. Brunswick; res. Appleton 
en. and mus. Nov. 9, '01, Augusta; pris. at Shepardstown, July 10, '03 
ex. Sept. 12; detailed as clerk in War Dept. Washington, from Jan. '04 
m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Stone, William F. — Blacksmith; age 39; b. and r. Portland; en. Nov. 8, 
'61, Augusta; mus. Dec. 5, '01; acting regt. vet. surg. from date of en.; 
com. 2d lieut. Co. H, Oct. 23, '02. [See Co. H.] 
Strout, Samuel, Jr. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Waterboro ; en. Oct. 9, '01, 

Biddeford ; mus. Oct. 31 ; disch. for dis. at Alexandria, April 3, '63. 
Taylor, Edw^ard. — Farmer; age 21; b. Lyman; res. Kennebunkport; en. 
Nov. 21, '01, Biddeford; mus. Nov. 26; absent, sick, summer of '04; m. o. 
Dec. 10, '64, ex. of ser. 
Tibbetts, Byron D. — Shoemaker; age 22; b. Portland; res. Biddeford; en 
Feb. 13, '04, Portland; mus. Feb. iO; joined co. March 9; sick in hospi- 
tal, summer of '04. 
Tibbetts, Luther. — Age 41; b. and r. Biddeford; mus. Sept. '04; joined 

CO. Oct. 26; wd. at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Trafton, John H. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Shapleigh; en. Sept. 21, '61. 
Biddeford ; mus. Oct. 31 ; absent sick in hospital since Aug. '62 ; disch. 
for dis. at Alexandria, March 11, '63. 
Tripp, Nahum G. — Teamster; age 22; b. and r. Alfred; en. Oct. 14, '61, 

Biddeford; mus. Oct. 31; disch. for dis. April 25, '02, Augusta. 
Warren, Freedom. — Farmer; age 30; b. and r. Waterboro; en. Aug. 30, 
'62, Biddeford; mus. Sept. 2; joined co. Oct. 23; pris. near Warrenton, 
by Mosby's guerillas, Jan. 9, '04; ex. Feb. 28, '04; died of disease at 
Annapolis, Md., March 17, '64; buried in St. John's College hospital 
grounds — grave No. 442. 
Wells, Marcellus. — Farmer; age li); b. and r. Vienna; en. and mus. 
Co. I, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '64; wd. at Keams' Station, Aug. 25, '04; in ho.s- 
pital at tr.; disch. for dis. Feb. 19, '05, at Augusta. 
Weymoltth, Charles W. — Farmer; age 19; b. Thomaston; res. China; en. 
1st D. C. Feb. 22, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 29; m. o. with regt. 



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"Wheeler, Edwin.— Farmer; nge 18; b. Littleton, N. H.; res. Lisbon, N. H. ; 
en. Feb. 24, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 2.5; joined co. March 9, '64; m. o. 
with regt. 

Wilson, Frank B. — Laborer; age 19; b. and r. Orono; en. 1st D. C. Nov, 
30, '63, Bangor; mus. Dec. 30; sick in Augusta at tr.; disch. G. O. No. 
77. 

Wood, James V.— Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Newfield; en. Aug. 6, |62; 
mus. Sept. 2; joined co. Oct. 23; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; 
disch. for dis. at Augusta, May 20, '65. [Extract from Barnes' Medical 
and Surgical History, Part II., p. 859: Wood, J. V., private, Co. I, 1st 
Me. Cav. ; age 18; wd. Oct. 27, '64; fracture of internal condyle of left 
humerous by conoidical ball; operation same day; excision of internal 
condyle; complete anchylosis of elbow joint; arm useless.] 

Woodman, Charles A. — Millman; age 19; b. and r. Newfield; en. Oct. 21, 
'61; mus. Oct. 31, '61. 

Woodman, James M. — Age 22; b. and r. Stetson; en. 1st D. C. Aug. 11, '63; 
mus. Sept. 25; killed in action on Wilson's raid, '64. 

RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was nine, of whom six joined at its organization (three with commissions 
and three in the ranks and subsequently promoted), one was promoted from 
Co. L, and two were transferred from the First District of Columbia Cav- 
alry. Of these, two were mustered out with the regiment, two by reason of 
expiration of their term of service, two were discharged for disability, one 
was promoted in Co. H, one was promoted to the field and staff, and one 
resigned and was discharged. Three of them served three years or more, 
and three — Capts. Chadbourne and Daggett, and Lieut.Willis — served from 
the organization of the regiment till its muster out, though not all the time 
with this company. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company (not includ- 
ing the three who were commissioned) was two hundred and twenty-three, 
of whom twenty-seven were sergeants, eighteen corporals, five buglers, three 
farriers, one wagoner, and one hundred and sixty-nine privates. Of these, 
ninety-three joined the company at its organization, thirty-four joined in 
1862, thirty-one in 1863-64, and sixty-five were transferred from the First 
District of Columbia Cavalry. Of the whole number, twenty-eight (original 
members) served their three years' term of enlistment, and were mustered 
out at its expiration; thirty-three were mustered out with the regiment, 
forty-four were discharged for disability, sixty-three were discharged at the 
close of the war, under the orders mustering out paroled prisoners, conval- 
esents in hospitals, dismounted men, and cavalry men whose term of service 
expired prior to Oct. 1, 1865; four were transferred to the veteran reserve 
corps, one to division band, one to regimental band ; one was promoted in 
the regiment, eight were killed in action, three died of wounds, fifteen 
died of disease, nine died in rebel prisons, several of them from wounds, 
and twelve are unaccounted for. Of these, forty-eight served three years 
or more, twenty-eight two years and less than three, one hundred and two 
served one year and less than two, and forty-five less than one year. Of the 
ninety-two original members, nineteen re-enlisted in the regiment as vet- 



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eran volunteers. These, and tlie three enlisted men commissioned, added 
to the number of enlisted men before given, makes the total numlier of 
enlistments represented in the company two hundred and forty-five, or 
with the commissioned officers, two hundred and ilfty-one. 

COMPANY I'S HONORED DEAD. 

SEKGEANTS, 

Coi-i.TXS ]M. CiTADitouKNE, Waterboro. Died at Annapolis, Aufj. 22, 1864, 

on his arrival from Andersonville prison, of wounds received in action 

at Ground t?quirrel bridge, May 11, 18(54. 
William Cummixgs, Waterboro. Died of disease at Aquia Creek, May 10, 

1863. 
Geokge W. York, Lyman. Killed Feb. 29, 1864, near Ely's ford, while in 

charge of the advance guard of his regt., on the Dahlgren raid. 
Isaac P. Gueney, Biddeford. Died in Andersonville prison, Sept. 28, 1864, 

of wounds received in action at Ground Squirrel Ijridge, May 11, 1864. 
Nahum W. Mitchell, Newfield. Killed in action at Dinwiddie Court 

House, March 31, 1865. 
George Vinal, Orono. Died in Danville prison, Dec. 4, 1864. 
Edavin T. Edes, Guilford. Killed in action at Dinwiddie Court House, 

March 31, 1865. 
Walter D. Daxiels, Newport. Died in Danville prison, Dec. 24, 1864. 

CORPORAL. 

Victor Whittemore, Worcester, Mass. Died at Washington, Sept. 1, 1862, 
of typhoid fever. 



Levi P. Haxscom, North Berwick. Died of diphtheria at Augusta, March 
21, 1862. 

PRIVATES. 

Benjamin F. Barxes, Waterboro. Killed in action at Charles City cross- 
roads, Aug. 18, 1864. 

Egbert Burnham, Hollis. Died at Alexandria, Aug. 5, 1862, of typhoid 
fever. 

JoHX S. Deep>ixg, Etna. Died of disease at Fortress Monroe, Aug. 17, 
1864. 

Henry R. Emerson, Levant. Died in Andersonville prison, Dec. 1, 1864. 

Moses M. Hodsdon, Hollis. Died July 18, 1863, of wounds received in 
action at Shepardstown, July 16. 

Albert Howard, Brooksville. Died of disease at N. S. hospital, Sept. 1864. 

John B. Johnson, Brownfield. Died at City Point, Oct. 2, 1864. 

John Kellen, Brewer. Died of disease in prison at Charleston, S. C. 

Hiram Kimball, Hollis. Died of diphtheria at Augusta, Jan. 8, 1862. 

Charles F. Littlefield, North Berwick. Died in Andersonville prison, 
Oct. 14, 1864. 

Francis E. Meerow, Newfield. Died of phthisis at Augusta, Jan. 16, 1864. 

Charles H. Moore, Orono. Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., Nov. 
3, 1864. 



610 FIBST MAINE CAVALBY. 

Samuei> H. Murphy, Buxton. Killed in action at Charles City cross-roads, 

Aug. 18, 1864. 
Frank A. Partridge, Biddeford. Died in prison at Danville, Dec. 24, 1864. 
Daniel Perkins, Biddeford. Died in rebel prison at Andersonville, May 

30, 1864. 
William H. Perkins, Oxford. Killed in action at Louisa Court House, May 

2, 1863. 
James A. Rice, Waterboro. Died in hospital at Washington, Nov. 23, 1864, 

of wounds received in action at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27. 
Calvin PvOberts, Waterboro. Killed in action at Louisa Court House, 

May 2, 1863. 
William Rowe, Alfred. Died of disease at Alexandria, Sept. 22, 1862. 
Otis F. Sanborn, Waterboro. Died of disease at Augusta, Feb. 12, 1862. 
Horace M. Small, Casco. Died of disease at N. S. hospital, Washington, 

Nov. 28, 1864. 
Edward P. Spratt, Carmel. Died of disease at N. S. hospital, Oct. 1864, 
George B. Stearns, Orono. Died in prison at Andersonville, Dec. 24, 1864. 
Freedom Warren, Waterboro. Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., March 

17, 1864. 
James M. Woodman, Stetson. Killed in action on Wilson's raid, 1864. 



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COMPANY K. 

CArXAINS. 

PRINCE, GEORGE. —Merchant; age 44; b. Thomastoii; res. Bath; en. Sept. 
25, '61; recruited portion of tlie co. and took them into camp at Augusta, 
Oct. 15; mus. capt. Xov. 2; injured Aug. 2, '62, by his horse falling upon 
him, receiving a broken rib and other injuries, and sent to Douglas 
hospital, Washington; furlough granted him from hospital, Oct. 20; 
while at home en. four recruits for his co., and Dec. 2 was ordered 
to report at the recruiting station in New York, whence he was sent to 
Washington in charge of 400 recruits; took his own recruits to Fred- 
erick, Md. ; resigned Dec. 12, '62, and m. o. Dec. 15, '62. [See p. 15.] 

CAREY, GEORGE. —Teacher; age 24; b. and r. Houlton; recruited a por- 
tion of the CO. ; mus. Nov. 2 as 1st lieut. ; commanded co. from March 
20, '62, when it left Augusta, until the following month; detailed in 
charge of orderlies at Gen. Ord's hd. qrs. May 24, '62; com. capt. Dec. 9, 
'62; in command of co. from Aug. 5, '62, through Pope's campaign, until 
Jan. 4, '63, when he resigned and was m. o. [See p. 74.] 

MYRICK, JOHN D. — Lawyer; age 20; b. and r. Augusta; served in the 
University Guards, Cambridge, Mass., from April 19, '61, to Sept. '61; 
recruited a portion of the co., and mus. Nov. 2, as 2d lieut.; com. 1st 
lieut. Dec. 9, '62, and capt. Jan. 4, '63; in command of co. from date of 
his commission as capt., except when absent sick; commanded 1st bat- 
talion in the several engagements of the last campaign ; in command of 
150 men from Cos. D, F, H, K, and M, on the Dahlgren raid, March, '64; 
brev. maj. U. S. Vols, for gallant and meritorious services in the last 
campaign; m. o. with regt. ; com. 1st lieut. 10th Cav., U. S. A., March 7, 
'67, and for his services at Dinwiddle Court House, brev. capt. U. S. A. 
on the same date; served with his regt. till May 17, '72, when he re- 
signed, and was m. o. [See pp. 58, 73, 205, 220, 236-241, 255, 260, 296- 
302, 379, 382, 388, 391, 400, 404, 413, 432, 435, 441.] 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

FORD, CHARLES W. —Ship-master; age 27; b. and r. Bristol; en. Oct. 7, 
'61, Newcastle; mus. Nov. 2, as sergt. ; pro. 1st sergt. March 12, '62; com. 
sup. 2d lieut. Sept. 1, '62; com. 2d lieut. Dec. 9, '62, and 1st lieut. Jan. 4, 
'63; ap. field recruiting officer for the regt. while in winter quarters, 
'63-4, and recruited the veterans; commanded co. from June 17, '63, till 
Sept. 17, '63. On detached service, June 24, '64, acting q. m. and com'sy 
at Camp Berry; com. capt. and a. q. m. U. S. Vols. Jan. 21, '65, and 
served on the staff of Maj. Geu. M. C. Meigs until Nov. 25, '65, when 
m. o. [See pp. 102, 205.] 

JEWETT, GEORGE F. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Bath; en. Sept. 25, '61, 
Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as private; pro. corp. Sept. 1, '62, and sergt. Dec. 7, 



612 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

'62; horse shot under him in the charge at Brandy Station, June 9, '63, 
and he was taken pris. ; taken to Richmond, paroled, and sent to parole 
camp, Annapolis, Md., June 14; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '63; re-en. Dec. 
29, '63; com. 2d lieut. Feb. 4, '64; in command of co. in action at Deep 
Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, '64, and while Capt. Myrick was in command of 
the battalion; com. 1st lieut. Nov. 22, '64; detailed on the staff of Gen. 
C. H. Smith, commanding 3d brig. 2d div. c. c, Jan. 28, '65, and served 
in that capacity till m. o. of regt., receiving the thanks and commenda- 
tion of Gen. Smith in his official report. [See pp. 375, 440.] 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

LITTLE, THADDEUS. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Bristol; en. Oct. 7, '61, 
Newcastle; mus. Nov. 2, as private; pro. sergt. July 1, '63, and Istsergt. 
Sept. 1, '63; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; com. 2d lieut. Nov. 28, '64, and 1st lieut. 
and adjt. March 21, '65. [See field and staff.] 

STEYENS, CHARLES A. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Littleton; en. as 
recruit, Aug. 28, '62, Littleton; mus. Sept. 18; joined co. soon after; 
pro. Corp. Nov. 1, '63; sergt. May 1, '64, and 1st sergt. Jan. 1, '65; com. 
2d lieut. May 1, '65; m. o. with regt. [See p. 391.] 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

Elliott, William D. — Joiner; age 35; b. Brunswick; res. Bath; en. Sept. 

27, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; wd. and pris. at Middleburg, Va., June 19, '63; 

m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. ; died in Portland, of disease contracted in 

the service. 
Lloyd, James. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Hodgdon; en. Oct. 14, '61, 

Houltou; mus. Nov. 2, as sergt; pro. 1st sergt. Sept. 1, '62; disch. for 

dis. at Frederick, Md., Dec. 7, '62. 
Sanfobd, Thomas J. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Bowdoinham; en. Oct. 

14, '61, Richmond; mus. Nov. 2, as private; orderly for Gen. Rodman at 

South Mountain and Antietam, where the gen. was killed; horse shot 

under him at Antietam; orderly for Gen. Taylor, fall of '62; pro. corp. 

Dec. 15, '62, sergt. July 1, '63, and 1st sergt. Dec. '63; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; 

m. o. with regt. 
BuTTERFiKLD, WiLLiAM J. — Clerk; age 25; b. and r. Milford ; en. and mus. 

1st D. C. Feb. 5, '64; assigned to Co. H, and pro. corp. at organization 

of CO. Feb. 16; pris. in action at Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 16, '64; 

joined co. after the tr. ; pro. sergt. March 28, '65, and 1st sergt. May 4; 

m. o. with regt. 

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTS. 

Loud, William M. — Joiner; age 38; b. New Portland; res. Richmond; en. 
Oct. 8, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, '61, Augusta, as q. m. sergt.; wd. and 
pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; rejoined co. Oct. '63; re-en. Dec. 29, 
'63; m. o. with regt. [See p. 157.] 

Smith, Winsok B.— Gilder; age 20; b. Bridgeton; res. Portland; en. and mus. 
as a recruit, Aug. 23, '62^, Portland; orderly for Gens. Paul, Reynolds, 
and Wadsworth, from Feb. 19, '63, durhig that summer's campaign, 
and at the battle of Gettysburg remained with Gen. Wadsworth after 
every member of his staff and every orderly but one, were either wd. or 
dismounted; pro. corp. July 1, '63, and q. m. sergt. May 1, '64; pris. in 



BOSTER OF COMPA^'Y K. 613 

action at the Wyattfarm, Sept. 29, '04; ex. Marcli 2, '65, and m. o. G. O. 
No. 77. [See pp. 114, 18',), 205, 220, 288.] 
TiBBETTS, Wii.MAM B. — Sailor; a.i:;e 25; b. Wiscasset; res. Newcastle; en. 
Oct. 7, '61, Wiscasset; nuis. Xov. 2, as private; orderly for Gen. Ilart- 
sutt". May. 62; re-en. Dec. 29, '«W; pro. corp. May 1, '64, and q. ni. sergt. 
Jan. 1, 'Go; mortally wd. at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65, and 
died at Judiciary Square hospital, Washinj;tou, June 19, '65; buried in 
Arlington National Cemetery. [See p. 405.] 

COISEMISSAIIY SERGEANTS. 

Hanson, Albert "W. — Joiner; age 26; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 30, '61, 
Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as sergt. ; pro. com'sy sergt. '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, 
ex. of ser. 

ToziEK, David. — Farmer; age 22; b. Northumberland, N. B. ; res. Little- 
ton; en. Oct. 19, '61, lloulton; mus. Nov. 2, as private; pro. corp. Jan. 
4, '63; wd. and pris. at Middleburg, June 19, '63; rejoined co. Oct. '63; 
re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. com'sy sergt. Jan. 1, '65; mortally wd. at Din- 
widdle Court House, March 31, '65, and died at Judiciary Square hospi- 
tal, Washington, April 11, '65. 

SERGEANTS. 

Stijipson, Albert AV. —Ship-carpenter; age 32; b. Durham; res. Bath; 

en. Oct. 12, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, '61; disch. for dis. June 19, '62; en. in 

V. r. c. Nov. 3, '64. 
Phillips, Russell. — Carpenter; age 33; b. Wayne; res. Richmond; en. 

Oct. 14, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as corp.; pro. sergt. June 9, '62; on 

extra duty in the q. m. dept. July, '62; disch. for dis. Sept. 21, '62. 
Herbert, William M. — Tailor; age 21; b. and r. Bristol; en. Oct. 7, '61, 

Newcastle; mus. Nov. 2, as private; pro. corp. June 9, '62, and sergt. 

July 29, '62; color sergt. in '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Stinson, Reuel B. — Joiner; age 35; b. and r. Richmond; en. Oct. 9, '61, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as corp.; pro. sergt. Sept. 1, '62; re-en. Dec. 19, '63; 

m. o. with regt. 
Bbyant, David, Jr. —Farmer; age 26; b. and r. Bristol; en. Oct. 10, '61, 

Newcastle; mus. Nov. 2, as private; pro. corp. July 29, '62, and sergt. 

Sept. 1, '62; killed at Middleburg, June 19, '63. [See p. 103.] 
Swett, Justin L. — Joiner; age 26; b. and r. Arrowsic; en. Sept. 28, '61, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as corp.; pro. sergt. Sept. 1, '62; killed at Middle- 

b.nrg, June 19, '63. 

Herbert, Edward B. — Sailor; age 23; b. Wiscasset; res. Richmond; en. 
Oct. 3, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as private; pro. corp. Sept. 1, '62, and 
sergt. Jan. 4, '63; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. and rejoined 
CO. Oct. '63; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; severely wd. on the Bellefield raid, Dec. 
10, '64, and died from his wounds in Finley hospital, Washington, D. C, 
Jan. 3, '65. [See p. 375.] 

McDouGALL, Alexander. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Fort Fairfield; en. 
Oct. 17, '61, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2, '61, as private; pro. corp. Sept. 1, 
'62, and sergt. in '63; i-e-en. Dec. 29, '63; m. o. with regt. [See p. 167.] 

Watts, Alfred Y. — Laborer; age 20; b. Pownal; res. New Gloucester; 
served seventeen months in Cos. G and K, 7th Me. Inf. ; en. Co. H, 1st 
D. C. Jan. 21, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 4; pro. sergt. Feb, 16, '64; absent 
sick at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Walker, Albert R. — Carriage-maker; age 21; b. South Berwick; res. 
York; en. and mus. Aug. 15, '62, York, as private; joined co. shortly 
after; orderly for Gens. Paul and Reynolds from Feb. 19, '63, through 
the campaign of the following summer; pro. corp. Sept. 1, '63, and sergt. 



614 FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 

May 1, '64; captured on the Dahlgren raid, March, '64, and died in rebel 
prison at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 29, '(J4; buried in the prison cemetery 
— grave Xo. 722G. 

HiGGiNS, William N^. — Carder; age 25; b. East Livermore; res. Lewiston; 
served in Co. A, 23d Me. Inf., having been mus. Sept. 29, '62, and m. o. 
July 25, '63; en. and mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 27, '64, Lewiston, as private; 
assigned to Co. H; pro. sergt. Feb. 16; wd. at Reams' Station, June 27, 
'64, on Wilson's raid ; disch. for dis. arising from his wounds, at Augusta, 
March 23, '65. 

Welch, Ben.jamix A. — Farmer; age 20; b. and r. Minot; served in Co. F, 
10th Me. Inf., having been mus. Oct. 4, '61, and m. o. with regt. May 8, 
'63; en. and mus. Is't D. C.Jan. 27, '64, Lewiston, as private; assigned to 
Co. H, and pro. sergt. Fel). 16; severely wd. and pi'is. at Reams' Station, 
Aug. 25, '64, and died of his wounds at McClellan hospital, Philadelphia, 
Oct. 26, '64. 

CoNANT, Alexander B. — Farmer; age 27; b. Auburn; res. Lewiston; 
served three months in Co. H, 1st Me. Inf., and nineteen months in 
Co. H, 10th Me. Inf., being m. o. with regt. in both instances for ex. of 
ser; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, '64, Lewiston, as private; mus. Feb. 9; 
pro. sergt. Feb. 16; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Gatchell, Josiah. — Sailor; age 27; b. and r. Brunswick; en. Oct. 10, '61, 
Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as private; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; pro. corp. May 1, '64; 
severely wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; rejoined co. the follow- 
ing winter, and pro. sergt. Jan. 1, '65; severely wd. in action at Dinwid- 
die, March 31, '65, and disch. on account of his wounds, at Augusta, Me., 
June, '65. [See p. 15.] 

Walker, Ozro F.— Farmer; age 20; b. Westbrook; res. Portland; en, 1st 
D. C. Jan. 29, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 6, as private; assigned to Co. H; 
pro. Corp. Feb. 16; wd. at Stony Creek, June 29, '64, on Wilson's raid; 
pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; ex. after tr. and rejoined co. ; 
pro. sergt. in '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

MiLLiKEN, LoREN H. — Clerk; age 18; b. and r. Saco; en. 1st D. C. Feb. 5, 
'64; mus. Feb. 18, as private; assigned to Co. H; joined co. at tr. ; ap. co. 
clerk, Jan. 14, '65; pro. corp. and sergt. '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Somes, Charles E. — Farmer; age 23; b. Edgecomb; res. Waterboro; en. 
and mus. Sept. 30, '64, Portland, as a recruit for one year; joined co. 
soon after; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '65, and sergt. soon after; disch. G. O. No. 
83. ■ [See pp. 394, 403.] 

Hallowell, Nathan T. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Windsor; en. Nov. 
23, '63, Lewiston; mus. Dec. 1, as private; joined co. soon after; orderly 
at hd. qrs. 3d brig. 2d div. c. c. from Aug. '64; pro. corp. Feb. 1, '65, and 
sergt. June 21, '65; m. o. with regt. 

Dearborn, John B. — Machinist; age 25; b. Saco; res. Biddeford; en. and 
mus. Feb. 4, '64, Biddeford, as private; joined co. at once; pro. corp. 
May 1, '65, and sergt. June 21, '65; m. o. with regt. 

Walker, Charles W. — Farmer; age 27; brother to Albert R. Walker; b. 
South Berwick; res. York; en. Jan. 2, '64, Portland; mus. Jan. 4, as pri- 
vate; joined co. soon after; pro. corp. Jan. 1, '65, and sergt. June 21, '65; 
m. o. with regt. 

Fogg, Horace A. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Monmouth; en. Dec. 31, '63, 
Lewiston; mus. Jan. 1, as private; joined co. soon after; pro. corp. May 
28, '65, and sergt. June 21, '65; m. o. with regt. 

CORPORALS. 

Stetson, Samuel K. — Blacksmith; age 35; b. Madawaska; res. Houlton; 
en. Oct. 19, '61, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2; disch. for dis. at Washington, 
D. C, where he had been sick for some time, Dec. 19, '62. [See Co. H.] 




Corp. CHARLES L. GRANT, Co. K, 

York. 





Sergt. ALBERT R. WALKER. Co. K. 
Died in Andersonville, Aug. 29, 1864. 



SergL CHARLES W. WALKER, Co. K. 
York 





Corp. CHARLES BANKS, Co. K. 
York. 



Saddler JOHN P. GRANT, Co. K. 
York. 



BOSTER OF COMPANY K. 615 

Broad, Louira K. — Farmer; age 24; b. Albion; res. Mars Hill; en. Oct. 19, 
'61, noulton; mns. Nov. 2; in rej^t. pioneer corps during the campaign 
of '08; killed at St. JMary's church, June 24, '04. 

LEiGnxox, Xathaniel W.— Joiner; age 37; b. Newcastle; res. Richmond; 
en. Oct. 1, "01, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; disch. for dis. Dec. 20, '01. 

Stacy, Joux S. — Joiner; age 44; b. York; res. Bath; en. Sept. 80, '01, Bath; 
mus. Nov. 2; died of disease at Frederick, Nov. 8, '02, and was buried in 
the National Cemetery at Antietam — grave No. 71, lot B, section i). 

CoivBY, Aloxzo.— Printer; age 20; b. and r. Bath; en. Sept. 26, '(il, Bath; 
mus. Nov. 2, '01; wd. and pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '0;J; absent 
on detached service after ex.; m. o. Nov. 2.5, '04, ex. of ser. 

Clary, Osgood, Jr. — Farmer; age 20; b. Jefferson; res. Richmond; en. 
Oct. 7, '01, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as private; pro. corp. '02; disch. for dis. 
Sept. 21, '02. 

Clark, Orville H. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Bristol ; en. Oct. 16, '61, 
Newcastle; mus. Nov. 2, as private; pro. corp. '02; disch. for dis. Sept. 
16, '62. 

Tno.MPSON, John- D. — Farmer; age 21; b. SangerviUe; res. Perkins; en. 

Oct. 2, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, '61, as private; pro. corp. July 29, '62; 

re-en. Dec. 29, '63; killed at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, '64. 
Trafton, Silas C — Joiner; age 31; b. and r. Georgetown; en. Oct. 3, '61, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2, '01, as private; pro. corp. Nov. 1.5, '02; in regt. 

pioneer corps from Dec. '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Johnson, Charles R. — Joiner; age 22; b. Lisbon; res. Brimswick; en. 

Oct. 4, '01, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, '61, as private; orderly for Gen. Hartsuff 

from June, '02, and for Gen. Rodman in Sept. '02, and while serving in 

the latter capacity was wd. at Antietam, Sept. 17, '02; pro. corp. Dec. 7, 

'02; killed at Middlebvirg, Ya., June 19, '03. 
Haines, Walter F. — Shoemaker; age 30; b. and r. Saco; en. Aug. 29, '62, 

Portland, as private; mus. Sept. IS, '62; joined co. soon after; pro. 

corp. April 12, '63; severely wd. and pris. at Middleburg, June 19,' 03; 
ex. Sept. '63; on detached service, '64; disch. for dis. at Augusta, April 

22, '65. 

Teague, Edwin C — Wagon-maker; age 22; b. and r. Newcastle; en. Oct. 
12, '61, Newcastle; mus. Nov. 2, asprivate; orderly at hd. qrs. Gen. 
Hartsuff during the summer of '62; wd. at Thoroughfare Gap, Aug. 
28, while carrying an order; pro. corp. Sept. 1, '63; ap. bugler, March 
30, '64; severely injured (left foot crushed) in action at Trevillian Sta- 
tion, June 11, '04, by horse falling on him.; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
[See p. 217.] 

Bailey, Edwin D.— Farmer; age 22; b. Wiscasset; res. Bristol; en. and 
mus. Dec. 9, '01, Augusta, as private; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, 
'03; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '03; pro. corp. Nov. 1, '03; on detached 
service at brig. hd. qrs. from Feb. 25, '04; m. o. Dec. 9, '64, ex. of ser. 

Poole, Solomon. — Marble-worker; age 22; b. Rockport, Mass.; res. York; 
en. and mus. Aug. 15, '62, York; joined co. soon after; orderly for Gens. 
Paul and Reynolds from Feb. 19, '03, during the campaign of that sum- 
mer; pro. corp. May 1, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Blake, John S.— Sailor; age 19; b. and r. Brooksville; en. and mus. Feb. 
15, '04, Brooksville; joined co. soon after; wd. at Todd's Tavern, May 7, 
'64; pro. corp. June 30, '64; wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 10, '04, and at 
Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '05; m. o. with regt. 

Murphy, James A. — Farmer; age 23; b. Jackson Province, N. B. ; res. 
Lee; served as corp. Co. K, 2d Me. Inf., having been mus. May 28, '01, 
and m. o. June 9, '63, ex. of ser. ; en. and mus. ist D. C. Jan. 4, '<;4, Ban- 
gor, as private; pro. corp. Co. H, Feb. 16, '04; pris. at Sycamore church, 
Sept. 10, '04; died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C, March 18, '65. 

Chick, John H. L. — Card-grinder; age 21; b. Litchfield; res. Lewiston; 



616 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

served nine months in Co. A, 23d Me. Inf., being disch. at ex. of ser. 
July 15, '63; en. l.st D. C. Feb. 6, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 8, as private; 
pro. corp. Co. H, Feb. 16; pris. at Sycamore chvirch, Sept. 16, '64, and 
died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 3, '65 — grave No. 539. 

Nash, Joxatiiax. — Student; age 25; b. Auburn; res. Lewiston; served 
three months in Co. K, 1st Me. Inf., and m. o. with the regt. Aug. 5, '61; 
also served as corp. Co. K, 10th Me. Inf. during the whole term of ser- 
vice of that regt., nineteen months, and m. o. with it. May 7, '63; en. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 6, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 8, as private; pro. corp. Co. H, 
Feb. 16; wd. at Stony Creek, on Wilson's raid, June 29; wd. and pris. 
at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64, and diedan rebel prison at Danville. 

Babb, Lothrop L. — Lumberman; age 35; b. Westbrook; res. Saco; en. 1st 
D. C. Feb. 4, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 19, as private; ap. wagoner of 
Co. H, Feb. 16; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corji. Jan. 1,'65; wd. at Hatcher's 
Run, Feb. 5, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Jewett, Fraxk E. — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Bath; en. Dec. 25, '63, Lewis- 
ton; mus. Jan. 7, '64, as private; joined co. soon after; pris. at Haxall's 
Landing, during Sheridan's raid to Richmond, May 1.5, '64; confined in 
Libby prison No. 2, Richmond, one month, at Andersonville, Ga., four 
months, and also at Savannah and Milieu, Ga. ; ex. Nov. 19, '64; pro. 
corp. March 1, '65; m. o. June 20, '65; disch. for dis. arising from his 
long confinement. 

BuEGESs, Charles. — Sailor; age 19; b. Augusta; res. Bath; en. Oct. 2, '61, 
Bath; mus. Nov. 2, '61, as private; disch. for dis. Oct. '62; again en. 
and mus. Nov. 24, '62, Bath, as private; rejoined co. shortly after; 
severely wd. at Upperville, Va., June 21, '63; pro. corp. early in '65; 
m. o. June 20, '65. 

Lang, Caleb N. — Clerk; age 20; b. Pownal; res. Portland; en. and mus. 
Sept. 19, '64, Portland, for one year, as private; joined co. soon after; 
pro. corp. early in ^ij'), and disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Archibald, William C. — Farmer; age 21; b. Halifax, N. S.; res. Lyman; 
en. and mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '64, Portland, as private; joined co. at tr. ; 
pro. corp. June 21, '65; m. o. with regt. 

Banks, Charles. — Farmer; age 19; b. and r. York; en. and mus. Jan. 4, 
'64, Portland, as private; joined co. soon after; pro. corp. June 21, '65; 
m. o. with regt. 

Partridge, Charles A. — Shoemaker; age 18; b. Cape Elizabeth; res. 
Westbrook; en. and mus. Jan. 23, '64, Lewiston, as private; joined co. 
soon after; pro. corp. June 21, '65; m. o. with regt.; drowned in Port- 
land Harbor, Aug. 15, '71. 

Westgate, Barney. — Farmer; age IS; b. New Brunswick; res. Houlton; 
en. and mus. Feb. 29, '64, Bangor, as private; joined co. immediately; 
pro. corp. June 21, '65; m. o. with regt. 



BUGLERS. 

Drew, William H. — Farmer; age 17; b. Boston; res. Richmond; en. Oct. 

15, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; died of disease, Aug. 12, '64, at the 3d div. 

hosp.. King Street, Alexandria, and buried in the National Cemetery 

at that city — grave No. 2550. 
Packard, Cobbitt L. — Clerk; age 19; b. Hodgdon; res. Houlton; en. and 

mus. Dec. 12, '61, Augusta; tr. to regt. band, Feb. 28, '62. [See first 

band.] 
Edgar, James. — Porter; age 18; b. and r. Frederickton, N. B. ; en. Oct. 

19, '61, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2, as private; ap. bugler in '62; on duty as 

bugler, at brig. hd. qrs. from June 21, '63, till Oct. '63; tr. to v. r. c. Feb. 

15, '64. 



EOSTER OF COMPANY K. *^1" 

Bakkkk, Georgk. — Millmaii; a^re IS; 1). and r. Milfonl ; en. and mus. 1st 
D. C. Jan. 4, '04, Bangor, as private; ap. l)ii<;ler, Co. 11, Feb. 10; at cav. 
depot at tr., where he remained on detached duty till June 13, '05, when 
disch. by order of the AVar. Dept. 

Jacobs, Ai.jiox J. D. — Slioemaker; age 1*.'; b. Freeman; res. Minot; en. 
and nuis. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, "04, Lewiston, as private; ap. buj;ler in Co. H, 
Feb. 10; pris. at Svcamoro church, Sept. 10, '04; died at Annapolis, Md., 
shortly after release from rebel prison, March 15, '05 — grave No. 702. 

Long, Thomas J. — Laborer; age 20; b. Bridgeton; res. Portland; en. as 
drummer, 11th Me. Inf. Oct. 9, '01. and was disch. by order of his father, 
l)eing then under age; en. as bugler in the unattaclied artillery, Oi;t. 29, 
'01, and disch. witli tlie co. Sept. 7, '02; en. as drummer, Co. II, 25th Me. 
Inf. Sept. 10, '02, and disch. July 11, '03, ex. of ser.; en. as bugler, Co. 
IT, 1st D. C. Feb. 1, '04, Portland; mus. Feb. 3; joined rcgt. at tr. ; in- 
jured on the Bellefield raid by being thrown from his horse; served as 
drummer in the regt. band till m. o. of regt. [See last band.] 

Kenney, Chakles B.— Sailor; age 17; b. Yarmouth; res. Cape Elizabeth; 
en. and mus. IstD. C. Jan. 18, '04, Portland, as private; assigned to Co. 
H; served in regt. band at tr., but soon after joined co. and was ap. 
bugler; m. o. with regt. [See last band.] 

FAERIERS. 

Curtis, Vandorous.— Farrier; age 20; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 8, '01, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2; on extra duty in the regt. q. m. dept. from May, '62; 

disch. for dis. Dec. 10, '62. Afterwards served as farrier in Co. B, 2d 

Me. Cav., being mus. Nov. 30, '63, and m. o. with the regt. Dec. 6, '65, at 

Barrancas, Fla. 
SlEGARS, James. —Blacksmith; age 29; b. and r. Richmond; en. Oct. 29, '61, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2; absent sick in the fall of '63, and disch. for dis. 

Jan. 7, '64. 
Crowell, Levi. — Blacksmith; age 38; b. Nova Scotia; res. Eockland; en. 

Aug. 15, '62, Rockland; mus. Sept. 18, as private; joined co. shortly 

after; ap. farrier, Oct. 31, '62; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Woods, Edward R. — Blacksmith; age 27; b. and r. Freeport; en. and 

mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 15, '04, Portland, as private; ap. farrier, Co. H, Feb. 

23; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 10, '64; paroled shortly after, and 

died from the effects of his confinement, in hospital at Annapolis, Nov. 

17, '64. 
Neavbegix, Sumxer B. —Blacksmith; age 29; b. Durham; res. Milford; 

en. and mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 5, '64, Bangor, as private; ap. farrier of Co. 

H, Feb. 16; joined co. at tr.; m. o. with regt. 

SADDLERS. 

Goodhue, Stephen S. — Saddler; age 28; b. and r. Bangor; en. Sept. 6, '62, 

Bangor; mus. Sept. 8, as private; joined co. shortly after; ap. saddler, 

Nov. 1, '62? sick in hospital in the fall of '03, and tr. to v. r. c. Dec. 

12, '63. 
Grant, John P. — Carpenter; age 27; b. South Berwick; res. York; en, 

Aug. 15, '62, York; mus. Sept. 18, as private; joined co. soon after; ap. 

saddler, Sept. 1, '63; absent sick in the fall of '64, and disch. for dis. at 

Augusta, Me., Jan. 28, '65. 
Young, Edward M. — Saddler; age 20; b. and r. Portland; en. 1st D. C. 

Feb. 8, '64. Portland; mus. Feb. 20, at which date he was ap. saddler of 

Co. H; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 



618 FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 

WAGONERS. 

WiTHAM, William. — Teamster; age 39; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 1, '61, Bath; 

mus. Nov. 2; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Crocker, Melville C. — Teamster; age 29; b. and r. Bath; en. Sept. 28, 

'61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, as private; detailed on extra duty in the r. q. m. 

dept. May 1, '62; ap. wagoner, July 22, '62; detailed as teamster at hd. 

qrs. 2d div. c. c. Feb. 20, '63; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; m. o. with regt. 

PRIVATES. 

Agin, Patrick. — Farmer; age 30; b. and r. County Clare, Ireland; en. 

March 3, '62, Canton; mus. shortly after. 
Alexander, Arley P. — Age 21; res. Portland; en. and mus. Oct. 22, '64, 

Portland; instantly killed at the commencement of the action at Din- 
widdle Court House, March 31, '65, a fate of which he had a strong i>re- 

monition. 
Alexander, Ciielis. — Painter; age 20; b. and r. Portland; en. and mus. 

Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 6, '64, Portland; absent sick at tr., but joined co. 

before the spring cam^^aign of '65; pris. at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65, and 

released on the surrender of Gen. Lee, April 9; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Alexander, George E. — Shoemaker; age 18; b. Westfield, N. B.; res. 

Littleton; en. Jan. 4, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 4; joined co. shortly after; 

pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; ex. and rejoined co. Jan. 23, '65; 

m. o. June 20, '65. 
Ambrose, Charles. — Sailor: age 21; b. Damariscotta; res. Bath; en. and 

mus. Nov. 24, '62, Bath; joined co. soon after; m. o. with regt. 
Baglet, Levi. — Laborer; age 22; b. Dedham; res. Oldtown; served in Co. 

A, 6th Me. Inf., having been mus. July 15, '61, and m. o. Aug. 15, '64; en. 

and mus. Sept. 13, '64, Bangor, for one year; joined co. soon after; pris. 

at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Baker, Cornelius Y. — Mechanic; age 29; b. and r. Houlton; en. March 

1, '62, Augusta; mus. March 5; on detached service as teamster at brig. 

hd. qrs. the greater part of his term of service; m. o. March 5, '65, ex. 

of ser. 
Baker, Sanford G. — No record concerning this man can be found. 
Beal, Burton A. — Architect; age 18; b. Lewiston; res. Bremen; en. and 

mus. Oct. 5, '64, Augusta, for one year; joined co. soon after; disch. 

G. O. No. 77. 
Bean, Burnis R. — Farmer; age 23; b. HoUis; res. Saco; served in Co. K, 

5th N. H. Inf., from which he was disch. March, '63; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 4, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 9; pris. at Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 

16, '64; released after Lee's surrender, and disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Belony, John. — Cabinet-maker; age 21; b. Italy; res. Maysville; en. and 

mus. Feb. 29, '64, Bangor; joined co. soon after; severely wd. in action 

at Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, "64, losing his left arm; tr. to v. r. c. Jan. 7, '65. 
Bendenger, Peter. — Sailor; age 27; b. Rotterdam, Holland; res. Bux- 
ton; en. and mus. Jan. 4, '64, Portland; joined co. soon after; tr. to 

navy, July 4, '64. 
Besse, Edward P. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Wayne; en. Nov. 24, '63, 

Portland; mus. Dec. 1, '63; joined co. soon after; died in Columbian 

hospital, Washington, June 21, '64, of disease, and was buried in the 

National Cemetery at Arlington. 
Besse, George C — Carder; age IS; b. Lewiston; res. Etna; en. and mus. 

Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 27, '64, Lewiston; joined co. at tr. ; killed at Boyd- 

ton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; buried in Cavalry Cemetery, City Point, 

Va. 



EOSTER OF COMPANY K. 619 

Besse, William G.— Carder; a<;e 21; b. Wayne; res. Lewiston; en. and 

mils. 1st D. C. Jan. 27, '(54; j(nued co. at tr. ; m. o. with re^^t. 
BiCKFORi), John IT. —Manufacturer; age 40; b. Kcnnebunkport; res. Bid- 

deford; en. Co. 11, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 9; absent 

sick at tr. ; discli. G. O. No. 77. 
Blackman, Alukkt. — Lumberman; age 27; b. and r. Greenbush; en. 

Nov. i;>, '01, Houlton; mus. Nov. 27, '01, Augusta. 
Blaisdell, William. — Farmer: age 42; b. and r. York; en. and mus. Feb. 

29, '64, Portland; joined co. soon after; killed at St. Mary's church, 

June 24, '64. 

Blake, Chaules A. J. — Hostler; age 19; b. and r. Gorham, N. H. ; en. 

Jan. 22, '64, Biddeford; mus. Jan. 26; joined co. soon after; absent 

sick in Nov. '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Blodgett, Silas. — Farmer; age 18; b. Bethel; res. Charleston; en. and 

mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 18, '64, Bangor; joined co. soon after tr. ; 

m. o. with regt. 

Bkown, Ben.iamin R. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Eichmond; en. Oct. 15, 
'61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; on daily duty in regt. hosp. dept. from Dec. 28, 
'61; detailed orderly for Gen. Hartsuff, May, '62; absent sick in '63, and 
tr. to V. r. c. Dec. 12, '03. 

Buck, Mebkill S. — Farrier; age 43; b. Foxcroft; res. Burnham; en. Sept. 
6, '61, Augusta; mus. Nov. 2; disch. for dis. Feb. 21, '62. 

Burnham, James O.— Sailor; age 27; b. Wiscasset; res. Bath; en. Oct. 9, 
'61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; wd. slightly at Fredericksburg, Dec. 12. '62; on 
duty at dismounted camp in '63, and at Camp Stoneman in '64- tr. to 
V. r. c. Jan. 8, '65. 

Burns, William. —Millman; age 22; b. Sligo, Ireland; res. Brunswick; en. 
Oct. 3, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; disch. for dis. at Washington, April 
28, '63. 

Buttekfield, Freeman H. — Laborer; age 23; b. and r. Milford; served 
two years in Co. A, 2d Me. Inf., from which he was disch. June 9, '03; 
en. and mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 5, '64, Bangor; wd. and pris. at Stony 
Creek, during Wilson's raid, June 29, '64; ex. and joined co. after tr. ; 
m. o. June 20, '65. 

Carlonton, Asa. — Sailor; age 24; b. Dresden; res. Richmond; en. Oct. 7, 
'61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2. 

Carpenter, Alpheus. — Butcher; age 29; b.«and r. Bath; en. Sept. 26, '61, 
Bath; mus. Nov. 2; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Carpenter, George W.— Butcher; age 31; b. Phipsburg; res. Bath; en. 
Sept. 27, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2. 

Cakr, James P. — Carpenter; age 38; b. Bowdoinham; res. York; en. 
Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 29, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 4; bugler at dis- 
mounted camp at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Carr, Samuel B. — Carpenter; age 38; b. Bowdoinham; res. Newburyport, 
Mass.; en. and mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 29, '64, Augusta; absent sick 
at tr. 

C ARSON, Jeremiah L.— Laborer; age 35; b. Eastport; res. Oldtown; en. 

and mus. Feb. 29, '64, Bangor; joined co. soon after; absent sick from 

June 22, '64, and disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Chamberlain, James W. — Hostler; age 22; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 7, '61, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Chandler, Frederick A. — Clerk; age 18; b. and r. Portland; en. and 

mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 18, '64, Portland; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with 

regt. 

Chapman, Edward K. — Carpenter; age 23; b. and r. Westbrook; en. Co. H, 
1st D. C. Jan. 29, '64, Portland ; nius. Feb. 9 ; joined co. at tr. ; wd. at 
Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; disch. for dis. at Augusta, June 16, '65. 



620 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Chase, Isaac K — Farmer; a,Q;e 18; b. Merimichi, X. B. ; res. Littleton; 
en. and mus. Au;2j. 28, '62, Littleton; joined co. soon after; died of dis- 
ease at Camp Bayard, March 18, '63. 

CnuKCHiLi,, Otis M. — Cooper; ajje 22; b. Montville; res. Belfast; en. and 
mus. Jan. 9, '64, Belfast; joined co. soon after; wd. at Boydton i^lank 
road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Cobb, George. — Engineer; age 38; b. and r. Portland; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 5, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 8; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 
'64, and died in rebel pi-ison at Salisbvu-y, N. C, Jan. 18, '65. 

CoLLixs, Albion. — Manufacturer; age 19; b. and r. Lewiston; en. Co. H, 
1st D. C. Jan. 29, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 2; pris. at Sycamore church, 
Sept. 16, '64; died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 28, '64. 

CoMO, Peter. — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 11, '61, Bath; mus. 
Nov. 2; re-en. Feb. 1, '64; wd. at Boydton plauk road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. 
G. O. No. 77. [See pp. 156, 191, 205.] 

Cox, George H. — Sailor; age 20; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 9, '61, Bath; mus. 
Nov. 2. 

Crafts, Granger C. — Shoemaker; age 19; b. Hebron; res. Auburn; en. 
1st D. C. Feb. 1, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 9; assigned to Co. H; pris. at 
Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64, and died in rebel prison at Salisbury, 
N. C, Feb. 6, '65. 

Crosby, David. — Farmer; age 33; b. and r. Levant; en. and mus. Co. H, 
1st D. C. Jan. 14, '64, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; 
returned from prison, July 15, '65, and m. o. G. O. No. 77. 

Cunningham, Williaji W. — Shoemaker; age 22; b. Monmouth; res. 
Whitefield; en. Nov. 26, '61, Bath; mus. shortly after; disch. for dis. 
Jan. 27, '63. 

Daniels, John E. — Potter; age 18; b. and r. Lincoln; en. Feb. 15, '62, Lin- 
coln; mus. shortly after; left at Augusta, sick, when the co. went to 
Washington, March, '62, and there disch. for dis. 

Darnaby, Ephraim B. — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Philadelphia, Pa.; en. 
Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 8; wd. and pris. at 
Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64, and died of wounds, May 5, '65, at Har- 
per's Ferry, Ya. 

Davis, Horace O. — Clerk; age 20; b. and r. Portland; served nine months 
in Co. A, 25th Me. Inf., being m. o. July 10, '63; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 1, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 3; absent sick at tr., and disch. for dis. 
Dec. 12, '64, at Portland. 

Davis, Luther. — Millman; age 27; b. TTellington ; res. Brampton, C. E. ; 
en. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, '64, Augusta; mus. Feb. 13; pris. at Syca- 
more church, Sept. 16, '64, and died in rebel prison, Salisbury, N. C, 
Nov. 13, '64. 

Davis, Otis D.— Sailor; age 39; b. Montville; res. Belfast; en. and mus. 
Jan. 9, '64, Belfast; joined co. soon after; disch. G. O. No. 77; subse- 
quently lost at sea. 

Dearborn, Charles E. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Corinna; en. Sept. 19, 
'64, Bangor, for one year, as a recruit for 1st D. C. ; mus. Sept. 22; joined 
regt. after tr. ; assignee! to Co. A; tr. from Co. A to Co. K, Nov. 1, '64; 
died of disease at City Point, Va., Feb. 13, '65, and was buried in Cav- 
alry Coi-ps Cemetery, City Point. [See Co. A.] 

Dearborn, Charles B. — Age 36; res. Saco; en. and mus. Feb. 16, '64, 
Bangor; joined co. soon after. 

Dennett, Men ANiJER. — Manufacturer; age 18; b. Bowdoin; res. Lewiston; 
en. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 6, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 8; joined co. after 
tr. ; pris. at Dinwiddle Court House, Va., March 31, '65, and released on 
the surrender of Gen. Lee, April 9, '65; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Devine, Oliver. — Cooper; age 22; b. Chamberlee, Can.; res. Portland; 



ROSTER OF COMPANY K. ^21 

en. Nov. 16, '(W, Portland; mus. Dec. 1; joined co. soon after; severely 
wd. through the lungs, at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, '64; ni. o. June 
20, '65. 
Doe, Joseph. —Lumberman; age 46; b. Clinton; res. Milford; served as 
wagoner, Co. I, 6th Me. Inf. from July 15, '61, till Dec. '(il, when he 
was disch. for dis.; en. and mus. Co. 11, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, '64, Bangor; 
absent sick at tr., and disch. G. O. No. 77. 
DoGEA, JoTI^^ — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Bath; en. and mus. Nov. 24 '62, 
Bath; joined co. soon after; wd. and pris. at Brandy Station, Va., June 
9, '63; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. '63; m. o. with regt. ; killed durhig a 
mutiny on board ship in '72. 
Downey, Akthuk. —Farmer; age 23; b. and r. County Clare, Ireland; en. 
March 24, '62, Lincoln; mus. and joined co. soon after; pris. at Raccoon 
ford, on Stoneman's raid, May 7, '63; ex. July, '63; severely wd. at St. 
Mary's church, June 24, '64; disch. March 28, '65, ex. of ser. 
DuRGm, John A. — Joiner; age 43; b. New Gloucester; res. Bath; en. Oct. 
8, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; orderly for Col. Fenton, Oct. '62; died of 
disease, Dec. 15, '62, at 'Falmouth, Va. 
Dyer, Albert C — Farmer; age 22; b. Windsor; res. Etna; en. and mus. 
Sept. 3, '64, Bangor, as a recruit for one year in the 1st D. C. ; joined co. 
soon after; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Dyer, Storer G. — Farmer; age 18; b. Cape Elizabeth ; res. Portland; en. 
Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 6, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 8; absent sick at tr., 
and disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Eastman, John. —Wheelwright; age 42; b. Somerville; res. Jefferson; en. 

Oct. 29, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; "disch. for dis. May 17, '62. 
Elliott, Samuel B. — Farmer; age 22; b. Cornwallis, N. S.; res. Kenne- 
bunkport; en. and mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '64, Portland; pris at 
Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 16, '64, and died in rebel prison at Salis- 
bury, N. C, Dec. 3, '64. 
Emery, Briggs H. —Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Bath; en. and mus. Dec. 25, 
'63, Lewiston; joined co. soon after; absent sick, summer of '64; m. o. 
with regt. 
Fitzgerald, Daniel S.— Painter; age 21; b. Eollinsford, N. H. ; res. Lew- 
iston; served two years as corp. and sergt. Co. F, 1st and 10th Me. Int., 
being m. o. with regt. in both instances; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, 64, 
Lewiston; mus. Feb. 8; pris. at Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 16, 64; 
released after the surrender of Gen. Lee, and disch. at Augusta, June 
14, '65, for dis. 
Fogg, Albert E. — Cooper; age .30; b. Gray; res. Westbrook; served three 
months in Co. I, 1st Me. Inf., being m. o. with regt. Aug-, y, 61; en. 
Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 4, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 12; joined co. at tr. ; 
m. o. with regt. 
FowLES, George S. — Joiner; age 35; b. Westport; res. Newcastle; en. 
Aug. 27, '62, Newcastle; mus. shortly after, and joined co.; killed at bt. 
Mary's church, June 24, '64. 
Gallagher, John. — Fanner; age 35; b. Wichlen, N. B.; res. Fort Fair- 
field; en. Oct. 16, '61, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2, Augusta; pro. corp., but 
declined to accept the warrant; orderly for Gen. Ord in May, '62; m. o. 
Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Gatchell, Emery T. — Apothecary; age 33; b. Topsham; res. Brunswick; 
en. Oct. 2, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; detailed as orderly for Gen. Hartsutf, 
May, '62; ap. hosp. steward, and tr. to non-com. staff, Sept. 28, 62. 
[See non-com. staff, and p. 71.] 
Gerald, Alexander M.— Sailor; age 31; b. Halifax, N. S.; res. Phi ps- 
burg; en. Oct. 4, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; on duty in regt. hosp. dept. m 
Dec. '61. 



622 FIIiST MAINE CAVALET. 

Getchell, George C— Farmer; age 23; b. Starks; res. Levant; mus. 3d 
Me. Bat. Dec. 11, '(il, and discli. for dis. May 13, '62; en. and mus. Co. H, 
1st D. C. Jan. 14, 'O-l, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64, 
and died m rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C., Dec. 31, '64. 

GiLPATRiCK, Jesse L. — Blacksmith; age 20; b. Hiram; res. Portland; en. 
and mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; pris. at Sycamore church, Va., Sept. 16, 
'64, and died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 4, '64. 

Gove, George A. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. Limington; served nine 
months in Co. A, 27th Me. Inf.; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 4, '64, Port- 
land; mus. Feb. 6; wd. and pris. at Staunton River, on Wilson's raid, 
June 26, '64; absent in rebel prison at tr. (reported killed); ex. and 
joined co. in winter of '64-5; wd. at Dinwiddie Court House, March 31, 
'65; disch. May 18, '65, at Augusta, for dis. arising from wounds. 

Grant, Charles L. — Farmer; age 19; b. Kittery; res. York; en. Jan. 2, 
'64, Portland; mus. Jan. 4; joined co. soon after; m. o. with regt. 

Gregory, Elvirous. — Farmer; age IS; b. and r. Camden; en. Jan. '9, '64, 
Augusta, for 1st D. C. ; mus. Jan. 12, 

Grey, John P. —Sailor; age 18; b. Sedgwick; res. Orland; en. and mus. Feb. 
15, '64, Orland; joined co. shortly after; wd. at Dinwiddie, March 31, 
'65; disch. from hospital at Augusta, May 20, '65, for dis.; lost at sea 
from schooner "Watchman," while returning from Grand Banks. 

Gross, Arthur I. —Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Orland; en. and mus. Feb. 
15, '64, Orland; joined co. soon after; wd. at Dinwiddie, March 31, '65; 
m. o. June 20, '65. 

Hag AN, John. — Farmer; age 20; b. Kings County, Ireland; en. and mus. 
March 24, '62, Lincoln; pris. at South Anna River, on Stoneman's raid, 
May 5, '63; ex. July, '63. 

Hamilton, Charles E. —Clerk; age 21; b. and r. Portland; served three 
months in 1st Me. Inf., being m. o. with regt. Aug. 3, '61; en. Aug. 23, 
'62, Portland; mus. Sept. 18; joined co. soon after; orderly for Gens. 
Paul, Reynolds, and Wadsworth, from Feb. 19, '63, till July 3, when wd. 
and pris. at Gettysburg; disch. for dis. March 19, '64; died from the effect 
of his wounds, June 7, '66. 

Hablow, Hollis. — Shoemaker; age 26; b. and r. Minot; en. Co. H, 1st 
D. C. Jan. 25, '64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 1; pris. at Sycamore church, 
Sept. 16, '64, and died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 29, '64 — 
gi-ave No. 1477. 

Harmon, William L. — Lumberman; age 30; b. Buxton; res. Bangor; en. 
Oct. 31, '61, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2; orderly for Gen. Rodman from Sept. 
'62; disch. for dis. June 30, '63, at Washington. 

Harris, Hezekiah F.— Laborer; age 27; b. NeAv Bedford, Mass.; res. 
Oldtown; served three years in Co. I, 6th Me. Inf., being m. o. Aug. 15, 
'64; en. and mus. Sept. 13, '64, for one year; joined co. soon after; killed 
at 13oydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 

Harris, Horatio W. —Blacksmith; age 20; b. and r. Oldtown; en. and 
mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64, Bangor; joined co. at tr. ; disch. at 
Augusta for dis. May 5, '65. 

HAiiT, Francis. — Sailor; age 20; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 14, '61, Bath; 
mus. Nov. 2; pris. at Brandy Station, Va., June 9, '63; ex. Sept. '63; 
re-en. Feb. 20, '64; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; m. o. June 
20, '65. 

Hatch, Phillips. —Musician; age 35; b. and r. Bristol; en. Oct. 12, '61, 
Newcastle; mus. Nov. 2; detailed as orderly for Gen. Ord, May 15, '62; 
disch. for dis. March, '63, at Camp Bayard; died on his way home, of 
disease contracted in tlie service. 

Hayes, Michael. — Farmer; age 25; b. Eddington; res. Lee; en. and mus. 
Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan 4, '64, Bangor; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 
'64, and died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C., March 16, '65. 



liOSTER OF COMPAXY K. 



623 



Hersey, Henry A. — Farmer; acje 20; b. and r. Auburn; en. and mus. Co. 

II, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '04, Augusta; joined co. at tr.; m, o. June 20, '05. 
Hesketh. Thomas. — Farmer; age 28; b. and r. Bowerbank; en. and mus. 
Feb. 29, '(54. Bangor; taken siek on his way to join the regt. and died of 
disease at AVashinuton, D. C, April 15, 'G4; buried in Military Asylum 
Cemetery, Alexandria. 
HioGiNs, James A. — Photographer; age 25; b. Standish; res. Saco; en. 
Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 8, '04, Portland; mus. Feb. 9; joined co. after tr. ; 
m. o. June 20, '05. 
Hog AN, John. —Lumberman; age ;}4; b. Limerick, Ireland; res. Presque 
Isle; en. Xov. 8, '01, Iloulton; mus. Nov. 2; severely wd. and pris. at 
Middleburg, June 19, 'O:^; ex. in Sept. and rejoined co; re-en. Dec. 29, 
'03. 
Hooper, Chari.es H. — Farmer; age 23; b. Groton, Mass.; res. York; en. 
and mus. Aug. 15, '02, York; joined co. soon after; absent sick from 
Nov. 4, '02, and tr. to v. r. c. May 19, '05. 
Hooper, Lawrence P. — Mechanic; age 20; b. Biddeford; res. Portland; 
served in Cos. Gand F, 7th Me. Inf., being mus. Aug. 21, '01, and disch. 
for dis. April 9, '03; en. and mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '04, Portland; 
pris. at Eeams' Station, on Wilson's raid, June 27, '04; ex. and disch, for 
dis. April 21, '05, at Augusta. 
Howard, William IL— Watchman; age 21; b. Gardiner; res. Lewiston; 
served in Co. K, 3d Me. Inf., having been mus. July 27, '01, and disch. 
Aug. 4; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 29, '04, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 2; joined 
CO. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Howes. James F. — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Brunswick; en. Oct. 10, '01, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2. 
Howes, Samuel W. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. China; en. and mus. Dec. 
19, '01, Augusta; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '04, and died in 
rebel prison at Andersonville, Ga., July 23, '04 — grave No. 3844. 
HuTCiiiNS, George. — Blacksmith; age 25; b. and r. York; en. Dec. 1, '03, 

Portland; mus. Dec. 4; joined co. soon after; m. o. June 20, '05. 
Hyson, Zebard F. — Sailor; age 21; b. Bristol; res. Newcastle; en. and 
mus. Aug. 23, '02, Newcastle; joined co. soon after; tr. to v. r. c. Sept. 
30, '04. 
Jackson, Albert M. — Clerk; age 21; b. and r. Bangor; served as sergt. Co. 
G, 2d Me. Inf., having been mus. May 28, '01, and disch. for dis. Oct. 2, 
'01; en. and mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, '04, Bangor; pris. at Syca- 
more church, Va., Sept. 10, '04, and died in rebel prison at Salisbury, 
N. C, Jan. '05. 
Johnson, Wilder. — Miller; age 27; b. Carmel; res. Gushing; served in 
Co. I, 7th Me. Inf., having been mus. Aug. 21. '01, and disch. for dis. May 
18, '03; en. Jan. 10, '04, Augusta; mus. Jan. 14; joined co. soon after; on 
• duty in brig. q. m. dept. May, '05; m. o. with regt. 

Johnston, John E. — Sailor; age 24; b. Bremen; res. Newcastle; en. Aug. 
25, '02, Newcastle; mus. Sept. 8; joined co. soon after; absent sick from 
April 13, '03, and disch. for dis. May 11, '04. 
Jones, Cyrus T.— Mechanic; age 23; b. and r. Bristol; en. Oct. 12, '01, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2. 
Keeting, George E. — Teacher; age 20; b. Hope; res. Natick, Mass.; en. 
Dec. 0, '01, Augusta, and mus. shortly after; orderly for Gens. HartsufE 
and Ricketts in the summer and fall of '02; disch. for dis. April 10, '03. 
Kelly, John. — Age 23; b. Ireland; en. and mus. March 24, '02, Lincoln; 

joined co. at mus. ; absent sick from Nov. 2, '02. 
Kendrick, Ralph. —Peddler; age 44; b. Lynn, N. H. ; res. Bradford, Yt. ; 
en. and mus. as a recruit, Dec. 1, '03, Biddeford; joined co. soon after; 
died of disease at City Point, Va., Nov. 28, '04, and was buried at Cav- 
alry Corps Cemetery. 



624 FIRST MAINE CArALRY. 

KixasLEY, Charles E. — Farmer; age 33; b. and r. Minot; en. Co. H, 1st 
D. C. Jan. 14, '64, Lewiston; mus. .Jan. 23; i)ris. at Sycamore church, 
Sept. 16, '64, and died in rebel 2)rison at Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 29, '64. 

KixosLEY, George A. — Farmer; age 27; b. and r. Minot; en. Co. H, 1st 
D. C. .Jan. 20, '04, Lewiston; mus. Jan. 24; absent sick from June 30, 
and disch. for dis. Dec. 14, '64. 

Knight, James M. — Shoemaker; age 22; b. Hollis; res. Biddeford; en. 
and mus. Jan. 24, '62, Augusta; tr. to v. r. c. (22d co., 2d battalion) 
Sept. 12, '63. 

Lajibert, Daniel. — Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Skowhegan; en. and mus. 
Jan. 4, '64, Augusta; joined co. shortly after; absent sick from June 21, 
'64, and disch. for dis. Jan. 14, '65. • 

Lang, Charles. — Clerk; age 18; b. Westbrook; res. Portland; en. and 
mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, '64, Portland ; joined co. at tr. ; killed at 
Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 

Lang, Robert. — Engineer; age 22; b. Killarchen, Scotland; res. Portland; 
en. Feb. 13, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 1-5; joined co. soon after; killed at 
Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64. 

Lang, William. — Soldier; age 24; b. Killarchen, Scotland; res. Portland; 
en. Feb. 13, '04, Portland; mus. Feb. 19; joined co. soon after; wd. at 
St. Mary's church, Va., June 24, '64; disch. for dis. Feb. 1-5, '65. 

Lippert, Charles. — Watch-maker; age 21; b. Copenhagen, Denmark; res. 
Ripley; en. and mus. Oct. 28, '04, Augusta; joined co. soon after; m. o. 
June 20, '65, 

Littlefield, Joshl'A M. — Farmer; age 22; b. Sangerville; res. Fort Fair- 
field; en. Oct. 17, '61, Houlton; mus. Xov. 2; absent sick from June 11, 
'62, and disch. for dis. at Washington, Aug. 14, '02. 

Lombard, Jesse. — Blacksmith; age 21; b. and r. Saco; served a time in 
Co. B, engineer corps, U. S. A., from which he was disch. April 8, '63; 
en. 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64, Portland; mus. Feb. 18; pris. at Sycamore 
church, Sept. 16, '64; ex. and m. o. June 20, '05. 

LuBLEAu, Peter. —Laborer; age 36; b. St. Francis, L. C; res. Bath; en. 
and mus. Feb. 4, '62, Augusta; disch. for dis. April 8, '03; en. and mus. 
Co. G, 32d Me. Inf. April 16, '04; tr. to Co. G, 31st Me. Inf.; severely 
wd. at Coal Harbor, June 2, '04; disch. for dis. May 15, '05. 

LwoNEY, Michael. — Farmer; age 28; b. County Clare, Ireland; res. Can- 
ton; en. and mus. March 3, '62, Canton; disch. March 5, '65, ex. of ser. 

Lyons, Thomas G.— Farmer; age 21; b. Victoria, N. B. ; res. Fort Fair- 
field; en. Oct. 10, '61, Houlton; mus. iSTov. 2; on duty in the regt. q. m. 
dept. May, '62; disch. for dis. Oct. 29, '62. 

Mears, Parker. — Mechanic; age 39; b. and r. Bristol; en. Oct. 9, '61, 
Newcastle; mus. Nov. 2; orderly for Gen. Hai'tsuff in May, '62, and on 
duty in the regt. q. m. dept. in July, '62; disch. for dis. Oct. 29, '62. 

Merrill, Albert G. — Sailor; age 23; b. Lisbon; res. Brunswick; en. Oct. 

9, '01, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; detailed in the regt. hosp. dept. April 12, '64; 
m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 

Merrill, Dennis H. — Farmer; age 24; b. and r. Waterford; en. and mus. 
Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '04, Portland; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 

10, '64, and died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 7, '64 — grave 
No. 2184, National Cemetery, Salisbury. 

Merrill, James W. — Sailor; age 19; b. Lisbon; res. Brunswick; en. Oct. 

4, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, Augusta. 
Merrill, Lemuel O. — Carpenter; age 19; b. and r. Westbrook; en. and 

mus. Sept. 19, '64, Portland, for one year; joined co. soon after; disch. 

G. O. No. 83. 
McCarthy, Richard. — Laborer; age 21; b. Cork County, Ireland; res. 

Auburn; served three months in Co. K, 1st Me. Inf., from which he 




Sergt. THOS. J. SANFORD, Co. K. 
Marlboro. Mass. 




JAS. P. CARR, Co. K. 

Brunswick. 









GEORGE A. GOVE, Cr. K 




ALBERT G. MERRILL. Co. K. 
Brunswick. 





GEO. C. BESSE. Co. K. 

Killed at Boydton Plank Road, 

Oct. 27, 1864. 






HENRY G. HERSEY, Co. K. 
Turner. 




WILLIAM G. BESStE, Co. K. 
Saccarappa. 



BOSTER OF COMPANY K. 625 

was disch. Alio-. ?„ '01; also in ITtli U. S. Inf.; en. 8ei)t. 20, '04, Aulturn, 

f or one j^ear ; inus. Sept. ;50; joined co. soon after; severely wd. at Din- 
widdle Conrt House, March 31, '(i.!; disch. lor dis. arising from wonnds, 

June 10, '05, at Augusta. [See p. 40o.] 
McDoNAi,D, Alexandkr. — Hostler; age 20; b. Nova Scotia; res. Portland; 

en. Feb. 2;>, '04, Portland; nius. Feb. 27; joined co. soon after; killed at 

Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '04. 
McLaughlin, William. — Sailor; age 35; b. Lowell; res. Bath; en. Oct. II, 

'01, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; disch. for dis. April 22, '02, at Augusta. 
MOULTOX, Alkkkt. — Farmer; age 30; b. and r. York; en. and mus. Jan. 

4, '()4, J'ortland; joined co. soon after; absent sick during the fall of '04; 

on duty in brig. (j. m. dept. in May, '05; m. o. with regt. 
Myiuck, Edwakd E. — Merchant; age 25; b. and r. Augusta; en. and mus. 

March 22, '02, Augusta; disch. for dis. Oct. 21, '02, at Frederick, Md. 
Nicholson, William. — Sailor; age. 19; b. and r. Halifax, N. S. ; en. and 

mus. Jan. 7, '04, Portland; joined co. soon after; on duty in regt. com'sy 

dept. from Oct. '04; m. o. with regt. 
NoKTON, Charles A. — Wood-turner; age 19; b. and r. Bangor; en. Jan. 

24, '02, Augusta; mus. Jan. 20; disch. for dis. Oct. 21, '02. 
Parks, Darius N. — Sailor; age 19; b. and r. Bath; served fourteen months 

in Co. C, 14th Me. Inf., being mus. Dec. 30, '01, and disch. Feb. 21, '03; en. 

and mus. Dec. 7, '03, Lewiston; joined co. shortly after; severely wd. 

and i)ris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77.; ^ 
Peakes, JosEni B. — Teacher; age 22; b. and r. Charleston; en. and mus. 

Aug. 29, '02, Portland; joined co. soon after; wd. at Middleburg, Va., 

June 19, '03, and disch. for dis. arising from wounds, Nov. 1, '03; col. on 

the staff of Gov. Connor, of Maine, two years. [See pp. 150, 203.] 
Perkins, Hiram. — Sailor; age 28; b. Wiscasset; res. Bath; en. Sept. 30, 

'01, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, Augusta; disch. for dis. at Washington, May 

2, '03. 
Perkins, Otis. — Ship-carpenter; age 27; b. Frankfort; res. Pdchmond; en. 

Oct. 1, '01, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; disch. for dis. June 30, '03, at Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
Phipps, Charles L. — Clerk; age 24; b. Hampden; res. Bangor; en. and 

mus. Sept. 4, '02, Bangor; joined co. soon after; disch. for dis. Jan. 

17, '04. 

Pierce, Jacob H. —Farmer; age 21; b. Lubec; res. Wade; en. Oct. 19, 

'01, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2; died of disease, June 7, '02, at Manassas. 
Pierce, Stephen B. — Farmer; age 24; b. Lubec; res. Castle Hill; en. Oct. 

10, '01, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2; captured by guerillas near Warrenton, 

Jan. 10, '04, and died in rebel prison. 
Pratt, Nathaniel N. — L-on-f astener ; age 25; b. Bowdoinham; res. Eich- 

mond; en. Oct. 4, '01, Bath; mus. Nov. 2; subsequently served ten 

months as wagoner, Co. A, 24th Me. Inf., being mus. Oct. 11, '02, and 

m. o. with regt. Aug. 25, '03. 
Preble, Melvin. — Student; age 20; b. Corinth; res. Garland; en. Oct. 5, 

'04, Bangor, as a recruit for one year; mus. Oct. 0; joined co. soon after; 

on duty at brig. hd. qrs. June, '05; m. o. with regt. [See pp. 440, 447.] 
QuiNN, Dennis. — Sailor; age 28; b. Londonderry, Ireland; res. Bath; en. 

Nov. 9, '01, Bath; mus. shortly after; absent sick during the fall of '03, 

and disch. for dis. '04, at Washington. 
Kamsdell, Paul R, — Farmer; age 28; b. and r. York; served nine months 

in Co. D, 27th Me. Inf., having been mus. Sept. 30, '02, and m. o. with 

regt. July 17, '03; en. Dec. 25, '03, Portland; mus. Jan. 1, '04; joined co. 

soon after; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 2, '04, and died in rebel 

prison at Anderson ville, Ga., Aug. '04. 
Eandall, George. —Farmer; age 19; b. Trescott; res. Wade; en. Oct. 19, 

'01, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2, Augusta; disch. for dis. June 30, '02. 



626 FIliST MAINE CAVALBY. 

King, Thomas. — Laborer; aj?e 21; b. Ireland; res. Portland; en. Nov. 27, 
'63, Portland; mus. Dec. 1; joined co. soon after; disch. for dis. Oct. 
15, '64. 
RoAcn, Patrick. — Farmer; a^e 24; b. Cork County, Ireland; res. Lime- 
stone plantation; en. Oct. 16, '61, Houltoii; mus. Nov. 2. 
Robinson, John. —Sailor; age 37; b. Havre, France; res. Bath; en. Nov. 

IS, '63, Lewiston; mus. Dec. 1; disch. at Augusta, G. O. No. 77. 
Rogers, John L.— Farmer; age 21; b. Hodgdon; res. Fort Fairfield; en. 

Oct. 17, '61, Iloulton; mus. Nov. 2, Augusta; disch. for dis. April 23, '62. 
Ross, Ivory. — Farmer; age 44; b. and r. Shapleigh; en. Jan. 29, '64, Port- 
land; mus. Feb. 5; joined co. soon after; died of disease, Sept. 11, '64, 
at Satterlee hospital, Pliiladelphia. 
Russell, Alvarado.— Teamster; age 18; b. and r. Buckfield; en. Feb. 22, 

'64, Lewiston; mus. Feb. 24; joined co. soon after. 
Scott, Samuel. — Farmer; age 25; b. and r. Prince William, N. B. ; en. Oct. 

23, '61, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2. 
She AH an. John P. — Teacher; age 21; b. Dennysville; res. Biddeford; en. 
and mus. Aug. 23, '63, Biddeford; joined co. soon after; m. o. April 3, 
'64, to accept a commission as 1st lieut. 31st Me. Inf.; mus. as such, to 
rank from March 11, '64, the date of commission, and m. o. with that 
regt. July 15, '65. 
Shorey, Greendush. —Farmer; age 23; b. and r. Littleton; en. Oct. 23, '61, 
Houlton; mus. Nov. 2; on duty in the regt. q. m. dept. in July, '62; died 
of disease at Camp Bayard, March 12, '63. 
Shorey, Luther. — Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Littleton; en. Oct. 19, '61, 
Houlton; mus. Nov. 2; absent sick in summer of '63, at St. Aloysius hos- 
pital, Washington, D. C, and at home; i-ejoined co. and re-en. Dec. 29, 
'63; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '64, and died in rebel prison at 
Andersonville, Ga., Oct. 20, '64 — grave in rebel cemetery, No. 11,462. 
Shorey, Samuel. — Farmer; age 22; b. and r. Littleton; en. Aug. 22, '62, 
Littleton; mus. Aug. 29; joined co. soon after; died of disease in hospi- 
tal at Washington, May 29, '63, and was buried in the Military Asylum 
Cemetery. [The three last named were brothers. A fourth, Edmund 
Shorev, aged 29, was mus. Co. F, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64, and died of dis- 
ease. May 28, '64. A fifth brother, Harrison Shorey, served in Co. K, 
1st Me. Vet. Inf.] 
Small, George H.— Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Bowdoinham; en. Oct. 14, 
'61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, Augusta; died of disease in the hospital at 
Augusta, Feb. 1, '62. 
Small, Simeon F. — Farmer; age 25; b. and r. Bowdoin; en. Oct. 2, '61, 
Bath; mus. Nov. 2; on duty in regt. hosp. dept. in May, '62; disch. for 
dis. Oct. 28, '62. 
Southard, Sidney K. — Farmer; age 27; b. Winslow; res. Pittsfield; en. 
Oct. 14, '61, Bath; mus. Nov. 2, Augusta; on duty in regt. hosp. dept. 
Dec. '61; disch. for dis. April 17, '62. 
Spencer, William. —Farmer; age 18; b. and r. Plymouth; en. Oct. 10, '61, 
Bath; mus. Nov. 2; wd. and pris. at Hanover, Pa., in July, '63; ex. Sept. 
'63; rejoined co. ; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; disch. for dis. March 28, '65, at 
Washington. 
Staples, William. — Farmer; age 24; b. Phillips; res. Fort Fairfield ; en. 
Oct. 15, '61, Houlton; mus. Nov. 2; re-en. Dec. 29, '63; killed at Boyd- 
ton i)lank road, Oct. 27, '64. 
Stevens, William. — Fanner; age 19; b. and r. New Brunswick; en. Feb. 
29, '64, Lewiston; mus. March 1; joined co. soon after; on duty in brig, 
com'sy dept. in June, '65; m. o. with regt. 
Stilphin, James E. — Sailor; age 21; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 14, '61, Bath; 
mus. Nov. 2; absent sick in the fall of '63; disch. for dis. Feb. 22, '64. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY K. 627 

Tempi.k, Milo J. —Farmer; a^e 20; b. Concord, Vt; res. Belgrade; en. 
and mus. Oct. 19, '04, Angusta, as a recruit for one year; disch. G. O. 
No. 77. 

Thomas, Abner. — Farmer; age IS; b. and r. Thomaston; en. Sept. 20, '01, 
Thomaston; mus. Nov. 2; disch. for dis. June 20, '62. 

Tuck, Charles H. —Farmer; age 19; b. and r. Lowell; en. and mus. Feb. 
15, '02, Lincoln; joined co. soon after; orderly for Gen. Rodman in Sep- 
tember, and for Col. Fenton in Oct. '02; disch. for dis. at Washington, 
Dec. 7, '02. * ' 

Tucker, George P. — Farmer; age IS; b. Milan, K H. ; res. Springfield; 

en. and mus. Jan. 9, '04, Bangor; joined co. soon after; m. o. with regt. 
Turxey, Nelson. — Farmer; age 25; b. Woodstock, N. B.; res. Ilodgdon; 

en. Oct. 17, '01, IToulton; mus. Nov. 2; absent sick in the fall of '03, and 

disch. for dis. Feb. 22, '04. 
Wall, Andrew. — Sailor; age 35; b. and r. St. George; en. Dec. 12, '61, 

Augusta; mus. soon after; orderly for Gen. Hartsuff, Oct. '02; re-en. 

Feb. 1, '04; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 1, '04, and died in rebel 

prison at Anderson ville, Ga., Sept. 4, '04 — buried in grave No. 7722. 
Weeks, Daniel S. —Teamster; ajje 42; b. and r. Vassalboro; en. and mus. 

Nov. 1, '01, Augusta; on duty in the regt. q. m. dept. in Dec. '01, and 

at brig. hd. qrs. in May, '02; disch. for dis. at Washington, D. C, Jan. 

7, '03; died in Vassalboro, June 20, '64, of disease contracted in the 

service. 

Welch, Charles. — Farmer; age 21; b. and r. York; en. and mus. Aug. 20, 

'02, York; joined co. soon after; orderly for Gen. Gregg, comdg. 2d 

div. c. c..; killed at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64. 
Wilkes, Edward. — Merchant; age 20; b. Albany, N, Y.; res. Monmouth; 

en. and mus. Sept. 7, '64, Augusta; joined co. soon after; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. 

Witham, Charles E. — Teamster; age 30; b. and r. Bath; en. Oct. 1, '61, 

Bath; mus. Nov. 2. 
Woodward, William H. —Farmer; age 20; b. and r. York; en. Jan. 2, '04, 

Portland; mus. Jan. 4; joined co. soon after; severely wd. and pris. at 

Black Creek, near Richmond, on the Dahlgren raid, March 2, '04; ex. 

and rejoined co. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 



RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was seven, of whom six joined at its organization (three with commissions 
and the remainder in the ranks and subsequently promoted), and one enlisted 
in 1802 as a private, and was promoted. Of these, three were mustered out 
with the regiment, one by reason of being promoted to captain and assist- 
ant quartermaster U. S. V., one was promoted to the field and staff, and 
two resigned. Three of these, Capt. Myrick, and Lieuts. Jewett and Little, 
served from the organization of the regiment till its muster out; Capt. Ford 
served till Nov. 25, 1865; one served between two and three years, and 
two served between one and two years. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to the company, besides 
the four who were commissioned, was two hundred and forty, of whom 
thirty were sergeants, twenty-six corporals, seven buglers, five farriers, 
three saddlers, two wagoners, and one hundred and sixty-seven privates. 
Of these, one hundred and two joined the company at Augusta (eighty-three 



628 FIE ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

being present at the original muster-in, and nineteen joining during the 
winter), nineteen joined in the summer and fall of 1862, fifty-seven in 1864, 
and sixty-two were transferred from the First District of Columbia Cavalry. 
Of the whole number, fifteen (original members) served their three years' 
term of enlistment and were mustered out at its expiration, thirty-two 
were mustered out with the regiment, forty-nine were discharged for disa- 
bility arising from disease, and eight from wounds; forty-six were dis- 
charged at the close of the war as paroled prisoners, convalescents in 
hospitals, dismounted men, and cavalry men whose term of service expired 
prior to Oct. 1, 1865; one was discharged to accept promotion in the Thirty- 
first Maine Infantry; two were discharged by order of the War Department; 
fifteen were killed in action, five died of Avounds received in action, twenty- 
one died in southern prison, two from the effects of imprisonment, just 
after being released, and thirteen died from disease; one was transferred to 
the non-commissioned staff, one to the regimental band, one to the navy, 
and eight to the veteran reserve corps; twenty are unaccoimted for. Of 
these, five, Sergts. Stimson, Sanford, and McDougall, Wagoner Crooker, and 
Private Emery T. Gatchell, served witli the regiment (the last named on the 
non-commissioned staff a portion of the time) from its organization until 
its final muster out; twenty-five served three years or more, twenty-three 
served two years and less than three, one hundred and three served one year 
and less than two, eighty-one served less than one year, and the term of 
service of three is unknown. Of the one hundred and two original members, 
eighteen re-enlisted in the regiment as veteran volunteers, and one was dis- 
charged for disability and afterwards re-enlisted as a recruit. These, and 
the four enlisted men who were promoted, added to the number of enlisted 
men before given, will make the total number of enlistments represented 
in the company two hundred and sixty-three, or with the commissioned 
officers, two hundred and sixty-six. 



COMPANY K'S HONOKED DEAD. 

SERGEANTS. 

William B. Tibbetts, Newcastle. Died June 19, 1865, at Washington, 

from wounds received in action at Dinwiddle Court House, March 

31. 
David Toziek, Littleton. Died at Washington, April 11, '65, from wounds 

received at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31. 
David Bryant, Jr., Bristol. Killed inj action at Middleburg, June 19, 

1863. 
Justin L. Swett, Arrowsic. Killed in action at Middleburg, June 19, 

1863. 
Edward B. Herbert, Kichmond. Died in Washington, Jan. 3, 1865, from 

wounds received in action on the Bellefield raid, Dec. 10, 1864. 
Albert R. Walker, York. Died in prison at Audersonville, Aug. 29, 

1864. 
Benjamin A. Welch, Minot. Died in hospital at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 

26, 1864, from wounds received in action at Reams' Station, Aug. 25. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY K. 629 

CORPORALS. 

LouiRA K. Broad, Mars Hill. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, June 

24, 1804. 
John S. Stacy, Bath. Died of disease at Frederick, Md., Nov. 8, 1802. 
John D. Thompson, Perkins. Killed in action at Deep Bottom, Ams,. 16, 

1864. 
Charles R. Johxsox, Brunswick. Killed in action at Middleburg, June 

10, 1863. 
James A. Murphy, Lee. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, March 18, 1865. 
John H. L. Chick, Lewiston. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 3, 

1865. 
Jonathan Nash, Lewiston. Died in prison at Danville. 



William H. Drew, Richmond. Died of disease at Alexandria, Aug. 12, 
1864. 

Almon J. D. Jacobs, Minot. Died at Annapolis, Md., March 15, 1865, 
shortly after his release from rebel prison, from the effects of his con- 
finement. 

FARRIER. 

Edward R. Woods, Freeport. Died at Annapolis, Md., Nov. 17, 1864, from 
the effects of confinement in southern prison. 

PRIVATES. 

Aeley p. Alexander, Portland. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court 

House, March 31, 1865. 
Edward P. Besse, Wayne. Died of disease at Washington, June 21, 1864. 
George C. Besse, Etna. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, Oct. 

27, 1864. 
William Blaisdell, York. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, June 24, 

1864. 

Isaac N. Chase, Littleton. Died of disease at Camp Bayard, March 18, 

1863. 
George Cobb, Portland. Died in prison at Salisl>ury, Jan. 18, 1865. 
Albio:x Collins, Lewiston. Died in prison at Salisbury, Dec. 28, 1864. 
Granger C. Crafts, Auburn. Died in j^rison at Salisbury, Feb. 6, 1865. 
Ephraim B. Daknaby, Philadelphia, Pa. Died at Harper's Ferry. May 5, 

1865, from wounds received in action at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, 

1864. 
Luther Davis, Brampton, C. E. Died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 13, 1864. 
Charles E. Dearborn, Corinna. Died of disease at City Point, Feb. 13, 

1865. 
John A. Durgin, Bath. Died of disease at Falmouth, Dec. 15, 1862. 
Samuel B. Elliott, Kennebunkport. Died in prison at Salisbury, Dec. 3, 

1864. 

George S. Fowles, Newcastle. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, 

June 24, 1864. 
George C. Getchell, Levant. Died in prison at Salisbury, Dec. 31, 1864. 
Jesse L. Gilpatkick, Portland. Died in prison at Salisbury, Dec. 4, 1864. 
HoLLis Harlow, Minot. Died in prison at Salisbury, Oct. 29, 1864. 



630 FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Hezekiah F. Harris, Olcltown. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, 

Oct. 27, 1S64. 
Michael Hayes, Lee. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, March 16, 1865. 
Thomas Hesketh, Bowerbank. Died of disease at Washington, April 15, 

1864. 
Samuel W. Howes, China. Died in prison at Andersonville, July 23, 1864. 
Albert M. Jackson, Bangor. Died in prison at Salisbury, Jan. 1865. 
Ralph Kendrick, Bradford, Vt. Died of disease at City Point, Nov. 28, 

1864. 
Charles E. Kingsley, Minot. Died in prison at Salisbury, Dec. 29, 1864. 
Charles Lang, Portland. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, Oct. 

27, 1864. 
Egbert Lang, Portland. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, 

1864. 
Dennis H. Merrill, Waterford. Died in prison at Salisbury, Dec. 7, 1864. 
Alexander McDonald, Portland. Killed in action at Ground Squirrel 

bridge. May 11, 1864. 
Jacob H. Pierce, Wade. Died of disease at Manassas, June 7, 1862. 
Stephen B. Pierce, Castle Hill. Died in southern prison; captured, Jan. 

16, 1864, near Warrenton. 
Paul R. Ramsdell, York. Died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 1864. 
Ivory Ross, Shapleigh. Died of disease at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 11, 1864. 
Greenbush Shorey, Littleton. Died of disease at Camp Bayard, March 

12, 1863. 
Luther Shorey, Littleton. Died in prison at Andersonville, Oct. 20, 1864. 
Samuel Shorey, Littleton. Died of disease at Washington, May 29, 1863. 
George H. Small, Bowdoinham. Died of disease at Augusta, Feb. 1, 1862. 
William Staples, Fort Fairfield. Killed in action at Boydton plank road, 

Oct. 27, 1864. 
Andrew Wall, St. George. Died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 4, 1864. 
Charles Welch, York. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, June 24, 

1864. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY L. '^^1 

COMPANY L. 

CAPTAINS, 

JENNINGS, REUBEN B. — Age 47; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, 'Gl; 
resigned, Jan. l'>, 'G2, and honorably discli. 

TAYLOR, CONSTANTINE. — Soldier of the IT. S. army; age 24; mus. 
Nov. 1, '61, as 1st lieut.; com. capt. Jan. 15, '02, and maj. Feb. 18, '64. 
[See field and staff, and pp. 62, 72, 82, 91, 100, 104, 21.o, 219, 22.5, 226, 
230.] 

CARSON, JOHN P. —Age 20; res. Mount Vernon; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as 
Corp.; pro. sergt. '62; com. sup. 2d lieut. Sept. 1, and 2d lieut. Nov. 21, 
'62; com. 1st lieut. June 4, '63, and capt. April 4, '64; pris. at St. Mary's 
church, June 24, '64; disch. on return from prison, Feb. 14, '65, more 
than three months after ex. of ser. [See p. 298.] 

BOYD, WILLIAM L. — Adjt. ; com. capt. Co. L, March 25, "65; a. a. q. m. 
3d brig, sub-district of the Appomattox, '65; m. o. with regt. [See field 
and staff, Cos. F and M, and p. 433.] 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

WESTON, GEORGE. — Age 35; res. Oldtown; mus. Nov. 1,'61, as 2d lieut.; 
com. 1st lieut. Jan. 15, '62; resigned and honorably discharged, Oct. 
10, '62. 

VAUGHAN, ZEN AS. — Farmer and deputy sheriff; age 31; res. Freeman; 
mus. Nov. 1, '61, as 1st sergt.; com. 2d lieut. Jan. 15, and 1st lieut. Oct. 
23, '62; wd. at Middleburg, June 19, '63; com. capt. Co. M, June 4, '63. 
[See Co. M, and p. 62.] 

GORDON, CHARLES O. —Age 21; res. Phillips; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as sergt.; 
on detached service, '62; com. 2d lieut. June 4, '63; on detached service 
with the brig, ambulance train, '63; com. 1st lieut. April 4, '64; pris. at 
St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; disch. May 15, '65, on return from 
prison, the war being over. [See pp. 282, 298.] 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

DAGGETT, LEVI H. — Farmer; age 21; b. Industry; res. New Sharon; 
en. Sept. 21, '61; mus. Nov. 1, as corp.; pro. sergt. '62; on recruiting ser- 
vice in Maine, '62; pro. 1st sergt. Sept. 1, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; com. 
2d lieut. April 4, '64; on special duty at brig, dismounted camp from 
April 25 to July, '64; com. 1st lieut. Co. I, Dec. '64. [See Co. I.] 

CROCKER, WILLIAM J. — Age 27; res. Alton; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as pri- 
vate; pro. Corp. and sergt. '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; com. 2d lieut. Dec. 
21, '64; m. o. with regt. 



632 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

Sawyer, Aloxzo J. — iTr. from Co. A, Jan. 30, 'G5, and disch. by order, '65. 

[See Co. A.] 
Stevens, Hiram M. — Age .31; res. Starks; mus. Xov. 1, '61, as sergt. ; pro. 

1st sergt. '62; ap. com'sy sergt. Sept. 1, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. 1st 

sergt. again, April 24, '64; died of disease at home, Dec. 29, '64. [See 

p. 217.] 
Fish, Austin A. — Age 23; res. Lexington; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as private; on 

detached service in '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. corp. and sergt. '64; pro. 

1st sergt. '65 ; m. o. witli regt. 

QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTS. 

Thoms, Charles A. — Age 24; res. Angusta; mns. Nov. 1, '61, as sergt.; 

q. m. sergt. '62 to Sept. 1, '63; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Washburn, Allen H. — Age 26; res. Madison; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as private; 

pro. corji. and sergt. '62, and q. m. sergt. Sept. 1, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; 

tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
Johnson, Ebenezer S. — Age 21; res. New Sharon; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as 

private; on detaclied service, '62; pro. sergt. '63, for bravery at the 

battle of Fredericksburg, and q. m. sergt. '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of 

ser. [See p. 217.] 

COMlVnSSARY SERGEANT. 

Webster, Justin. — Age 21; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as corp.; 
pro. sergt. '62, and com'sy sergt. '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 



SERGEANTS. 

Gammon, George Q. — Age 19; res. Livermore; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. for 

dis. at Wasliington, Nov. 22, '62. 
CoLESwoRTHY, Henry E. — Age 21; res. Island Falls; mus. Nov. 1, '61; 

di.sch. for dis. at Frederick, Oct. 11, '62. 
HoLMAN, Freeland L. — Age 26; res. Temple; mus. Nov. 1,'61, as private; 

pro. corp, '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. sergt. '64; pris. at St. Mary's 

church, June 24, '64, and died in prison at Savannah, Ga. 
Snell, Walter S. — Age 18; res. Madison; mus. Nov. 1, '61; pro. corp. 

July 1, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. sergt. '64; killed in action near the 

Gurley farm, June 25, '64, while serving as 1st sergt. of a detachment 

with the 1st div. 
SiMi'SON, James M. — Age 25; res. Brewer; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 

5, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, July 21, '65. 
Bryant, George W. — Age 23; res. Greenwood; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 

18, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Nevins, Justin S. — Age 28; res. Bangor; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 14, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; pris. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; disch. G. O. 

No. 77. 
NoRRis, Richard. —Age 44; res. Fort Fairfield; served several years in the 

English army; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 30, '64; absent sick at tr. ; 

disch. G. O. No. 77. 
CusHMAN, William M. — Age .30; res. York; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; disch. for dis. at Baltimore, May 13, '65. 
Sargent, Nathaniel F. — Age 25; res. Brewer; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 

12, '64; pris. at tr. ; died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Sept. 16, '64. 








'imJk 



ISAIAH WELCH, Co. L. 
Strong. 



^S^-^rS^ 




Sergt. THOS. P. WILLIAMS, Co, L 
Temple, 



ELISHA C. FULLER, Co. L. 
No. Livermore. 





JAMES B DALEY, Co. L. 
Patten. 



Corp. MILTON F. RICKER, Co. L. 
Auburn. 




ASA S. GOULD. Co. L. 
Washburn. 



Corp. SEWELL S. AVERY, Co L. 
Hallowell. 



EOSTER OF COMPANY L. 633 

Blodgett, Edwin R. — Ajrc 23; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

23, '04; pris. at tr. ; died in prison at Salisbury. 
Carter, Ben.tamix F. — Age 18; res. Etna; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 1, 

'04; joined co. at tr.; wd. .severely at Dimviddie Court House, March 31, 

'05; in hospital at m. o. of regt. 
Williams, Thomas P. —Age 21; res. New Portland ; mus. Nov. 1, "01, as 

private; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; pro. sergt. '05; disch. by order, '05. 
Emery, Carlton P. —Age 18; res. Industry; mus. Nov. 1, '01, as private; 

re-en. Dec. 31, '03; pro. sergt. '05; m. o. with regt. [See p. 219.] 
Hanson, Elbridge M. — Age 28; res. Portland; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 

10, '04, as private; wagoiier at dismounted camp at tr. ; joined co. ; pro. 

sergt. '05; m. o. with regt. 
McKeen, Ezra H. —Age 21; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1,'ei, as private; 

re-en. Dec. 31, '03; ap. wagoner, '04; pro. sergt. '05; m. o. with regt. 
Thompson, Albert. — Age 22; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, '01; pro. 

Corp. '02; resigned his warrant; re-en. Dec 31, '03; pro. sergt. '05; m. o. 

with regt. 

CORPOllALS. 

Emery, Zebulon M. — Age 22; res. Industry; mus. Nov. 1, '01; disch. for 

dis. Feb. 11, '02. 
Gay, Charles. — Age 24; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, '01; disch. for dis. 

Feb. 22, '02. 
Sewall, George M. — Age 23; res. Island Falls; mus. Nov. 1, '01; disch. 

for dis. at Camp Penobscot, Feb. 20, '02. 
Pratt, Beniah W.— Age 21; res. New Vineyard; mus. Nov. 1,'01; resigned 

corp.'s warrant, '02; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; wd. at Deep Bottom, Aug. 10, 

'04; pro. corp. again, '04; wd. at Dinwiddie Court House, March 31, '05; 

disch. for dis. arising from wounds, at Augusta, Me., May 19, '05. 
Gilkey, Edward. — Age 24; res. Freeman; mus. Nov. 1, '01; disch. for dis. 

'02. 
Dakin, PteANK B. —Age 21; res. Wilton; mus. Nov. 1, '01; resigned corp.'s 

warrant, '02; disch. for dis. at Washington, Nov. 22, '02. 
Clayton, Edmund B. —Age 28; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, '01, as pri- 
vate; pro. Corp. '02; wd. at Brandy Station, Aug. 20, '02; pris. at St. 

Mary's church, June 24, '04; died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 

6, '04. 
Dow James H. — Age 27; res. Wilton; mus. Nov. 1, '01, as private; pro. 

corp- '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; absent sick, '04; disch. by order, Aug. 

17, '05. 
Staebird, Isaac S. — Age 21; res. Freeman; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as private; 

pro. corp. '02; m. o. Nov. 25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Jones, Austin L. — Age 30; res. Weld; mus. Nov. 1, '01; as private; pro. 

corp. '03; on detached service, '03; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; wd. at Dmwiddie 

Court House, March 31, '05; in hospital at m. o. of regt. 
Bicker, Milton F. — Age 19; res. Livcrmore; mus. Nov. 1, '01, as private; 

re-en. Dec. 31, '03; pro. corp. '04; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 

11, '04; disch. by order, June 12, '05. 
Howe, Nathaniel. —Age 31; res. Castine; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, 

'04; absent sick at tr. ; disch. June 20, '05, by order. 
LuDDON, Levi. —Age 30; res. Oldtown; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 20, '04; 

disch. for promotion, Sept. 17, '04. 
Palmer, Charles C — Age 24; res. Exeter; mus. Co G, 1st D. C Feb. 15, 

'04; pris. at tr., and died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 25, 'Oo. 
Lane, Thomas. — Age 18; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '04; pris. at tr.; 

disch. '05, by order. 



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FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Melvin, Asibuose p. — A^e 41; res. Rockland; en. Co. C, 4th Me. Inf. June 

15, '61, at Eockland; discli. for dis. Feb. 11, '63; en. and mus. Co. G, 

1st D. C. Feb. 11, '64, as corp. ; jiris. at Sycamore church, iSept. 16, '64; 

died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 1,''64. 
Hopkins, Elbkidge S. — Age 2.5; res. Camden; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

23, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. '65, by order. 
Challis, Henky E. — Age 22; res. Bremen; mus. Co. G, 1st D.'C. Jan. 19, 

'64; joined co. after tr. ; \vd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, March 

31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. . 
Beookixgp, Fkederick C. — Age 21; res. Bradford; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. 

Jan. 30, '64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Shay, George A. — Age 26; res. Argyle; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as private; re-en. 

Dec. 31, '63; pro. corp. '64; wd. severely at Boydton plank road, Oct. 

27, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Aveky, Setvall S. — Age IS; res. Winterport; mus. Feb. 15, '64; joined co. 

March 9; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Crowell, Addison W. — Age 20; res. Dexter; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

18, '64, as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Campbell, Angus. —Age 30; res. Houlton; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 5, 

"64, as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Eaton, Charles.— Age 18; res. Castine; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64, 

as private; joined co. at tr. ; pro. covg. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Rackliff, James H. — Age 21; res. Bangor; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 6, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; joined co.; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 



BUGLEES. 

Ellsworth, Rufus G. — Age 27; res. Freeman; mus. Nov. 1,'01; re-en. Dec. 

31, '63; served in regt. band; m. o. with regt. [See last band.] 
FoLSOM, Henry H. — Age 18; res. Fayette; mus. Nov, 1, '61; re-en. Dec. 

31, '63; m. o. with regt. 

MOREY, George W. — Age 21; res. Castine; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 22, 
'64; pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, July 31, '65. 

FARRIERS. 

Jordan, Elbridge G. — Age 21; res. Bradford; mus. Nov. 1,'61. 
Kingsbury, Alpheus R.— Age 21; res. Bradford; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. 
for dis. May 5, '62. 

Davis, Charles F. — Age 26; res. Chesterville; mus. Aug. 30, '62, as pri- 
vate; joined co. Oct. 11; ap. farrier, '62; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Rogers, Sherman H. — Age 20; res. Anson; mus. March 1, '62, as private; 
ap. farrier, April 1, '62; m. o. Feb. 28, '65, ex. of ser. 

Savage, Henry D. — Age 24; res. Milo; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '64; 
joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 



SADDLERS. 

Norwood, Henry W. — Age 21; res. Bangor; mus. Nov. 1, '61; on de- 
tached duty as saddler in regt. q. m. dept. '62; ap. regt. saddler sergt. 
March 1, '63. [See field and staff.] 

Staples, Stephen M. — Age 24; res. Bradford; mus. Nov. 1, '61. 

McDonald, Christopher. — Age 35; res. Portage Lake; mus. Nov. 1, '61, as 
private; ap. saddler, June 1, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; m. o. with regt. 



ROSTER OF COJilPANY L. 



WAGONERS. 



635 



Reed, Ai.vix L. — Age 22; ves. Dead River; mus. Nov. 1, 'Gl; discli. for dis. 
May 12, '62. 

Heald, Charles. — Age 25; res. Golden Ridge; mus. Xov. 1, '01, as pri- 
vate; on detached service, '(52; ap. wagoner, '63; on detached service 
from Oct. 13, '63; died of disease at Washington, April 23, '04. 

PRIVATES. 

AvEKY, Columbus C. — Age 18; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, '01; disch. 

for dis. March 12, '62. 
Bailey, Hexey W. —Age 23; res. Chesterville; mus. Aug. 29, '62; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; disch. for dis. at Washington, March 10, '03. 
Bangs, Augustus A. — Age 18; res. Farmington; joined co. Nov. 25, '62; 

sick in Washington, '02 and '63; disch. for dis. at AVashington, May, '64. 
Bangs, Edwakd F. —Age 37; res. Freeman; mus. Sept. 12, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; sick in Washington, '63, and tr. to v. r. c. March 12, '04. 
Bangs, John C — Age 29; res. Strong; mus. Sept. 12, '62; joined co. Oct. 

11; sick in Washington, '63 and '04, and tr. to v. r. c. March 31, '05. 
Bangs, Roscoe R. —Age 19; res. Strong; mus. Sept. 9, '02; joined co. Oct. 

11; disch. G.O. No. 83. 
Baknakd, Otis H. — Age 19; res. Chesterville; mus. Aug. 29, '02; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; wd. on the Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, '03; 

disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Bayard, John D. —Age 27; res. Frankfort; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, 

'64; disch. by order, '05. 
Bean, William S. — Age 18; res. New Sharon; mus. Aug 30, '02; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; died of disease at Washington, April 19, '63. 
Bell, Webster. — Age 21; res. New York City; mus. Aug. 29, '62; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; tr. to v. r. c. April 12, '64. 
Blake, David A. —Age 20; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, '61; died of 

disease, Feb. 13, '02. 
BowLEY, Edward M. — Age 25; res. New Sharon; mus. Oct. 30, '02; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; died of typhoid fever at Washington, Dec. 9, '02. 
Brackley, Enoch A. —Age 28; res. Freeman; mus. Dec. 19, '63; joined 

CO. Jan. 12, '04; absent sick, Nov. '64. 
Bradbury, Wyman O. — Age 22; res. New Sharon; mus. Dec. 16, '63; 

joined CO. Jan. 12, '04; absent sick, Nov. '04; disch. by order, '05. 
Beadeen, Isaac. —Age 26; res. Milo;mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 4, '64; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, '65. 
Bray, Joseph S. — Age 18; res. Islesboro; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 28, 

'64; pris. at tr., and died in rebel prison, Oct. 30, '04. 
Bray, Justin L. — Age IS; res. Winterport; mus. Feb. 18, '04; joined co. 

March 9; wd. at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '05; disch. for dis. 

at Augusta, Me., May, '05. 
Brooks, Alanson Y. — Age 18; res. Farmington; mus. '62; re-en, March 

24, '64; absent sick, Nov. '64. 
Brown, Augustus D. — Age 21; res. Chesterville; mus. Nov. 1,'61; orderly 

for Col. Roy Stone, comdg. brigade of Penn. Bucktails, '63; near the rail- 
road cut on the Chambersburg road at Gettysburg, was the only man on 

the col.' s staff left mounted, when he had to do duty as staff officer; 

re-en. Dec. 31, '03; wd. at Stony Creek, Sept. 16, '04; disch. by order, '05. 

[See pp. 215, 217.] 
Broavn, Orrin K. — Age 22; res. Patten; mus. Nov. 1, '01; wd. at Gettys- 
burg, July 3, '03; pris. on the Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, 

'63; m. o.'Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 



636 



FIRST MAINE CAVALBY. 



Bump, Hosea P. — Age 25; res. Dead River; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. Dec. 

31, '63; on duty at cav. depot, Nov. '64; discli. by order, '65. 
BuKNS, James.— Age 19; res. Orrington; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 

pris. at tr., and died in rebel prison, Nov. 9, '64. 
Canney, William H. — Age 25; res. Exeter; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 27, 

64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 8, '65. 
Carter, Cromwell. — Age 20; res. Etna; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 1,'64, 

pris. at tr.; disch. by order, '65. 

Caverly, Charles H. —Age 22; res. Newport; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

18, '64; pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, May 29, '65. 
Chamberlain, Lorexzo D. — Age 19; res. Hudson; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. 

Jan. 18, '64; joined co. after tr. ; wd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, 

March 31, '65; disch. by order, '65. 
Chamberlaix, Sylvanus R.— Age 21; res. Bradford; mus. Co. G, 1st 

D. C. Jan. 30, '64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Chase, Frederick W. — Age 18; res. Bradford; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

21, '64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, Aug. 17, '65. 
Childs, William H. — Age 23; res. Chesterville; mus. Sept. 4, '62; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Clarkson, Charles B. — Age 18; res. Rockland; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. 

Dec. 31, '63; wd. at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; disch. by 

order, '65. > > j 

Clayton, Collamore I. —Age 18; res. Farmlngton; mus.Nov. 1, '61; m. o. 
Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

Clayton, Rufus M.— Age 23; res. Farmlngton; mus. Sept. 12, '62; joined 

CO, Oct. 11; disch. 6. O. No. 83. [See p. 217.] 
Co AN, Elbridge J. —Age 18; res. Exeter; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 26, 

'64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, '65. 
CoLSON, Edward W. — Age 19; res. Frankfort; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

30, '64; pris. at tr. ; died In prison at Salisbury, N. C. 

Cram, Richard J. — Age 18; res. Bradley; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 21, 

'64; joined co. after tr., and m. o. with' regt. 
Cunningham, Edavard. — Age 22; res. Patten; mus. Nov. 1, '61; killed at 

Gettysburg, July 3, '63, while serving as orderly for Gen. Doubleday. 

[See p. 217.] 

CuRRiE, David. —Age 30; res. Portage Lake; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. Dec. 

31, '63; on detached duty, '64; m. o. with regt. 

Daggett, George W. — Age 18; res Liberty; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 
29, '64; absent sick at tr.; disch. by order, Avig. 21, '65. 

Daley, James B. — Age 18; res. Patten; mus. Nov. 1, '61; on detached ser- 
vice, '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; m. o. with regt. 

Day, Nathaniel, Jr. —Age 19; res. Milo; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 27, 
'64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, '65. 

Deering, Edward B. — Age 21; res. Brewer; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 
18, '64; absent sick at tr. ; joined co. and m. o. with regt. 

Douglass, Abner L. — Age 22; res. Bradford; mus. Nov. 1, '61; on de- 
tached service, '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; tr. to signal corps. May 1, '64. 

Douglass, Arrona W. — Age 23; res. Greenbush; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. 
Feb. 3, '64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Drew, Irving F. —Age 29; res. Parkman; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '64; 
pris. at tr.; disch. by order, July 17, '65. 

Dunsmore, Rufus M. — Age 19; res. Temple; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. Dec. 
31, '63; wd. at Barker's Mills, near Coal Harbor, June 2, '64. 

Earle, Henry D. — Age 18; res. Litchfield; mus. March 3, '62; re-en. 
March 29, '64; on detached duty at hd. qrs. '64; disch. by order, '65. 



nOSTER OF COMPANY L. 637 

Eldkk, Gilmax B. — As-e28; res. Wilton; mus. Nov. ],'01; disoh. for dis. 

at Wasliinotoii, Jan. 2(5, '03. 
Emeky, Geokge C. — A^e 18; res. Industry; mus. Dec. 2(), '03; joined co. 

Jan. 12, '04; m. o. with regt. 
Faunce, Joiix. — Age 29; res. Oxford; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '04; 

absent siek at tr. ; discli. by order, '0.5. 
Fitzgerald, William H. II. — A^je 20; res. Masardis; mus. Nov. 1, '01; 

died of disease at Windmill Point hospital, Va., Feb. 8, '03. 
FOLSOM, FiiANCis J. — Age 18; res. Fayette; mus. Nov. 6, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 12, '04; wd. severely at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '04; disch. for 

dis. at Washington, jNlarch 10, '05. 
Foster, George W.— Age 25; res. Atkinson; mus. Oct. 19, '64; joined co. 

Jan. 3, '65; wd. severely at Dinwiddie Court House, March 31, '05, and 

died of wounds at City Point, April 7. 

Frazer, Alexander. — Age 22; res. Masardis; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. 
Dec. .31, '63. 

Friend, Adelbert I. —Age 18; res. Brewer; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, 
'04; pris. at tr. ; died in prison at Salisbury, Dec. 12, '04. 

Frost, Daniel. —Age 19; res. Brewer; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '04; 
pris. at tr.; died in prison at Salisbury, March 12, '05. 

Fuller, Elisha C. — Age 30; res'. Livermore; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. for 
dis. July 8, '62. 

Gary, Lionel D. — Age 19; res. Bradford; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '04; 
joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

Gilman, John N. — Age 18; res. Standish; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 6, 
'64; absent sick at tr.; disch. '65, by order. 

Glidden, Lyman W. — Age IS; res. Portland; mus. Sept. 27, '64; joined co. 
Nov. 5; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Gould, Asa S. — Age 21; res. New Sharon; mus. '62; wd. at Boydton plank 

road, Oct. 27, '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Gould, Levi W. — Age 24; res. New Sharon; mus. Nov. 1, '61; on detached 

service, '62; wd. at Ground Squirrel bridge. May 11, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, 

'64, ex. of ser. 

Gould, Nathaniel. — Age 18; res. New Sharon; mus. Feb. 25, '64; joined 
CO. March 9; died of disease at Warrenton, March 28, '64. 

GoDiNG, William H. H. — Age 21; res. Livermore; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. 
for dis. at Washington, Nov. 22, '62. 

Goodwin, Tristram. —Age 31; res. Kennebunk; mus. Nov. 1, '61; tr. to 
band. [See first band.] 

Gray, Francis. — Age 19; res. Brooksville; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 26, '64; 
disch. G. O. No. 77. 

GuPTiLL, Isaiah. — Age 24; res. Patten; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. for dis. at 
Frederick, '62. 

Hale, George B. — Age 19; res. Orneville; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 29, 
'64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. at Augusta, May 15, '65. 

Hammon, Lyman. — Age 21; res. Freeman; mus. Nov. 1, '01. 

Harris, Albert H. — Age 21; res. Littleton; mus. Sept. 4, '02; disch. G. O. 
No. 83. 

Harris, Jason F. — Age 23; res. New Sharon; mus. Sept. 4, '02; joined co. 

Oct. 11; killed at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64. 
Haskell, Almon. —Age 28; res. Industry; mus. Nov. 1, '01; disch. for dis. 

Feb. 11, '02. 

Hindle, David L. — Age 21; res. New Sharon; mus. Nov. 1, '01; disch. for 

dis. at Washington, Jan. 7, '03. 
HoLLis, Thomas. — Age IS; res. Dead River; mus. Nov. 1, '61; died of 

disease, Jan. 3, '62. [See p. 12.] 



638 FIE ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

HovEY, Silas G. — Age 24; res. Farmington; mus. Sept. 4, '62; joined co. 

Oct. 11; pris. on the Little Washington reconnoissance, Oct. 12, '63; 

died of disease at liome, '64. 
Hunt, James L. — Age 27; res. Cliarleston; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, 

'64; abseiit sick at tr., and also at m. o. of regt. 
Ingalls, Hiram B. — Age 24; res. Bangor; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, 

'64; joined co. after tr. ; wd. at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; 

in hospital at m. o. of regt. 
JonxsTox, Charles H. — Age 24; res. Orono; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

28, '64; joined co. at tr. ; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; discli. 
by order. May 22, '65. 

Jones, Ezra E. L. — Age 18; res. Sanford; mus. Dec. 18, '63; joined co. 

Jan. 25, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Jones, Rufus L. — Age 20; res. Sanford; mus. Dec. 18, '63; died of disease 

at Washington, Feb. 12, '64. 
Jltnkins, Robert P. — Age 36; res. Kennebunk; mus. Nov. 1, '61; tr. to 

band. [See first band.] 
Kellogg, Charles F. — Age 21; res. Gorham; mus. Nov. 1, '61; on de- 
tached service, '62; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Md., Dec. 20, '62. 
KiLKENNEY, BENJAMIN. — Age 25; res. Freeman; mus. Dec. 25, '64; joined 

CO. Jan. 12, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Kimball, William H. — Age 19; res. Burnham; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. 

for dis. May 5, '62. 
Lewis, George E. — Age 18; res. Farmington; mus. March 10, '65; joined 

CO. March 23, '65 ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
LovEJOY, Marcellus p. — Age 40; res. Kingfield; mus. March 10, '64; wd. 

near White House Landing, June 21, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Luce, Charles B. — Age 18; res. New Sharon; mus. Dec. 26, '63; died of 

disease at Mount Pleasant hospital, Washington, Jan. 26, '64. 
LuNT, Charles W. — Age 21; res. Greenbush; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. for 

dis. April 5, '62. 
Mace, Edavard A. — Age 18; res. Farmington; mus. Sept. 12, '62; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; wd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, '65; 

disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Marsh, Charles H. — Age 18; res. Rawson; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. for 

dis. March 27, '62. 
Marston, Hathorn. — Age 19; res. Augusta; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

29, '64; pris. attr. ; disch. by order, '65. 

Megguier, Elisha H. — Age 25; res. Corinth; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

28, '64; absent sick at tr. ; disch. for dis. at Augusta, Feb. 19, '65. 
Merrow-, William O. — Age 27; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, '61. 
Mills, John S. — Age 18; res. Oldtown; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '64; 

pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, Aug. 16, '65. 
MooERS, Josiah N. — Age 28; res. Athens; mus. Nov. 1,'61; died of disease 

at Camp Stanton, Va., May 10, '62. 
MoRANG, Calvin S. — Age 22; res. Whitefield; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

20, '64; pris. at tr. ; died of disease, March, '65. 
Morse, William B. — Age 18; res. Mount Vernon; mus. Nov. 1,'61; discli. 

for dis. at AVashington, Oct. 31, '62. 
MosMAN, George G. — Age 34; res. Farmington; mus. Sept. 10, '62; joined 

CO. Oct. 11; disch. for dis. at Philadelphia, March 24, '6S. 
Mower, John M. — Age 26; res. Vassalboro; mus. Nov. 1, '61. 
MuciiMORE, William. — Age 44; res. Shapleigh; mus. Dec. 30, '63; joined 

CO. Jan. 25, '64; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 



ROSTER OF CO.VPANY L. 



639 



Nelijs, Wim.i.vm II. — A^e 22; ves. No. 9, R. 0; mus. Nov. 1, '61; discli. for 
dis. at Washington, Oct. 14, '02. 

Nicholas, Fkkdekk'K B. — Age 20; res. Casco; mus. Jan. 4, '()4; joined co, 
Jan. 2."); wd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, 3Iarch 31, '65; disch. 
for dis. at Augusta. 

Odei.1., Soi.o>rox H. — A<;e 2S; res. Farmington ; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. 
Dec. 81, 'Go; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; disch, by order, 
July 22, '65. 

Okdway, Augustus L. — Age 10; res. Island Falls; mus. Nov. 1, '61; pris. 
near Oakshades, Ya., Sejit. 14, 'O;}, while on the way from Cedar Moun- 
tain to Sulphur Springs, alone, on duty as courier; in Libby i)ris()n a 
short time, and paroled and sent to Annapolis; ex. April. '64, and started 
to join CO., but regt. being on Sheridan's second raid, he Avas attached 
to the 1st div. , and while serving witli this division was wd. in action near 
Petersburg, June 22, '64, losing a leg; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser., 
though he did not get home from the hospital until the next Jan. 

Overlook, Eufus L. — Age 19; res. Liberty; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 27, 
'64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Painter, James W. — Age 30; res. Masardis; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. Dec. 
31, '63. 

Parker, Frank W. — Age 23; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. 
for dis. June 17, '62. 

Patch, Henry L. — Age 30; res. Shapleigh; mus. Dec. 30, '63; joined co. 
Jan. 25, '64; disch. by order, June 21, '65. 

Peaks, William G. — Age 32; res. Oldtown; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch. for 
dis. July 8, '62. 

Perkins, John H. — Age 22; res. New Sharon; mus. Nov. 1, '61; on de- 
tached service, '62; died of disease at Washington, May 1, '64. 

PiERSON, William J. — Age 23: res. Portland; mus. Sept. 28, '64; joined 
CO. Jan. 3, '65; disch. by order. 

PiLLSBURY, Ellsworth C. — Age 43; res, Shapleigh; mus. Dec. 30, '63; 
joined co. Jan. 25, '64; disch. '65, by order. 

PiNKiiAM, James. — Age 28; res. Industry; mus. Sept. 2, '62; joined co. Oct. 
11; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Pinkham, Samuel. — Age 19; res. Industry; mus. Sept. 3, '62; joined co. 
Oct, 11; disch. G. O.'No. 83. 

Pinkham, Wellington. — Age 22; res. Industry; mus. Nov. 1, '61; died at 
Meridian Hill, May 24, '62. 

Pratt, Alonzo M. — Age 21; res. New Sharon; mus. Nov. 1, '61; on de- 
tached service, '62; re-en. Dec. 31, "63; wd. and pris. at Ground Squirrel 
bridge. May 11, '64; died of wounds in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 15, 
'64 — grave No. 5698. 

Pratt, Oliver P. — Age 21; res. Farmington; mus. '62; died of tyijhoid 
fever at Frederick, Nov. 17, '62. 

Price, William. — Age 27; res. Calais; mus. Co. G, 1st D, C. Feb. 3, '64; 
disch. '65, by order. 

Eeed, Charles M. — Age 18; res. Clinton Gore; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. 
Dec. 31, '63; disch. '65, by order. 

Reynolds, Henry G. — Age 22; res. Orrington; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 
8, '64; jjoined co. at tr. ; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; disch. 
for dis. at Augusta, April 18, '65. 

Ripley, Hosea P. — Age 32; i-es. Freeman; mus. Dec. 28, '63; joined co, 
Jan. 12, '64; wd. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; tr. to v, r. c. '65. 

Roberts, George W. — Age 35; res. Lincoln; mus. Nov. 1, '61; discli. for 
dis. June 13, '62. 

Rogers, Reuel H. — Age 19; res. Industry; mus. Dec, 26, '63; joined cq. 
Jan. 12, '64; disch. by order, '65. 



640 FIB ST MAINE CAVALEY. 

RowELL, George A. — Ase 19; res. Bradley; mus. Co. G, IstD. C.Jan. 19, 

'64; pris. at tr., and died in southern prison. 
Severaxce, WiNFiELD S. — A<fe 18; res. Winterport; mus. Feb. 15, '04; 

joined co. March 9; tr. to navy, April 19, '64, 
Shepley, Orrin. — Age 20; res. Bangor; mus. Nov. 1, '61; tr. to v. r. c. 

Dec. 2, '63. 
Smith, Laban. — Age 34; res. Jay; mus. Xov. 1, '61; died of typhoid fever 

at convalescent camp, Alexandria, Xov. 6, '02. 
Smith, Sewall W. — Age 25; res. Eddington; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Jan. 

29, '04; pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Snell, ISToRMAN. — Age 33; res. Oxford; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '04; 

absent sick at tr. ; disch. by order, June 21, '65. 
Stevens, Cyrus E. — Age 21; res. Freeman; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. Dec. 

31, '63; wd. at Farmville, April 7, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Stinson, Charles H. — Age 21; mus. '61; disch. for dis. at Augusta, '62. 
Stone, Samuel B. — Age 20; res. Dixmont; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C.Feb. 1, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. by order, June 21, '05. 
Stuart, George E. — Age 19; res. Hampden; mus. Nov. 1,'61; disch. for 

dis. at Washington, '62. 
Stretch, John. — Age 33; res. Milford; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 3, '64; 

died in rebel prison at Salisbury, xiug. 26, '64. 
Summers, Nicholas. — Age 33; res. Eaton Grant plantation; mus. Co. G, 

1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64; pris. at tr. ; died in southern prison, Nov. 11, '64. 
Sylvester, Albert L. — Age 21; res. Etna; mus. Co. G, IstD. C. Feb. 3, 

'64; pris. at tr. ; died in soutliern prison. 
Tarbox, Charles H. — Age 28; res. Parkman; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 

2, '04; pris. at tr. ; died in southern prison, Nov. 20, '04. 
Thomas, Charles E. — Age 18; res. New Sharon; mus. Feb. 25, '04; joined 

CO. March 9; tr. to v. r. c. '64. 
Thomas, John B. — Age 23; res. Brownville; mus. Nov. 1, '01; on detached 

service, '62; died of disease, Sept. 29, '64. 
Thompson, Benjamin F. — Age 32; res. Jay; mus. Nov. 1,'61; m. o. Nov. 

25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Thompson, Henry A. — Age 27; res. Dead River; mus. Nov. 1, '61; wd. at 

Gettysburg, July 3, '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Thompson, William H. — Age IS; res. Island Falls ; mus. Nov. 1, '61; disch, 

for dis. at Washington, INIarch 10, '63. 
ToBiN, Horace K. — Age 18; res. Lincoln; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 12, 

'64; pris, at tr. ; died in prison at Salisbury, N. C. 
Trafton, Mark. — Age 21; res. Roxbury; mus, Nov. 1,'61; re-en, Dec. 

31, '63. 
Yinal, Reuben. — Age 21; res. Vinalhaven; mus. Nov. 1, '61; re-en. Dec, 

31, '63; tr. to navy, April 19, '04. 
Welch,. Isaiah. — Age 32; res. Freeman; mus, Dec. 19, '63; joined co. Jan, 

12, '64; absent sick, Nov. '64; disch. by order, '65. [See p. 204,] 
Wellington, George. — Age 21; res. Garland; mus. Co. G, 1st D. C. Feb. 

8, '04; pris. at tr. ; disch. by order, April 28, '05. 
Wentwobth, George A. — Age 19; res. Orrington; mus. Co. G, IstD. C. 

Jan. 20, '04; died in rebel prison at Salisbury, Sept. 18, '04. 
Wentworth, Jesse. — Age 23; res. Farmington; mus. Nov. 1,'Gl; disch. for 

dis. at Washington, Nov. 22, '02. 
Whitney, Edmund W. — Age 21; res. Farmington; mus. March 1,'62; m. o. 

Feb, 28, '05, ex. of ser. 
Wood, Calvin B. — Age 18; res. Harrison; mus. Dec. 20, '03; joined co, 

Jan. 12, '64; disch, for dis, at Washington, May 23, '64, 



BOSTER OF COMPANY L. 641 

WiiionT, Alonzo T. — Afje 21; res. Weld; mus. Nov. 1, '01; re-en. Dec. 31, 
'()o; wd. and pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '04, and died the 
next day. 

York, Rosai.vo A. — Age 20; res. Mexico; mus. Nov. 1,'01; discli. for dis. 
March 8, '02. 



RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was nine, of whom eight joined at its organization (three with commissions 
and five in the ranks and subsequently promoted), and one was promoted 
from the field and staff. Of these, two were mustered out with the regi- 
ment, two were discharged at the close of the war, on their return from 
southern prisons, two resigned and were discharged, one was promoted 
to major, and two were promoted in another company. Lieut. Crooker 
served with the company from its organization till its muster out, and 
Capts. Taylor and Boyd, and Lieut. Daggett, served with the regiment 
during its whole service, though not all the time with this company. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to this company (besides 
the five who were commissioned) was two hundred and fourteen, of whom 
twenty-four were sergeants, twenty-five corporals, three buglers, five far- 
riers, three saddlers, two wagoners, and one hundred and fifty-two privates. 
Of these, ninety-three joined the company at its organization, twenty-four 
joined in 1802, twenty-seven joined in 1804 and 1805, and seventy were 
transferred from the First District of Columbia Cavalry. Twelve served 
their three years' term of enlistment and were mustered out at its expira- 
tion, and twenty-four were mustered out with the regiment; forty-two weie 
discharged for disability, sixty-five were discharged at the close of the war, 
under the orders discharging paroled prisoners, convalescents in hospitals, 
one year men, cavalry men whose term of service expired prior to Oct. 1, 
1805, and dismounted cavalrymen; one was discharged for iiromotion, three 
were killed in action, eighteen died of disease, three died of wounds received 
in action, and eighteen died in southern prisons; five were transferred to the 
veteran reserve corps, four to the navy, two to the signal corps, two to the 
regimental band, and one to the field and staff; three were absent in the 
hospital at the muster out of the regiment, and 'eleven are unaccounted for. 
Twenty-nine served three years or more, twenty-two served two years and 
less than three, one hundred and two served one year and less than two,, 
fifty served less than one year, and eleven — Sergts. Fish, Emery, McKeen,, 
and Thompson, Corp. Jones, Buglers Ellsworth and Folsom, Saddlers Nor- 
wood and McDonald, and Privates Currier and Daley — served from the 
organization of the regiment to the muster out. Of the ninety-four original 
members, thirty-seven re-enlisted in the regiment as veteran volunteers; 
which, with the five commissioned, added to the number of enlisted men 
before given, makes the total number of enlistments represented in the 
company two hundred and fifty-six, or with the commissioned oflicers, two 
hundred and sixty. 



642 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



COMPANY L'S HONORED DEAD. 

SERGEANTS. 

HiKAM M. Stevens, Starks. Died of disease at home, Dec. 29, 1864. 
Freeland L. Holman, Temple. Died in prison at Savannah, Ga. 
Wal-jek S. Sneel, Madison. Killed in action near Petersburg-, June 25, 

1864, while serving with the 1st div. 
Nathaniee F. S argent, Brewer. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Sept. 

16, 1864. 
Edwin R. Blodgett, Lewiston. Died in prison at Salisbury. 

COEPOEALS. 

Edmund B. Ceayton, Farmington. Died in prison at Salisbury, Oct. 6, 

1864. 
Chaeles C. Palmer, Exeter. Died in prison at Salisbury, Jan. 25, 1865. 
Ambrose P. Melvin, Rockland. Died in prison at Salisbury, Nov. 1, 1864. 

wagoner. 

Charles Heald, Golden Ridge. Died of disease at Washington, April 
23, 1864. 

PRIVATES. 

William S. Bean, New Sharon. Died of disease at Washington, April 

19, 1863. ■ 
David A. Blake, Farmington. Died of disease, Feb. 13, 1862. 
Edward M. Bowley, New Sharon. Died of typhoid fever at Washington, 

Dec. 9, 1862. 
Joseph S. Bray, Islesboro. Died in rebel prison, Oct. 30, 1864. 
James Burns, Orrington. Died in rebel prison, Nov. 9, 1864. 
Edward W. Colson, Frankfort. Died in prison at Salisbury. 
Edward Cunningham, Patten. Killed in action at Gettysburg, July 3, 

1863. 
William H. H. Fitzgerald, Masardis. Died of disease at Windmill Point 

hospital, Va., Feb. 8, 1863. 
George W. Foster, Atkinson. Died April 7, 1865, of wounds received at 

Dinwiddle Court House, March 31. 
Adelbeet I. Feiend, Brewer. Died in prison at Salisbury, Dec. 12, 1864. 
Daniel Feost, Brewer. Died in prison at Salisbury, March 12, 1865. 
Nathaniel Gould, New Sharon. Died of disease at Warrenton, March 

28, 1864. 
Jason F. Haeris, New Sharon. Killed in action at St. Mary's church, 

June 24, 1864. 
Thomas Hollis, Dead River. Died of disease at Augusta, Jan. 3, 1862. 
Silas G. Hovey, Farmington. Died of disease at home, 1864. 
RuFUS L. Jones, Sanford. Died of disease at Washington, Feb. 12, 1864. 
Charles B. Luce, New Sharon. Died of disease at Mount Pleasant hos- 
pital, Washington, Jan. 26, 1864. 
Josiah N. Mooers, Athens. Died of disease at Camp Stanton, Va., May 

10, 1862. 
Calvin S. Moeang, Whitefield. Died of disease, March, 1865. 
John H. Peekins, New Sharon. Died of disease at Washington, May], 
1864. 



EOSTER OF COMPANY L. 



643 



Wellixoton PiNKHAjr, Industry. Died at Meridian Hill, May 24, 18G2. 
Aloxzo M. Pl^ATT, New Sharon. Died of wounds in prison at Anderson- 

ville, Aug. 15, 1804. 
Olivkk p. Pratt, Farniington. Died of typhoid fever at Frederick, Nov 

17, 1862. 

Geokge a. Rowei.i., Bradley. Died in southern prison. 

Laban Smith, Jay. Died of typhoid fever at convalescent camp, Alex- 
andria, Nov. C), 18(52. 

John Stketch, Milford. Died in prison at Salisbury, Aug. 26, 1864. 

Nicholas Susimers, Eaton Grant plantation. Died in southern prison, 
Nov. 11, 1864. 

Albert L. Sylvester, Etna. Died in southern prison. 

Charles H. Tarbox, Parkman. Died in southern prison, Nov. 26, 1864. 

John B. Thomas, Brownville. Died of disease, Sept. 29, 1864. 

Horace K. Tobin, Lincoln. Died in prison at Salisbury. 

George A. Wentworth, Orrington. Died in prison at Salisbury, Sept. 

18, 1864. 

Aloxzo T. Wright, Weld. Died May 12, 1864, of wounds received the 
day before in action at Ground Squirrel bridge. 



644 FIE ST MAINE CAVALEY. 



COMPANY M. 

CAPTAnsrs. 

BROWN^, GEORGE M.— Age 28; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 31, '01; com. maj. 
June 4, '63. [See field and staff, and pp. 32, 165-167, 170, 173, 182, 216.] 

VAUGHAN, ZEXAS.— Istlieut. Co. L; com. capt. Co. M, June 4, '63; absent 
on account of wounds received at Middleburg, June 19, but joined co. 
in Aug., and in command until May 11, '64, when pris. at Ground Squir- 
rel bridge; in several prisons until Feb. '65 (about ten montlis), and at 
Annapoli.s, Md., until m. o. at tlie close of the war. May 15. [See Co. L, 
and p. 264.] 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

BOWEN, JOHN C. C. — Age 22; res. Boston, Mass.; mus. Oct. 31, '61; re- 
signed and discharged, March 6, '62. • 

PILLSBURY, EVANS S. — Age 22; res. Guilford; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as 2d 
lieut. ; com. 1st lieut. March 8, '62; disch. for. dis. March 5, '63. 

JOHNSON, CHARLES K. — Age 22; res. Carmel; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as 
sergt. ; pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62 ; at Lynchburg until Aug. 8, 
and at Belle Isle until Sept. 13, when ex. ; rejoined co. in Oct. ; com. 1st 
lieut. June 20, '63; wd. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; pris. at 
St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; died on the way north from prison. 
May 27, '65. [See p. 298.] 

Charles K. Johxson was born in Carmel, was educated in the town 
schools and in the Hampden Academy, and at the breaking out of the war 
of the rebellion was residing in Bangor, and clerk in a clothing store. 
When Capt. George M. Brown commenced recruiting a company for the First 
Maine Cavalry (Co. M) in September, 1861, young Johnson enlisted, and was 
appointed sergeant in October. He was constantly on duty until May 24, 
1862, when he was taken prisoner at Middletown, and remained a prisoner 
at Lynchburg and in Richmond, Va., until the October following, when he 
was exchanged, and rejoined the company, then at Sharpsburg, Ya., in 
November. "He was promoted to first lieutenant June 20, 1863, and was in 
command of his company July and August, 1863. He was slightly wounded 
in action at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, 1864, and was taken prisoner at 
St. Mary's church the twenty-fourth of the following month. He was in 
prison at Charleston, S. C, and in Florence, Ala., but escaped in January, 
1865, reaching the Union lines somewhere on the coast of North Carolina in 
Feln-uary, and finding shelter on a gunboat. On this boat was an officer 
from Hampden, who knew him and provided for all his wants. In March he 
embarked on a transport steamer bound for Annapolis, Md., with several 
hundred paroled i>risoners. The steamer went down in a gale oft' the coast 
of North Carolina, and all on board, except a few of the sailors, were lost. 
His fate was not learned for several months. 

Lieut. Johnson was a gallant soldier, earnest in everything he undertook 
to do, asking no man to go where he did not lead. 





ORLANDO KELLEY, Co. M. 
Etna. 




Lieut. EDWARD JORDAN, Co. M. 
Bangor. 




Cspt. ZENAS VAUGHAN, Co. M. 
Skov/hegan. 




Sergt. FRANKLIN PRESCOTT, Co. M. 
Arnold. 



Lieut. CHAS. K. JOHNSON, Co. M. 
Died May 27, '65. 



* ROSTER OF COMPANY M. 



SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 



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TAYLOR, EPHRAIM H. — Age 23; res. Lisbon; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as 1st 
sergt.; com. 2d licut. March 8, '62; killed at Middleburg, June 19, '63. 
[See pp. 156, 165, 166, 168, 173.] 
Ephraim H. Taylor was born in Lisbon.' He received an ordinary 
school education and learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked in 
Boston, in Minnesota, and in Illinois. He was at his home when the war 
broke out, and when the cavalry regiment was ordered to be raised, he 
decided to enlist in it. He visited Portland, but was too late to get into the 
company there, and then went to Bangor, where he enrolled his name with 
Capt. Brown, in Co. M, and having at one time belonged to a military organ- 
ization in Hoston, he assisted in drilling the other recruits in marching and 
facing. Upon going into camp with his company, at Augusta, his prompt- 
ness and militarv bearing so impressed his captain that he made him first 
sergeant. His value was'learned and appreciated during the winter, and a 
vacancy occurring by resignation a few days before the regiment left the 
state for the field, his name was sent to the governor for promotion to 
second lieutenant, with a very strong endorsement from the field ofiicers of 
the regiment, and a commission was given him at once. Of powerful phy- 
sique and perfect health, and with a natural aptitude for military duties, he 
was soon recognized as a useful and valuable officer. His coolness and 
bravery fitted him for every emergency. In camp, on the march, and in 
battle, he proved himself a loyal comrade, true man, and brave soldier. On 
the nineteenth of June, at Middleburg, Va., he was instantly killed while 
leading his men in that fierce charge, and just at the moment of victory 
to our army. No officer who fell in the three engagements of that week, 
which cost 'the regiment so dear, was more generally or sincerely mourned 
than he; not his company alone, but the regiment and the state were 
losers. — B. 

BRADMAN, WILLIAM H. — Age 18; res. Parkman; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as 
Corp.; pro. sergt. Sept. 1, '62; com. 2d lieut. June 20, '63; wd. at Shep- 
ardstown, July 16, '63 ; on special duty at brig, dismounted camp from 
April 25, '64', died of disease in hospital at City Point, July 30, '64. 

William H. Bradmax enlisted from Parkman in the detachment of the 
First Maine Cavalry recruited by Col. Douty, and was appointed corporal in 
October, 1861, sergeant in Noveniber, 1862, and second lieutenant June 20, 1863 
He was constantly on duty until July 16, 1863, when he was wounded in the 
engagement at Shepardstown, Va. He remained in hospital at Washington, 
and Baltimore until February, 1864, when he rejoined his company. His 
wound had not healed, but he insisted upon going on duty, and was anxious 
to take the field in an active campaign. When the army moved in May, he 
was detailed with the dismounted command. This position was not at all 
cono-enial, and he made application to Gen. Gregg to be relieved, so he could 
joiif the company at the front, but did not succeed. His wound broke out 
again, the exposure and fatigue brought on fever, and he died July 30, 1864, 
at City Point, Va. ,.,,.,. 

Lieut. Bradman was eighteen years old when he enlisted, leaving his 
school books to serve his country. He easily adapted himself to the duties 
of a soldier, and though somewhat reserved in his manner, there was a 
refinement about him noticeable bv all who came in contact with him. No 
duty too hard, no danger too great for him; he rose above all the petty dis- 
comforts of the soldier's life, and gloried in the thought that he was doing 
what he could in the cause of freedom and union. 

JORDAN, EDWARD. —Age 21; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as saddler; 
pro. sergt. June 20, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; co. clerk, July, '63, to July, 



646 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

'64; ap. regt. q. m. sergt. Xov. 5, '64; com. 2d lieut. Dec. 12, '64, and 
commanded co. until after Lee's surrender; acting regt. q. m. from June, 
'65, till m. o. with regt. [See field and staff.] 

FIRST SERGEANTS. 

AvERiLL, FiiAXK W. — Age 21 ; res. Dover; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as sergt. ; pro. 

1st sergt. '62; com. sup. 2d lieut. Sept. 1, '62; m. o. G. O. No. 126, the 

War Dept. rescinding the order establishing this rank. 
Boyd, William L. — Principal musician; ap. 1st sergt. Co. M, '62, and 

sergt. maj. Nov. 1, '62. [See field and staff, and Cos. F and L.] 
Wareen, Alanson M. — Age 23; res. Atkinson; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as sergt. ; 

pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; at Ljaichburg till Aug. 8, and then at 

Belle Isle until ex. Sept. 2; rejoined co. in Oct.; pro. 1st sergt. '63; wd. 

in the charge at Middleburg, June 19, '63; disch. for dis. at Washington, 

Jan. 27, '64. [See pp. 42, l68.] 
Fassett, John G. — Age 20; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as corp. ; on 

recruiting service in Maine from July to Oct. '62; pro. sergt. Oct. 1, '62, 

and 1st sergt. Aug. '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; disch. for dis. at Augusta. 

May 2, '65. 
Dam, Albert C — Age, 20; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 12, '64; 

joined co. at tr. ; served as regt. ordnance sergt. till May 3, '65, when 

pro. sergt. maj. [See field and staff.] 
Savage, Frank J. — Veteran; age 22; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. H, IstD.C. 

Feb. 6, '64, as private; joined co. at tr. ; in hospital, Feb. '65, with broken 

collar-bone; rejoined co. in March; pro. corp. and 1st sergt. '65; m. o. 

witli regt. 

COMMISSARY SERGEANT. 

Douglass, Jeremiah S. — Age 21; res. Portland; en. Co. E, 10th Me. Inf. 
Oct. 4, '61, as private; pro. corp. and sergt.; served with the regt. and 
was in all its battles till its m. o. May 8, '63; en. Co. H, 1st D. C. Oct. 
'63; mus. Feb. 4, '64, as com'sy sergt.; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 
16, '64; in prison at Libby, Richmond, Danville, and Salisbury, N. C. ; 
released, Feb. 22, '65, and joined co. ; m. o. Jime 20, '65; is one of seven 
out of twenty-nine from Co. II, 1st D. C. captured at Sycamore church, 
who survived tlie horrors and hardships of Salisbury prison, the others 
being Sergts. Ozro F. Walker and William J. Butterfield, and Private 
Burnis R. Bean, of Co. K, and Corp. Edward E. Chase, and Privates 
David L. Stetson and George Tarbox, of Co. M. 

SERGEANTS. 

Hall, Marcellus W. — Age 28; res. Monson; mus. Oct. 31, '61; resigned 
warrant; on detached duty at Augusta hospital, '62 and '63, and in the 
q. m. dept. at Augusta, '63 and '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of scr. 

Reeves, William H. — Age 23; res. Bradford; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for 
dis. June 2, '62. 

White, Freeman J. — Age 22; res. Atkinson; mus.- Oct. 31, '61, as corp.; 
pro. sergt. '62; disch. for dis. June, '62. 

Sturgis, Charles E. — Age 21; res. Foxcroft; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 
pro. corp and sergt. '62; pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; at Lynchburg 
till Aug. 8, then on Belle Isle till ex. Se^^t. 13 ; disch. for dis. at Annapo- 
lis, Md., Feb. '63. 

Hanson, Asa F. — Age 25; res. Atkinson; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. '62, and sergt. '63; eye injured in Oct. '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; 



ROSTER OF COMPANY M. 6-iT 

served as q. m. sor'^t. 'Go and '(54; suffered from a sunstroke in June, 'G4; 
brig, forage master from Oct. '64, to Jan. 20, 'Go, when m. o. 
Hair, Skbixa B. — Aire 28; res. Sebec; mus. Oct. 31, '(il, as corp. ; pris. at 
Middletown, May 24, '02 ; at Lynchburg till Aug. S, then on 'Belle Isle 
till ex. Sept. 13;' rejoined co. in Oct.; pro. sergt. 'Cm; re-en. Dec. 31, 'G3; 
in command of co. Aug. "()4; detailed as sergt. of brig, ambulance corps, 
Oct. 'G4; m. o. June 20, 'Go. 
CuKTis, EuviNG F. — Age 19; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. '62, and .sergt. '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; acting com'sy sergt, 
'63 and '64; wd. by fragment of a shell, Aug. '64; rejoined co. Sept.; act- 
ino- 1st serot. from July, '64, to close of war; in command of co. Nov. and 
Dec. '64, and from March 26 to April 12, '65; m. o. June 20, '6.5. [See 
p. 405.] 
Prescott, Fraxki.in. — Age 19; res. Xewburg; mus. Feb. 27, '62; pro. 
corp. March, '63, and sergt. June, '63; wd. in the foot at Deep Bottom, 
Aug. 16, '64; rejoined co. Jan. 'do; m. o. Feb. 27, '65, ex. of ser. 
TnoMA.s John J. — Age 29; res. Sangerville; mus. Sept. 25, '62, as private; 
pro. sergt. '63; wd.^at Middleburg, June 19, '63; disch. at hospital, June 
17, '65, by order. 
Cook, Hiram T. — Veteran; age 23; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 4, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Hazkn, John B.— Veteran; age 27; res. Westbrook ; mus. Co. H, 1st D. C 

Feb. 4, '64; disch. by order^ Aug. 31, '65. 
Wood, Fraxk H. — Age 29; res. Etna; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, '63; 

pr'is. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; m. o. with regt. 
Rogers, John W. — Age 19; res. Hallowell; mus. Dec. 28, '61, as private; 
pro corp. Oct. 1, '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. sergt. '64; wd. severely at 
Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; died of disease at Washington, Jan. 
19, '65. 
Fassett, George L. — Age 18; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 
pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; at Lynchburg and Belle Isle till ex. 
Sept. 13; rejoined co. in Oct.; on extra duty at regt. hd. qrs. '63; pro. 
corp. '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '64; pro. sergt. '64; co. clerk, '64 and '65; m. o. 
June 20, '65. 
Herring, John G. — Age 19; res. Guilford; mus. Oct. 31, '01, as private; 
on detached service with the 1st a. c. '63; orderly for Gen. Reynolds 
when the latter was killed at Gettysburg, July, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '03; 
wd. at Ground S<iuirrel bridge. May 11, '04; pro. corp. and sergt. 6o; 
brig, forage master, June and July, '65; m. o. with regt. 
QuiiNN, Sylv ANUS. — Age 22; res. Atkinson; mus. Feb. 13, '64; joined co. 
March 9; pro. corp. and sergt. '05; wd. at Dinwiddle Court House, 
March 31, '65; m. o. with regt. 
Woodward, Oliver J. —Age 23; res. Bradford; mus. 1st D. C.Feb. 11, '64, 
as private; pris. at tr.; joined co.; pro. corp. and sergt. '65; m. o. with 
regt. 

CORPOKALS. 

Crockett, Albert S.— Age 21; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '61; died of 
disease at Augusta, Feb. 13, '62. 

Blethen, Horace K. — Age 23; res. Lisbon; mus. Oct. 31, '01; disch. for 
dis. at Washington, Oct. 27, '02. 

Foster, John H.— Age 21; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 31, '01; di.sch. for dis. 
June 1, '62. 

SHiw Linus E. — Age 20; res. Alton; mus. Oct. .31, '61; pris. at Middle- 
town May 24, '62; at Lynchburg and Belle Isle till ex. Sept. 13; discli. 
for dis. at Aquia Creek, March 14, '63, and died soon after being disch. 



648 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Knight, Thomas W. — A^e IS; res. Monson; mus. Oct. 31, 'Gl, as private; 
pro. Corp. '62; \vd. and pris. at Middletown, May 24, '(32, but escaped at 
Harrisonburg, and joined co. at Front Royal; disch. for dis. on account 
of injuries, June, '62. [See p. 42.] 

"Whittaker, Hekrt T. — Age 25; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as pri- 
vate; pro. corp. '62; pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; at Lynchburg and 
Belle Isle until ex. Sept. 13; joined co. in Oct.; discli. for dis. at Aquia 
Creek, Marcli 14, '63. 

Pratt, Franklin E. — Age 21; res. Sebec; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 
pro. corp. '62; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; in regt. q. m. dept. '64; m. o. June 
20, '65. 

Lord, Amos. — Age 38; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; pro. corp. 

'62; discli. for dis. at Washington, Nov. 29, '62. 
Smith, Henry H. — Age 20; res. Guilford; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 

pro. corp. '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
Davis, Ebenezer P. — Age 19; res. Monson; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 

pro. corp. Jan. 1, '63; on detached duty with 1st a. c. from April to 

Aug. '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pris. at St. Mary's church, June 24, '64; 

died in rebel ijrison, Jan. 4, '65. 
Smith, Eleazer H. — Age 27; res. Monson; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as bugler; 

pro. corp. '63; m. o. Xov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
McClure, Gustavus. — Age 21; res. Bradford; mus. Nov. 8, '61, as private; 

orderly for Gen. Sykes, 5th corps, '62; sick in Frederick, winter of '62-3; 

rejoined co. spring of '63; pro. corp. '63; on provost duty at Washing- 
ton, summer and fall of '63; rejoined co. fall of '63, and remained with it 

until m. b. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Bartlett, George A. — Age 18; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as bugler; 

pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62, where his horse was shot from under 

him; at Lynchburg and Belle Isle till ex. Sept. 13; rejoined co. in Oct.; 

pro. corp. '63; horse shot under him at Shei^ardstown, July 16, '63; on 

recruiting service in Maine, '63; on detached service in Maine, '64; m. o. 

Dec. 26, '64, ex. of ser. 
FoRn, John F. — Age 21; res. Greenville; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 

pris. at Middletown, May 24, '62; at Lynchburg and Belle Isle till ex. 

Sept. 13; rejoined co. in Oct; jjro. corp. '63; on detached service with 

1st corjjs, '63; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
Chase, Edward E. — Age 28; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '64; 

pris. at Sycamore church, Sei^t. 16, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Sabine, George C. — Age 26; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 16, '64; 

pris. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Whiting, James C. — Age 33; res. Orono; mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Jan. 19, 

'64; joined co. at tr. 
Graves, Augustus A. — Age 18; res. Guilford; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; 

re-en. Dec. 31, '63; pro. corp. '64; pris. '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Geary, Cyrus M. — Age 23; res. Foxcroft; mus. Aug. 21, '62, as private; 

pro. corp. '64; wd. at Appomattox Court House, April 9, '65, the last 

fight of the A. P. and died of wounds, April 12. 
Lewis, Waterman T. — Age IS; res. Newport; mus. Oct. 8, '62; joined co. 

in Nov.; pris. at Brandy Station, June 9, '63; ex. and rejoined co. ; pro. 

corp. Dec. '64; killed at Dinwiddle Court House, 31arch31, '65. 
Lowell, Charles H. — Age 26; res. Abbott; mus. Sept. 22, '62; pro. corp. 

'64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
French, John. — Age 19; res. Turner; served in Co. K, 5th Me. Inf., from 

organization of regt. until Oct. 9, '63, when he was disch. for dis. arising 

from wounds received at Chancellorsville, May 3; mus. Co. B, 1st D. C. 

Feb. 8, '64, as private; joined co. attr. ; pro. corp. '65; m. o. with regt. 
Harris, James B. — Age 23; res. Bradley; mus Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, 



ROSTER OF COMPANY M. 649 

'63, as private; joined co. after tr.; pro. corp. '05; wA. at Dimviddio 
Court House, March 31, '(>."); m. o. with rcRt. 

SouTiiARD, Bet>i)en. — Ao-e 10; res. Alton; mus. Oct. 31. '01, as private; re- 
en. Dec. 31, '03; injured by his horse falling tlirough abridge in June, '64, 
but remained with co. until Nov., when detailed, with div. ordnance 
train; rejoined co. ; pro. corp. '65; ni. o. with regt. 

Savagk, Gardiner A. — Age 19; res. Anson; mus. Co. K, 1st D. C. Feb. 
19, '04, as private; joincd'co. at tr. ; pro. corp. '05; m. o. with regt. 

Thurlow, Hexry J. — Age 20; res. Lee; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 4, '64, as pri- 
vate; joined co. at tr.; pro. corp. ''iSiy; m. o. with regt. 

Warren, John M. — Age 18; res. Veazie; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 5, '04; wd. 
June, '04; joined co. '05; pro. corp. '05; m. o. with regt. 

Town, Francis L. — Age 18; res. Dover; mus. Feb. 27, '64; pro. corp. '65; 
wd. at Appomattox Court House, just before Lee's surrender, April 9, 
'65; m. o. with regt. 

Green, Herman R. — Age IS; res. Monson; mus. Sept. 2, '62, as private; 
ap. f>ugler, '64; wd. slightly in action at Dinwiddie Court House, March 
31, '05, and in the charge on Lee's train, April 0; pro. corp. April, '05; 
disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Gates, Frank. — Age 28; res. Monson; mus. Sept. 25, '02, as private; horse 
shot under him at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '04; wd. in the right 
knee joint at Appomattox Court House, just before Lee's surrender, 
April 9, '65; pro. corp. '65; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

FARRIERS. 

Fassett, Gorham p. — Age 22; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '61; pris. at 
Frederick, Md., '02; ex. and rejoined co. '62; disch. for dis. at Frederick, 
Nov. 11, '63. [See Co. C] 

Ames, Henrt C. — Age 33; res. Lagrange; mus. Oct. 31, '61; pris. at Mid- 
dletown. May 24, "'62; at Lynchburg and Belle Isle till ex. Sept. 13; 
rejoined co. in Oct.; disch. for dis. at Frederick, Nov. 11, '03. 

Emery, Horace B. — Age 21; res. New Sharon; mus. Aug. 22, '62, as pri- 
vate; ap. farrier, Nov. 11, '63; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Wharff, John F. — Age 23; res. Guilford; mus. Aug. 30, '62, as private; 
ap. farrier, Nov. 11, '63; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

WAGONERS. 

Cowan, Samuel N.— Age 22; res. Glenburn; mus. Oct. 30, '61; disch. for 
dis. at Newark, N. J., Dec. 3, '62. 

Ingalls, Samuel. —Age 26; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 31, '61, as private; ap. 
wagoner, '62; wd. at Middleburg, June 19, '63; rejoined co.; detailed 
with div. train from Jan. 1 to Nov. 1, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 

SADDLER. 

EoBiNSON, Preston. — Age IS; res. Fairfield; mus. Sept. 21, '62, as private; 
joined co. in Nov. ; injured in '62 by being thrown from a horse; ap. sad- 
dler, '63; wd. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; tr. to v. r. c. Dec. 
31, '64. 

PRIVATES. 

Bailey, Ira F. —Age 26; res. Brewer; mus. Aug. 26, '64; joined co. Dec. 

4; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Barber, Jesse. — Age 26; res. Abbott; mus. Sept. 22, "62; disch. for dis. 

Oct. 5, '63. 



650 FIEST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Baktlett, Aaron. — Age 21; res. Dover; mus. Aug. 21, '62; disch. for dis. 

at Augusta, Jan. 14, '05. 

BoissoiNATJLT, Madison F. — Age IS; res. Talmage plantation; mus. 1st 

D. C. Feb. 13, '04; pris. '04, and died in prison at Andersonville, Sept. 

11— grave No. 8449. 

Bradford, Sumner P. —Age 38; res. Crystal plantation ; mus. Feb. 27, '64; 

joined co. Aug. 29; pris. at Dinwiddle Court House, Va., Mareb 31, '05, 

and recaptured at tbe surrender of Gen. Lee, April 9; m. o. June 20, '05. 

Bragdon, Augustus. — Age 19; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 31, '61; discb. for 

dis. at Wasbiugton, Nov. 11, '03, and died before reacbing bome. 
Bray, George H. — Age 18; res. Monson; mus. Sept. 22, '02; injured on 
tbe Dablgren raid, by bis borse falling down an enbankment, and was 
in bospital seven weeks ; discb. G. O. No. 83. 
Bray, Henry L. — Age 22; res. Skowbegan;' mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; 
joined co. at tr. ; on extra duty as a member of tbe regt. band, from 
Nov. '64, to Aug. 1, '05, wben m. o. witb regt. [See last band.] 
Briggs, Alonzo B.— Age 22; res. Foxcroft; mus. Oct. 31, '61; discb. for 

dis. May 27, '62. 
Briggs, Charles. — Age 21; res. Milo; mus. Oct. 31, '01; wd. at Middle- 
town, May 24, '02, and died of wounds at Hagerstown, June 13. 
Brown, Levi G. — Age 22; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '01; discb. for dis. 

June 2, '62. 
Buck, William, Jr. — Age 30; res. Monson; mus. Oct. 31, '01; sick in bos- 
pital winter and spring of '03, but rejoined co. in June; m. o. Nov. 25, 
'04, ex. of ser. 
Bunker, George H. —Age 20; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 21, '64; joined co. 
Dec. 4; wd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, Marcb 31, '65; discb. 
G. O. No. 77. 
Caviss, Lucius H. — Age 22; res. Bristol; mus. Jan. 4, '64; joined co. 

Marcb 9; tr. to navy, April 19, '04. 
Chadbourne, Nelson W.— Age 23; res. Waterford; mus. Jan. 5, '64; 

joined co. Feb. 27; co. clerk from Jan. '05, to June 20, '05, wben m. o. 
Chamberlain, Isaac— Age 29; res. Newburg; mus. Feb. 27, '02; detacbed 
witb brig, train, '03; on detacbed service, '04; m. o. Feb. 27, '6o, ex. 
of ser. 
Clark, Albion W. — Age 27; res. Atkinson; mus. Oct. 31, '61; pris. wbile 
on detacbed service. May, '03; ex. and rejoined co. Nov. '63; m. o. Nov. 
25, '04, ex. of ser. 
Copeland, Manly. —Age 18; res. Dover; mus. Feb. 29, '04; joined co. Aug. 
29; wd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, Marcb 31, '65, and in liosp. 
from wounds at m. o. of regt. 
Corliss, Marcellus. —Age IS; res. Carmel; mus. Oct. 7, '02; wd. in skir- 

misb at Dumfries, Dec' 28, '02; killed at Sbepardstown, July 10, '03. 
Cotter, Thomas. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Feb. 1, '04; 

joined co. at tr. ; m. o. witb regt. 
Cowan, William D. —Age 23; res. Glenburn; mus. Oct. 31, '01; discb. for 

dis. June 2, '02. 
Cox, Cyrus. — Age 40; res. Perry; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Marcb 5, '04; in 

bosp. at tr., and discb. for dis. at Wasbiugton, Dec. 2, '04. 
Crabtree, Gilbert D. — Age 33; res. Belfast; mus. Sept. 6, '04; joined co. 

Jan. 15, '05; discb. G. O. No. 77. 
Cross, Eben G. — Age 35; res. Hudson; mus. Oct. 31, '61; re-en. Dec. 31, 

'63; m. o. June 20, '65. 
CusHMAN, George H.— Age 20; res. Monson; mus. Sept. 2, '62; wd. and 
pris. at Dinwiddle Court House, Marcb 31, '65; recaptured at tbe sur- 
render of Gen. Lee, April 9, and died soon after. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY M. 651 

Darlixg, Jackson V. B.— Age 24; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. :]!, 'Gl. 
Davis, Boahdmax. — Age IS; res. Stillwater; nnis. Oct. ol, 'Gl; discli. for 
dis. June 2, '02. 

Davis, Gkouge A. — Age 22; res. Monson; mus. Oct. ol, 'Gl; wd. and pris. 
at Middletown, May 24, '62; ex. and disch. at Augusta, '08, for dis. on 
account of wounds. 

Day, Alfkkd F. — Age 32; res. Brewer; mus. Aug. 22, '64; joined co. Dec. 4; 

disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Day, Geokge P. — Age 19; res. Durham; mus. Dec. 30, '63; joined co. Feb. 

27, '64; pris. on the Dahlgren raid, March 4, 'G4; disch. for dis. Sept. 

2.5, '64. 

Dearborn, Charles E. — Age IS; res. Monson; mus. Dec. 22, 'G'.); joined 
CO. Jan. 23, '64; m. o.with regt. 

Delano, Levi. — Age 20; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, 'Gl; pris. at Middle- 
town, May 24, '62; died at Lynchburg, June 16, '62. [See p. 43.] 

DocKiiAM, George A. —Age 18; res. Sebec; mus. Oct. 31, '61; pris. atMid- 
dletown, May 24, '62; died at Lynchburg, June, '62. [See p. 43.] 

Doughty, George. —Age 18; res. Monson; mus. Oct. 7, '62; horse shot 
under him, and pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; disch. G. O. 
No. 77. 

DusHANE, Francis. —Age 43; res. Vinalhaven; mus. Jan. 9, '64; joined co. 
Feb. 27; wd. '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Earle, Ebenezer.— Age 18; res. Bangor; mus. Feb. 20, '64; disch. G. 0. 
No. S3. 

Evans, Stewart E. —Age 21; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 7, '62; on extra duty 

with ordnance train, '64; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Ewer, Charles. — Age 25; res. Orneville; mus. Oct. 31, '61; wd. and pris. 

at Middletown, May 24, '62; died of wounds, July 13, '62. 
Felch, Ivory H. — Age 45; res. Carmel; mus. Oct. 31, '61; tr. to v. r. c. 

Sept. 1, '63. 

Files, Joseph P. — Age 34; res. Detroit; mus. Sept. 2, '62; disch. for dis. 

at Augusta, Jan. 16, '65. 
Fisher, Andrew\ — Age IS; res. Peake's Island ; mus. Jan. 23, '64; joined co. 

Feb. 27; wd. severely at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, 'G5; disch. 

G. O. No. 77. 
Flint, Levi C — Age 39; res. Abbott; mus. Sept. 22, '62; disch. April 18, 

'63, to accept promotion as lieut. in the U. S. C. T. 
Flint, Thomas. —Age 26; res. Abbott; mus. Sept. 23, '62; sunstruck in '64, 

causing the loss of his voice; returned to duty, but could not sjjeak; 

disch. G. O. No. S3; recovered his voice several years after the war. 
Ford, Llew^ellyn. — Age 33; res. Sebec; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for dis. 

June 2, '62. 

FosTEU, Alfred. —Age 28; res. Newburg; served in U. S. Art. from '61 to 

'63; mus. 1st Me. Cav. June 6, '64; joined co. Aug. 29; wd. severely at 

Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Foster, Joshua F.— Age 28; res. Brooksville; mus. Feb. 16, '64; joined co. 

March 9; tr. to navy, April 19, '64. 
French, John S. — Age 18; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 31, '61; on detached 

service with brig, train from '62 to Nov, 23, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. 

of ser. 

FuLTES, John. — Age 29; res. Oldtown; mus. Sept. 26, '64; joined co. Oct. 
26; disch. G. O. No. S3. 

Getchell, JosfePH T. — Age 27; res. Stetson; mus. Co. E, IstD. C. Oct. 15, 

'63; joined co. at tr. ; m. o. with regt.' 
GiLMAN, Amasa. — Age 28; res. Foxcroft; mus. July 16, '62; contracted 

chills and fever on Stoneman's raid. May, '63; tr. to. v. r. c. Dec. 31, '64. 



652 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

GoDiNG, Abraham. — Age 43; res. Abbott; mus. Sept. 2, '62. 

Gould, Charles. — Age 19; res. Milo; mus. Sept. 22, 'G2; on detached ser- 
vice Avith the 1st corps, '63; sick in hospital from Nov. '03, to spring of 
'64, when rejoined co. ; disch G. O. No. S3. 

Graxt, Kotal. — Age 20; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 31, '61. 

Greely, Greenlkaf D. — Age 25; res. Manchester; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. 
for dis. at Washington, Oct. 27, '62. 

Green, Llewellyn. — Age 21; res. Veazie; mus. Sept. 3, '64; johied co. 
Dec. 4; i^ris. atDinwiddie, Marcli 31, '65, and i-ecaptured after Lee's sur- 
render, April 9; ni. o. June 20, '65. 

Green, Oscar F. A. — Age 19; res. Troy; mus. Oct. 31, '61; declined pro. 
as non-com. officer, preferring to fight it out as a private ; wd. at Stony- 
Creek, Sept. 16, '64, and as a reminder of his service of tliree years (two 
years and six months at the front) carries a rebel bullet under the shoul- 
der blade; m. o. from hospital, Nov. 13, '64, ex of ser. ; a student during 
his spare time in the service. 

Gregory, George W. — Age 20; res. Camden; mus. Jan. 4, '64; joined co. 
March 9; pris. '64; ex. and rejoined co. ; killed at Dinwiddle Court 
House, March 31, '65. 

Grindall, William B.— Age 21; res. Brewer; mus. Sept. 3, '64; joined co. 
Dec. 4; wd. in the charge on Lee's train, April 6, '65; disch. G. O. No. S3. 

Hall, Eli.tah G. — Age 24; res. Solon; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for dis. 
April 2, '62. 

Hall, Sullivan T. —Age 18; res. Abbott; mus. Sept. 22. '62; sent to hos- 
pital with fever, Aug. '63; rejoined co. Nov. '63; disch. G. O. No. 83; 
best shot in the co. with carbine, long range. 

Hamilton, William. — Age 23; res. Unity; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for 
dis. at Washington, Nov. 19, '62. 

Harvey, John F.— Age 18; res. Carmel; mus. Oct. 31, '61; killed in action 
at Shepardstown, July 16, '63. 

Harris, Samuel F. — Age 20; res. Bradley; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, 
'63; joined co. at tr. ; wd. severely at Boydton i^lank road, Oct. 27, '64; 
disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Harris, Stephen E. — Age 24; res. Dixmont; mus. Sept. 29, '64; joined co. 
Dec. 4; disch. G. O. No. 83. 

Heald, Charles A. — Age 19; res. Lagrange; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 23, '64; 
joined co. after tr. ; m. o. with regt. 

HiGGiNS, Albert H. — Age 18; res. North Wayne; mus. Dec. 28, '63; joined 
CO. Jan. 29, '64; on extra duty with ambulance train, '64; m. o. with 
regt. 

Hooper, Gilbert A. — Age 35; res. Franklin; mus. Sept. 6, '64; joined co. 
in Oct.; wd. severely at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; disch. for dis. 
at Washington, April 15, '65. 

Hooper, Lorenzo C. —Age 22; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 21, '64; joined co. 
Dec. 4; m. o. with regt. 

Howard, Horatio N. — Age 31; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '61; com. asst. 
surg. 10th Me. Inf. '62. 

Howard, Lloyd. — Age 24; res. Monson; mus. Sept. 15, '62. 

Huntington, Daniel B. — Age 21; res. Atkinson; mus. Oct. 31, '61; re-en. 
Dec. 31, '63; on duty with ordnance train, '04; m. o. June 20, '65. 

Ingalls, Emery G. — Age 25; res. Detroit; mus. Aug. 21, '62; tr. to navy, 
April 28, '64, as assistant engineer. 

Jackson, Albert F. — Age 25; res. Abbott; mus. Dec. 16/63; joined co. 
Jan. 12, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

Jackson, Charles. —Age IS; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 21, '04; joined co. 
Dec. 4; m. o. with regt. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY J/. 653 

Jeavett, riiAiti.Es. — Ao^e 22; res. Hudson; mns. Oct. 81, '(51; ilisrli. for (lis. 
at riiiladelphia, Oct. 15, '6S. 

Jewett, Ei)AVAI!I) E. — Age IS; res. IIiKlson; mus. Oct. ."1, '61; died at riiila- 
delphia, Aug. '02. 
Jordan, Gi-stin. — Age 21; res. Carmcl; mus. Oct. :3I, 'Gl; disch. for dis. 

June, '02. 
Kajie, John M. — Age 28; res. Xorth Berwick; mns. IstD. C. Feb. 4, '04; 

joined co. at tr., and served in rcgt. band; pro. liosp, steward, Nov. '04. 

[See field and staff, and last band.] 
Kane, James W. — Age 25; res. Corneville; mus. IstD. C. Feb. 4, '04; joined 

CO. at tr. 
Keen, Hoavakd. — Age IS; res. Calais; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 4, '04; joined co. 

after tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Kem.an, Thomas F. — Age 25; res. Bangor; mus. Oct. 31, '01; tr. to v. r. c. 

Dec. 15, '63. 
Kelley, Orlando. — Age IS; res. Xewburg; mus. Feb. 27, '62; on duty as 

pioneer, '04; m. o. Feb. 27, '05, ex. of ser. 
Leathers, Daniel. — Age 39; res. Carmel; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for dis. 

at Frederick, Nov. 11, '62. 
Leeman, Roscoe G. — Age 29; res. Abbott; mus. Aug. 30, '02; disch. G. O. 

No. S3. 
Lewis, Eben G. — Age 42; res. Newport; mus. Oct. S, '02; joined co. in 

Nov. ; died of disease at Brandy Station, Jan. 27, '04. 
Long, Charles E. — Age 18; res. Orono; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, '63; 

joined co. at tr. ; killed m action at Dinwiddle, March 31, '05. 
Lougee, James S. — Age 18; res. Troy; mus. Oct. 31, '01; went into the 

charge at Middletown, May 24, '02, and was never afterwards seen or 

heard of, — the first man of Co. M killed in action. 
Maxim, Henry. — Age 18; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '01; disch. for dis. 

Jan. 13, '03, and died soon after. 
McGaffey, Florian. — Age 21; res. Edgecomb; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 

19, '04; in hospital at tr. ; disch. G. Ol No. 77. 
Merrill, William. — Age 23; res. Orono; mus. Oct. 3, '04; joined co. Dec. 

4; disch. G.O. No. 83. 
Mills, Manfred. — Age 20; res. Vinalhaven; mus. Jan. 9, '04; joined co. 

Feb. 27; pris. on the Dalilgreu raid, March, '64, and died in prison in 

Georgia, July, '64. 
Miner, John L. — Age 18; res. Glenburn; mus. Oct. 31, '61; re-en. Dec. 31, 

'63; pris. at Ground Squirrel bridge, May 11, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 

[See p. 172.] 
MoRANG, William. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 1, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Morgan, Averill C. — Age 20; res. Guilford; mus. Sept. 22, '62; disch. 

G. O. No. 83. 
Oakman, Isaac. — Age 37; res. Whitefield; mus. Aug. -30, '62; on detached 

duty with the brig, train, '63, and in the auibulance corps, '04; disch. 

G. O. No. S3. 
O'Neil, John.— Age 25; res. Biddeford; mus. Co. L, 1st D. C. Feb. 2, '64; 

in hospital at tr., and died of disease, Nov. 9, '64. 
Ordway, George A. — Age 19; res. Unity; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for dis. 

May, '62. 
Otis, Eugene H. — Age 18; res. Newburg; mus. Dec. 11, '63; joined co. Jan. 

12, '64; injured on the Dahlgren raid, May, "64; in hospital and dis- 
mounted camp until Aug. ; m. o. with regt. 
Owen, Nathaniel L. — Age 21; res. Skowhegan; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 16, 

'64; joined co. at tr. ; in regt. band; m. o. with regt. [See last band.] 



654 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Pattex, George G. — Age 21; res. Franklin; mus. Sept. 16, '64; joined co. 

Oct. 30; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Peachey, Johx B. — Age 19; res. Lewiston; veteran; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 

11, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Pearson, Chester C. — Age 24; res. Corinth; mus. Oct. 31, '61; died at 

Augusta, March 20, '62. 
Penly, George W. — Age 18; res. Lewiston; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '04; 

pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Perkins, Elliott. — Age 19; res. Bellows Falls; mus. Feb. 16, '64; joined 

CO. March 9; m. o. with regt. 
Phillips, George P. — Age 20; res. Chester; mus. Sept. 22, '62; pris. at 

Warrenton, Jan. 16, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Phillips, Seth H. — Age 22; res. Saco; veteran; mus. IstD. C. Feb. 9, '64; 

disch. for dis. Aug. 14, '65. 
Plummer, George L. — Age 21; res. Bradford; mus. Oct. 31, '61; was not 

of age when he en., and his father caused him to leave the service; but 

when he became of age he re-en. under the name of George Bogers. [See 

George Rogers below.] 
Plummer, George W. — Age 31; res. Foxcroft; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 17, '64; 

disch, G. O. No. 77. 
Porter, Reuel W. — Age 30; res. Plymouth; mus. Aug. 21, '62; injured at 

Upperville, June 21, '63; disabled by sunstroke at St. Mary's church, 

June 24, '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. [See p. 172.] 
Pratt, Area. — Age 36; res. Andover; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 26, '64; sick in 

Washington at tr. ; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Pratt, Joshua F. — Age 25; i-es. Maiden, Mass.; mus. Feb. 23, '64; joined 

CO. Aug. 29; wd. at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Redman, John. — Age 26; res. Gardiner; mus. Oct. 31, '61; pris. at Middle- 
town, May 24, '62; at Lynchburg and Belle Isle until ex. Sept. 13; 

rejoined co. in Oct. ; died of disease at Washington, Dec. 13, '63. 
Reed, Sanford J. — Age 20; res. Harrison; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, 

'63; pris. at Reams' Station, Aug. 24, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Reeves, Forest. — Age 21; res. Bradford; mus. Oct. 31, '61; p^is. at Mid- 

dletown, May 24, '62; at Lynchburg and Belle Isle until ex. Sept. 13; 

rejoined co. in Oct.; re-en. Dec. 31, '63; m. o. June 20, '65. 
Reeves, Miles. — Age 19; res. Bradford; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for dis. 

May 10, '62. 
Reeves, Thomas S. — Age 28; res. Bradford; mus. June 28, '62; disch. for 

dis. at Washington, April 23, '64. 
RoBBiNS, Edmund A. — Age 21; res. Dover; mus. Feb. 27, '64; joined co. 

Aug. 29; m. o. with regt. 
Roberts, Seth. — Age 23; res. Monson; mus. Oct. 31, '61; pris. at Middle- 
town, May 24, '64 ; at Lynchburg and Belle Isle till ex. Sept. 13 ; rejoined 

CO. in Oct.; disch. for dis. '64, and died at Milo, Me., May 10, '64, soon 

after disch. 
Robinson, Eli.jah. — Veteran; age 19; res. Portland; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 

9, '64; joined co. after tr., and m. o. with regt. 
Robinson, Rodney W. — Age 19; res. Bradford; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '64; 

joined co. attr., and m. o. with regt. 
Rogers, George. — Age 21; res. Bradford; mus. Aug. 19, '62; on extra 

duty in com'sy dept. '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Rogers, Noah. — Age 44; res. Abbott; mus. Aug. 18, '62; tr. to v. r. c. 

June 15, '64. 
Ryan, William. — Veteran; age 33; res. Waldo; mus. Jan. 15, '64; joined co. 

Feb. 27; wd. at Boyd ton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; died of disease at 

Point Lookout, Md., May 11, '65. 



EOSTEE OF COMPANY jV. 



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Saundkrs, Fhaxcis E. — Age 19; res. Parkman; mus. Oct. 31, 'fil; disch. 

for dis. June 2, '62. 
SiiOKKY, Hexky p. — Age 28; res. Kennebiink; mus. Jan. 20/64; joined co. 
Feb. 27; pris. at Boydton ])lank road, Oct. 27, '04; died in southern 
prison, Dec. '04. 
Simmons, Charles B. — Age 25; res. Camden; mus. Jan. 4, '05; joined co. 

March 28; m. o. with regt. 
Smith, Austin G. — Age 18; res. Jackson, X. II. ; mus. March 30, '02. 
Smith, EmvAKi) E. —Age 20; res. Biddeford; mus. Jan. 20, '64; joined co. 

Feb. 27; pris. '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Smith, Josiah H. — Age 30; res. Eastbrook; mus. Sept. 0, '04; joined co. 

Oct. 30; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
SouTHAKD, Lkandkr P. — Age 27; res. Alton; mus. Oct. 31, '01; disch. for 

dis. at Frederick, Nov. 11, '62. 
Spear, John S. — Age 23; res. Lewiston; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 4, '04; disch. 

G. O. No. 77. 
Spencer, Jefferson. —Age 23; res. Eddington; mus. Oct. 31, '61; injured 

at Middletown, May 24, '62; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser. 
Stetson, David L. — Age 23; res. Lewiston; mus. Co. H, 1st D. C. Feb. 9, 

'64; pris. at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '04; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Stewart, Daniel H. — Age 21; res. Milo; mus. Oct. 31, '01; disch. for dis. 

at Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 12, '62. 
Stewart, Moses. — Age 40; res. Monson; mus. Sept. 2, '02; disch. G. O. 

No. 83. 
Stockman, George W. — Age 21; res. Charleston; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. 

for dis. at Frederick, Nov. 11, '62, and died before reaching home. 
Strout, Albion S. — Age 19; res. Parkman; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for 

dis. June, '02. 
Tarbox, George. — Age 20; res. Buxton; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 10, '64; pris. 

at Sycamore church, Sept. 16, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Taylor, Frank. —Age 21; res. Alton; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for dis. at 

Philadelphia, Jan. 17, '63. 
Temple, Levl — Age 37; res. Detroit; mus. Sept. 2, '62; tr. to v. r. c. Nov. 

15, '63. 
Thayer, Henry D. — Age 24; res. Foxcroft; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for 

dis. June 2, '62. 
Thomas, Robert T. — Age 20; res. Monson; mus. Sept. 13, '62; wd. at 
Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64, and at Dinwiddle, March 31, '65; disch. 
G. O. No. 83. 
Thompson, John P.— Age 19; res. Veazie; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 7, '64; 
joined co. at tr. ; wd. severely at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '64; 
disch. G. O. No. 77. 
Thompson, John S.— Age 20; res. Westbrook; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 11, '04; 

pris. '64, and died in rebel prison, Nov. 19, '04. 
Thurlow, William H. — Age 18; res. Lee; mus. 1st D. C. Jan. 4, '64; pris. 

at tr. ; sick in hospital at m. o. of regt. 
Tibbetts, George. — Age 26; res. Monson; mus. Oct. 4, '62; orderly for 

Gen. Smith, comdg. 3d brig. 2d div. c. c. ; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
TowLE, William G. — Age 30; res. Saco; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '04; joined 

CO. attr. ; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '04; m. o. with regt. 
Tracey, George. — Age 28; res. Nova .Scotia; mus. Sept. 6, '64; joined co. 
Oct. 20; wd. at Boydton plank road, Oct. 27, '04, and severely at Din- 
widdle Court House, March 31, '65; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Tracey', Levi, Jr. — Age 20; res. New Brunswick; mus. Sept. 6, '64; joined 
CO. Oct. 30; died of disease, Nov. 22, '04. 



656 FIRST MAINE CAVALEY. 

Tkask, Zelotks W. — Age 21; res. Bangor; miis. 1st D. C. Feb. 24, '64; 

joined co. after tr. ; m. o. with regt. 
Vaexey, Joseph. — Age 21; res. Newburg; mus. Feb. 27, '62; pris. on the 

Dahlgren raid, March 4, '64; disch. May 5, '65, ex. of ser. 
Varney, Samuel S. — Age 27; res. Etna; mus. Dec. 19, '63; joined co. Jan. 

12, '64; disch. G. O. No. 77. 
ViQUE, Levi. — Age 25; res. Waterville; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for dis. 

June 2, '62. 
Walker, Alexander. — Age 20; res. Atkinson; mus. Oct. 31, '61; re-en. 

Dec. 31, '63; m. o. June 20, '65. 
"Watson, John T. — Age 27; res. Bangor; mus. Co. E, IstD. C. Oct. 15, '63; 

pris. '64, and died in prison, Jan. 5, '65. 
Warren, John. — Age 21; res. Auburn; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 19, '64; in 

hospital at tr., and died of disease in Maine in Nov. 
Warren, Lewis. — Age 23; res. Auburn; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 8, '64; in hos- 
pital at tr. ; disch. for dis. Aug. 14, '65. 
Wentavorth, Charles A. — Age 19; res. Monson; mus. Feb. 26, '64; m. o. 

with regt. 
West, Llewellyn J. — Age 19; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 31, '61; re-en. 

Dec. 31, '63; tr. to navy, April 28, '64. 
Weymouth, Seth H. — Age 18; res. Abbott; mus. Feb. 27, '64; wd. and 

died of wounds at Portsmouth Grove, K. I., Sept. 19, '64. 
Whitmore, Jajnies. — Age 36; res. Belfast; mus. Jan. 5, '64; joined co. Feb. 

27; died of disease at Armory Square hospital, March 28, '64. 
WiLLEY, Thomas K. — Age 32; res. Harmony; mus. Aug. 30, '62; teamster 

atdiv. hd. qrs. '64; disch. G. O. No. 83. 
Williams, Josiah. — Age 28; res. Franklin; mus. Oct. 31, '61; re-en. Dec. 

31, '63; sick in Washington, '64, and disch. for dis. Aug. 14, '65. 
Wing ATE, Rufus H. — Age 26; res. Saco; mus. 1st D. C. Feb. 9, '64; died 

of wounds, Aug. 28, '64. 
WiTiiAM, William H. — Age 21; res. Abbott; mus. Oct. 31, '61; disch. for 

dis. Nov. 11, '62. 
Woodman, Seth E. — Age 23; res. Plymouth; mus. Co. E, 1st D. C. Oct. 15, 

'63; joined co. at tr., and m. o. with regt. 
Yeaton, Ward S. — Age 37; res. New Vineyard; mus. Feb. 24, '64; joined 

CO. Aug. 29; m. o. June 20, '65. 



RECAPITULATION. 

The whole number of commissioned officers belonging to the company 
was eight, of whom seven joined at its organization (three with commissions, 
and four in the ranks and subsequently promoted), and one was transferred 
from Co. L. Of these, one was mustered out with the regiment, and one as 
a paroled prisoner at the close of the war; one was promoted major, one 
resigned and was discharged, one was discharged for disability, one was 
killed in action, one died of disease, and one died on the way north from 
southern prison. One, Lieut. Jordan, served from the organization of the 
regiment until its muster out. 

The actual number of enlisted men belonging to tlie company (besides 
the four who were commissioned) was two hundred and twenty-eight, of 
whom twenty-four were sergeants, thirty corporals, four farriers, two wag- 
oners, one saddler, and one hundred and sixty-seven privates. Of these, 



BOSTER OF COMPANY M. 657 

eighty-six joined the company at its organization, forty-live Joined in 18G2, 
forty-six joined in 1864 and ISGo, and fifty-one were transferred from the 
First District of Columbia Cavalry. Of the whole number, fourteen served 
their three years' term of enlistment, and were mustered out at its expira- 
tion; thirty-two were mustered out witli the regiment; fifty-one were dis- 
charged for disability, seventy-four were discharged at tlie close of the war 
as paroled prisoners, convalescents in liospitals, dismounted men, one year 
men and cavalry men whose term of service expired prior to Oct. 1, 1865; 
one was discharged to receive promotion in the Tenth Maine Infantry, one 
to receive promotion in a colored regiment, and one by order; six were 
transferred to tlie navy, six to the veteran reserve corps, and three to the 
non-commissioned staff; six wei'e killed in action, six died from wounds, 
eight died in southern prisons, and eleven died of disease; eight are unac- 
countd for. Twenty-eight served three years or more, forty served two 
years and less than three, ninety-one served one year and less than two, 
sixty-eiglit served less than one year, and Corp. John G. Herring served 
from the organization of the regiment to its muster out. Of the eighty-five 
original members, twenty-one re-enlisted in the regiment as veteran volun- 
teers ; and these, with the four commissioned officers, added to the number 
of enlisted men before given, makes the total number of enlistments repre- 
sented in the company two hundred and fifty-three, or with the commis- 
sioned officers, two hundred and fifty-seven. 

COMPANY M'S HONORED DEAD. 

LIEUTEXAXTS. 

Charles K. Johnson, Carmel. Died on the way north from southern 

prison. 
Ephraim H. Taylor, Lisbon. Killed in action at Middleburg, Jiuie 19, 

1863. 
William H. Bradman, Parkman. Died of disease at City Point, Va., July 

30, 1864. 

SERGEANT. 

John W. Rogers, Hallowell. Died at Washington of disease, Jan. 19, 
1865. 

CORPORALS. 

Albert S. Crockett, Abbott. Died of disease at Augusta, Feb. 13, 1862. 

Ebenezer p. Davis, Monson. Died in prison, Jan. 4, 1865. 

Cyrus M. Geary, Foxcroft. Died April 12, 1865, of wormds received at 

Appomattox Court House, April 9. 
Waterman T. Lewis, Newport. Killed at Dinwiddle Court House, March 

31, 1865. 

privates. 

Madison F. Boissoinault, Talmage plantation. Died in prison in Ander- 

sonville, Sept. 11, 1864. 
Charles Briggs, Milo. Died at Hagerstown, June 13, 1862, of wounds 

received at Middletown, May 24. 



658 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Maecellus Corliss, Carmel. Killed in action at Shepardstown, July 16, 

1863. 
Geokge H. Cushman, Monson. Died of wounds received at Appomattox 

Court House, April 9, I860. 
Levi Delano, Abbott. Died at Lynchburg, while a prisoner, June 16, 1862. 
George A. Dockham, Sebec. Died while a prisoner at Lynchburg, June, 

1862. 
Charles Ewer, Orneville. Died July 13, 1862, of wounds received at Mid- 

dletown. May 24, 1862. 
George W. Gregory, Camden. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court 

House, March 31, 1865. 
John F. Harvey, Carmel. Killed in action at Shepardstown, July 16, 1863. 
Edward E. Jewett, Hudson. Died of disease at Philadelphia, Aug. 1862. 
Eben G. Lewis, Newport. Died of disease at Brandy Station, Jan. 27, 1864. 
Charles E. Long, Orono. Killed in action at Dinwiddle Court House, 

March 31, 1865. 
James S. Lougee, Troy. Killed in action at Middletown, May 24, 1862. 
Manfred Mills, Yinalhaven. Died in prison in Georgia, July, 1864. 
John O'Xeil, Biddeford. Died of disease, Nov. 9, 1864. 
Chester C. Pearson, Corinth. Died of disease at Augusta, March 20, 1862. 
John Kedman, Gardiner. Died of disease at Washington, Dec. 13, 1863. 
William Eyan, Waldo. Died of disease at Point Lookout, Md., May 11, 

1865. 
Henry P. Shorey, Kennebunk. Died in southern prison, Dec. 1864. 
John S. Thompson, Westbrook. Died in prison, Nov. 19, 1864. 
Levi Tracey, Jr., New Brunswick. Died of disease, Nov. 22, 1864. 
John T. Watson, Bangor. Died in southern jjrison, Jan. 5, 1865. 
John Warren, Auburn. Died of disease in Maine, Nov. 1864. 
Seth H. Weymouth, Abbott. Died of wounds at Portsmouth Grove, R. I. , 

Sept. 19, 1864. 
James Whitmore, Belfast. Died of disease, March 28, 1864. 
EuFUS H. WiNGATE, Saco. Died of wounds, Aug. 28, 1864. 



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EosTEK of the men who enlisted in the First District of Cohimbia Cavalry 
from Maine and were not transferred to the First Maine regiment. Com- 
piled from the Adjutant-General's Eeport, 1864-5. 

CAPTAIN. 

SAEGENT, DANIEL F. — Ees. Brewer; com. capt. Co. H, 2d Me. Inf. May 
28, '61, maj. '02, and lieut. col. '63; m. o. with regt. at ex. of two years' 
ser. ; com. 1st lieut. Co. G, 1st D. C. '64, and pro. capt. Co. M; killed in 
action at Eeams' Station, Aug. 23, '64. [See pp. 328, 346, 356.] 

LIEUTENANTS. 

PAEKMAN, ELI W. — Age 23; res. Charleston; mus. Oct. 15, '63; com. 2d 
and 1st lieixts. Co. D; killed in action, June 16, '64. [See pp. 332, 356.] 

Eli Weston Parkman was born in Charleston, Me., April 1, 1840. He 
attended the district school and the academy at East Corinth till he was 
about seventeen years of age, when he taught his first school. After that, 
his time was wholly given to teaching and study. He attended Bucksport 
Seminary most of the time from 1860 to 1862, when he entered Wesleyan 
University, Middletown, Conn. He remained tliere one year, and expected 
to continue there; but he felt that his country's call for help was one to 
which no true man could fail to respond, and he answered the call, though 
he knew that by so doing he would be obliged to give up, or at least post- 
pone, his cherished plans and hopes for the future. He enlisted August 
14, 1863, as a private in the First District of Columbia Cavalry, and was mus- 
tered into the United States service October 15. Up(^n the organization of 
his company he was chosen second lieutenant, and was afterwards jn'o- 
moted to first lieutenant. He was shot through the body while leading his 
men in an attack on Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864, and died the next day, 
at the age of twenty-four years, two months. He was loved by officers and 
men. He was ever kind and thoughtful for the welfare and comfort of his 
men, and carried out in the field the Christian principles which he had 
made the rvile and guide of his life. His captain writes: "No braver and 
more accomplished officer and excellent man ever gave his life for his coun- 
try than he." 

LAKIN, COEYDON B. — Age 23; res. Stetson; mus. Oct. 15, '63, as 2d 
lieut. Co. K; pro. 1st lieut. Co. B of the original battalion, and probably 
remained with that battalion. 

SPAULDING, ALBEET. — Age 23; res. Newport; mus. Oct. 15, '63, 2d 
lieiit. Co. E; probably remained with the original battalion. [See p. 
349.] 

CGO 



EOSTEE OF D. C. 3IEN. ^^^ 

SERGEANT. 

Andreavs, Sylvanus G. — Age 24; res. Exeter; nuis. Feb. 10, '64, Co. G; 
died of disease, May 5, '64. 

CORPOEALS. 

Hopkins, Gx^stavus A. — Age 28; res. Plymouth; mus. Oct. 15, '63, as 

Corp. Co. D ; died of disease. 
Simmons, Geokgk L. — Age 21; res. Camden; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; killed 

in action. 

BUGLERS. 

Annis, Jonathan A. — Age 24; res. Camden; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; tr. to 

navy. 
Daniels, John E. — Age 18; res. Exeter; mus. Oct. 1.5, '63, Co. D. 
Veazie, Arthur. —Age 21; res. Castine; mus. Jan. 22, '64, Co. G; pris. 

June 29, '64. 

FARRIER. 

Davis, Charles M. — Age 29; res. Rockland; mus. Feb. 22, '64, Co. G; died 
of disease in May. 

AVAGONER. 

Taylor, Ansel G.— Age 39; res. Lyndon; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; died of 
disease, July 1, '64. 

PRIVATES. 

Adams, Daniel. —Age 28; res. Linneus; mus. Feb. 5, '64. 

Archibald, Samuel G. — Age 23; res. Portland; mus. Feb. 12; left at 

Augusta, vmfit for service. 
Atwood, James F. — Age 18; res. Kenduskeag; mus. Jan. 19, Co. G; killed 

in action, June 26, '64. 
Ayers, Clarence.— Age 18; res. Portland; mus. Jan. 12, '64. 
Baker, Frederick. — Age 21 ; res. Sweden; mus. Feb. 20, '64. 
Barker, Henry. — Age 24; res. Milford; mus. Jan. 4, '64, Co. H; died at 

Washington, April 26, '64. 
Betts, George H. — Age 25; res. Buxton; mus. Feb. 24, '64. 
Birkenstock, John. — Age 20; res. Washington, D. C; mus. March 15, '64, 

Co. F. 
Blanchard, Albert J.— Age 18; res. Exeter; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. E; 

killed in action. ^ 
BoLAN, Allen L.— Age 22; res. New Sharon; mus. March 7, '64. 
BowEN, BEN.JAMIN F. — Age 18; res. Perry; mus. Jan. 13, '64, Co. H; 

killed in action, June 29. 
Brewer, Charles E. — Age 25; res. Freeport; mus. March 5, '64, Co. M; 

died in AYashington. 
Brickett, George W. — Age 18; res. Etna; mus. Oct 15, '63, Co. D; died at 

Washington, Dec. 22, '63. , 
Broavn, David F. — Age 23; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. E; died of 

disease. 
Bryant, James W. — Age 19; res. Anson; mus. Feb. 22, '64, Co. G; miss- 
ing in action, June 29, '64. 
Buckingham, John E.— Age 18; res. Presque Isle; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F. 



662 FIEST MAINE CAVALBY. 

BuRLiNGAME, Jason. — Age 19; res. Oldtown; mus. Dec. 24, '63. 

Caleb, George A. — Age 18; res. Portland; mus. Feb. 1, '64; left at 

Augusta, unfit for service. 
Cargill, Alonzo M. — Age 18; res. Damariscotta; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; 

killed in action, Aug. 16, '64. 
Chase, Oscar T. — Age 19; res. Bradford; mus. Jan. 18, '64. 
Cloxjgh, John W. — Age 18; res. Mapleton plantation; mus. Feb. 8, '64, 

Co. F; died of disease, July 12, '64. 
Cobb, Charles H. — Age 21; res. Orrington; mus. Feb. 9, '64, Co. L; disch. 

April 8, '64. 
CoNLEY, George W. — Age 18; res. Gorham; mus. Feb. 19, '64. 
Craig, John C. — Age 18; res. Dixmont; mus. Feb. 21, '64. 
Crockett, Charles W. — Age 20; res. Stetson; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. D; 

disch. for dis. Dec. '63. 
Crosby, Stephen R. — Age 21; res. Clifton; mus. Feb. 19, '64, Co. G; 

missing in action, June 29, '64. 
Crowell, Charles H. — Age 2-5; res. Dexter; mus. June 18, '64, Co. G; 

died of disease, April 2, '64. 
Curtis, James, Jr. — Age 24; res. Stetson; mus. Oct. 1.5, *63, Co. E; died in 

hospital. 
Delaite, Samuel P. — Age 34; res. Monticello; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; 

killed in action on Kautz's first raid, in May. [See p. 324.] 
Dill, George S.— Age 19; res. Lewiston ; mus. Feb. 8, '64; killed in action. 
DoBBS, Warren. — Res. Etna; mus. Co. D; killed in action, June 15, '64. 
Doyen, Henry L. —Age 18; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. E; killed on 

picket. 
Eastman, Oilman L. — Age 18; res. Corinth. 
EsANCY, John F. — Age 18; res. Appleton; mus. Feb. 5, '64, 
Foster, Charles W. — Age 41; res. Castine; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; tr. to 

navy. 
Frost, Columbus B. — Age 18; res. Perry; mus. Jan. 13, '64. 
Gilbert, Joseph D. — Age 29; res. Parkman; mus. March 5, '64. 
Hamilton, Ben.jamin. — Age 19; res. Movmt Vernon; mus. Jan. 8, '64. 
Hardgrave, George. — Age 27; res. Wiscasset; mus. March 3, '64. 
Haynes, Horace M. — Age 43; res. Arrowsic; mus. Feb. 8, '64. 
Hemingway, Joseph H. — Age 20; res. Camden; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; 

disch. for dis. Aug. 11, '64. 
HiTCHiNGS, Oliver. — Age 44; res. Littleton; mus. Jan. 5, '64. 
Hopkins, D. Oscar. — Age 23; res. Plymouth; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. D; 

died at Washington, Feb. 2. 
Howard, Johnson, Jr. — Age 18 ; res. Brooksville ; mus. Jan 19, '64, Co. 

M ; died at Washington. 
Hunnewell, David. — Age 34; res. Southport; mus. Feb. 11, '64; died 

June 12. 
Hurd, Henry J. — Age 27; res. Corinth; mus. Feb. 2, '64, Co. G; missing 

in action, June 29, '64. 
Jenkins, Isaac N. — Age 30; res. Stetson; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Go. D; died 

in rebel prison. 
Johnson, Alonzo L. — Age 19; res. Searsmont; mus. Jan. 27, '64, Co. G; 

pris. June 29, '64. 
Johnson, William J. — Age 26; res. Augusta; mus. May 5, '64; on the 
adj. gen. report as tr. to Co. C, 1st Me., but does not appear on the co. 
rolls. 



ROSTER OF 1). C. MEN. 



663 



Kellogg, Marcellus R.— Age 20; res. Patten; mus. Oct. 15, 'G3, Co. D; 

wd. Aug. 2."), '64; supposed dead. 
Ladd, Joiix W. — Age 18; res. Mount Vernon; mus. Feb, 10, '64. 
Lary, Charles S. — Age 18; res. Corinth; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. D; killed 

in action, June 30, '64. 
LEionxoN, Cyrus. — Ago 18; res. Stetson; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. D; killed 

in action, June 27. 
LiNNELL, Charles E. — Age 21; res. Levant; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. D; died 

of disease, March 24, '64. 
LOVEJOY, James W. — Age 18; res. Lewiston; mus. Feb. 8, '64; killed in 

action, June 29, '64. 
Mardex, Wayland. — Age 28; res. Camden; mus. Jan. 12, '64. 
McAllister, DeWitt C— Age 27; res. Camden; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; 

tr. to navy. 
McCoMBS, John H. — Age 18; res. Garland; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co G; pris. 

June 29. 
McDaniel, Cornelius C — Age 21; res. Orono; mus. Xov. 28, '63. 
McKenney, Cyrus W. — Age 44; res. Fremont plantation; mus. Jan. 13, 

'64. 
Mitchell, Everett. — Age 18; res. Etna; mus. Feb. 1, '64, Co. G; died at 

Augusta, April 7, '64. 
Mooney, John. — Age 21; res. Bangor; mus. May 18, '64. 
Moor, James. —Age 27; res. Biddeford; mus. Feb. 4, '64. 
Morgan, Jacob O. — Age 18; res. Westbrook; mus. Jan. 18, '64. 
Morris, James W. — Age 18; res. Westbrook; mus. Feb. 12, '64. 
MuLViN, Benjamin. — Age 21; res. Canaan; mus. Jan. 16, '64. 
Nason, Samuel E. — Age 37; res. Buxton; mus. Feb. 1, '64, Co. L; died 

April 21, '64. 
Neal, John O. — Age 35; res. England; mus. Feb. 20, '64. 
jSI;ickerson, Nason G. —Age 28; res. Monticello; mus. Feb. 25, '64. 
Ordway, Benjamin. — Age 23; res. Pownal; mus. Jan. 18, '64. 
Osborne, James H. — Age 19; res. Portland; mus. Jan. 25, '64. 
Parker, Sanford G. — Age 18; res. Camden; mus. Jan. 23, '64. 
Paul, Leander H. —Age 28; res. Camden; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; tr. to 

navy. May 15, '64. 
Perkins, Thomas. —Age 26; res. Newfield; mus. Jan. 28, '64. 
Phillop, Thomas. — Age 19; res. Lewiston; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. H; killed 

in action. 
Pratt, Arston Pv.- Age 38; res. Letter H, E. 2; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; 

died of disease, Sept. 4, '64. 
Pratt, Charles H. — Age 25; res. Greene; mus. Feb. 8, '64; left sick in 

Augusta. 
Prince, George H.— Age 23; res. Camden; mus. Feb. 19, '64; died March 

7, '64. 
Proctor, J. Loren. — Age 21; res. China; mus. May 31, '64. 
PULLEX, Charles H. — Age 20; res. Exeter; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. D; died 

of disease, July 20. 
Reed, Alvin L. — Age 23; res. New Portland ; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. D. 
Reed, Frederick. — Age 30; res. Bangor; mus. Feb. 10, '64, Co. L; disch. 

May 5. 
Reynolds, James E. —Age 41; res. Harrison; mus. Feb. 4, '64, Co. L; died 

in Aug. '64. 
Richards, Henry B. —Age 21; res. Camden; mus. Jan. 18, '64. 



664 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



EiCHAEDSON, Joseph. — Age 21; res. Castine; mus. Jan. 28, '64, Co. G; pris. 

June 29. 
Rider, Charles E. — Age 20; res. Bradford; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. D; killed 

in action, June 15. 
RiDLON, Alrion L. — Age 32; res. Saco; mus. Feb. 9, '64. 
RiviER, Alfred. — Age 18; res. Biddeford; mus. Feb. 10, '64. 
RoREKTS, Thomas F. — Age 19; res. Portland; mus. Feb. 3, '64, Co. L; discli. 

May 5, '64. 
Robinson, Fred C. — Age 18; res. Alva plantation; mus. Jan. 14, '64. 
RoLLixs, Charles H. — Age 18; res. Warren; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; died 

of disease. May 29, '64. 
RowELL, George W. — Age 24; res. Eddington; mus. Jan. 19, '64, Co. G; 

wd. and pris. June 25, '64; supposed dead. 
RowELL, Stephen P. — Age 27; res. Oro»o; mus. Feb. 1, '64, Co. G; wd. 

and pris. June 25; reported dead. 
Sedeqltest, J. Harvey. — Age 36; res. Calais; mus. Jan. 15, '64, Co. H. 
Shorey, Edmund. — Age 29; res. Littleton; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; died of 

disease. May 28, '64. 
Shuman, George W. — Age 23; res. Camden; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; tr. 

to navy. - 

Smith, T. Jefferson. — Age 21; res. Hollis; mus. Jan. .30, '64, Co. G; killed 

in action, June 26, '64. 
Stanhope, James M. — Age 44; res. Orneville; mus. Feb. 10, '64, Co. K; 

died May 11, '64. 
Staples, Edwin. — Age 28; res. Casco; mus. Feb. 20, '04; killed in action, 

Sept. 16, '64. 
Stearns, Minot C. — Age 23; res. Kenduskeag; mus. Oct. 15, '63, Co. E; 

died of disease. 
Steele, George W. — Age 25; res. Brooksville; mus. Jan, 26, '64, Co. G; 

missing inaction, June 29, '64. 
Strout, Samuel, Jr. — Age 22; res. Portland; mus. Feb. 4, '64; tr. to Co. 

M; missing in action. 
Studley, Ben.jamin E. — Age 18; res. Camden; mus. Jan. 13, '04. 
Sylvester, Ansel T. — Age 31; res. Wade plantation; mus. Feb. 16, '64, 

Co. G; pris.; reported dead. 
Sylvester, Levi W. — Age 19; res. Etna; mus. Feb. 1, '64. 
Tasii, Charles L. — Age 24; res. Chester; mus. Feb. 10, '64, Co. L; pris. 

Aug. 25, '64. 
Townsend, William H. — Age 29; res. Calais; mus. Feb. 19, '64. 
Tkiffit, Alfred C. — Age 18; res. Wesley; mus. Feb. 10, '64, Co. L; died at 

Georgetown, May 13, '64. 
Walker, Charles H. — Age IS; res. Atkinson; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. K. 
Walker, Freeland C. — Age 18; res. Abbott; mus. Oct 15, '63, Co. E; 

killed in action. 
William, John. — Age 44; res. Carmel; mus. Jan. 27, '64. 
Wing, John G. — Age 31; res. Orono; mus. Dec. 3, '63. 
Wissler, John. — Age 40; res. Kingfield; mus. Feb. 4, '64. 
Wood, Hiram. — Age 18; res. Orrington; mus. Feb. 8, '64, Co. F; died of 

disease. 
Wright, Ezra R. — Age 19; res. Lewiston; mus. Feb. 19, '64. 
Wyman, George W. — Age 23; res. Charleston; mus. Jan. 26, '64, Co. G; 

disch. for dis. July 16, '64. 



ROSTER OF D. C. MEN. 665 



RECAPITULATION. 

The number of officers from Maine in the First District of Columbia Cav- 
alry who were not transferred to the First ISIainc, was four — onecai^tain and 
three lieutenants. Of these, two were killed in action, and two probably 
remained with their own companies in the battalion not transferred. 

The number of enlisted men was one luuidred and twenty-four, of whom 
one was a sergeant, two corporals, three buglers, one farrier, one wagoner, 
and one hundred and sixteen privates. Of these, twenty-seven died of 
disease, seventeen were killed in action, one died from wounds, four died in 
prison, eight were discharged for disability, five were transferred to the 
navy, and sixty-two are unaccounted for, many of the latter being borne on 
the report as "missing in action," and i^robably died in prison. 



CASUALTIES. 



EXPLANATION". 

This list of casualties is made up from the roster, and is as near perfect 
and complete as it can be made after the lapse of so many years. The list 
will not always agree with the numbers as given in the text, which in the 
main are from the official reports. For these discrepancies there are sev- 
eral reasons. The official reports were made at the time, from lists collected 
within a day or two after the battle or skirmish, and were correct at that 
time. But it was afterwards learned that some who were reported missing 
had been killed; some who had been reported killed were only missing, and 
afterwards were released from prison and returned to duty; and some 
who were reported missing were found to have been wounded as well as 
taken prisoners, while others managed to escape and rejoin the command 
in a few days, though not until after the official report was made out. 
Again, the records and memoranda from which the roster is made 
are incomplete, and often indefinite. It will be seen that during the 
year 1864 there are a number of casualties with no time or place affixed, 
and consequently they cannot be classified with the engagements or skir- 
mishes to which they belong, which lessens the number of casualties in 
those engagements. The monthly returns contained little or no record of 
woimds received, and it happened, naturally, that very many who were 
wounded, recovered and returned to duty before the following November, in 
which case there was no mention of the fact in the annual reports of the 
adjutant-general of the state, and no record of the casualty has come into 
the possession of the historian. In the case of the First District of Columbia 
Cavalary, there are a large number of men reported as prisoners, or as 
wounded, at transfer. It is probable that the greater portion of these casualties 
occurred in the engagement at Sycamore church, but there is no way in which 
to separate them from the others. The rank of the comrade as it appears in 
the roster is given, instead of the rank at the time of the casualty, for facility 
in reference. With these explanations, and with the suggestion that it does 
not tell the whole story, this list is presented. 



LIST OF CASUALTIES. 



1862. 

Middletown, May 24. 

Field and Staff. — Wounded and prisoner, Maj. Jonathan P. Cilley; jjrisoner 
Surg. George W. Haley. ' ' 

Co. A. — "Wounded, Lieut. Llewellyn G. Estes; wounded and prisoner, Corp. 
Benjamin F. Young, Privates James T. W. Dunn, Horace Labree, Georoe 
T. McDonald, Albion Spaulding; prisoners, Sergts. Alonzo J. Sawyei- 
Milton C. Chapman, James M. Hall, Corps. Charles H. McLauf'hlin' 
William H. Cleaveland, Almon X. Picker, Bugler Eichard E. Whileley' 
Saddler John P. Cram, Privates Charles A. Cleaveland (died) Horace 
Croxford, George W. Dodge (died soon after release), James M. Doe 
Benjamin R. Foss, Charles D. Furbush, Charles E. Gardiner, Madison 
M. Grant, James B. Peakes, William H. Severance, Charles D. Thomp- 
son (died). « 

Co. B. — Prisoners, Corp. Henry A. Hawes, Privates Alvin A. Carter Isaac 
B. Harris. ' 

Co. E. — Wounded, Capt. Black Hawk Putnam, Corps. Laurel Munson 
Marcus P. Wyatt, Privates Amos Brown, Lewis Gilman, Euo-ene Nicker- 



^ ^vimes 

Cathcart, Samuel Comins, Washington Daggett, Allen D. French Hiram 
P. Hardison (died), James W. Harriman, Eobert Nutter, William O'Brien 
George B. Stinchfield. ' 

Co. M. — Killed, Private James S. Lougee; wounded, Charles Briggs (died) 
Jefferson Spencer; wounded and prisoner, Corp. Thomas W.^XnicJit' 
Privates George A. Davis, Charles Ewer, (died) ; prisoners, Lieut. Charles 
K. Johnson, Sergts. Alanson M. Warren, Charles E. Sturgiss Sel)ina B 
Hair, George L. Fassett, Corps. Linus E. Shaw, Henry T. Whittaker 
George A Bartlett, John F. Ford, Farrier Henry C. Ames, Privates Levi 
Delano (died), George A. Dockham (died), John Eedman, Forest Eeeves 
Seth Eoberts. ' 

Total, one killed; ten wounded, of whom one died; thirteen wounded 
and prisoners, of whom one died; forty-nine prisoners, of whom five died 
in prison. 

While advancing upon the enemy in Luray Valley, in June. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Private Moses E. Bucklin. 

Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9. 
Co. F. — Womided, Lieut. Lorenzo White, Corp. Harmon T. Henly. 

Brandy Station, Aug. 20. 

Field and Staff. — Wounded, Maj. Warren L. Whitney. 

Co. A. — Wounded, Private Eedmond O'Connell; prisoners, Corp. Ansel 
Drew, Privates Leonard Clark, Otis E. Lufkin. 

C69 



670 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Co. B. — Prisoner, Private William F. Runnels. 

Co. G. —Prisoners, Lieut. George E. Jumper, Sergt. Boynton Grover. 
Co. L. — Wounded, Corp. Edmund B. Clayton. 
Total, three wounded, six prisoners. 

Near Warrenton, Aug. 22. 
Co. A. — Prisoner, Lieut. Llewellyn G. Estes. 

Rappahannock Station, Aug, 24. 
Co. I. — Prisoners, Privates John Doxey, Albert J. Eaton. 

Near Warrenton, Aug. 27. 
Co. G. — Prisoner, Private John M. Stockwell. 

Thoroughfare Gap, Aug. 28. 
Co. K. — Wounded, Corp. Edwin C. Teague. 

Bull Run, Aug. 28 and 29. 
Co. C. — Wounded, Private Edwin M. Read (died). 
Co. I. — Wounded, Corp. Joseph R. Curtis. 

Frederick, Md., Sept. 12. 
Co. G. —Wounded, Corp. William F. Fuller. 

♦ South Mountain, Sept. 13. 
Co. F. — Wounded, Private George W. Phelps (died). 

Antietam, Sept. 17. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Private George W. Simpson. 
Co. K. — Wounded, Corp. Charles R. Johnson. 

Near Frederick, September. 
Co. B. — Prisoners, Sergt. Charles E. Robinson, Private Franklin A. Oxton. 
Co. M. — Prisoner, Farrier Gorham P. Fassett. 

Near Middleburg, November. 
Field and Staff. — Prisoner, Commissary Eustace C. Bigelow. 

Fredericksburg, Dec. 12 and 13. 
Co. F, — Wounded, Private Ivory W. Hamilton.' 
Co. K. — Wounded, Private James O. Burnham. 

Skirmish at Dumfries, Dec. 28. 
Co. M. — Wounded, Private Marcellus Corliss. 

By Accident. 
Co. B. — Killed, Bugler Edmund C. Grafton, July 30. 
Co. G. — Wounded, Corp. Eben J, Pulsif er, Dec. 20. 



CASUALTIES IN 1S6S. * 671 



1863. 

April 16. 
€o. E. — Wounded, Scrgt. Horace M. White. 

Rappahannock Station, April. 
Co. H. — Prisoners, Lieut. William F. Stone, Trivate John B. Begin. 

Louisa Court House, May 2. 

Co. B. —Wounded, Sergt. Melville B. Cook; wounded and prisoner, Corp. 
Marcellus M. Parker; prisoners, Sergts. .James 11. Kohinson, Barton G. 
Perkins, Samuel J. Gurney, Corps. Nehemiah B. Catland (died from 
effects of imprisonment), Frank G. Ilaynes, Farrier Fenelon M. Fales, 
Privates Charles H. Cobb, Edwin K. Doe, William H. Hodgdon, Timo- 
thy Richardson, Joseph Rose, Thomas A. Trask. 
Co. I. —Killed, Privates William H. Perkins, Calvin Roberts; wounded and 
prisoner, Sergt. George W. York ; prisoners, Lieut. John R. Andrews, 
Sergt. Nahum W. Mitchell, Corps. George P. Beal, Simeon Garvin, 
Charles H. Ferguson, Leonard K. Fales, Privates Horatio M. Cleaves 
Joseph E. Colby, Levi M. Colby, Edward F. Cornell, John G. Cum' 
mings, Joseph D. Eaton, Dependence S. Littlefield, James A. Rice, 
Charles H. Robbins, John P. Stiles. 
Total, two killed, one wounded, two wounded and prisoners, twenty- 
eight prisoners. 

Stoneman's Raid, May 5 and 7. 

Co. K. — Prisoners, Privates Arthur Downey, John Hagan. 

Bealton, May 10. 

Co. C. — Prisoners, Corp. William H. Hoxie, Privates Sewell F. Frost, James 
S. Marble. 

On Detached Service, May. 

Co. M. — Prisoner, Private Albion W. Clark. 

Brandy Station, June 9. 

Co. A. —Wounded and prisoner, Private Thomas E. Whitney; prisoners, 
Sergt. Scott S. Ellis, Corps. Horace H. Lowell, William H. Cleaveland, 
James B. Farnham, Privates Simeon M. Dawson, Madison M. Grant, 
Anson O. Libby, Nathan L. Ricker. 

Co. C. —Prisoners, Sergt. Reuben S. Neal, Privates Joshua H. Crane, Joseph 
Lunt. 

Co. D. — Prisoner, Private Jerry E. Arnold. 

Co. E. — Wounded, Privates Joseph Ayatt, Frederick Smart; wounded and 
prisoner, Private Frank W. Lea^'itt; prisoners, Bugler Antoine Schouton, 
Privates Albert Haines, Benjamin C. Hicks. 

Co. G. — Killed, Corp. John Dealey, Jr.; wounded and prisoner, Sergt. 
Edward P. Tobie, Jr., Private George L. Duston; prisoners, Lieuts. Cal- 
vin B. Benson, Henry F. Blanchard, George E. Jumper, Sergts. Daniel 
B. Doyen, Hannibal Bisbee, Jr., Privates Seth B. Goodwin, William H. 
Wyman. 

Co. I. —Prisoner, Sergt. Charles W. Coffin. 

Co. K.— Wounded and prisoner, Sergt. William M. Loud, Corp. Alonzo 
Colby, Private John Dogea; prisoners, Lieut. George F. Jewett, Sergt. 
Edward B. Herbert, Corp. Edwin D. Bailey, Private Francis Hart. 



672 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Co. M. — Prisoner, Corp. Waterman T. Lewis. 

Total, one killed, two wounded, seven wounded and prisoners, twenty- 
eight prisoners. 
"^ ^ Aldie, June 17. 

Field and Staff. — Killed, Col. Calvin S. Douty. 

Co. D. — Killed, Private George W. Simpson; wounded, Capt. William Mont- 
" fomery, Corp. John C. AVard, Privates Edward Dunbar, Samuel E. 
Griffin; prisoners, Sergt. Nathan B. Webb, Corp. William Picker, Pri- 
vates Thompson M. Brown, Thomas B. Pulsifer. 

Co. E. — Wounded, Bugler Evander L. French. 

Co. G. — Wounded, Corp. Homer Child, Privates William O. Howes, Fer- 
nando F. Mason. 

Co H Killed, Capt. George J. Summat, Privates Charles B. Decker, 

' James A. Hiu-d; wounded, Sergts. Daniel W. Hall (died), Henry W. 
Boston, Corps. Abner C. Emery, Lewis Andrews, Privates Hiram W. 
Allen, Llewellyn Goodwin, Sumner A. Holway, Peter Honan, Isaiah C. 
Mosher, David W. Rhodes; wounded and prisoner, Sergt. Washington 
I. Hurd (died), Private James Canwell. 
Total, five killed; eighteen wounded, of whom one died; two wounded 

and prisoners, of whom one died; four prisoners. 

Middleburg-, June 19. 
Co. A. —Wounded, Private Hiram T. Drew. 

Co C —Killed, Capt. George S. Kimball, Corp. John W. Neal; wounded, 
' Lieut. Jonathan K. Brooks, Sergt. Charles G. Thwing, Privates Charles 

J. Higgins, Alvin M. Johnson, William Franklin Swift, Arnold F. 

Worthing, Henry Young. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Private Frank K. Hinckley; prisoner, Sergt. Benjamin 

P. Knowles. 
Co. E. — Killed, Lieut. Mark Neville, Sergt. Charles C.Putnam; wounded, 

' Corp. George A. Russell, Private Batiste Le Sault. 
Co F —Killed, Sergt. Benjamin G. Hawkes, Private John T. Trefethen; 

wounded, Sergt. Horace P. Holyoke, Privates Ambrose Reed, Howard 

M. Thompson. 
Co. H. — Prisoner, Sergt. Willard H. Phelps. 
Co K —Killed, Sergts. David Bryant, Jr., Justin L. Swctt, Corp. Charles 

* r' Johnson; wounded. Private Joseph B. Peakes; wounded and pris- 
oners, Sergts. William D. Elliott, David Tozier, Corp. Walter F. Haines, 
Private John Hogan. 

Co. L. — Wounded, Lieut. Zenas Vaughan. 

Co M —Killed, Lieut. Ephraim H. Taylor; wounded, Sergts. Alanson M. 

* Warren, John J. Thomas, Wagoner Samuel Ingalls. 

Total, ten killed, nineteen wounded, four wounded and prisoners, two 

P"^^^^''"- Upperville, June 21. 

Co. D. —Wounded, Capt. Andrew B. Spurling, Corp. Simeon A. Holden. 

Co' F —Wounded, Private Charles Eastman; prisoner, Corp. John H. Mer- 

" riil. 
Co. G. — Wounded, Sergt. Volney H. Foss. 
Co. K. — Wounded, Corp. Charles Burgess. 
Co. M. —Wounded, Private Reiiel W. Porter. 

Total, six wounded, one prisoner. 

Near Aldie, June 22. 
Co, I. —Prisoners, Privates John P. Abbott, Walter Allen. 



CASUALTIES IX 1S63. 673 

Gettysburg, July 2 and 3. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Capt. Jacob B. Loriiis". 
Co. G. — Wounded, Private Charles K. Delano. 
Co. K. — Wounded and prisoner, Private Charles E. Hamilton. 
Co. L. — Killed, Private Edward Cunningham; wounded, Privates Oi-rin K. 
Brown, Henry A. Thompson. 
Total, one killed, four woiuided, one wounded and missing. 

Halltown, July 15. 
Field and Staff. — Prisoner, Asst. Surg. Alexander M. Parker. 
Co. E. — Prisoner, Private Wilbur J. Stevens. 
Co. F. — Prisoner, Farrier Frederick L. Chick. 
Co. G. — Prisoner, Private Russell S. Bradbury. 
Total, four prisoners. 

Shepardsto'wn, July 16. 

Field and Staff. —Wounded, Lieut. Col. Stephen Boothby, Sergt. Maj. Eli- 

sha A. Clifford. 
Co. A. — Wounded, Bugler John F. Tolman, Privates Hiram T. Drew, Edwin 

F. Stevens. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Bugler Eben F. Brier (died). 
Co. C. — Killed, Sergt. Henry F. Lyon. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Sergts. John H. Daggett, Charles H. Bell, Jr., Privates 

George D. S. Robinson, Elisha Vose; prisoners, Sergt. Augustus R. 

Devereaux, Farrier William P. Sennett, Private Nathaniel Reed, 2d. 
Co. E. — Wounded, Corps. Edward W. Shields (died), George Kitchen. 
Co. F. — Wounded and prisoner, Corp. John T. Lord. 

Co. G. — Killed, Private Horton Maloon; wounded, Lieut. George E. Hun- 
ton, Sergt. Henry Little, Private Orlando A. Hayford; wounded and 

prisoner, Sergt. Lucius M. Robinson; prisoner. Bugler William Maloon. 
Co. H. — Wounded, Sergt. John F. Robinson, Private Charles C. Merrill 

(died). 
Co. I. — Wounded, Farrier Jacob S. Merrifield, Privates Moses M. Hodsdon 

(died), George W. Mann, Daniel Perkins; prisoners, Sergt. John C. Rob- 
- erts, Privates John Doxey, Augustus O. Stoddard. 
Co. M. — Killed, Privates Marcellus Corliss, John F. Harvey; wounded, 

Lieut. William H. Bradman. 
Total, four killed; twenty-two wounded, of whom four died; two wounded 

and prisoners ; seven prisoners. 

Hanover, Pa., July. 
Co. K. — Wounded and prisoner. Private William Spencer. 

Beverly Ford, Aug. 15. 
Co. A. — Prisoner, Private James M. Doe. 

Near Oakshades, Sept. 14. 
Co. L. — Prisoner, Private Augustus L. Ordway. 

Sept. 15. 
Co. C. — Prisoner, Private Albion P. Webb. 

Scout for Gen. Kilpatrick, near Warrenton, Sept, 20. 
Co. A. — Prisoner, Private James B. Peakes. 



674 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

September. 
Co. H. — Wounded, Private Peter Honan. 

Little Washington Reconnoissance, Oct. 12. 

Co. D. — Prisoner, Private Kobert Preston. 

Co. E. — Prisoners, Sergt. Henry A. Kamsdell, Corps. Lyman Vose, John 
McCurdy, Privates Hiram E. Burgess, Martin H. Coakley, Peter Con- 
ners, William L. Davis, John C. Decker, James Hayes, Charles E. Nord- 
strom, James Smith; wounded and prisoner. Private John W. Ragan 
(died). 

Co. F. — Prisoners, Corps. Harmon T. Henly, Charles W. Skillings, Privates 
Charles Eastman, Nathaniel S. Hawkes, Enoch Sampson (died), Stephen 
Twombly. 

Co. H. — Prisoners, Corp. Charles A. Corson, Private Hiram W. Allen. 

Co. L. — Wounded, Private Otis H. Barnard; prisoners, Privates Orrin K. 
Brown, Silas G. Hovey. 
Total, one wounded; one wounded and prisoner, who died; twenty-two 

prisoners, one of whom died. 

Bull Run, Oct. 15. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Lieut. William P. Coleman. 
Co. C. — Wounded, Private John M. Mosher (died). 

Rappahannock Station, Oct. 23. 
Co. L — Wounded, Lieut. Samuel C. Smith, Sergt. Charles C. Goodwin. 

Unkno"wn. 
Co. E. — Wounded, Bugler John S. Mansur. 

By Accident. 
Co. E. — Killed, Private James W. Coakley, at Liberty, Va., Dec. 12. 



CASUALTIES IN ISG4. ^"^^ 



1864:. 

Scouting near Warrenton, Jan. 9. 
Co. B. — Prisoner, Private Ezckiel Winslow (died). 

Go. I. —Prisoners, Serst. Henry O. Huntress, Privates John G. Cummings, 
Oliver B. Littletield, Daniel I'erkins (died), Freedom Warren. 
Total, six prisoners, of whom two died. 

Scouting' near Warrenton, Jan. 16. 
Co. E. — Prisoner, Private Thomas Forest (died). 
Co. K. — Prisoner, Private Stephen B. Pierce (died). 
Co. M. — Prisoner, Private Geo. P. Phillips. 

Dahlgren Raid, Feb. 29 to March 2. 

Co. D.— Prisoners, Sergt. Benjamin P. Knowles, Corps. William Bicker (died), 
Alonzo Annis, Privates Mathew W. Ellis, Lewis G. Moore (died), Moses 

D. Moore, Isaac L. Bichardson, Isaiah O. Bichardson, Edwin H. Sawyer, 
William Shaw, Jr., George W. Ward. 

Co. E. — Wounded, Privates Asa E. Davis (died), James E. Siprell (died). 

Co. F. — Killed. Sergt. Harrison J. Jack, Privates Alvin M. Brackett, John 
G. Evans, Lorenzo K.Evans, George A. Weymouth; wounded, Private 
Charles D. Weymouth ; wounded and prisoners, Lieut. John E. Lougee, Pri- 
vate William F. Dudley; prisoners, Sergt. Elisha De Wolf Harris, Corp. 
Dimon Hamilton, Privates Michael Carling (died), Nathaniel S. Edwards 
(died), Gu3tavus Grant (died), Ivory W^. Hamilton, Isaac S. Harris (died). 

Co. G. — Prisoner, Private Seth B. Goodwin. 

Co. H. — Killed, Private Walter Drew; prisoners, Sergt. Willard H. Phelps 
(died), Corp. Benjamin F. Marshall (died). Farrier Benjamin J. Springer 
(died), Privates Hiram W. Allen (died), Edward H. Doane, John B. 
Leathers (died), Thomas H. Perkins (died). 

Co. I. — Killed, Sergt. George W. York; prisoners. Privates Arad E. Gilbert, 
Joseph M. Hutchinson. 

Co. K. — Wounded and prisoner. Private William H. Woodward ; prisoners, 
Sergt. Albert E. Walker (died). Privates Samuel W. Howes (died), Paul 

E. Kamsdell (died), Luther Sliorey (died), Andrew Wall (died). 

Co. M. — Wounded, Private Eugene H. Otis; prisoners. Privates George P. 
Day, Manfred Mills (died), Joseph Varuey. 
Total, seven killed; four wounded, of whom tw'o died; three wounded and 
prisoners; thirty-six prisoners, of whom eighteen died. 

Strasburg, May 1. 
Co. I. — Wounded, Private Edwar!P Spear. 

Todd's Tavern, May 8. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Sergt. Charles A. Mclntyre. 
Co. D.— Wounded, Private David E. Bird. 
Co. E. — Wounded, Private Hiram H. Ham. 
Co. H. — Wounded, Corp. Martin C. Cyphers, Private Kelsey L. Glidden 

(died). 
Co. I. —Wounded, Private John F. Lord. 
Co. K. — Wounded, Corp. John S. Blake. 
Total, seven wounded, of whom one died. 



676 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Beaver Dam Station, May 10. 
Field and Staff. — Wounded, Lieut. Col. Stephen Boothby (died). 
Co. B, — Wounded, Privates Edwin K. Doe, Willard H. Lucas. 
Co. G. — Killed, Charles li. Delano; woimded, Corp. George Northrop. 
Total, one killed; four wounded, of whom one died. 

Ground Squirrel Bridge, May 11. 

Co. A. — Prisoners, Sergts. Benjamin F. Fogg (died), Prentiss M. Clark (died), 
Corp. Horace H. Lowell, Privates Thomas Davis, Hiram S. Ellis. 

Co. C. —Wounded, Lieut. Horatio S. Libby, Corp. George E. Xason, Privates 
Samuel E. Parker, Granville Purington. 

Co. D. — Wounded, Private Albert N. Huston; wounded and prisoners, 
Sergts. John Gilley (died), William B. Baker (died); prisoners. Privates 
Mark P. Buhner (died), Lauriston Carle (died). 

Co. E. — Prisoners, Privates Jeremiah C. Dyer (died), Virgil G. Lanelle (died). 

Co. G.— Killed, Private Hanson S. Field; prisoner, Private Elijah CoUa- 
more. 

Co. H. — Wounded and prisoner. Private Henry O. Merrill; prisoners, Sergt. 
Philander S. Herrin, Privates J. Sanborn Campbell, Charles Smith, 
George W. Withee (died). 

Co. L — Wounded, Private George D. Paxssell; wounded and prisoner, 
Sergts. Collins M. Chadbourne (died), Isaac P. Gurney (died), Corp. 
Geoi-ge D. Harvey, Privates Elbridge G. Johnson, Dependence S. Little- 
field, Charles F. Littlefield (died); prisoner, Lieut. Henry A. Willis. 

Co. K. —Killed, Private Alexander McDonald; wounded and prisoner, Pri- 
vate Darius N. Parks. 

Co. L. — Wounded, Private Levi W. Gould ; wounded and prisoners. Privates 
Alonzo M. Pratt (died), Alonzo T. Wright (died); prisoner, Corp. Milton 
F. Ricker. 

Co. M. — Wounded, Lieut. Charles K. Johnson, Sergt. John G. Herrin, 
Saddler Preston P.obinson; prisoners, Capt. Zenas Vaughan, Privates 
George Doughty, John L. Miner. 
Total, two killed, ten wounded; twelve wounded and prisoners, of whom 
seven died ; nineteen prisoners, of whom seven died. 

Fortifications of Richmond, May 12. 
Field and Staff. — Wounded, Major Sidney W. Thaxter. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Capt. Jacob B. Loring; prisoners, Corp. William M. 

Richardson (died). Private John McLoud. 
Co. D. — Prisoner, Corp. John C. Ward. 

Co. H. — Killed, Private Charles P. Osborne; wounded, Privates Albert J. 
Small, Clarence Smith. 
Total, one killed, four wounded ; thre^risoners, of whom one died. 

Haxall's Landing, May 15, 
Co. K. — Prisoner, Corp. Frank E. Jewett. 

Hawes' Shop, May 28. 
Co. D. — Killed, Private Eleazer Eddy. 

Skirmish on the Rapidan, May. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Corp. Simeon A. Holden. 

Barker's Mills (Coal Harbor), June 2. 
Field and Staff. — Killed, Chaplain George W. Bartlett. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Sergt. Austin McCobb. 



CASUALTIES IN IS64. t377 

Co. G. — Wounded, rrivate AVilliam O. Howes. 

Co. II. — Wounded, Private William A. Young (died). 

Co. L. — Wounded, Private Rufus M. Dun,smore. 

Total, one killed; four wounded, of whom one died. 

June 5. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Sergt. William B. Grant. 

June [9. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Sergt. Charles H. Pell, Jr. 

"While Foraging', June 10. 
Co, G. — Pi'isoners, Corp. Alonzo B. Luce, Private Albert J. Roberts. 

Trevillian Station, June 11. 

Co. B. — Wounded, Sergt. Melville B. Cook, Corp. George A. Messer, Pri- 
vates Joseph Rose, Thomas A. Trask. 

June 19. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Privates Hugh INIcCurdy, Joseph Rivers. 

Black Creek, June 21. 

Co. F. — Killed, Corp. John H. Merrill; wounded, Private George W. Whit- 
comb. 
Co. G. — Wounded, Private Charles W. .lordan. 
Co. H. — Wounded, Sergt. Aaron F. Bickford. 
Co. L. — Wounded, Private Marcellus P. Lovejoy. 
Total, one killed, four wounded. 

Near Petersburg, June 22. 
Co. L. — Wounded, Private Augustus L. Ordway. 

St. Mary's Church, June 24. 

Field and Staff. — Wounded, Col. Charles H. Smith, Lieut. Col. Jonathan P. 
Cilley, Maj. Benjamin F. Tucker. 

Co. B. — Wounded. Farrier Fenelon M. Fales (died); wounded and prisoner. 
Private Burnham C. Sleeper; prisoners, Corj). John W. Leighton, Pri- 
vates George S. Ames. Elbridge H. Bradstreet (died), Chandler J. Webb, 
Israel R. D. Woodard (died). 

Co. C. — Prisoners, Privates John Ford (died), Mulford B. Reynolds, Anson 
J. Robinson. 

Co. D. — Killed, Sergt. John H. Daggett, Private Hiram Williams ; wounded, 
Capt. William Montgomery, Lieut. Albert R. Johnson, Private Alexan- 
der Falkner; wounded and prisoner. Private James E. Dow; prisoner. 
Private John Brown. 

Co. E. — Killed, Capt. Osco A. Ellis; wounded, Capt. George W. Hussey; 
prisoner, Corp. George A. Russell (died). 

Co. F. — Killed, Capt. Walstein Phillips, Corp. Lewis Merrill; wounded, 
Private Alonzo D. Miller. 

Co. G. — Wounded, Private Charles W. Jordan ; wounded and prisoner, Pri- 
vate Riley L. Jones. 

Co. H. — Killed, Privates Henry H. Hurd, William X. Lewis, David W. 
Rhodes; wounded. Privates James Can well, Llewellyn Copeland, Edward 
H. Doane, George F. Douglass, AVilliam R. Dykes (died), John H. Gar- 
nett, Benjamin F. Leighton, Franklin P. Whitney. 



678 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Co. I. —"Wounded, Privates Irving C. Dennett, James A. Rice; prisoner, 
Private Leland F. Davis. 

Co. K. — Killed, Corp. Louira K. Broad, Privates William Blaisdell, George 
S. Fowles, Charles Welch; wounded, Privates Arthur Dov?ney, William 
Lang; prisoner. Private George E. Alexander. 

Co. L.— Killed, Private Jason F. Harris; wounded, Private Hosea P. Papley 
prisoners, Capt. John P. Carson, Lieut. Charles O. Gordon, Sergt. Free- 
land L. Holman (died), Corp. Edmund B. Clayton (died), Private Solo- 
mon H. Odell. 

Co. M. —Prisoners, Lieut. Charles K. Johnson (died), Corp. Ebenezer P. 
Davis (died). 
Total, thirteen killed; twenty-three wounded, of whom two died; three 

wounded and prisoners; nineteen prisoners, of whom eight died. 

Near Gurley Farm, June 25. 
Co. L. — Killed, Sergt. Walter S. Snell. 

June 28. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Private Theodore J. Batchelder. 

Prince Georg-e Court House, June 29. 
Co. F. — Prisoner, Private Joseph T. Darling. 

July 1. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Bugler David Curran. 

While Serving as Scout, July 11. 
Co. G. —Wounded, Private Israel M. Hatch. 

On Picket, near Gurley House, July 15. 
Co. G. — Prisoner, Private James Burns. 

Malvern Hill, July 28 and 29. 
Co. A. — Wounded, Private George M. Gray. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Saddler Martin Carr. 
Co. H. — Wounded, Corp. James H. Harlow, Privates George H. Pdch, 

Leonard Stone. 
Co. I. — Wounded, Corp. George P. Beal. 
Total, six wounded. 

On Detached. Duty, Shenandoah Valley, July. 
Co. I. — Prisoner, Sergt. Charles C. Goodwin. 

Aug-. 3. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Private Leander Lane. 

On Picket, Aug-. 9. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Private Daniel R. Langpher (died). 

Berryville, on Detached Duty, Aug-. 14. 
Co. G. — Killed, Private James W. Bray. 

White Tavern, Aug. 15. 
Co. I. — Wounded, Corp. George O. Ilannaford. 



CASUALTIES IN IS64. 679 

Deep Bottom, Aug. 16. 

Co. A. —Wounded, Corp. AVilliam II. Cloaveland; prisoner, Private Thomas 
E. Whitney (died). 

Co. B. — AV^ounded, Sergts. Aurelius Parker, Cliarles A. Mclntyre, Albert 
Baker, Private Cliarles H. jC'ol)!). 

Co. D. — Wounded, Sergt. Nathan B. Webb, Corp. T.yman P. Lei<;hton, Far- 
rier Jonathan P. Moulton, Privates Andrew^ Felix, Christophin- C. Kowe. 

Co. E. — Killed, Sergt. Ansel Smith; wounded, Privates Iliram E. Burgess, 
Wilbur J. Stevens. 

Co. F. — Wounded, Private George E. Blackington. 

Co. G. — Killed, Sergt. Lucius ]M. llobinson. Private William S. McClanning; 
wounded, Capt. Isaac G. Virgin, Sergt. Edward P. Tobie, Jr., Bugler 
William Maloon. 

Co. II. — Wounded, Private Phineas P. Steward. 

Co. K. — Killed, Corp. John D. Thompson; wounded, Corp. John S. Blake, 
Privates John Belony, Oliver Devine. 

Co. L. — Wounded, Corp. Beniah W. Pratt. 

Co. M. — Wounded, Sergt. Franklin Prescott. 

Total, four killed, twenty-two wounded; one prisoner, who died. 

Aug. 17. 
Co. D. — Wounded, Private James Eipley. 

Charles City Cross-Roads, Aug. 18. 
Co. H. — Wounded, Sergt. Henry W. Boston (died). 
Co. I. — Killed, Privates Benjamin F. Barnes, Samuel II. Murphy. 

On Detached Duty (Harper's Ferry), Aug. 23. 
Co. H. — Killed, Private Luther L. Heal. 

Reams' Station, Aug. 23, 24, 25. 
Field and Staff. — Wounded, Col. Charles IL Smith. 
Co. C. — Killed, Private Jerome Ridley, Jr. 

Co. D. — Wounded, Bugler Joseph Merriam, Private James O. Clark. 
Co. E. — Wounded, Privates James Donnelly, Francis Ingraham. 
Co. G.,^ — Killed, Privates Samuel Levensellar, George E. Reed; wounded. 

Private Lebalister Black. 
Co. n. — Prisoner, Private William H. Coan. 
Total, three killed, six wounded, one prisoner. 

August. 
Co. M. — Wounded, Sergt. Erving T. Curtis. 

Stony Creek, Sept. 16. 
Co. L. — Wounded, Private Augustus D. Brown. 
Co. M. — Wounded, Private Oscar F. A. Green. 

Wyatt Farm, Sept. 29. 
Co. H. — Killed, Private William E. Foster; wounded, Capt. Henry C. Hall. 
Co. K. — Prisoner, Sergt. Winsor B. Smith. 

Vaughan Road, Oct. 1. 
Co. H.— Wounded, Private Alfred L. Hilton. 



680 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY. 

Boydton Plank Road, Oct. 27. 

Co. A. — Wounded, Corp. Benjamin F. Young, Private Samuel M. Bragg. 

Co. B. — Wounded, Sergt. Austin McCobb, Corps. Thomas Moore, Henri J. 
Haskell, Privates Alexander Benner, Jason C. Davis, Orrin W. Gooch, 
Orrin M. Harrington, Benjamin F. Rider,_ Josei^h T. Stockbridge; pris- 
oner. Private Peter R. Tliorndike. 

Co. C. — Killed, Private John Leroy Fales; wounded, Corps. William H. 
Hoxie, Aaron L. Morrison (died), Private Charles E. Mayberry; prison- 
ers, Privates Aaron Johnson, Franklin Spencer. 

Co. D. — Wounded, Corp. Oscar L. Bean, Privates David E. Bird, John H. 
Dow, John Dunan. 

Co. E. — Killed, Lieut. Winfield S. Collins, Sergt. Oscar Pdchardson, Corp. 
Albert E. Knight; wounded, Sergt. Frank W. Green, Corps. Hanson 
Hutchings, Jr., Albert Gardiner, Privates Samuel S. Chase, Benjamin 
Warren (died) ; prisoner. Private Benjamin F. Folsom. 

Co. F. — Wounded, Private Ethelbert Wentworth (died); prisoners, Privates 
Benjamin A. Manter, Walter Sylvester. 

Co. G. — Killed, Privates Gustavus K. Estes, Madison Libby; woimded, 
Lieut. Sylvanus R. Jackson, Sergt. William W. Small, Privates Henry 
L. Farrington, William Jacobs, Rodney Jones, Albert J. Roberts; pris- 
oners. Privates Albert P. Friend, Ora F. Severance. 

Co. H. — Wounded, Lieut. Joseph W. Lee, Sergt. Samuel L. Buzzell (died), 
John F. Robinson, Daniel M. Foster. 

Co. I. — Wounded, Capt. Paul Chadbourne, Sergt. John M. Dodge, Corp. 
Eli S. W^aterhouse, Privates AV alter Allen, Francis Brooks, John G. 
Cummings, James A. Rice (died), Rufus A. Smith, James V. Wood. 

Co. K. — Killed, Privates George C. Besse, Hezekiah F. Harris, Charles Lang, 
Robert Lang, William Staples; wounded, Sergt. Josiah Gatchell, Pri- 
vates Edward K. Chapman, Otis M. Churchill, Peter Como, Francis 
Hart. 

Co. L. — Wounded, Corp. George A. Shay, Privates Francis J. Folsom, Asa 
S. Gould, Charles H. Johnston, Henry G. Reynolds; prisoner, Sergt. 
Justin S. Kevens. 

Co. M. — Woimded, Sergt. John W. Rogers, Privates Samuel F. Harris, Gil- 
bert A. Hooper, William Ryan, Robert T. Thomas, John P. Thompson, 
William G. Towle, George Tracy; prisoner. Private Henry P. Shorey 
(died). 
Total, eleven killed; sixty-one wounded, of whom five died; ten pris- 
oners, of whom one died. * 

Bellefleld Raid, Dec. 10. 
Co. C. — Wounded, Private Patrick F. Shevlin. 
Co. K. — Wounded, Sergt. Edward B. Herbert (died). 

On Detached Duty. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Lieut. Frank M. Cutler. 
Co. C. — Wounded, Capt. Addison P. Russell (died). 

Time and Place Unknown. 
Co. C. — Prisoner, Private Joseph A. Clark (died). 
Co. D. — Prisoner, Corp. Joseph H. Lawrence. 
Co. E. — Prisoner, Private Henry A. Luce. 
Co. F. — Prisoner, Private Asa V. Cross. 
Co. M. — Wounded, Privates Francis Dushane, Seth H. Weymouth, (died); 

prisoners, Corp. Augustus A. Graves, Privates George W. Gregory, 

Edward E. Smith. 



CASUALTIES IN m^. 681 

By Accident. 
Co. F.— Killed, Lieut. William Harris, May 17; Private Samuel M. Corliss, 

Oct. 12. 
Co. G. — Killed, Henry Bates, Feb. 1. 

Co. I.— Wounded, Corp. Leonard K. Fales, March 24; Trivat^^ Edward F. 
Chapman, May 14; Private Frank Cleaves, June 4; Private teamuei A. 
Nutter, June. 
Total, three killed, four wounded. 



682 FIB ST MAINE CAVALRY, 



FIRST D. C. CAVALRY. 

Near Petersburg, June 10. 
Co. n. — Wounded, Lieut. James Maguire. 

Petersburg-, June 15, 16. 
Co. E. — Wounded, Private Tliomas L. Harris. 

Co. F. — Killed, Private Moses T. Jackson; wounded, Ser^t. John F. DoUi- 
ver, Corp. Austin B. White, Privates John S. Keiser, John Page, Elisha 
A. Webster. 
Total, one killed, six wounded. 

"Wilson's Raid, June 24-29. 

Field and Staff. — Wounded, Maj. Daniel S. Curtis. 

Co. A. — Wounded, Private Lee Lane (died); wounded and prisoner, Pri- 
vates Clement W. Coombs, William Gumty; prisoners, Corp. Eufus S. 
Starbird, Privates James S. Gray, (died), James R. Hussey (died). Miles 
Jackson (died), Ricliard F. Pendleton, Sylvester Stewart, Frederic M. 
Yeazie (died), William H. Viles (died). 

Co. C. — Wounded and i^risoner, Cajit. Andrew M. Benson. 

Co. E. — Prisoner, Corps. Gorham A. Folsom, Joseph C. Hill, Privates John 
Coyle, John Jones, Charles McDuffie, Joseph Montgomery. 

Co. F. —Wounded, Sergt. Otis W. Whitcomb, Privates Ira B. Harvey, Wil- 
liam H. H. Xickerson. 

Co. G. — Killed, Privates Jeremiah Bowhan, Dennis O'Brien; wounded and 
prisoner, Capt. Charles T. C'hase; prisoners. Privates Theodore Clarke 
(died), Joseph P. Emmons (died), Henry A. Hamlin (died), Timothy P. 
Humphrey, William H. Kennedy (died), Benjamin F. Leigh ton, Charles 
F. Nichols, Mitchell U. ISTobriga, Thomas J. Pollard (died), William H. 
Stanhope (died). 

Co. H.— Killed, Private Henry S. Floyd; wounded, Sergt. Daniel H. Gil- 
man; wounded and prisoner, Privates William E. Bailey, Henry A. 
Buck (died), Albert A. Burleigh; prisoners, Lieut. James Maguire, 
Corp. Abiathar R. Kendall (died), Private Thomas J. Aderton (died). 

Co. I. — Killed, Private James M. Woodman; prisoner, Private Elisha E. 
Cunlift'e. 

Co. K. — Wounded, Sergts. William M". Higgins, Ozro F. Walker, Corp. Jon- 
athan iS^ash; wounded and prisoner, Private Freeman H. Butterfield, 
George A. Gore; prisoner, Private Lawrence P. Hooper. 
Total, four killed; nine wounded, of whom one died; nine wounded and 

prisoners, of whom one died; twenty-nine prisoners, of whom thirteen died. 

Reams' Station, July 2. 
Co. I. — Prisoner, Private John Kellen, Jr. (died). 

Reams' Station, Aug. 21-26. 
Co. A. — Killed, Corp. Asa Merrill; wounded, Private James M. Toothaker. 
Co. C. — Wounded and prisoner, Lieut. William S. Farwell. 
Co. E. — Wounded and prisoner, Private John G, Elliott; prisoners, Sergt. 

Alfred H. Whittemore (died), Jacob P. Foss. 
Co. F. — Wounded, Private Preston Bennett. 
Co. G. — Killed, Saddler Jeremiah A. Estes. 
Co. H. — Wounded, Privates William H. Harriman, Perley Lowe. 



CASi^ALTIES IN THE FIIiST D. C. 683 

Co. I. — Wounded. ('oi]t. Georsje E. C'losson, Privates Albert IT. King-, Mar- 
cellus AVells; prisoners, (Jcorgc AV. (Jipson, Privates Alonzo D. Morgan, 
George A. Koyal. 

Co. K. — Wounded and prisoner, Sergt. Benjamin A. Welcli (died). 

Co. M. — Prisoner, Private Sanford J. Peed. 

Total, two killed, seven wounded; three wounded and prisoners, of whom 

one died; six i)risoners, of whom one died. 

Sept. 1 and 2. 
Co. I. — Prisoners, Sergt. William 15. Davis, Private Thomas Griffin. 

iScouting- near S5^cainore Church, Sept. 3. 

Co. G.— Killed, Sergt. Chas. IT. Wallace: wounded. Private John Wliite- 
knact; wounded and prisoner. Private .John H. Johnson. 

Bermuda Hundreds, Sept. 10. 
Co. A. —Wounded, Bugler Charles A. F. Emery. 

On Picket, Sept. 12. 
Co. G. — Prisoner, Private William H. Mayo. 

Sycamore Church, Sept. 16. 

Field and Staff. — Prisoner, Major Joel AV. Cloudman. 

Co. A. — Killed, Lieut. Vincent Mountfort; prisoners, Lieut. Leander M. 
Comins, Privates Frederick K. Allen (died), Heman B. Carter (died), 
Octavius A. Davis (died), Charles A. French, Moses H. Gullifer, John 
Mealier. Albert P. Monroe (died), John Potter (died), Charles E. Eay- 
mond (died). Wesley K. Scott (died), John C. Steele, Samuel Thorn (died), 
Robert H. White, Henry C. Whitney. 

Co. B. — Prisoners, Lieut. Henry D. Fuller, Privates Anson Pettingill, 
Charles E. Philbrick (died), Alvin E. Plummer, Clement P. Plummer 
(died), Samuel Plummer (died). 

Co. C. — Wounded, Private John F. Burton; prisoners, George R. Cameron, 
John C. Cummings (died just after release). 

Co. D. — Prisoners, Capt. William S. Howe, Lieut. Edward P. Merrill. 

Co. E. — Wounded and prisoner. Private Raymond Lincoln; prisoners. Sad- 
dler Augustus Marks (died), Private Cyrus F. Barrett (died), Patrick 
Brennan (died), James H. Meserve (died), Elijah Morrill (died). 

Co. F. —Prisoners, Sergts. George F. Hamilton, Paul F. R. Clark, Charles C. 
Smiley (died), Corp. Daniel R. McKenney (died). Bugler George L. Pease 
(died)". Privates Orison W. Cole, Stephen Davis (died), John Getchell, 
Edwin Hill, George W. Jackson, David Lawrence, James McCorrison, 
Jr., James N. Prescott, Sanford F. Simpson (died), Alton D. Spratt 
(died), Horace V. Whitcomb. 

Co. G. — Killed, Corp. Charles H. Gibson, Private Nathaniel Eaton; 
wounded and prisoner. Private Leonard C:. Small (died); prisoners, 
Sergt. Thompson Neal (died), Corps. Alphonso Pierce (died), William E. 
Smith (died), John Tibbetts, Privates James B. Gushing (died), Calvin 
Dearborn, Charles G. Jackman, John McDonald, Jr., Eugene C. Motiitt, 
Francis E. Robinson (died), Nathaniel Sutherland (died), Gancello 
Willis. 

Co. H. — Prisoners, Corps. Albert A. Pierce (died), Benjamin H. Turner 
(died), Bugler Rowland B. Pomroy (died), Privates Llewellyn F. Bick- 
more (died), Samuel E. Coombs (died), Kilburn Cowan, Charles D. Day 
(died), Albion K. P. Dow (died), Mansell W. Farr, Joseph W. Fletcher, 
Henry Hart, Frederick Holt, Rufus E. Jewett, David R. Lane (died). 



684 



FIE ST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Co. I. — Prisoners, Sergts. G-eorge Vinal (died), Walter D. Daniels (died), Pri- 
vates Hollis Howard, Peter Jennings, Joseph McKenney, Charles H. 
Moore, George Morrill, John B. Parry, Frank A. Partridge ((lied), George 
B. Stearns (died). 

Co. K. — Wounded and prisoners, Corp. Jonathan Xash (died). Private 
Ephraim B. Darnaby (died) ; prisoners, Sergts. William J. Butterfield, 
Ozro F. Walker, Corps. James A. Murphy (died), John H. L. Chick 
(died). Bugler Almon J. D. Jacobs (died soon after release). Farrier 
Edward R. Woods (died soon after release). Privates Burnis B. Bean, 
George Cobb (died), Albion Collins (died), Gi-anger C. Crafts (died), 
David Crosby, Luther Davis (died), Samuel B. Elliott (died), Daniel S. 
Fitzgerald, George C. Getchell (died), Jesse L. Gilpatrick (died), Hollis 
Harlow (died), Michael Hayes (died), Albert M. Jackson (died), Charles 
E. Kingsley (died), Jesse Lombard, Dennis H. Merrill (died). 

Co. L. — Prisoner, Corp. Ambrose P. Melvin (died). 

Co. M. — Prisoners, Sergts. Jeremiah S. Douglass, Frank H. Wood, Corp. 
Edward E. Chase, Privates George W. Penley, David L. Stetson, George 
Tarbox. 

Total, three killed, one wounded; four wounded and prisoners, of whom 
three died; one hundred and twelve prisoners, of whom fifty-live died. 

Date and Place Unknow^n. 

Co. A. — Prisoners, Sergts. Richard Webb, Purrington Dresser, Corp. Staf- 
ford B. Jones, Privates James Fuller, Eleazer Jordan, Charles W. Pick- 
ering (died), Edward E. Proctor, Daniel O. Walton (died). 

Co. B. — Prisoners, Sergt. Francis A. Birce, Corps. Thomas Moore, Albert F. 
Prince, Privates John A. Erskine (died), Morris L. Moores (died), Clar- 
ence Noyes (died), Michael G. Quinn (died), Charles F. Secfgeley (died), 
Joseph Small (died), George M. Smith, George E. Stevens, Edward A. 
Sylvester, Thomas Tweedie (died), Horace Varney (died), George B. 
Walton. 

Co. C. — Wounded and prisoner. Private Charles W. Hardinbrook (died); 
prisoners, Sergt. Lafayette Damon (died), Corp. William S. Bullen 
(died), Farrier Gorham P. Fassett (died). Privates Walter Blanchard, 
Alvin E. Blanchard (died), William Brown (died), Hugh Haslett, Augus- 
tus H. Knight, Albert S. McKenney, William IL McPhail. 

Co. D. — Prisoners, Corps. Charles F. Latham (died), Oscar C. Wallace, Pri- 
vates Oscar W. Nichols (died), George A. Pierce, William H. Richards, 
Ambrose C. Ridley (died), Amos E. Russell, Randall Sampson, Hollis 
Simpson, John Smith, Oliver C. Snow, George A. Soule, Manasseh W. 
Spear, John Swaney, Charles E. Timmons, Thomas S. Walker, Hiram E. 
Willa, Nathan B. Wiggin (died), Atwell M. Wixon (died), George B. 
Wright, Asa M. Young. 

Co. E. — Prisoner, Private Aaron Parker (died). 

Co. F. — Prisoner, Private Thomas D. Rice. 

Co. I. — Wounded, Privates Verano G. Bryant, Josiah D. Hinds, Charles E. 
Moulton, Nathan M. Shaw; jirisoners, Lieut. John F. McKusick, Pri- 
vates Robert Cosgrove, Horace B. Cushman, Henry R. Emerson (died.) 

Co. L. — Prisoners, Sergts. James M. Simpson, William M. Cushman, Na- 
thaniel F. Sargent (died), Edwin R. Blodgett (died). Corps. Charles C. 
Palmer (died), Thomas Lane, Elbridge S. Hopkins, James H. Rackliff, 
Bugler George W. Morey, Privates Joseph S. Bray (died), James Burns 
(died), Cromwell Carter, Charles H. Caverly, Edward W. Colson (died), 
Irving F. Drew, Adelbert I. Friend (died), Daniel Frost (died), Hathorn 
Marston, John S. Mills, Calvin S. Morang, George A. Rt)well (died), 
Sewall W. Smith, John Stretch (died), Nicholas Summers (died), Albert 
L. Sylvester (died), Charles H. Tarbox (died), Horace K. Tobin (died), 
George Wellington, George A. Wentworth (died). 



CASUALTIES I.V THE FIRST I). C. 685 

Co. M. — WoiuuUmI, Corp. John :\I. Wairoii, rrivatc Ifiifiis II. Wiiisate 

(died); inisom'rs, Sergt. Oliver J. Woodward, Corp. (4eorfte C. Sairine, 

rrivates ^Madison F. Boissoinault (died), John S. Thompson (died) 

William H. Thurlow, John T. Watson (died). ' 

Total, six wounded, of whom one died; one wounded and prisoner, who 

died; ninety-live prisoners, of whom forty died. 

By Accident. 

Co. F. — Wounded, Private Fred V. Townsend, May 30. 
Co. IT. — Wounded, Private Wellington Frost, August. 



686 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



1865. 

Hatcher's Run, Feb. 5. 
Co. K. — Wounded, Corp. Lothrop II. Babb. 

Dinwiddle Court House, Marcla 31. 

Field and Staff. — Wounded, Maj. Paul Chadbourne. 

Co. A. — Killed, Private Otis E. Lufkin; wounded, Lieut. Leander M. 
Comins (died), Sergt. James F. Howard, Privates Amos Caverly, John 
Emery, Jr., AVilliam McKenzio. 

Co. B. — Killed, Private George S. Bond; wounded, Lieut. Henry D. Fuller, 
Corps. Wilhu-d W. Barlow, Henry J. Haskell, Privates William Coyle, 
Albion P. Kimball, Andrew D. Spein. 

Co. C. — Wounded, Privates Josiah A. Chandler, Joseph H. Noyes (died), 
George Perkins. 

Co. D. — Killed, Lieut. James E. Stayner, Privates Eswoll Bonnasa, Job 
Clark, Edward F. Morrill; wounded, Capt. William S. Howe, Corp. 
Jonathan F. Pollard, Privates John H. Dow, George S. Russell (died), 
Daniel Sweeney, Edward Wixon. 

Co. E. — Killed, Private Joshua B. Graffam; wounded, Sergt. George W. 
True, Privates George H. Butters, Lorenzo J. Heath, William Howard, 
Henry B. Leslie (died). 

Co. F. — Killed, Privates Michael Nolan, George W. Woods; wounded, Corp. 
George S. Kelley (died). Privates Cornelius Colby, Elijah H. Coleman, 
William H. Daniels, John Getchell, John W. Goodwin, Alvin Hunter, 
Henry D. Picker, Marcellus Wentworth. 

Co. G. — Wounded, Wagoner Orrin A. Snow, Privates James Burns (died), 
William H. Morse, Leroy H. Tobie, George W. Whiteknact, Hanson W. 
Young. 

Co. H. — Killed, Private Ephraim J. McGoon; wounded, Sergts. John W. 
West, Charles H. Foster, Corp. Llewellyn C. Wesley; wounded and 
prisoner. Private John Renier. 

Co. I. — Killed, Sergts. Xahum W. Mitchell, Edwin T. Edes; wounded. Pri- 
vates Robert Cosgrove, Luther Tibbitts. 

Co. K. — Killed, Private Arley P. Alexander; wounded, Sergts. William B. 
Tibbetts (died), David Tozier (died), Josiah Gatchell, Corps. John S. 
Blake, Privates George A. Gove, John P. Gray, Arthur J. Gross, 
Richard McCarthy; prisoners. Privates Chelis Alexander, Levi Bagley, 
Menander Dennett. 

Co. L. — Wounded, Sergt. Benjamin F. Carter, Corps. Beniah W. Pratt, Aus- 
tin L. Jones, Henry E. Challis, Privates Justin L. Bray, Lorenzo D. 
Chamberlain, Charles B. Clarkson, George W. Foster (died), Hiram B. 
Ingalls, Edward A. Mace, Frederick B. Nichols. 

Co. M.— Killed, Corp. Waterman T. Lewis, Privates George W. Gregory, 
Charles E. Long; wounded, Sergt. Sylvanus Quinn, Corps. James B. 
Harris, Herman R. Green, Pi-ivates George H. Bunker, Mauley Cope- 
land, Andrew Fisher, Alfred Foster, Joshua F. Pratt, Robert T. Thomas, 
George Tracy; wounded and prisoner, Private George IT. Cushman; 
prisoners. Privates Sumner P. Bradford, Llewellyn Green. 
Total, sixteen killed; seventy-five wounded, of whom nine died; two 

wounded and prisoners ; five prisoners. 

Fame's Cross-Roads, April 5. 
Co. A. —Wounded, Private William II. Hill. 
Co. F. — Prisoner, Private Sylvanus L. Hanscom. 



CASUALTIES IN 1S65. 687 

Charge on Lee's Train (Deatonsville), April 6. 

Field and Staff. — Wounded, Adjt. Tliaddous Little. 

Co. A. — Killed, Sergt. James ]S[. Hall; wounded, Capt. John W. Freese. 

Co. E. — Killed, Capt. John A. lleaUl, 8er<i,t. Cl)ark\s ^[. Bailey, Corp. John 
M. Hunter, I'rivatc Nathan 1). Dollcy; wounded, liugler liul'us A. Wil- 
bur (died). Farrier Joseph W. Ross, Privates Juan F. Flinn (died), 
Henry W. Folsoni, William ilorrill. 

Co. G. — Wounded, Sergt. Edwin J. Boynton; wounded and prisoner, Pri- 
vate Elnathan P. Irving. 

Co. M. — Wounded, Corp. Herman 11. Green, Private William B. Grindall. 
Total, five killed; ten wounded, of whom two died; one wounded and 

prisoner. 

Sailor's Creek, April 6. 

Field and Staff. — Wounded, Sergt. Maj. Edward P. Tobie, Jr. 
Co. B. — Wounded, Lieut. James W. Poor. 
Co. C. — Killed, Private William Casey. 

Co. F. — Killed, Private Samuel M. Johnson; wounded, Corp. John Knowles 
(died), Private William L. Johnson (died). 
Total, two killed; four wounded, of whom two died. 

Briery Creek, April 7. 
Co. D. — Killed, Private William L. Foss. 
Co. G. — Wounded, Private Kodney Jones. 

Farmville, April 7. 

Field and Staff. — Wounded, Sergt. Maj. Edward P. Tobie, Jr. 
Co. A. — Wounded, Private Simeon M. Dawson. 
Co. F. — Killed, Private John F. Johnson. 
Co. I. — Prisoner, Private Kufus A. Smith. 
Co. L. — Wounded, Private Cyrus E. Stevens. 
Total, one killed, three wounded, one prisoner. 

Appomattox Court House, April 9. 

Co. A. — Wounded, Lieut. Jefferson L. Coburn, Privates George E. Emery 
(died), Charles Smith. 

Co. B. — Killed, Sergt. Charles A. Mclntyre; wounded, Corp. Fi-ed A. Rip- 
ley, Privates James F. Barrett, Samuel Stewart, Edward Stokes. 

Co. C. — Wounded, Corp. Benjamin S. Wood. 

Co. E. — Wounded, Corp. Albert Gardiner (died), Private Eugene A. Libby. 

Co. F. — Wounded, Privates Corydon O. Stone, Charles W. Witham; pris- 
oner, Private John Clouser. 

Co. G. — Killed, Private William E. Clarke; wounded, Corp. Edward S. 
Baker, Private Frederick M. Giles. 

Co. M. — Wounded, Corps. Cyrus M. Geary (died), Francis L. Town, Frank 
Gates, Private George H. Cushman (died). 
Total, two killed; eighteen wounded, of whom four died; one prisoner. 

"Wounded by Accident. 
Co. B. — Private Daniel W. Benner, March 14. 
Co. C — Charles F. Shaw (died). 

Co. G. — Private Thomas Somers, on picket, winter; Private James H. Thorn, 
in camp, winter. . 



FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 



RECAPITULATION. 



1862. 




o 


s 


si 


73 
4) 

s 


o 

1 


5 


Midclletown, May 24 . . . 

Luray, June 

Cedar Mountain, Aup;. 9 
Brandy Station, Aug. 20 . 
Near Warrenton, Aug. 22 
Kappaliannock Station, Aug. 24 
Near Warrenton, Aug. 27 
Thoroughfare Gap, Aug. 28 
Bull Run, Aug. 28, 29 . 
Frederick, Md., Sept. 12 . . . 
South Moimtain, Sept. 13 
Antietam, Sept. 17 ... . 
Near Frederick, September . 
Near Middleburg, November . 
Fredericksburg, Dec. 12, 13 . 
Dumfries, Dec. 28 ... . 
By accident 






1 
1 


10 

1 

2 
3 

1 

2 
1 
1 
2 

2 

1 
1 


1 

1 
1 


13 


1 


49 

6 
1 
2 
1 

3 
1 


6 


Total, 1862 . 

1863. 

April 16 ... . 
Eappahannock Station, Ap 
Louisa Court House, May . 
Stoneman's raid, May 5, 7 
Bealton, May 10 
On detached service. May 
Brandy Station, June 9 . 
Aldie, June 17 . 
Middleburg, June 19 
Upperville, June 21 . 
Near Aldie, June 22 
Gettysburg, July 2, 3 . 
Halltown, July 15 . 
Shepardstown, July 16 
Hanover, Pa., July 
Beverly ford, Aug. 15 
Near Oakshades, Sept. 14 
Sept. 15 ... 
Near Warrenton, Sept. 20 
September . 

Little Washington reconno 
Bull Run, Oct. 15 . 
Rappahannock Station, Oc 
Unknown 
By accident . 


rif . 
2 

issance 

t. 23. 


, 6c1 


;. 1 


2. 


2 

2 

1 

5 

10 

1 
4 

1 


27 

1 

1 

2 
18 
19 

6 

4 
22 

1 
1 
2 
2 
1 


3 

1 
4 

1 


13 

2 

7 
2 
4 

1 

2 
1 

1 


1 

1 

1 


63 

2 
28 
2 
3 
1 
28 
4 
2 
1 
2 

4 

7 

1 
1 
1 
1 

22 


6 

1 


Total, 1863 










24 


80 


6 


20 


2 


110 


1 



RECAPITULATION OF CASUALTIES. 



689 



1864. 




V 

a 
p 


■6 




a 

<" to 


s 


a 


'C 


■6 

s 


Scouting near Warrenton, Jan. 9 . 
Scouting near Warrenton, Jan. 1(5 
Dalilgren raid, Feb. 29 to March 2 
Strasburg, May 1 . . . 
Todd's Tavern, May 8 . 
Beaver Dam Station, :May 10 
Gronnd Squirrel bridge. May 11 . 
Fortifu-ations of Richmond, May 
Haxall's Landing, May 15 . 
Hawes' shop. May 28 . 
SRirmish on the Kapidan, May . 
Barker's Mills, June 2 

June 

June 9 

Foraging, June 10 . 
Trevillian Station, June 11 

June 19 

Black Creek, June 21 . 
Near Petersburg, June 22 
St. Mary's church, June 24 
Near Gurley farm, June 2.5 . 

June 28 

Prince George Court House, June 

Julyl . ^ 

While serving as scout, July 11 
On picket, July 15 . . . 
Malvern Hill, July 28, 29 
On detached duty, July 

Aug. 3 

On picket, Aug. 9 . . . 
Berryville, Aug. 14 
White Tavern, Aug. 15 
Deep Bottom, Aug. 16 . 

Aug. 17 

Charles City cross-roads, Aug. 18 
On detached duty, Aug. 28 
Beams' Station, Aug. 23, 25 . 

August 

Stony Creek, Sept. 10 . 
Wyatt farm, Sept. 29 . 
Vaughan road, Oct. 1 . 
Bovdton plank road, Oct. 27 
Beilefield raid, Dec. 10 . 
On detached duty 
Unknown .... 


12 
29 


• 
■ 


7 

1 
2 
1 

1 

1 

1 

13 
1 

1 

4 

2" 

1 
3 

1 
11 

3 


4 
1 

7 

4 

10 

4 

1 
4 
1 

J. 

4 
2 
4 
1 
23 

1 

1 
1 

6 

1 
1 

1 

22 

1 

1 

6 
1 

2 
1 
1 
61 
2 
2 
2 
4 


2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 
1 

5 
1 

1 

1 


3 
12 

3 


7 


6 


30 

19 
1 

2 

19 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 
10 

7 


2 

2 

18 

7 
1 

8 

1 

1 

1 


Total, 1864. 




. 54 


189 


17 


18 


7 


112 


41 























690 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



FIRST D. C. CAVALRY. 


5 


■c 

i 


S 


a 

is 


<u 

(5 


i 

a 
o 

9h 


5 


Near Petersburg, June 10 ... . 
Petersburg, June 15, 16 . 
Wilson's raid, June 24-29 .... 
Reams' Station, July 2 . . . . 
Reams' Station, Aug. 21-26 .... 

Sept. 1, 2 

Near Sycamore church, Sept. 3 . . . 
Bermuda Hundred, Sept. 10 . . . 

On picket, Sept. 12 

Sycamore church, Sept. 16 . . . 

Unknown 

By accident 


1 

4 
2 
1 

3 


1 

6 
9 

7 

1 
1 

1 
6 
2 


1 

1 


9 
3 
1 

4 
1 


1 
1 

1 


29 
1 
6 
2 

1 

112 

95 


13 

1 
1 

• 

58 
40 


Total, First D. C. Cavalry. 

1865. 


11 

16 

5 
2 
1 
1 
2 


34 

1 

75 

1 

10 

4 

1 

3 

18 

4 


2 

9 

2 

2 

4 

1 


18 

2 
1 


6 


246 

5 
1 

1 

1 


113 


Hatcher's Run, Feb. 5 

Dinwiddle Court House, March 31 . 
Fame's cross-roads, April 5 . 
Chai'ge on Lee's train, April 6 . 

Sailor's Creek, April 6 

Briery Creek, April 7 

Farmville, April 7 

Appomattox Court House, April 9 . 

By accident 


~ 


Total, 1865 


27 

2 
24 
54 
11 

27 


117 

27 
80 

189 
34 

117 


1 
18 

3 
6 

17 

2 

18 


3 

13 

20 

18 

18 

3 


1 
2 

7 
6 


8 

63 
110 
112 
246 

8 


— 


GRAND RECAPITULATION. 




1862 

1863 

1864 

First D. C. Cavalry 

1865 


6 

1 

41 

113 


Grand Total 


118 


447 


46 72 


16 


539 


161 



THE ^BATTLE-FLAG. 





Maj. GEO. M. BROWN. 
Bangor. 




Lieut. Col. STEPHEN BOOTHBY. 
Mortally wounded at Beaver Dam Station, Va. 
May 10, '64. 



Maj. PAUL CHADBOURNE. 
Deceased. 



'')^i0j^^^^mmm^^ 







OUR FLAG." 



THE BATTLE-FLAG. 



By General Order No 10, dated Headquarters Army of the Potomac, 
March 7, 18G5, the names of twenty-nine battles, in which the First Maine 
Cavalry bore a meritorious part, were ordered to be inscribed upon the 
colors of this regiment. (This order is given on the ensuing pages for 
the purposes of comparison.) These do not include the many skirmishes 
and minor engagements in which the regiment took part — as Louisa Court 
House, May 2, 1863, Beaver Dam Station, May 10, 1864, near Richmond, May 
12, 1864, and various others that will readily occl^r to those acquainted with 
the history of the regiment, in some of which the regiment suffered quite 
severely — but only the more important engagements. The names of battles 
thus ordered on the flag of this regiment are : — 



MiDDLETOWN May 24 

WiNCUESTER May 25 

Cedar Mountain Aug. 9 

Second Bull Run Aug. 29, 30 

South Mountain Sept. 14 

Antietam Sept. 17 

Fredericksburg Dec. 12 

Rappahannock Station April 14 

Brandy Station June 9 

Aldie June 17 

MiDDLEBURG JuUC 19 

Upperville June 21 

Gettysburg July 2, 3 

Shepardstown July 16 

Sulphur Springs Oct. 12 

Mine Run Nov. 30 

Fortifications of Richmond .... March 1 

Old Church March 2 

Todd's Tavern May 7, 8 

Ground Squirrel Church May 11 

Hawes' Shop May 28 

Coal Harbor June 2 

Trevillian Station June 11 

St. Mary's Church June 24 

Deep Bottom Aug. 16 

Reams' Station Aug. 23, 25 

Wyatt's Farm Sept. 29 

BoYDTON Road Oct. 27 

Bellefield Dec. 10 



1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1862 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1864 
18()4 



693 



694 FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 

After this order was issued, the regiment was in seven different engajje 



ments, viz 



DiNWiDDiE Court House .... March 31, 1865 

Fame's Cross-roads April 5, 1865 

De AXONS viLLE (charge ou Lee's train) . . . April 6, 1865 

Sailor's Creek April 6, 1865 

Briery Creek April 7, 1865 

Farmville April 7, 1865 

Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865 



GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TEN. 



695 



Headquaktees Akmy ok tiik Potomac, 



General Order 
:No. lU. 



March 7, 18G5. 



In accordance with the requirements of General Order No. 19, of 1862, 
from the War Department, and in conformity witli tlie reports of boards 
convened to examine into the services rendered by the troops concerned, and 
by the antliority of the lieutenant general commanding armies of the 
United States, it is ordered that there shall be inscribed upon the colors or 
guidons of the following regiments and batteries serving in this army, the 
names of the battles in which they have borne a meritorious part, and as 
hereinafter specified, viz: — 



Fredericksburg. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Cednr ]\Iountaiu. 
Autietaui. 

Chancpllorsville. 

(a'ttyslnu-};-. 

Wilderness. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Middletown. 
Winchester. 
Cedar Mountain. 
Second Hull Run. 
South Mountain. 
Antietani. 
Fredericksburg. 
Rappahannock Sta'n. 

Bull Run. 
Yorktown. 
AVillianisliurg. 
West Point. 
Gaines' IMill. 
Savage Station. 



South Mountain. 
Antietani. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellors ville. 

Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



First Maine Heavy Artillery- 
Coal Harbor. Deep Bottom. 
Petersburg. 

Fourth Maine Battery. 5. 
Wilderness. Spottsylvania. 

Fifth Maine Battery. 9. 



Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Opequan. 



12. 



Sixth Maine Battery 

Antietani. Wilderness, 

(iettysliurg. Spottsylvania. 



Mine Run. 



North Anna. 



Seventh Maine Battery. 7. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Reams' Station. 



Boydton Road. 



Coal Harbor. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cellar Creek. 



Coal Harbor. 
l'etersl)urg. 
Deep Bottom. 



Poplar Spring 
Church. 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 29. 



Brandy Station. 

Aldie. 

Middleburg. 

UpiH-rville. 
Gi-ttysliurg. 
Shepai'dstown. 
Sulphur Springs. 



]\Iine Run. Trovillian Station. 

Fortiticationsof Rich. St. 3hiiv's Church. 



Old Church. 
Todd's Tavern, 
(inmnd S<|uirrel Ch. 
Hawes' Shoj). 
Coal Harbor. 



Dec]) Bcittoni. 
Reams' Station. 
Wv:itt's Furm. 
Bciydton Road. 
BeUcfield. 



First Maine Veteran Volunteers. 22. 



White Oak Swamp. 
Malvern Hill. 
Crainpton's Gap. 
Antietani. 
JNIayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 



Gettysburg. 
Rappahannock Sta'n. 
Wilderness. 
S]iot t'-;vlv:mia. 
Coal llarlior. 



Petersburg. 
Fort Stevens. 
()l)equan. 
Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Sixteenth Maine Volunteers. 13. 



Gettysburg. 
Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Bethesda Church. 
I'etersburg. 
AVeldon Railroad. 



Seventeenth Maine Volunteers. 12. 



Auburn. 
^Iin<; Run. 
Wilderness. 



Po River. 

Spottsylvania 
North 'Anna. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



696 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 



Nineteentti Maine Volmiteers. 16. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 



North Ann.i. 
Toloi)otoinoy. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Strawberry Plains. 
Deej) Bottom. 
Re.TUis' Station. 
Boydtou Road. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Wildemess. 
Spottsylvania. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Second Bull Run. 
Antietam. 
Frederickslmrg. 
Chancellorsville. 



Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
AVhite Oak Swamp. 



Camden. 
Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 



South Mountain. 

Antietam. 

Fredericksburg. 



T^wentieth Maine Volunteers. 15. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. North Anna. 

Mine Run. Tolopotomoy. 

Wilderness. Bethesda Chui-ch. 

Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

Thirty-first Maine Volunteers. 6. 

Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



"Weldon Railroad. 
Peebles' Farm. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Weldon Railroad. Poplar Spring Ch. 



Thirty-second Maine Volunteers. 
Coal Harbor. Weldon Railroad. 



7. 



Petersbur" 



Poplar Spring Ch. 



Battery M, First New Hampshire. 

Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. 

Mine Run. North Anna. 

Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. 
Po River. 

Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers. 



Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburc 



Chancellorsville. 
(iettysbnrg. 
ToloiKitomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Hatcher's Run. 



14. 

Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Deep Bottom. 



16. 

Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deeji Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers. 15. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Siege of Vicksburg. 
Jackson. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Hatcher's Run. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 



Ninth New Hampshirq Volunteers. 12. 



Hatcher's Run. 
Siege of Vicksburg. 
Jackson. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg*. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar .Spring Ch. 



Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers. 12. 



Fredericksburg. 

Vicksburg. 

Siege of Knoxville. 



Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Bull Run. 
Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Golding's Farm. 
Savage Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Golding's Farm. 
Savage Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 
Crami)ton's Gap. 



Hatcher's Run. 

Wilderness. 

Spottsylvania. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



First Vermont Artillery. 7. 



Petersburg. 
Charlestown. 



Opequan. 
Fisher's Hill. 



Jackson. 

Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 



Cedar Creek. 



Second Vermont Volunteers. 22. 



Crampton's Gap. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Mayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 
Gettysburg. 



Funkstown. Petersburg. 

Rajipahannock Sta'n. Charlestown. 

AVildcrness. Opequan. 

Spottsylvania. Fisher's Hill. 

Coal Harbor. Cedar Creek. 



Third Vermont Volunteers. 21. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
IMayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 
Gettysburg. 



Fnnkstown. 
Raiijialiannock Sta'n. 
Wilderness. 
Coal Harbor. 
Spottsylvania. 



Petersburg. 
Charlestown. 
Opequan. 
Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



.^^ V 



GENERAL OEDER NUMJil'Jn TEN. 



697 



Fourth Vermont Volunteers. 21. 



Yorktown. 
Willianislnirg. 
(i(>l(liu,i;"s Farm. 
Savai:;t' Station. 
AVhite Oak Swamp. 
Cranipton's Gap. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsbni'jr. 
Goldintr';* Farm. 

Savafic Station. 
AVliitf Oak Swamp. 
Crampton".s Gap. 



Yorktown. 
Willianisbni-f;-. 
Goldin.u's Farm. 
Savaiir Station. 
AVhitoOak Swamp. 
Cranipton's (iap. 



■Wililerncss. 
Spottsylvania. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Antietam. 
Fri'dcficksimrp;. 
iStavrc's llci;;lits 
Saloni lli'it;lits. 

Ciettysburj;. 



Fnnkstown. 
Kappahannock Sta'n. 
Wildi'rncss. 
Coal IIarl>or. 
Spottsylvania. 



Fctcrslmrp:. 
Cliarlrstown. 
((pi'cpian. 
Fisher's Hill. 
Cellar Creek. 



21. 



Fifth Vermont Veteran Volunteers. 

Fnnkstown. rctcrslmrfj:. 

Uappaliannoek Sta'n. Charlcstown. 
Wilderness. Opecpian. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksbiirfi. 
Mavre's Heights. 



Salem Ileiglits 
(iettysburg. 



Spottsylv.mia. 
Coal liarbor. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Sixth Vermont Volunteers. 21. 



.\ntietam. 
FrederieUsbnrtr. 
:Mavre's lleiuhl? 
Salem Heisihts. 
Gettysburg. 



F'niikstown. Petersbtirg. 

Uappaliannoek Sta'n. Charlestown. 

Wildi-rness. Ope<pian. 

Spoltsvlvania. Fisher's Hill. 

Coal liarbor. Cedar Creek. 



Third Vermont Volunteers. 8. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



iMoiioeacy 
(,»pe(piau. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Seventeenth Vermont Volunteers. 7. 

Hatcher's Run. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 



Yorktown. 
Hanover Court 
Meehaiiicsville, 
Gaines" Mills. 
Malvern Hill. 



Gettysburg. 
Mine Run. 
Spottsylvania. 

Kelly's Ford. 
Mine Run. 
Po River. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Poolesville. 
South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 



Bull Run. 
Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
F'air Oaks. 
Savage Station. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 



Battery E, Massachusetts Artillery. 

Second Bull Run. Mine Run. 

House. Fredericksburg. WikU'rness. 

Chancellorsville. Spottsylvania. 

(iettysburg. Korth Anna. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. 

Ninth Massachusetts Battery. 9. 



18. 

Bcthesda Church. 
I'etersbnrg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Hatcher's Run. 



North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 



Weldon Railroad. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Tenth Massachusetts Battery. 11. 

Spottsylvania. Coal Harbor. 

North Anna. Petersburg. 

Tolopotomoy. Deep Bottom. 

Eleventh Massachusetts Battery. 6. 



Reams' Station. 
Boydton Road. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor 



Petersburi 



AVeldon Railroad. 



Fifth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. 
Coal Harbor. Strawberry Plains. 

Petersburg. Deep Bottom. 

First Massachusetts Cavalry. 18. 



Poplar Spring Ch. 
Boydton Road. 



Brandy Station. 

Aldie. 

Upperville. 

Gettysburg. 

Williamsport. 



Culpeper. St. Mary's Church. 

Auburn. Coal Harbor. 

Todd's Tavern. Belletield. 

Fortifications of Rich. Vaughan Road. 



Eleventh Massachusetts Volunteers. 

Bristoe Station. Kelly's Ford. 

Second Bull Run. Locust Grove. 

Chantillv. Wilderness. 

Fredericksburg. Spottsylvania, 

Chancellorsville. North Anna. 

Gettysburg. Tolopotomoy. 



25. 

Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberrv Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 
Boydton Road. 



698 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers. 23. 



Ball's Bluff. 
Yorktown. 
West Point. 
Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 



Ball's Bluff. 
Yorktown. 
AVest l'i)int. 
Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
Glendale. 



White Oak Swamp. 
Malvern Hill. 
.Sfcoiul Bull Run. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 



Gettyshurg. 
Bristoe Station. 
Mine Run. 
AVilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
I'etersburg. 
Deep liottbm. 
Reams' Station. 
Boydton Road. 



Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteers. 26. 



Malvern Hill. 

C'liantilly. 

Antietam. 

Fredericksburg. 

Chancellorsviile. 

fietty.sburg. 

Bristoe Station. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
I'o River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Stravi'berry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 
Boydton Road. 



Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers. 19. 



Roanoke Island. 
Newbern. 
Camden. 

Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 



South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksbui^. 
Blue Sprimc. 
Camj)bell Station. 



Siege of Knoxville. 
Wiltlerness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers. 18. 



Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 



Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 
AVilderness. 
Mine Run. 



Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 
Tolopotomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deej) Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers. 16. 

Hampton Roads. 
(;aini's' :\Iills. 
Savage Station. 
White Oak .Swamp. 



Malvern Hill. 
Second Bull Run. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 



Vicksburg. 
Jackson. 
Blue Spi-ings. 
Cam2)bell Station. 



Siege of Knoxville. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 



Thirty-second Massachusetts Volunteers. 19. 

Malvern Hill. Fredericksburg. Wilderness. Petersburg. 

Gainesville. Chancellorsville. Spottsvlvania. Weldon R.ailroad. 

Second Bull Run. (iettysburg. North Anna. Peebles' Farm. 

Chantilly. Ivappahannock Sta'n. Tolopotomoy. Hatcher's Run. 

Antietam. Mine Run. Bethesda Church. 



Thirty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers. 13. 



Antiet.ani. 
Fredericksburg 
Jackson. 
Campbell Station 

Fredericksburg. 
Vicksburg. 
Jackson. 
Blue Springs. 



Siege of Knoxville. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Coal Harbor. 
Weldon Railroad. 
South Mountain. 



• Vicksburg. 
Poplar S])ring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Voltinteers. 13. 



Campbell Station. 
Siege of Knoxville. 
Wilderness. 



Spottsj-lv.ania. 
North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Thirty-seventh Massachussetts Volunteers. 11. 
Fredericksburg. Gettysburg. Spottsylvani.a. Fort .^tpvens. 



Mayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 



Rappahannock Sta'n. Coal fiarbor. 
Wilderness. Petersburg. 



Opequan. 



Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers. 8. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Church. 



Pet'^rsburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 



Hatcher's Run. 
North Anna. 



Co.al H.arbor. 
I'eter.sburg. 



Fifty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteers. 8. 

Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 

Fifty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers. 8. 

H.atchcr's Rutl Co.ol Harbor. Weldon Railroad. 

North Anna. Petersburg. Poplar Spring Ch. 



GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TEN. 



699 



Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers. 7 



■Wilderness, 
Spottsylvania. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Ball's rsiufC. 
Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Malvern Hill. 
Antietam. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Tctershur}:. 
^VeUloll llailroad. 



roplar Spring Ch. 



Fifty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers. 8 



Hatcher's Run. 
North Anna. 



Coal Harbor. 
I'etersburir. 



AVoUlon Kailroad. 
Voplar Spring Ch. 



Battery B, First Rhode Island Artillery. 19. 



First Fredcricksbiirs. Wilderness. 
Second Fredericksb'g. I'o Kiver. 
(icttvslmr^i. Spottsylvania, 

Itristoc Station. North Anna. 

iSIine Kun. Tolopotumoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
Fetersburg. 
Deep Hottom. 
Heams' Station. 



Battery C, First Rhode Island Artillery. 18 



Chaneellorsville 
(rettysburg. 
Kappahannock Sta'n. 
■Wilderness. 



Yorktown. ISIalvern Hill. 

Hanover Court House. Second Bull Ivun, 
iVIechanicsville. Antietam. 

Gaines' Mills. Fredericksburg. 

Fisher's Hill. Cedar Creek. 

Battery E, First Rhode Island Artillery. 
YorlctowTi Second Bull Run. Chaneellorsville. 

Charles City Cross Rd. Chantilly. Gettysburg. 

Malvern Hill. Fredericksburg. AVilderness. 



tsjiottsvlvania. 
Coal liarbor. 
Petersburg. 
Ojiequan. 



12. 

Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Battery G, First Rhode Island Artillery. 15 



YorktowTi. 
Fair Oaks. 
>Ialvern Hill. 

Antietam. 



Bull Run. 
Y'orktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Malvern Hill. 



Roanoke Island. 
Newbern. 
Fort Macon. 



Opequan. 
Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Fredericksburg. Wilderness. 

Mayre's Heights. Spottsylvania. 

Gettysburg. Coal Harbor. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. Petersburg. 

Second Rhode Island Volunteers. 16. 
Antietam Gcttvsburii-. Coal Harbor. 

Fredericksburg. Rappahannock Sta'n. Petersburg. 

Mayre's Heights. Wi^.lerness. Fort Stevens. 

Salem Heights. Spottsylvania. Opequan. 

Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers. 10. 

South Mountain. 

Antietam. 

Fredericksburg. 

Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers. 10. 



Suffolk. 

"Weldon Railroad. 



Poplar Spring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Fredericksburg. Spottsylvania. 

Siege of Vicksburg. North Ann:i. 
Jackson. Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
■Weldon Railroad. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 

Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chaneellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Second Connecticut Artillery. 5. 
Opequan. Fisher's Hill. 

Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers. 



Bristoe Station. 

Wilderness. 

Spottsylvania. 



Coal Harbor. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Poplar Spring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Cedar Creek. 

13. 

Petersburg. 
Reams' Station. 
Bovdton Road. 



Y'orktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Gaines' INIills. 
WTiite Oak Swamp. 
Crampton's Gap. 



First Ne-w York Independent Battery. 
Antietam. Rappahannock Sta'n. 

Fredericksburg. Wilderness. 

Mayre's Heights. Spottsylvania. 

Salem Heights. Coal Harbor. 

Gettysburg. 



18. 

Petersburg. 
Opequan. 
Fishers Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Third New York Independent Battery. 12. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Golding's Farm. 



Antietam. 
IVIayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 



Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. Coal Harbor. 

Wilderness. Petersburg. 



700 



FIRST MAINE CAVALHY 



Eleventh New York Battery. 10. 



Second Bull Run. 

Fredericksburg. 

Chancellorsville. 



Kelly's Ford. 
Mine Run. 



Tolopotouioy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Gettysburg. 
Mine Run. 
North Anna. 

Twelfth New York Battery. 

North Anna. Coal Harlior. 

Toloijotouioy. Petersburg. 



7. 



Petersburg. 
Deep Bottom. 



Reams' Station. 



Fifteenth New York Independent Battery. 11, 

Chancelloisville. Mine Run. Tolopotouioy. "VVeldon Railroad. 

(iettysliuii;. Si)ottsylvania. Bethesda Church. Peebles' Farm. 

Rapiiahanuock Sta'n. North Anna. Petersburg. 



Nineteenth New York Battery. 7. 



Suffolk. 
Spottsylvania. 

Petersburg. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



AVeldon Railroad. 
Petersburg. 



Hatcher's Run. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Second Bull Run. 
Fredericksburg. 
Vicksburg. 



Twenty-seventh New York Battery. 1. 

Thirty-fourth New York Battery. 15. 

Jackson. Wilderness. Petersburg. 

BlueSprings. Spottsylvania. Poplar Spring Ch. 

Campbell Station. North Anna. Hatcher's Run. 
Siege of Knoxville. Coal Harbor. 

Battery B, First New York Artillery. 19. 

Fair Oaks. Malvern Hill. Mine Run. Petersburg. 

Battle of June 25, '62. Antietam. Spottsylvania. Weldon Railroad. 

Peaih Orchard. Fredericksburg. North Anna. Peebles' Farm. 

Savage Station. Chancellorsville. Tolopotomoy. Hatcher's Run. 

White Oak Swamp. Gettysburg. Bethesda Cliui-ch. 

Battery C, First New York Artillery. 11. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. North Anna. Petersburg. 

]\Iine Run. Tolopotomoy. Weldon Railroad. 

Spottsylvania. Bethesda Church. 



Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Seven Pines. 
Battle of June 25, 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 



Battery D, First New York Artillery. 22. 

White Oak Swamp. Rappahannock Sta'n. Tolopotomoy. 

Glendale. jNIine Run. Bethesda Church. 

Malvern Hill. AVilderness. Petersburg. 

'62. Fredericksburg. Spottsylvania. AVeldon Railroad. 

Chancellorsville. North Anna. Chapel House. 

Gettysburg. 

Battery E, First New York Artillery. 16. 



Yorktown. 
Lee's Mills. 
W^illiamsburg. 
Mechanics vi lie. 



Savage .Station. 
AVhite Oak Swamp. 
Malvern Hill. 
Chancellorsville. 



Gettysburg. 
Mine Run. 
AVilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 



Battery G, First Ne-w York Artillery. 18. 



Fair Oaks. Fredericksburg. Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. 

Savage Station. Chancellorsville. I'o River. Coal Harbor. 

White Oak Swamp. Gettysl)urg. Spottsylvania, Petei-sbvirg. 

iVIalvern Hill. lirisfiie Station. North Anna. Deep Bottom. 

Antietam. Mine Run. 



Battery H, First New York Artillery. 14. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
White Oak Swamp. 
Malvern Hill. 



iSIine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Sjxrttsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Church. 
I'etersburg. 



Weldon Railroad. 
Peebles' Farm. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Battery L, First New York Artillery. 18. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Peebles' Farm. 



GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TEN. 



701 



Second Bull Run. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



■Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Spottsylvania. 
Tolopotonioy. 
Coal Harbor. 

Coal Harbor. 
I'etersburt!-. 



Second New York Heavy Artillery. 9. 



Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Tolopotonioy. 
Coal Harbor. 



IVterslnir^. 
Strawberry Plains. 



North Anna. 
Toloiiotonioy. 



Coal Ilarlto 
I'l'tersburi:;. 



Toloi)otonioy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Pctersbur}!;. 
Strawberry Plains. 



Eig'hth New York Heavy Artillery. 

North Anna. Strawlierry Plains. 

I'etersburf;-. Deep I'.ottoni. 



I>eep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Fourth New York Heavy Artillery. 8. 



Deep Bottom. 
Reams' .Station. 



Seventh New^ York Heavy Artillery. 8. 



Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 

9. 

Reams' Station. 
Koydton Road. 



Ninth New^ York Heavy Artillery. 5. 
Monocacy. Opequan. Cedar Creek. 

Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery. 6. 

Poplar Spring Ch. Hateher's Run. 



Petersburg. 

Wei don Railroad. 

Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery. 8. 



North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Betliesda Church. 
Petersbur";. 



Chapel House. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Leesburg. 
Brandy Station. 
Middlebiirg. 
Gettysbm-g. 
Shei)ardftown. 



Second New York Mounted Rifles. 



Betliesda Church. 
Pegram's Farm. 



Weldon Railroad. 
I'oplar Spring Ch. 



Tenth New York Cavalry. 20. 

Sulphur Springs. Hawes' Shop. 

Auburn. Coal Harbor. 

Mine Run. Trevillian Station. 

Todd's Tavern. St. Mary's Church. 

Fortifications of Rich. Malvern Hill. 



7. 
Hatcher' 



Run. 



Charles City Cr's Rds. 
Reams' Station. 
Vaughan Road. 
Boydton Road. 
Beilefiekl. 



"Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
Guineas Station. 
North Anna. 



Twenty-fourth New York Cavalry. 14. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Betliesda Church. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Cemetery Hill. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Reams' Station. 



Big Bethel. Peach Orchard. 

Yorktown. Savage Station. 

Hanover Court House. "White Oak Swamp. 
Mechanicsville. Glendale. 

Gaines' Mills. Malvern Hill. 



Gainesville. 
Seconil Bull Run. 
Antietaiii. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chaucellorsville. 



Peeliles' Farm. 
Vaughan Road. 
Bellefleld. 



Fifth New York Veteran Volunteers. 20. 



Betliesda Church. 
Pctcrsliurt;-. 
"WeUldii Railroad. 
Chapel House. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Big Bethel. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 



Norfolk. 
Gaines' Mills. 
White -Oak S^vamp. 
Malvern Hill. 
Second BvUl Run. 
Antietam. 



Beverlys Ford. 
Warrehton Sprinj 
Gainesville. 



Seventh New York Volunteers. 10. 



White Oak Swamp. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburj 



Tenth New York Volunteers. 21. 



Fredericksburg. 
Chaucellorsville. 
Gettysl)urg. 
Bristoe Station. 
Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolo|)otomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Groveton. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 



South Mountain. 
Antietam. 



Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep I'xittom. 
Reams' l^tation. 
Boydton Road. 



Twentieth New York State Militia. 10. 



Frederieksburj 
Gettysburg. 



702 



FIRST MAINE CAVALRY 



Thirty-ninth New York Volunteers. 15. 



Bull Run. 
Cross Keys. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Fair Oaks. 
Glendale 
ISIalvern Hill. 
Second Bull Run. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Po River. 

Spottsylvania. 



North Anna. 
Tolopotonioy. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersliuri;-. 



Chantilly. 
Fredericksburg. 
Cliancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
]Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotonioy. 



Strawberry Plains. 
Deej) Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Fortieth New York Volunteers. 21. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottoni. 
Boydton Road. 



Yorktown. 
Golding's Farm. 
Savage Station. 
Wliite Oak Swamp. 
Antietam. 



Hilton Head. 
Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 



Forty-third New York Volunteers. 18. 

FrediTicksliurg. Wilderness. Fort Stevens. 

Mavrcs llcinlits. Spottsvlvania. Opequan. 

Salt'iu Heights. Coal Harbor. Fisher's Hill. 

Gettysburg. Petersljurg. Cedar Creek. 
Rappahannock Sta'n. 

Forty-sixth New York Volunteers. 15. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Siege of Vicksburg. 
Jackson. 



Blue Springs. 
Campbell Station. 
Siege of Knoxville. 
Petersl)urg. 



Weldon Railroad. 
Reams' Station. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 



Forty-ninth New York Volunteers. 22. 



Drainesville. 
Y'U'ktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Golding's Farm. 
Savage Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 



Roanoke Island. 
Newbern. 
Manassas. 
Chantilly. 



Malvern Hill. 
Cramjjton's Gap. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Mayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 

Fifty-first New York Volunteers. 16. 



Gettysburg. Petersburg. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. Fort Stevens. 
Wilderness. Opequan. 

Spottsylvania. Fisher's Hill. 

Coal Harbor. Cedar Creek. 



South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Siege of Vicksburg. 



Jackson. 
AV'ilderness. 
Sijottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 



Fifty-second New York Volunteers. 21. 



Fair Oaks. 
I'ciich Orchard. 
S:i\'agc Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 
Malvern Hill. 
Antietam. 

Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Gaines' Mills. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
Wliite Oak Swamp. 



Frederick>il)urg. 
Cliancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 
Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotonioy. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Fifty-seventh New York Volunteers. 23. 



IMalvern Hill. 

Antietam. 

Fredeiicksburg. 

Chaut'ellorsville. 

Gettysl)urg. 

Bristoe Station. 



jNIine Run- 
Wilderness. 
Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotonioy. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Fifty-ninth New York Volunteers. 23. 



Bull Run. 
Ball's Bluff. 
Yorktown. 
West Point. 
Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
Wliite Oak Swamp. 
Glendale. 



Savage Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 
]Malvern Hill. 
Second Bull Run. 
Antietam. 
Fretlericksburg. 



Cliancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 
jNIine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Malvern Hill. 

Antietani. 

Fredericksburg. 

Chancellorsville. 

Gettysburg. 

Bristoe Station. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Corbin's Bridge. 
Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottoni. 
Reams' Station. 
Boydton Road. 



Sixty-first New York Volunteers. 24. 



Tolopotonioy. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



GENERAL ORDER NUMHER TEN. 



ro3 



Yorktown. 
\Villi;iiusl)urf?. 
Fair Oaks. 
Malvfiii Hill. 
Antietaiu. 



Sixty-second New York Volunteers. 18. 

rrodprickstiurjr. Wildorncss. Fort StPvons. 

M.ivre's Hfifjlits. Spottsvlv.itiia. <)|ic(niaii. 

Sali'iii Ihnnhts. Coal liarhor. Fishers Mill. 

(Jcttysliur^;. IVterslmr^'. (((lar Creek. 
Uaiiiiahaimock Sta'n. 

Sixty-third New York Volunteers. 23. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks, 
(iaiiics' Mills. 
Savage Station. 
"Wliitt" Oak Swamp. 
Cbaucellorsville. 



]\raIv(Mn Hill. 

Antictaiii. 

Frcdi'rickshurg. 

(icttyslivirii. 

I'.ristoe Station. 

Spottsylvauia. 



Aline linn. 
Wilderness. 
I'o River. 
North Anna. 
Tolojiotonioy. 
Deep l>ottoni. 



Coal Harhor. 
I'etersbiHti-. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Reams' Station. 
I'each Orchard. 



Sixty-fourth New York Volunteers. 24. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Gaines' .AHUs. 
Savaf;e Station. 
Peach Orchard. 
White Oak Swamp. 



Fair Oaks. 
Malvern Hill. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Gaines' Mills. 
Peaih Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
AVhite Oak Swamp. 



filendale. 

.Alalveni Hill. 

Antictaiii. 

Fredeiickslinrg. 

riiancellorsville. 

Gettvsburg. 



r>ristoe .Station. 
Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Po River. 
Sjiottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Mayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 
Gettysburg. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Malvern Hill. 

Antietam. 

Fredericksburg. 

Chancclldrsville. 

Gettysliurg. 

Bristoe Station. 



IMine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Po River. 

Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Coal Harhor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plain.s. 
Keep Bott()m. 
Reams' Station. 



Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers. 13. 



Petersburg. 
Opequan. 
Cedar Creek. 



Sixty-sixth New York Volunteers. 23. 



Coal Harhor. 
PeterslMirg. 
Strawlierrv Plains. 
Deep I'.ottiini. 
Reams' Station. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Gaines' AHlls. 
Savage Station. 
Peach Orchard. 



Sixty-ninth New York Volunteers. 23. 



Malvern Hill. 

Antietaui. 

Fredericksburg. 

Cliaiicclloisville. 

Octtvsliiir' 



White Oak Swamj). Bristoe Station. 



Mine Run. 
AVilderness. 
Po River. 

Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 

Tolopotomoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
I'etersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Dee)) Hdttoiii. 
Reams' Station. 



Sixty-ninth New York National Guard Artillery. 10. 



Suffolk. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotomov. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 



Reams' Station. 
Boydton Road. 



Seventy-third New York Volunteers. 23. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Fair Oaks. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 
Bristoe Station. 



Second Bidl Run. 

Chantilly. 

Fredericksburg. 

ChaiiccllorsviHe. 
Gettysburg. 
Kelly's Ford. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
N(U'th Anna. 
T<)loi)()t(imov. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
I'oplar Spring Ch. 
Boydton Road. 



Seventy-seventh New York Volunteers. 20. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Golding's Farm. 
Savage Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 



Malvern Hill. 
Crampton's Gap. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Mayre's Heights. 



Gettysburg. 
Rappahannock Sta'n. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Fort Stevens. 
Opequan. 
Fi.sher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Seventy-ninth New York Volunteers. 15. 



First Bull Run. 
James Island. 
.Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 



South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Vicksburg. 



.Jackson. 
Blue Springs. 
Campbell St.ation. 
Siege of Knoxville. 



AVilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
Hatcher's Run. 



;04 



FIRST MAINE CAVALIiY. 



Eighty-sixth New York Volunteers. 

Second Bull Run. Mine Run. North Anna. 

First Fredericksburg. 'Wilderness. Toloiiotonioy. 

Chancellorsville. Sjiottsylvania. Coal Harbor. 

Gettysburg. 

Eighty-eighth New York Volunteers. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Oaines' Mills. 
Savage Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 



Malvern Hill. 
Antietam. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 
Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Po River. 

Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotonioy. 



13. 

Petersburg. 
Deep Bottom. 
Boydton Road. 

20. 

Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Ninety-third New York Volunteers. 15. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 



Cedar Mountain, 
(iainesvllle. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chautilly. 



Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 



Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 



Antietam. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotnmov. 
C.):il llarlx.r. 
I'.'tersliurt;. 
Strawberry Plains. 



Deep Bottom. 
Poi)lar Spring Ch. 
Bovdton Road. 



Ninety-fourth New York Volunteers. 14. 



Sovith Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 



Gettysburg. 
;\Iiiii' I!un. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
Wei don Railroad. 



Ninety-fifth New Yoi'k Volunteers. 17. 



Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Mine" Run. 
Wilderness. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Cliureh. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Chapel House. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Ninety-sixth New York Volunteers. 17. 



Chancellorsville. 
(iettysburg. 
Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 



Pjiottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Church. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Chapel House. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Ninety-seventh New York Volunteers. 16. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotnmov. 
Bi'thcsda Church. 
IVtiTsbui-g. 
AVeldiin Railroad. 



One Hundred and Fourth New York Volunteers. 15. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Mine Run. 
AVilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 



One Hundred and Sixth New York Volunteers. 11. 



Fairmount. 
Marti nsburg. 
Wai)ping Heights. 



WiUierness. 
Si)ottsvlvania. 
Coal Jiarbor. 



Petersburg. 

Moiiocacy. 

()pe(iuau. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



One Hundred and Eighth New York Volunteers. 15. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Bristoe Station. 
Wilderness. 
Sjtottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 
I'etersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 



Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 
Bovdton Road. 



One Hundred and Ninth New York Volunteers. 8. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Coal Harbor. 
I'etersburg. 



Weldon Railroad. 
Reams' Station. 



Poplar Spring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



One Hundred and Eleventh New York Volunteers. 13. 



Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 
Mine Run. 
WiUlerness. 



Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolo]iotomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Stra^Yberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



GENERAL ORDER NUMBKR TEN. 705 

One Hundred and Twentieth New York Volunteers. 13. 

" " "one Hundred and Twenty-first New York Volunteers. 11. 

Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. Opequan. 

One Hundred and Twenty-second New York Volunteers. 11. 

^-s,i;*>'»- ^issip,.. KSs. s;ss 

Rapi'-ahaimock Sta'n. Coal llarbor. Opcquan. 

One Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York Volunteers. 14. 

Kelly's Fonl. Spottsylvaiua. 

One Hundred and Twenty-fifth New York Volunteers. 13. 

Gettysburg ^^^l.^^ ^o'nl^^rlT:- ^i^TB^U^ ""^"" 

Mine Kun'.''""- ^i'mth -^^uT." Pete "burg. ReaJns' Station. 

Wilderness. .^^ , j. io 

One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York Volunteers. 13. 
r'«tt,-..i.„ro- ro River Tolopotomoy. Strawberry Plains. 

IIS--- hsisr- s..;i;sr- s?*ss„. 

"Wilderness. ,^ , ^ -, ^ 

One Hundred and Fortieth New York Volunteers. 14. 

Fredericksburg. Minor.un. Betbesda Church. ^^f '"^^^'i",];,^;^^"''^'^- 

Cbancellorsville. AVildcrness. ^.' **; "f l" ]:: ?ia^cher's Run 

Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. North Anna. llatcner s iiun. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. Tolopotomoy. 

One Hundred and Forty-sixth New York Volunteers. 14. 
Frederiek^bur-. Inline Run. Bethesda Church. Weldon Railroad. 

ChanceUorsvil&. AVilderness. Petersburg. Kher's^Run 

Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. North Anna. Hatcher s Run. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. Tolopotomoy. 

One Hundred and Forty-seventh New York Volunteers. 12. 
Cbancellorsville. Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. Weldon Railroad. 

Gem^burg Spottsylvania. Bethesda Church. i:h«Pel "«"T^ 

Mine Run North Anna. Petersburg. Hatcher s Run. 

One Hundred and Fifty-first New York Volunteers. 9. 

Wapping Heights. Coal Harbor. Monocacy. reda^'cr^ek' 

Wilderness. Petersburg. Opequan. Cedai Creek. 

Spottsylvania. ^ , .tt , j. o 

One Hundred and Fifty-second New York Volunteers. 9. 
Wilderness Coal Harbor. Strawberry Plains. Reams' St.ation. 

™t7y"yania. Petersburg. Deep Bottom. Boydton Road. 

North Anna. „ , , ,„ 

One Hundred and Fifty-fifth New York Volunteers. 10. 
q,,ffolk Tolopotomoy. Strawberry Plains. Reams' Station. 

SpotTsylvania. Coal Harbor. Deep Bottom. Boydton Road. 

North Anna. Petersburg. 

One Hundred and Sixty-fourth New York Volunteers. 10. 
<,,,ffolk Tolopotomoy. Strawberry Plains. Reams' Station. 

B"u'k«'^ter. Coal HarboV. Deep Bottom. Boydton Road. 

Si)'ottsylvania. Petersburg. 



70(3 



FIB ST MAINE CAVALBY. 



One Hundred and Seventieth Ne^w York Volunteers. 11. 



Suffolk. 

Blackwater. 

Spottsylvania. 



North Anna. 
Toloi)ot()ni()y. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersluirp:. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep IJottoni. 



Reams' Station. 
IJoydton Koad. 



One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ne'w York Volunteers. 4. 
Petersburg-. Weldon Kaihoad. Poplar Spring Ch. Hatcher's Eun. 

One Hundred and Eig-hty-fifth New York Volunteers. 1. 
Hatcher's liun. 

One Hundred and Eighty-sixth New York Volunteers. 1. 
Hatcher's Run. 

One Hundred and Eighty-seventh New York Volunteers. 1. 
Hatcher's Run. 

One Hundred and Eighty-eighth New York Volunteers. 1. 

Hatcher's Run. 

Battery A, First New Jersey Artillery. 14. 

"West Point. Crampton's Gap. Salem Heights. Spottsylvania. 

Gaines' Mills. Antietam. Gettysburg. ■ Coal Harbor. 

White Oak Swamp. Fredericksburg. Wilderness. Petersburg. 

Chantilly. Mayre's Heights. 



Battery B, First New Jersey Artillery. 14. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 
Malvern Hill. 



Petersburg. 



Harrisonburg. 
Cedar Mountain. 
Brandy Station. 
Thoroughfare Gap. 
Second Bull Run. 
Warrenton. 



Fredericksburg. Locust Grove. 

Chancellorsville. Spottsylvania. 

Gettysburg. Tolopotomoy. 
Kelly's Ford. 

Third New Jersey Battery. 3. 

Deej) Bottom. Reams' Station. 

First New Jersey Cavalry. 23. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Aldie. 

Fredericksburg. 
Brandy Station. 
Upperville. 
Gettysburg. 
Sulphur Springs. 



Auburn. Reams' Station. 

Mine Run. Malvern Hill. 

Todd's Tavern. Deep Bottom. 

Fortifications of Rich. Yaughan Road. 
Hawes' Shop. Bellefield. 

Trevillian Station. 



Fourth New Jersey Veteran Volunteers. 13. 



West Point. 
Gaines' Mills. 
Second Bull Run. 
Crampton's Gap. 

YorktowTi. 
Williamsburg. 
Fair Oaks. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 
Bristoe Station. 



Yorktown. 
Williauisburg. 
Fair Oaks. 
Savage Station. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Fair Oaks. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 
Bristoe Station. 



Antietam. 

Fredericksburg 

Wilderness. 



Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 
Winchester. 



Opequan. 
Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Fifth New Jersey Volunteers. 21. 



Second Bull Run. 

Chantilly. 

Freilericksburg. 

Chancellorsville. 

Gettysburg. 



Kelly's Ford. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopt>tomoy. 



Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Dee]) Bottom. 
I'oplar Sjiring Ch. 
Bovdton Road. 



Sixth New Jersey Volunteers. 24. 



Bristoe Station. 

Second Bull Run. 

Chantilly. 

Fredericksburg. 

Chancellorsville. 

Gettysburg. 



Kelly's Ford. 
ISline Run. 

Wikleniess. 
S]>ottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strav^berrv Plains. 
Deep l!otti>m. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 
Bovdton Ivoad. 



Seventh New Jersey Volunteers. 22. 



Second Bull Run. 

Chantilly. 

Fredericksburg. 

Chancellorsville. 

Gettysburg. 

Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsyhaiiia. 
Ntu'th Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersbxirg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
I'oplar Spring Ch. 
Boydton Road. 



GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TEN. 



ro7 



Yorktown. 
AVilliainsburg. 
Fail- Oaks. 
Glcndalc. 
Malvern ITill. 
liristoe Station. 



Eighth Ne^w Jersey Volunteers. 23. 



Second Bull Kun. 

Cliaiitilly. 

Kiederickshurfi. 

riianccllorsville. 

(iettyslmi-fr. 

Kelly's Ford. 



^line Kuii. 
■Wilderness. 
S|)ottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Toloiiotomov. 
Coal Harbor. 



reterslinrfj. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deej) Bottom. 
roi)lar Sjirinp; Ch. 
Bovilton Iload. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvauia. 



Tenth New Jersey Volunteers. 7. 



Coal Harbor. 
Winchester. 



0])e(in.iii. 
Fisher's Hill. 



Cedar Creek. 



Frederieksbnrg. 
(iettysljurg. 
(^liaiieellorsville. 
Mine Run. 



Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 
Mine linn. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers. 14. 

Wilderness. Coal Harbor. ])ee]> Bottom. 

North .\nna. Strawberry I'lains. Boydton Uoad. 

Sjiottsylvania. Tetersburg. Poplar Spring Ch. 
Tolopotonioy. 

T'welfth New Jersey Volunteers. 14. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Ann.a. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 



Deep Bottom. 
Beams' Station. 
Boydton Road. 



Fourteenth Ne^w Jersey Volunteers. 8. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Monocacy. 
Opequan. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Fredericksburg. 
Salem Heights. 
Gettysburg. 



Hatcher's Run. 



Fifteenth Ne-w Jersey Volunteers. 11. 



Rappahannock Sta'n. Coal Harbor. 
Wilderness. Petersburg. 

Spottsylvania. Opequan. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Thirty-ninth Ne-w Jersey Volunteers. 1. 



Battery B, First Pennsylvania Artillery. 17. 



Mechanlcsville. 
Gaines' Mills. 
Glendale. 
Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 



South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 



G.'ttysburg. 
^line l;un. 
Wild(>rness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Xorth Anna. 
Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
Wei don Railroad. 



Battery F, First Pennsylvania Artillery. 16. 



Winchester. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
Antietam. 



Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Deep Bottom. 



Battery D, First Pennsylvania Artillery. 11. 



Kelly's Ford. 
Bristoe Station. 
Bull Run. 



Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 
Antietam. 



Warrenton Springs. 
Fredericksburg. 
Vicksburg. ^ 



Jackson. 
Petersburg. 



First Pennsylvania Cavalry. 22. 



Drainesville. 
Harrisonburg. 
Cross Keys. 
Cedar Alountain. 
(Gainesville. 
Bull Run. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Chantilly. 
Gettysburg. 
Mine Run. 



Auburn. Coal Harbor. 

Mine Run. Trevillian .Station. 

Todd's Tavern. St. .Alary's Church. 

Fortifications of Rich. Reams' "Station. 
Hawes' Shop. Bellefleld. 



Fredericksburg. 
Braiuly Station. 
Aldie. 

Gettysburg. 

Shepardstown. 

Culijeper. 

Second Pennsylvania Cavalry. 13. 

Todd's Tavern. St. Mary's Church. Reams' Station. 

Fortifications of Rich. Deep Bottom. Wyatt's Farm. 

Trevillian Station. Charles City Cr's Rds. Boydton Road. 



708 



FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 



Third Pennsylvania Cavalry. 24. 

Yorktown. Antietani. Stoneman's llaid. 

AVilliaiiif-burg. Unionville. Brandy Station. 

Savaur Station. Piedmont. Aldie. 

Joid-urs Kord. Ashby's Gap. (iettysburR. 



Charles Citv Cr'S Rds. Amissville. 
Malvern Hill. Kelly's Ford. 



Shei)ardstowii. 
Culpeper. 



Opequan. 

New Hope Church. 

Warrenton. 

Wilderness. 

Spottsylvania. 

Petersbnrg. 



Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry. 21. 



Gaines' Mills. 
Charles City Cr's Rds. 
Antietam. 
HedResville. 
Markhani Station. 
Kelly's Ford. 

Yorktown. 

New Kent Ct. House. 

Frederick City. 

Bottom's Bridge. 

Pliillimont. 

Union. 

Upperville. 



Middlclmrg. 

TTpperville. 

Gettysburg. 

Shepardstown. 

Culpeper. 



Sulphur Springs. 
Todd's Tavern. 
Trevillian Station. 
St. Marys Church. 
Deep Bottom. 



Keams' Station. 
AVyatt's Farm. 
Boydlon Koad. 
Stonev Creek Station. 
Belletield. 



Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry. 26. 

Haxhall's Landing. Barber's Cross Roads. Reams' Station 

ISIalvern Hill. 

Thoroughfare Gap. 

Antietam. 

Chancellorsville. 

Gettysburg. 

Sulphur Springs. 



Amissville. Mine Run. 

Fortifications of Rich. Todd's Tavern. 
Fredericksburg. Savage Station. 

Trevillian Station. Seven Pines. 
Deep Bottom. Fair Oaks. 



Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. 13. 



"Winchester. 

:Middletovvn. 
Suliihur Sjirings. 
Spottsylvania. 



Kellv's Ford. 
Middleburg. 
Ashliy's (Jap. 
Gettysburg. 
Shepardstown. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 



James Island. 
South Mountain. 
Antietani. 
Fredericksburg. 



Hawes' Shop. 
Gaines' Mills. 
Trevillian Station. 



St. JIary's Church. 
Deep Bottom. 
Wyatt's Farm. 



Boydton Road. 
Hatcher's Run. 
Stoney Creek Station. 



Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. 17. 

Suljihur Springs. St. Marv's Church. Deep Bottom. 

Bristoe Station. Hawes' Shop. Reams' Station. 

:MineRun. Fortifications of Rich. Boydton Road. 

Todd's Tavern. Trevillian Station. Stoney Creek Station. 

TTventy-first Pennsylvania Cavalry. 6. 

Weldon Railroad. Boydton Road. Bellefield. 

Poplar Spring Ch. 

Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. 16. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
AVeldon Railroad. 



Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 16. 



Siege of Yicksburg 
•Jackson. 
Blue Springs. 
Campbell Station. 



Siege of Knoxville. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 



Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 15. 
Second Bull Run. Fr.Mleri.ksburg. Wilderness. Weldon Railroad. 

Chantilly. I'.lue Springs. Spottsylvania. Poplar Spring Ch. 

South Mountain. Campbell Station. Coal Harbor. 

Antietam. Siege of Knoxville. Petersburg. 



Hatcher's Run. 



Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 15. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Golding's Farm. 
White Oak Swamp. 



Port Royal. 
Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 
Antietam. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Mayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 



Gettysburg. 
Rappahannock Sta'n. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Coal Harbor. 

Petersburg. 

Opequ^an. 



Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 20. 



Fredericksburg. 
Siege of Vicksburg. 
Jackson. 
Blue Springs. 
Campbell Station. 



Siege of Knoxville. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Reams' Station. 
Poplar Si)ring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TEN. 



f09 



Fifty-first Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. 19. 



Roanoke Island. 
Newburn. 
Caniilcii. 

Seconil Hull Run. 
Chantillv. 



South Mountain. 

Antii'tani. 

Kiv<l('ri(;ksl)urg. 

Viokslnirg. 

Jackson. 



Cainplx-ll Station. 
Siciic of Ivno.xville. 
Wiidcnicss. 
Spottsylvania. 
Coal liarbor. 



rotorsbui-}:;. 
Wohlon Uailroail. 
Reams' Station. 
Jlatcher'8 Run. 



Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers. 23. 



Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Gaines- Mills. 
Poaiii Oi-i'hard. 
Savage Station. 
AVhiLC Oak Swamp. 



Malvern TTill. 

Antietam. 

Fredeiieksburj?. 

Chancellorsville. 

(iettysburg. 

Bristoe Station. 



Mine Run. 
■\Vilderness. 
Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
I'eterslinrfr. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep I}ott!)m. 
Reams' Station. 



Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. 23. 



Yorktown. 
AVilliamsburg. 
Fair Oaks. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 
Second Bull Run. 



Chantillv. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chaneelldrsville. 
(iettysburg. 
Kelly's Ford. 
>Iine Run. 



"Wilderness. 
I'o River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolojxjtomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Dee]) Bottom. 
Poplar Spring Cli. 
Boydton Road. 



Sixty-flrst Pennsylvania Volunteers. 16. 

Fair Oaks. Mayre's Heights. Wilderness. Fort Stevens. 

Malvern Hill. Salem Heights. Spottsvlvania. Ojieiiuan. 

Antietam. (iettysburg. Coal liarbor. Fisher's Hill. 

Fredericksburg. Rappahannock Sta'n. Petersburg. Cedar Creek. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Fredericksburg. 
ChancellorsviUe. 
Gettysburg. 



Y^'orktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 



Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. 6. 

Coal Harbor. Fisher's Hill. Cedar Creek. 

Opequan. 

Sixty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 10. 



Wapping Heights. 
Auburn. 
Locust Grove. 



jNIine Run. 
Kelly's Ford. 



Guineas Station. 
Petersburg. 



Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 21. 



Chantillv. 

Antietam. 

Frcili-ricksburg. 

Chaniellorsvilie. 

Gettvsbiirg. 



INIine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Po Itiver. 
Spottsylvania. 
Tolopotomoy. 



X<irtli Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Reams' Station. 
Boydton Road. 



Eig'hty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers. 22. 



Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chanci'lldrsville. 
Gt'ttysliiirg. 
Bristcie Station. 
Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Po j;iver. 
Siiottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
I'etersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Dei']i I'.iittc'im. 
Reams' Station. 



Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers. 14. 



Y'orktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
AVHiite Oak Swamp. 
Malvern Hill. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Mayre's Heights. 
Salem Heights. 



Gettysburg. 
Rappahannock Sta'n. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Fort Stevens. 
Opecjuan. 



Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers. 25. 



Yorktown. Bethesda Church. 

Olendale. Mechanicsville. 

Gettysburg. Bull Run. 

Tolo]")otomoy. Mine Run. 

Hanover Court House. Petersburg. 
Malvern Hill. Gaines' Mills. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. 



Antietam. 
AVilderness. 
AV'eldon Railroad. 
Peach Orchard. 
Fredericksburg. 
Spottsylvania. 



Peebles' Farm. 
Savage Station. 
Chaneellorsville. 
Nortli Anna. 
Hatcher's Run. 
AVhite Oak Swamp. 



710 



FIRST MAIJ^E CAVALRY. 



Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 17. 



Winohester. 
Front Royal. 
Port Rei)ul)lic. 
Second Bull Run. 
Fredericksburg. 



Chaneellorsville. 
Kelly's Ford. 
Mine Run. 
■Wilderness. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotonioy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersliurp;. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 



■Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers 

Coal Harbor. INIonocacy. 

Petersburg. Opequan. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 17. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 



Cedar Mountain. 
Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 



.\ntietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chaneellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Mine Run. 
AVilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotonioy. 
Betliesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
Wei don Railroad. 



Ninetieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 17. 



Antietam. 

Fredericksburg. 
ClianccllcirsviUe. 
Gettysburg. 



Mine Run. 
■Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
■Weldon Railroad. 



Ninety-first Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. 15. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksbvirg. 
Chaneellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



Rappahannock Sta'n. North Anna. "Weldon Railroad. 

Mine Run. Tolopotomoy. Peebles' Farm. 

Wilderness. Bethesda Church. Hatcher's Run. 

Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 



Ninety-third Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. 15. 



Torktown. 
Willianisl)urg. 
Fair daks. 
^lalvern Hill. 



Fredericksburg. 
Mavrc's Heights 
Salciii Ilciu-hts. 
Gettysburg. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Opeqiian. 
Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



West Point. 
Gaines" .Mills. 
Cranipton's Gap. 
Antietam. 



Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 16 

Fredericksburg. 
:\Iayrc's Heights, 
Salem Heights. 
Gettysburg. 



Rappahannock Sta'n. Petersburg. 
Wilderness. Opequan. 

Spottsylvania. Fisher's Hill. 

Coal Harbor. Cedar Creek. 



Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. 16. 



Torktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Malvern Hill. 
Fredericksburg. 



Mayre's Heights. Wilderness. Fort Stevens. 

Salem Heights. Spottsylvania. Opequan. 

Gettysburg. Coal Harbor. Fisher's Hill. 

Rappahannock Sta'n. Petersburg. Cedar Creek. 

Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 16. 



Second Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chaneellorsville. 



Gettysburg. 
Kelly's Ford. 
Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 



Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 



One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 18. 



James Island. 
Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 
Antietam. 



Fredericksburg. 
Siege of Vicksburg 
Jackson. 
Blue Springs. 
Campbell Station. 



Siege of Knoxville. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers. 17. 



Yorktown. 
Fredericksburg. 
Wilderness. 
Fort .Stevens. 
Williamsburg. 



Salem Heights. 
Spottsylvania. 
Ojicqnan. 
Fair Oaks. 



Gettysburg. 
Coal'Harbor. 
Fislier's Hill. 
Malvern Hill. 



Rappahannock Sta'n. 
Petersburg. 
Cedar Creek. 
Antietam. 



GENERAL OBDER K UMBER TEN. 711 

One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 23. 

Yorktown. Second Hull Run. AlinoKtui. ('i>m1 Harbor. 

"Williauisliurg. Chaiitilly. ^\■il(lt•^n(■ss. Stiawlicnv I'lains. 

Fair Oaks. Fredt'iicksbur";. Fo liivcr. Dec)! Hottoni. 

filendale. rhanccllorsville. Siiottsylvaiii.i. I'ojilar Siu-inj; Ch. 

^Malvern Hill. (Jet yslmrfr. North 'Anna. Hoydton Uoad. 

Bristoe Station. Kelly's Ford. Tolopotoiuoy. 

Battalion One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 2. 
Reams' Station. Hoydton Koad. 

One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. 15. 

Cedar ^lountain. Antiotam. ^Mine Kun. T.itli<sda Church. 

Second Hull Kun. Fredericksburg. Siiottsylvania. I'd rrsliur^i;. 

Chantilly. Chaiioellorsville. North Anna. \\ ililon Kailroad. 

South Mountain. Gettysburg'. Toloiiotonioy. 

One Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 17. 

"Winchester. Fredericksburp;. North Anna. Strawberry Plains. 

Front Koyal. Chancellorsville. Toloixitouioy. Doej) Hottoui. 

Port Rciiublic. Gettysburg. Coal Harbor. Poplar Sjiring Cb. 

Cedar :\lountain. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. Boydton Koad. 
Second Hull Run. 

One Hundred and Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 11. 

Fredericksburg. "SVapping Heights. ISIine Run, Guineas Station, 

Chancellorsville. Auburn. Kelly's Ford. Petersburg. 

Gettysburg. Locust Grove. Wilderness. 

One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 15. 

Fredericksburg. Mine Run. North Anna. Strawberry Plains. 

Chancellorsville. "Wilderness. Tolojiotonioy. Deep IJottoni. 

Gettysburg. Po River. Coal Harbor. Reams' Station. 

Bristoe Station. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

One Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 15. 

Antietam. Rappahannock Sta'n. North Anna. 'Weklon Railroad. 

Fredericksburg. :\iinc Run. Tolopotomoy. I'etliles' Farm. 

Chancellorsville. AVilderness. Hethesda Church. Hatcher's Run. 

Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

One Hundred and Nineteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 10. 

Fredericksburg. Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

Mayre's Heights. Rappahannock Sta'n. Coal Harbor. Upequan. 

Salem Heights. Wilderness. 

One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 8. 

Wilderness. Coal Harbor. jMonocacy. Fisher's Hill. 

Spottsylvania. Petersburg. Opequan. Cedar Creek. 

One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 14. 

Antietam. Gettysburg. Coal Harl)or. Opcquan. 

Fredericksburg. Rapfialiannock Sta'n. IVtersburg. Fisher's Hill. 

Mayre's Heights. AN'ilderncss. Fort Stevens. Cedar Creek. 

Salem Heights. Spottsylvania. 

One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 15. 

Chancellorsville. Wilderness. North Anna. Strawberry Plains. 

Gettysburg. Corbin's Bridge. Tolopotomoy. Deep Bottom. 

Bristoe Station. Po River. Coal Plarbor. Reams' Station. 

Mine Run. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

One Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers. 15. 

Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville. Gettysburg. Kelly's Ford. 

Mine Run. Wilderness. Siioiisylvania. North Anna. 

Tolopotomoy. Coal Harl)or. i'ctrisimrg. Strawberry Plains. 

Deep Bottom. Poplar Spring Ch. I.oydton Road. 



712 FIBST MAINE CAVALRY. 

One Hundred and Forty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers. 10. 

riiniicfllorsville. Weldon Railroad. Petersburg. Wilderness. 

Simrtsylvaiiia. Oettyshurfi. Hatcher's 'Run. Tolopotomoy. 

Betliesda Cliuroli. North Anna. 

One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 15. 

rred(M'i(kshurg. Mine Run. North Anna. Strawberry Plains. 

C'lKnictlldrsville. AVilderness. Tolopotomoy. Deep Bottom. 

(ifttyslmrf:-. Po River. Coal Harbor. Reams' Station. 

Bristoe Station. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 14. 

Chancellorsville. Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. Strawberry Plains. 

Gettysburg. Po River. Coal Harbor. Deep Bottom. 

Bristoe Station. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. Reams' Station. 

Mine Run. North" Anna. 

One Hundred and Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 10. 

Chancellorsville. Spottsylvania. Bethesda Cliureh. AVeldon Railroad. 

Gettysburg. North Anna. Petersburg. Hatcher's Run. 

Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. 

One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 10. 

Chancellorsville. Spottsylvania. Bethesda Cliurcli. Weldon Railroad. 

Gettysburg. North Anna. Petersburg. Hatcher's Run. 

Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. 

One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 16. 

Antietam. Rappahannock Sta'n. North Anna. Petersburg. 

Fredericksburg. ]\Iine Run. Tolojiotonioy. Weldon Railroad. 

Chancellorsville. Wilderness. Bethesda Church. Peebles' Farm. 

Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. Coal Harbor. Hatcher's Run. 

One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. 5. 

Betliesda Church. Weldon Railroad. Chapel House. Hatcher's Run. 

Petersburg. 

One Hundred and Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers. 11. 

Wilderness. Spottsvlvania. Coal Harbor. Deep Bottom. 

Corbin's Bridge. North Anna. Petersburg. Reams' Station. 

Po River. Tolopotomoy. Strawberry Plains. 

One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 5. 

Coal Harbor. Deep Bottom. Reams' Station. Boydton Road. 

Petersburg. 

One Hundred and Ninetieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 4. 
Petersburg. Weldon Railroad. Chapel House. Hatcher's Run. 

One Hundred and Ninety-first Pennsylvania Volunteers. 4. 
Petersburg. Weldon Railroad. Chapel House. Hatclier's Run. 

One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 2. 
Peebles' Farm. Hatcher's Run. 

Two Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 1. 

Hatcher's Run. 

First Delaware Volunteers. 21. 

Fair Oaks. Antietam. INline Run. Coal Harbor. 

Gaines' Mills. Fredericksburg. Wilderness. Petersburg. 

I'each Onhard. Chancellorsville. Si)Ottsylvania. Deep Bottom. 

Savagi' Station. Gettvsburg. North Anna. Reams' Station. 

White Oak Swamp. Bristoe Station. Tolopotomoy. Boydton Road. 
Malvern Hill. 

Third Delaware Volunteers. 11. 

Harper's Ferry. Antietam. Petersburg. Chapel House. 

Sulphur Springs. Tolopotomoy. Weldon Railro.ad. Hatcher's Run. 

Chantilly. Bethesda Chiu'ch. Peebles' Farm. 



GENERAL OEDEB NUMBER TEN. 



713 



Bpthesda Church. 
Coal Harbor. 



"Wildornoss. 

Toloiiotomoy. 

retersburg. 

fiecond Bull Run. 
Chaiitilly. 
South iMountain. 



Cellar Mountain. 

Antietani. 

Chancellorsville. 



■Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Fourth Delaware Volunteers. 7 

Petersburjr. Peebles' Fann. 

■\Veldon Railroad. Chapel House. 

First Maryland Volunteers. 9. 

Chapel House. 
Si)ottsylvania. 



r.ethcsdn Church. 
AVeldon Kailmad. 



Second Maryland Volunteers. 12. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Blue Springs. 



Campbell Station. 
Siege of Knoxville. 
retersl)urg. 



Hatcher's Run. 



Hatcher's Run. 
Korth Anna. 



AVeldon Railroad. 
Poplar Si)ringCh. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Battalion Third Maryland Volunteers. 10. 



Gettysburg. 
"Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Fourth Maryland Volunteers. 9. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Church. 



Petersburg. 
"Weldon Railroad. 



Sixth Maryland Volunteers. 8. 



"Winchester. 
■Wilderness. 



■Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 

AVilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Spottsvlvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg 
Opeiiuan. 



Petersburg. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 



Chapel House. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



Seventh Maryland Volunteers. 9. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Church. 



P(>tersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 



Chapel House. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Eighth Maryland Volunteers. 9. 



Tolopotomoy. 
Bethesda Cliurch. 



Petersburg. 
■Weldon Railroad. 



Chapel House. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Seventh Western Virginia Volunteers. 17. 



Romney. 

Antietam. ' 

Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 

"Winchester. 
Port Republic. 
Antietam. 

Cross Kevs. 
Second Bull Run. 
Brandy Station. 
Aldie. 



"Weldon Railroad. 
Petersburg. 



Rich Mountain. 
Romney. 
Second Romney. 
"Winchester. 
Front Royal. 
Port Republic. 



Bristoe Station. 
]Mine Run. 
"Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Tolopotomoy. 
North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Battery H, First Ohio Artillery, 
■^'ilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 



Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 
Bovdton Road. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 



Sixth Ohio Cavalry. 15. 



■LTpperville. 
Culpeper. 
Auburn Mills. 
Mine Run. 



Todd's Tavern. St. Mary's Church. 

Fortifications of Rich. Boydton Road. 
Hawes' Shop. Hatcher's Run. 

Trevillian Station. 



Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry. 5. 
Reams' Station. Poplar Spring Ch. 



Hatcher's Run. 



Battalion Fourth Ohio Volunteers. 21. 



Antietam. 
Fredcrirksburg. 
Chaiircllorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 



ISIine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Po River. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Toloi)otomoy. 
Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Sixtieth Ohio Volunteers. 4. 



Spottsylvania. North Anna. Petersburg. Weldon Railroad. 

One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Volunteers. 8. 



"Winchester. 
■Wilderness. 



Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harl)or. 



Monocacy. 
Opecjuan. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



714 



FIRST MAINE CAVALBY 



One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteers. 8. 



Winchester. 
■Wilderness. 



Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Monocacy. 
Opequau. 



Fisher's Hill. 
Cedar Creek. 



One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteers. 7. 



Martinsburg 
Wilderness. 



Siiottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor. 



Opequan. 
Fisher's Hill. 



Cedar Creek. 



Twentieth Indiana Volunteers. 17. 



White Oak Swamp. Chancellorsville. Po River. Coal Harbor. 

Malvern Hill. Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

Second Bull Run. Mine' Run. North Anna. Deep Bottom. 

Chantilly. Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. Boydton Road. 

Fredericksburg. 

First Michig'an Volunteer Sharpshooters. 8. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 



North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 



Poplar Spring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



First Michigan Veteran Volunteers. 24. 



First Bull Run. 
Mechanicsville. 
Gaines' M'Us. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
White Oak Swamp. 



First Bull Run. 
Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Seven Pines. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Fair Oaks. 
Glendale. 
Malvern Hill. 
Groveton. 

Yorktown. 
West Point. 
Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 
Savage Station. 
Glendale. 



Pulaski. 
James Island. 
Bull Run. 
Chantilly. 
South Mountain. 



Malvern Hill. Gettysburg. Tolopotomoy. 

Gainesville. Rajipahanuock Sta'n. Bethesda Church. 

Second Bull Run. Mine Run. Petersburg. 

Antietam. Wilderness. Weldon Railroad. 

Fredericksburg. Spottsvlvania. Peebles' Farm. 

Chancellorsville. North Anna. Hatcher's Run. 

Second Michig-an Volunteers. 23. 



Second Bull Run. 

Chantilly. 

Fredericksburg. 

Siege of Vicksburg. 

Jackson. 

Blue Springs. 



Campbell Station. 
Siege of KnoxvUle. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Coal Harbor. 



Fifth Michigan Volunteers. 21. 



Chantilly. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
Gettysburg. 
Mine' Run. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Toloi)otomoj'. 
Coal Harbor. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 
Reams' Station. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Petersburg. 
Stra\\'berry Plains. 
Deep Bottom. 
Poiilnr Spring Ch. 
Boydton Road. 



Seventh Michigan Volunteers. 24. 



Malvern Hill. 
Antietam. 

Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsville. 
(4ettysl)urg. 
Bristoe Station. 



IMine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
Po River. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Coal Harbor. 
Petersburg. 
Strawberry Plains. 
Deep Bottlim. 
Reams' Staticm. 
Boydton Road. 



Eighth Michigan Volunteers. 19. 



Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Vicksburg. 
Jackson. 
Blue Springs. 



Campbell Station. Petersburg. 

Siege of Knoxville. Weldon Railroad. 

Sixrttsylvania. Reams' Station. 

AVildeiiicss. Poplar Spring Ch. 
Coal Harbor. 



Sixteenth Michigan Volunteers. 22. 



Yorktown. Second Bull Run. 

Hanover Court House. Antietam. 



Mechanicsville. 
Gaines' Mills. 
White Oak Swamp. 
Malvern Hill. 



South Mountain. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburg. 
Siege of Vicksburg. 



Fredericksburg. 

Cbanrcllorsville. 
Ccttysljurg. 
Rapiiahannock Sta'n. 



Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
AVeldon Railroad. 
Peebles' Farm. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Seventeenth Michigan Volunteers. 15. 



Jackson. 

Cami)bell Station. 
Siege of Knoxville. 
Wilderness. 



Spottsylvania. 
Coal Harbor, 
Blue Springs. 
Petersburg. 



Weldon Railroad. 
Poplar Spring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



GENERAL ORDER NUMBER TEN. 



715 



T'wentieth Michigan Volunteers. 15. 



Fro(lpricksburfr. 
CuiiiiibfU Station. 
NoilU Anna. 
I'oplar .Spring Ch. 



PioRo of Knoxvillc. 
Ciial Harbor, 
licanis' Station 
Jackson. 



Wilderness. 
Siege ol' Vieksbnrg. 
AVeldon Railroad. 
Ilatelier's Run. 



Blue Springg. 
.Spottsylvania. 
retersburg. 



Twenty-fourth Michigan Volunteers. 12. 



P^rederirksbnrg. 
Clianccllorsville. 
(Jeltvsl)urir. 



Blackwater. 
Mine Run. 
Wilderness. 



Vieksburg. 
Jackson. 
Blue Si)rings. 
Campbell Station. 



First Bull Run. 
Cedar .'Mountain. 
Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
Soutli Mountain. 



Yorktown. 
Williamsburg. 
Gelding's Farm. 
Savage Station. 
AVhite Oak Swamp. 

Cedar 3Iountain. 
Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
South Mountain. 
Antietani. 



Cedar jNIountain. 
Gainesville. 
Second Bull Run. 
South JNIountain. 
Antietani. 

Ts'orth Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Mine Run. 

Wilderness. 

Spottsylvania. 



North ,\nna. 
Tolopotoinov. 
Bethesila Church. 



Petersburg. 

AV( Idon Railroad. 

Hatcher's Run. 

12. 



T-wenty- sixth Michigan Volunteers. 

To River. Tolopotomoy. Str.awberry Rlains. 

Spottsylvania. Coal Harbor. Deep ]5ottom. 

North Anna. Petersburg. Reams' Station. 

Twenty-seventh Michigan Volunteers. 14. 

Siege of Knoxvillc. Coal Harbor, Reams' Station 



Wild.Tur 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 



Petersburg. 
AVeldon Railroad. 



Poi)lar Sjiring Ch. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Second Wisconsin Volunteers. 18. 



Antietani. 
Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsvilie. 
Gettysburg. 
Mine' Run. 



Wilderness. 
•Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers. 17. 



Malvern Hill. Salem Heights. Spottsj'Ivania. 

Antietam. Gettysburg. Coal Harbor. 

Fredericksburg. Rappahannock Sta'n. Petersburg. 

Mayre's Heights. Wilderness. Opequan. 



Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. 17. 



Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsvilie. 
Gettysburg. 
Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers. 17. 



Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsvilie. 
Gettysburg. 
Mine Run. 



Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania. 
North Anna. 
Tolopotomoy. 



Bethesda Church. 
Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 
Hatcher's Run. 



Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. 7. 



Coal H.arbor. 
Petersburg. 



Deep Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 



Bovdton Road. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 



Petersburg. 
Weldon Railroad. 



Thirty-seventh Wisconsin Volunteers. 5. 

Reams' Station. Poplar Spring Ch. Hatcher's Run. 

Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteers. 5. 

Poplar Spring Ch. Reams' Station. Hatcher's Run. 



First Battalion Minnesota Volunteers. 16. 



First Bull Run. 
Yorktown. 
Fair Oaks. 
Peach Orchard. 



Savage Station. 
Glendale. 
JVIalvern Hill. 
Antietam. 



Fredericksburg. 
Chancellorsvilie. 
Gettysburg. 
Bristoe Station. 



Petersburg. 
Deej: Bottom. 
Reams' Station. 
Boydton Road. 



First United States Sharpshooters. 23. 



Yorktown. 

White Oak Swamp. 

Kelly's Ford. 

Petersburg. 

Williamsburg. 

Malvern Hill. 



Mine Run. Fair Oaks. Tolopotomoy. 

Strawberry Plains. Fredericksburg. Boydton Road. 

Hanover Court House. Spottsylvania. Gaines' Mills. 

Second Ball Run. Poiilar" Spring Ch. Gettysburg. 

Wilderness. MeclKinicsville. Coal Harbor. 

Deep Bottom. Chancellorsvilie. 



716 FIRST MAINE CAVALIiY. 

Second United States Sharpshooters. 20. 

Second T,un Run. Gettysburg. Spottsylvania. Weldon Kailroad. 

South Mountain. Kelly's Ford. North Anna. Stra\vherry Plains. 

Antietani. Mine Run. Tolopotomoy. Deep Uottoni. 

Fredericksburg. Wilderness. Coal Harbor. Poplar Sijring Ch. 

Chaucellorsville. Po River. Petersburg. Boydton Road. 

Battery I, First United States Artillery. 19. 

Bull Run. Savage Station. Frederieksburg. Trevillian Station. 

Ball's Bhiil. "Whitf Oak Swamp. ChanctUorsville. St. Mary's Church. 

Yorktown. Glcndale. Gettysburg. Wyatt'.s Farm. 

Fair Oaks. IMalvern Hill. I5rist<ie Station. Boydton Road. 

Peach Orchard. Antietam. Coal Harbor. 

Battery A, Second United States Artillery. 11. 

Bull Run. Antietam. Coal Harbor. Deep Bottom. 

Gaines' Mills. Upperville. St. Mary's Church. Bellefield. 

Malvern Hill. Gettysburg. Malvern Hill. 

Battery B, Fourth United States Artillery. 17. 

Cedar Mountain. Antietam. Mine Run. Tolopotomoy. 

Gainesville. Fredericksburg. Wilderness. Bethesda Church. 

Second Bull Run. Chancellorsyille. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

Chantilly. Gettysburg. North Anna. Hatcher's Run. 

South Mountain. 

Battery K, Fourth United States Artillery. 15. 

Yorktown. Fredericksburg. Po River. Coal Harbor. 

Fair Oaks. Chancellorsyille. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

Glendale. Gettysburg. North Anna. Deep Bottom. 

Malvern Hill. Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. 

Battery D, Fifth United States Artillery. 20. 

First Bull Run. INIalvern Hill. Gettysburg. " North Anna. 

Yorktown Seconil Bull Run. Rappahannock Sta'n. Tolopotomoy. 

Hanover Coitrt House. Antietam. Mine Run. Bethesda Church. 

Mechanicsville. Fredericksburg. Wilderness. Petersburg. 

Gaines' Mills. Chancellorsyille. Spottsylvania. Weldon Railroad. 

Batteries C and I, Fifth United States Artillery. 17. 

Mechanicsville. Fredericksburg. Po River. Coal Harbor. 

Gaines' Mills. Chancellorsville. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. 

Malvern Hill. Gettysburg. North Anna. Deeji Bottom. 

Second Bull Run. Wilderness. Tolopotomoy. Boydton Road. 

Antietam. , „ , « ^.,, y, 

Battery E, Fifth United States Artillery. 4. 

Wilderness. Spottsylvani.-u Coal Harbor. Petersburg. 

Battery M, Fifth United States Artillery. 7. 
Rappahannock Sta'n. Spottsylvania. Petersburg. Cedar Creek. 

Wilderness. Coal Harbor. Fisher's Hill. 

By Command of MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE. 

GEO. D. RUGGLES, 

Assistant Adjutant-General. 



INDEX. 



INDEX TO ROSTER. 





PAGE 




I'ACE 




PAGE 


Abbott, Alfred 


. 598 


Badger, Nathan 


. 583 


Bcathen, Robert . 


. 532 


J. llolmau 


. 5v)4 


Bagley, Alonzo J. 


. 4S8 


Beckwith, Alonzo . 


. 488 


John 1*. 


. 5:)8 


Benjiuiiiu 


. 488 


Betlell, Moses 


. 599 


Abrams, John 


. 515 


Levi 


. 018 


Beede, (iilnian H. . 


. 471 


Achorn, James W. 


. 531 


Bailey, Charles M. 


. 528 


Begin, John B. 


. 583 


Adams, Daniel 


. 601 


Edwin 1). 


. 615 


Bell, Charles H., Jr. 


. 515 


Frank C. 


. 5G5 


Henry W. 


. 035 


Franklin H. . 


. 471 


James M. 


. 515 


Ira F. . 


. 049 


Loring W. 


. 517 


Job C. . 


. 487 


Mark W. 


. 471 


Webster 


. 635 


Thara S. 


. 583 


AVilliam E. 


. 583 


Wesley K. . 


. 471 


Additon, Charles I 


[. . 505 


Baker, Albert 


. 484 


Belony, John . 


. 618 


Aderton, Thomas J 


r. 583 


Charles H. 


. 579 


Bendenger, Peter . 


. 618 


Agin, Patrick 


. 018 


Cornelius V. 


. 618 


Benuer, Alexander 


. 488 


Akers, John M. 


. 544 


Dow C. . 


. 581 


Daniel W. 


. 488 


Aldrich, William C 


:. . 407 


Edward S. 


. 503 


Thomas H. . 


. 488 


Allen, Elijah . 


. 407 


Frederick 


. 661 


Benson, Andrew M. 


. 500 


Frederick K 


. 471 


Frederic M. 


. 502 


Calvin B. 


. 558 


Harrison B. 


. 505 


Granville W. 


. 471 


Bennett, Preston . 


. 546 


Hazo F. 


. 531 


Sanford G. 


. 618 


Berry, Stephen A. 


. 546 


Henry C. 


. 546 


Wellington I 


'. 461,583 


Thomas . 


. 502 


Hiram W. 


. 583 


William B. 


. 514 


Besse, Edward P. 


. 618 


Ivory R. 


. 5<J7 


Bangs, Augustus ^ 


L. . 635 


George C. 


. 618 


Josiah S. 


. 504 


Edward F. 


. 635 


William G. . 


. 619 


Melvin J. 


. 583 


John C. 


. 035 


Betts, George H. . 
Bibber, Andrew H. 


. 661 


Samuel H. 


. 451 


Roscoe R. 


. 635 




Walter . 


. 599 


Banks, Charles 


. 010 


457, 


513, 541 


Alexander, Arley 1 


^ . 018 


Barber, Jesse 


. 649 


Bickford, Aaron F. 


. 580 


Chelis . 


. 018 


Barden, Ansel 


. 531 


Artemas D. . 


. 461 


George E. 


. 018 


Barker, George 


. 017 


Isaac 


. 583 


William F. 


. 531 


Henry . 


. 001 


John H. 


. 619 


Ambrose, Charles 


. 018 


Henry S. 


. 510 


Warren F. 


. 488 


Ames, George S. 


. 487 


Barlow, Willard \A 


. 485 


Bickmore, Llewellyn 


F. 683 


Henry C. 


. 043 


Barnard, Otis H. 


. 635 


Bicknell, Isaac S. '. 


. 547 


John 


. 487 


Barnes, Benjamin 


F. . 599 


Bigelow, Eustace C. 


458, 542 


William H. 


. 471 


George W. 


. 470 


Levi E. 


463, 581 


Anderson, Thomas 


. 517 


Barrett, Addison L 


). . 504 


Bingham, Isaac 


. 545 


Andrews, Eben 


. 503 


Cyrus F. 


. 531 


Birce, Francis A. . 


. 483 


George P. 


. 515 


George H. M 


. 501 


Bird, David E. 


. 517 


Gideon, Jr. 


. 488 


James F. 


. 488 


Birkenstock, John 


. 661 


John R. 


579, 5J4 


Barrows, Benjamii 


I O. . 502 


Bisbee, Hannibal, Jr 


. . 561 


Lewis . 


. 582 


Roscoe J. 


. 488 


Blackington, George 


E. 547 


Orlando V. 


. 4S8 


Bartlett, Aaron 


. 650 


Black, Lebalister . 


. 565 


Sylvan us G. 


. 001 


George A. 


. 648 


Blackman, Albert . 


. 619 


Tristum 


. 531 


George W. 


. 459 


Francis H. 


. 517 


Annis, Alonzo 


. 510 


Joseph W. 


. 470 


Blaisdell, William 


. 619 


Jonathan A. 


. 001 


Orrin W. 


. 484 


Blake, Charles A. J. 


. 619 


Archibald, Samuel 


G. . 001 


Bassett, Charles E. 


. 505 


Charles E. . 


. 488 


William C. 


. 010 


Edward . 


. 599 


David A. 


. 635 


Arnold, Jerry E. . 


. 517 


Baston, Nathan P. 


. 599 


Horace P. 


. 532 


Perry 


. 504 


Batchelder, Theodc 


)reJ. 517 


John S. . 


. 615 


William A. 


. 514 


Batchelor, Joseph 


M. . 470 


William C. . 


. 467 


Atkins, Edgar 


. 505 


Bates, Henry . 


. 505 


Blancbard, Albert J. 


. 661 


Atwood, James F. 


. 001 


Bayard, John D. 


. 635 


Albion E. 


. 504 


Averill, Frank W. 


. 040 


Beal, Burton A. 


. 618 


David D. 


. 532 


Avery, Columbus C 


'. . 035 


Charles F. 


. 546 


David J. 


. 583 


Sewall S. 


. 634 


George P. 


. 597 


Henry F. 


. 559 


Ayatt, Joseph 


. 531 


Beals, Roscoe G. 


. 532 


Walter . 


. 504 


Ayers, Clnrence 


. 001 


Waldo C. 


. 544 


Blennerville, John 


. 599 


Ayres, William H. 


. 517 


Bean, Burnis R. 


. 618 


Blethen, Horace K. 


. 647 






Charles H. 


. 484 


Zebulon B. . 


. 558 


Babb, Abner . 


. 488 


Oscar L. 


. 516 


Blodgett, Edwin R. 


. 633 


Lothrop L. . 


. 616 


William S. . 


. 635 


Silas 

719 


. 619 



720 



INDEX. 



Botlfish, Frank . . 459 
Hoissoinault, Madison F. 650 

]5ol:ui, Allen L. . . 661 

Bolton, Daniel V. . . 543 

Horace W. . . 542 

Bond, George S. . . 488 

■\Villiani . . 598 

Bonnasa, Eswell . . 517 

Boothbv, George AV. . 532 
Stephen . 454, 541 

Boston, Henry W. . 580 
Bowdcn, Xatlianiol, Jr. 514 

Bowen, Benjamin F. . 661 

JohnO. . . .471 

John C. C. . . 644 

Bowlian, Jereniiali . 565 

Bowker, Edmund C. . 565 

Oren L. . . . 532 

Bo-wler, JNIarquis . . 482 

Bowlev, Edward M. . 635 

Bowman, M. T. V. . 458, 502 

Boyd, James AV. . . 547 
AVm. L. 457, 463, 642, 
631, 646 

Boynton, Abicl D. . 48R 

Edwin J. . . 561 

Samnel P. . . 565 

Brackett, Albert A. . 532 

Alvin M. . . 547 

Hiram E. . . 471 

James W. . . 483 

Bracliley, Enoch A. . 635 

Bradbnry, Russell S. . 565 

AVyman O. . . 635 

Bradecn, Isaac . . 635 

Bradford, Sumner P. . 650 

AVilliam . . 488 
Bradman, William H. . 645 

Bradstreet, Elbridge II. 488 

Bradv, John . . . 489 

Bragdon, Augustus . 650 

Bragg, Samuel JNI. . 471 

Branch, Milton M. . 471 

Brawn, Amos . . 532 

Bray, George H. . . 650 

Henry L. . 463, 650 

James W. . . 565 

Joseph S. . . 635 

Justin L. . . 635 

Brennan, Patrick . . 532 

Brewer, Charles E. . 661 
Brewster, Solomon C. . 471 

Brickett, George W. . 661 

Brick, Isaac C. . 4C1, 503 
Bridgham, Samuel AV. 543 

Brier, Eben F. . . 486 

Francis . . . 489 

Briggs, Alonzo B. . . 650 

Charles, Co. I . 599 

Charles, Co. M . 650 

Elijah H. . . 504 

Broad, Louira K. . . 615 

Brock, Freeman . . 489 
Brookings, Frederick C. 634 

Brooks, Alanson V. . 635 

Francis . . . 599 

Jonathan . . 501 

Brown, Augustus D. . 635 

Benjamin R. . 619 

Calvin H. . . 582 

Charles B. . . 514 

Charles S. . . 489 

David F. . . 661 

George H. . . 484 

George M. . 456, 644 

George AV. . . 532 



Brown, Henry N. . . 489 

Isaac H. . . 471 

James 31. . . -565 

John . ■ .517 

Jonathan . . 489 

LeviG. . . . 650 

• Orrin K. . . 635 

Philander . . 583 

SethC. . . .489 

Thonijison :M. . 517 

AVilliani . . 504 

Bruce, John O. . . 489 

Samuel J. . . 489 

Brnsos, Peter . . 532 

Bryant, David, Jr. . 613 

George AV. . . 632 

James AV. . . 661 

John . . .532 

Lawrence . . 599 

Sumner H. . . 504 

Verano G. . . 599 

AVilliamAV . . 518 

Buck, Cvrus A. . . 565 

Edward P. . . 504 

HenrvA. . . 583 

Merrill S. . . 619 

AVilliam, Jr. . 650 

Buckingham, John E. . 661 

Buckliii, Moses R,. . 489 

Buckman, ^Vinfield S. . 547 

Budge, Daniel . . 471 

Bugbee, George E. . 513 

Buker, Fayette . . 518 

Bullen, AVilliam S. . 503 

Buhner, INIark P. . . 518 

Bump, Hosea P. . . 636 

Bunker, Eli H. . . 532 

George H. . . 650 

Burbank, Augustus J. 558 

Burgess, Charles . . 616 

Hiram E. . . 532 

AVilliam M. . . 504 

Burleigh, Albert A. . 583 

Burlingame, Jason . 662 

Burnham, James O. . 619 

Linsdale . . 547 

Robert . . . 599 

Burns, James, Co. G . 565 

James, Co. L . 536 

John . . . 504 

AVilliam, Co. C . 504 

AVilliam, Co. K . 619 

Burrill, AVilliam L. . 471 

Burrows, Jerome AV. . 486 

Rufus E. . . 489 

Samuel . . .482 

Burton, Elbridge . 462, 482 

John F. . . . 505 

Butler, Luther H. . 599 

Plummer H. . 583 

Butterfleld, Freeman H. 619 

AVilliam J. . . 612 

Butters, George H. . 532 

Buzzell, Samuel L. . 579 

Cahoon, AV^illiam . . 505 

Caleb, George A. . . 662 

Call, Lyman H. . . 489 

Cameron, George R. . 505 

John . . .532 

Campbell, Angus . . 634 

Charles AV. . . 518 

Colin . . . 532 

J. Sanborn . . 583 

Cannel, John J. . . 546 

Canney, AVilliam H. . 636 



PAGE 

Canwell. James . . 583 

Capen, Charles AV. . 532 

Henry A. . . 565 

Cappers, Osgood . . 484 

Card, James H. . . 597 

Carev, George . . 611 

Carg'ill, Alonzo M. . 663 

Carle, Lauriston . . 518 

Carlenton, Asa . ' .619 

Carling, Michael . . 547 

Carlton, Daniel C. . 599 

Carpenter, Alpheus . 619 

George AV. . . 619 

Carr, Enoch R. . . 566 

James P. . . 619 

aiartin . . .487 

Samnel B. . . 619 

AVilliam H. . . 566 

Carroll, James . . 489 

Carson, Jeremiah L. . 619 

John P. . . 631 

Carter, Alvin A. . . 489 

Benjamin F. . 6.33 

Charles E. . . 505 

Cromwell . . 636 

Eugene B. . . 505 

Heman B. . . 471 

Thomas F. . . 489 

Carty, Dennis . . 563 

Case, Cvrus . . . 501 

Casev, AVilliam . . 505 

Gates, Solomon B. . 463 

Cathcart, James . . 532 

Catland, Nehemiah B. . 484 

Caverly, Amos . . 471 

Charles H. . . 636 

John . . .547 

Orrin B. . . 547 

Caviss, Lucius H . . 650 

Chadbourne, Albra . 599 

Collins M . . 595 

Nelson AV. . . 650 

Paul . . 457, 594 

Chadwick, David . . 503 

Challis, Heni-y E. . . 634 

Chamberlain, Isaac . 650 

James AV. . . 619 

Lorenzo . . 502 

Lorenzo D. . . 636 

SylvannsR. . . 636 

Champnev, Alonzo D. . 503 

Chandler." Elbridge G. . 530 

Frederick A. . 619 

Josiah A. . . 505 

Nelson . . . 566 

Perry . . . 564 

Chapman, Edward F. . 599 

Edward K. . . 619 

MarcellusG. . 463 

Milton C. . . 468 

Chase, Charles T. . . 558 

Edward E. . . 648 

Frederick AV. . 636 

George H. . .543 

Isaac N. . . 620 

James A. . . 513 

Oscar T. . . 662 

Samuel S. . . 532 

AVilliam F. . .547 

Chick, Frederick L. . 546 

John H. L. . . 615 

Child, Henry A. . . 561 

Homer . . . 563 

Childs, AVilliam H. . 636 

Churchill, Otis M. . 620 

Cilley, Isaac . . .489 







INDEX. 






<21 




PACE 1 


I 


.\GE 




PAGE 


Cillcv. Jonathan V 


45.-), 4.H1 


Coleman, Elijah H. 


,547 


Crosbv, George AV. 


. 584 


Cilihcrs, Willi;iiii 1 


1. . ry.i2 


William 1'. . 


481 


Stephen R. . 


. 6(!2 


Clapp. ClKUics T. 1 


:. . r>H:i 


Colcsworthy, Henry 11. 


(i:i2 


Crosgrove, Robert. 


. 600 


Clark, Albion \V. 


. VU) 


Collamer, Solomon C. . 


484 


Cross, .\sa V. 


. 547 


Kdwanl 11. 


. 48.") 


Collamori>, Andrew W. 


490 


EbenG. 


. 650 


James O. 


. 518 


Elijah . . . 


566 


Isaiah W. . 


. 490 


Job 


. 518 


Collev, Charles H. 


483 


John 


. 600 


J()sei)h A. 


. 5(t5 


Collins, .\ll)ion 


620 


Jwhn F. 


. 600 


Leonard 


. 471 


Winfield S. . 


527 


Lewis ('. 


. 472 


Nathan . 


. ,547 


Colson, Edward W. 


636 


Sewall 15. 


. .518 


Orville H. 


. (115 


Comins, Leandcr M. 


4(i7 


Simon . 


. 584 


Paul V. K. 


. 54:5 


Coino, Peter . 


620 


Crowell, Addison W 


. 634 


1-rcntiss M. 


. 4(;8 


Comstock, Edgar F. 


471 


Charles H. . 


. 662 


l{()lan(l ('. 


. 4H!) 


Conant, Albert 


.598 


Levi 


. 617 


Sidney W. 


. 4(i8 


Alexander B. 


614 


Crowley, Jeremiah 


. 505 


Clarke, (Jeorfre 


. 5!)'J 


Isaac B. 


505 


Croxford, Horace . 


. 472 


Tlieodore 


. 5(;(! 


Conley, George W. 


662 


Culnan, Michael . 


. .518 


AVilliani E. 


• . ,5(;ii 


Connies, Sanmel . 


53.3 


Cummings, Frederic 


kA. 547 


Clarkson, Charles 1 


?. . (!;«> 


Connor, John 


515 


James G. 


. 502 


Clary, Osgood, Jr. 


. (115 


I'eter C. 


547 


John C. 


. 505 


Clayton, Collaniort 


o. . (;.i(i 


Connors, Peter 


532 


John G. 


. 600 


Kdmund 15. 


. (;;i;i 


Cook, Hiram T. 


647 


William 


. 595 


Kutus M. 


. (•-.n; 


Melville B. . 


482 


Cunliffe, Elisha E. 


. 600 


Clearv, Patrick 


. 529 


Nathan V. . 461 


,579 


Cunningham, Edward . 6,36 


Cleaveland, Elisha 


B. . 4(i8 


Coombs, Artemas . 


600 


William W. . 


. 620 


Charles A. 


. 471 


Clement W. . 


471 


Cnrran, David 


. .516 


AVilliam H. 


. 40<) 


Israel A. 


502 


Currie, David 


. 636 


Cleaves, Frank 


. 5'.t<» 


James H. 


471 


Currier, John D. . 


. 566 


Horatio M. 


. 5!t'.) 


Jesse F. 


584 


Curtis, Daniel S. . 


. 457 


Clement, Albion H 


. . 48G 


Liicallus J. . 


.566 


Erving T. . 


. 647 


James . 


. 5:}2 


Sanmel E. 


584 


James, Jr. . 


. 662 


John K. 


. 489 


Thomas P. . 


600 


Joseph R. . 


490, 597 


William Y. 


. 489 


Copeland, Oliver E. 


490 


Uriah . 


. 490 


Clifford, Elisha A. 


4GU, 547 


Llewellyn 


584 


Vandorous . 


. 617 


Clilf, William E. 


. 505 


Manley . 


650 


Warren W. . 


. 490 


Closson, George E 


. 597 


Corliss, Benjamin M. . 


566 


Cushman, Fairfield 


. 490 


Cloudnian, Joel W 


. 4.57 


Marceilus 


650 


(ieorge H. . 


. 650 


Clough, John W. 


. (KG 


Samuel M. . 


547 


Horace B. . 


. 600 


Clouser, John 


. 547 


Cornell, Edward F. 


600 


William M. . 


. 632 


Cliiir, Eben . 


. 599 


Corson, Charles A. 


581 


Cnshing, James B. 


. 566 


Coan, Elbridge J. 


. C3(5 


Charles I. 


584 


Cutler, Frank M. . 


. 481 


William H. 


. 584 


Cotter, Thomas 


650 


Cutting, George D. 


. .548 


Coakley, James W^ 


. 532 


Cousins, Nathan H. 


584 


Cyphers, Martin C. 


. 581 


Martin H. 


. 532 


Cowan, Henry R. . 


600 






Coats, Francis W. 


. 518 


Kilburn 


584 


Daggett, George W 


. 636 


Cobb, Charles H. C 


o. B . 489 


Louis O. 


594 


JohnH. 


. .514 


Charles H. Is 


t D. C. C62 


Samuel N. . 


649 


J . Monroe 


. .533 


George . 


. 620 


William D. . 


650 


Levi H. 


594, 631 


Coburn, Hiram S. 


. 468 


Cowee, George 


501 


Washington . 


. ,533 


Jefferson L. 


. 467 


Cox, Cyrus 


650 


Dailev, Erastus R. 


. 505 


Levi C. . 


. .560 


George H. 


620 


Dakin, Frank B. . 


. 633 


Coffin, Charles W. 


. 596 


Coyle, John 


533 


Levi S. . 


. .566 


John . 


. 566 


William 


490 


Daley, James B. . 


. 6.36 


Joseph H. 


. 563 


Crabtree, Gilbert D. 


650 


Dam, Albert C. 


461, 646 


William H. 


. 518 


Crafts, Granger C. 


620 


Charles F. . 


. 545 


Colbath, Martin P 


. 471 


Craig, Albert A. . 


501 


Damon,' Lafayette 


. 501 


Miles 


. 465 


John 


505 


Daniels, John E. Co. 


K 620 


Colburn, Abraham 


M. . 518 


John C. . 


662 


John E. 1st D. 


C. 661 


Francisco 


. 501 


Cram, Ashbel H. . 


505 


Richard M. . 


. 546 


Colby, Alonzo 


. 615 


John P. . 


470 


Walter D. . 


, .596 


' Cornelius 


. 547 


Joseph, Jr. . 
Crane, Eldridge C. 


471 


William H. . 


. .548 


George G. 


. 583 


518 


Darling, Jackson V. 


B. 651 


George W. 


. 458 


Joshua H. 


505 


Joseph T. 


. 548 


Joseph E. 


. (;()0 


Richard J. . 


636 


Darnaby, Ephraim B. . 620 


Levi M. 


. 600 


Crapleton, James . 


471 


Davis, Alexander S. 


. 463 


Colcord, Albert J. 


. 505 


Crawford, James . 


,518 


Asa E. . 


. 5;53 


Joseph L. 


. 505 


John E. 


502 


Benjamin F. 


. 5-18 


Cole, Albert M. 


. 600 


John F. 


505 


Boardman 


. 651 


Horace S. 


. 465 


Crocker, Alfred 


490 


Charles F. . 


. 634 


James D. 


. 484 


Crockett, Albert S. 


647 


Charles J. 


. ,518 


Joseph G. 


. 547 


Charles W. . 


662 


Charles 31. . 


. 661 


Orison AV. 


. 547 


Crooker, Mellville C. . 


618 


Charles N. 


. ,5.33 


William W. 


. 505 


William J. (mis- 




Daniel F. 


. 545 


Coleman, Charles 


A.. . 


l)rinted Crocker 


631 


Daniel W. . 


. 600 




Co. B. 490 


Crosbv, Charles S. 


461 


Ebenezer P. . 


. 648 


Charles A. C( 


). H . 584 


David . 


620 


(ieorge A. . 


. 651 



722 



PAGE 

Davis, Horace O. . . 620 
James P. . . 4'JO 
Jason C. . . 4;ii) 
Leland F. . . boo 
Luther . . . 620 
McKendree . . 4HG 
Milton H. . . 5(16 
Oetavius A. . . 472 
OtisD. . . . 620 
Rodney C. . . 5(i6 
Samuel . . . f)!)5 
Samuel C. . . 470 
Sanuiel W. . . 472 
Stephen . . 548 
Thomas . . 472 
Thomas W. . . 472 
William B. . . 5!t6 
William L. . . 533 
Dawes, Frederick S. . 505 
Dawson, Simeon M. . 472 
Day, Alfred F. . . 651 
Charles D. . . 584 
George P. . . 651 
John H. . . 4G8 
Nathaniel, Jr. . 636 
Thomas . . 518 
Dealey, John, Jr. . . 562 
Dearborn, Calvin . . 566 
Charles B. . . 620 
Charles E. . 472, 620 
Charles E. Co. M. 651 
JohnB. . . 614 
Decker, Charles B. . 584 
Edward E. . . 533 
John C. . . 533 
Deering, Edward B. . 636 
John S. . . . 600 
Delaite, John . . 503 
Samuel P. . . 662 
Delano, Charles R. . 566 
George M. . . 563 
Levi . . . 651 
Deller, John . . . 4'JO 
Dennett, Irving C. . 600 
Menander . . 620 
Derring, Octavus . . 533 
Devereaux, Augustus R. 514 
ElishaW. . . 548 
Deviue, Cornelius . 566 
Oliver . . .620 
Dill, George S. . . 662 
Dillingham, Virgil P. . 567 
Doane, Edward H. . 584 
Dobbins, Joscjih . . 472 
Dobbs, Warren . . 662 
Doble, William . . 567 
Dockendorf, James W\ 560 
William . . 502 
Dockham, (ieorge A. . 651 
Dodge, George \V. . 472 
John 31. . . ,595 
Nelson A. . . 472 
Rudoliih L. . . .548 
Doe, Bradbury P. . 600 
Edwin K. . . 490 
Erastus A. . . 518 
James M. . . 472 
John . . .472 
Joseph . . . 621 
Dogea, John . . . 621 
Dolbin. John H. (mis- 
printed Dolbier) 533 
Dolley, Nathan D. . 533 
Dolliver, John F. . .542 
D^)nnell, Almcn B. . ,564 
Donnelly, James . . 533 



INDEX. 








PAGE 




PAGE 


Dority, Alvin A. . 


.505 


Eastman, Gilman L. . 


662 


Dorrity, Hugh 


490 


John 


621 


Dougg'ons, William "SI. 


472 


Eaton, Albert J. . 


601 


Douglierty, Valentine H 


472 


Charles . 


(;:!4 


Warren (). . 


469 


Frederick B. 


506 


Doughty, fieorge . 


651 


George W. . 


490 


Douglas, Abner L. 


636 


Joseph D. 


6111 


Arrona W. . 


636 


Nathaniel 


567 


George F. 


584 


Eddy, Charles 


.53.5 


Jeremiah S. 


W6 


Eleazer . 


518 


William W. . 


4(;9 


Edes, Edwin T. 


596 


Douty, Calvin S. . 


451 


Edgar, James 


(;16 


Dow, Albion K. P. 


584 


Edgartown, James P. 


490 


James E. 


.518 


Edgecomb, Albert 


472 


James H. 


633 


Edwin P. 


601 


John H. 


.518 


Edgerly, Asa B. . 


506 


Joshua M. . 


490 


Austin . 


601 


Downey, Arthur . 


621 


Edward*;, Nathaniel S 


548 


Downs, Phineas L. 


490 


Elder, (iilman B. . 


637 


Doxey, John . 


600 


Eldredge, Levi, Jr. 


518 


Doyeii, Daniel B. . 


,561 


Elliott, Daniel H. . 


601 


Henry L. 


662 


Farnum A. . 


567 


Howard M. . 


548 


John G. 


533 


Drake, Alvin . 


505 


Samuel B. 


621 


Francis E. 


505 


William 


506 


James F. 


548 


William D. . 


612 


John B. 


561 


Ellis, Hiram H. 


533 


Dresser, David D. 


567 


Hiram S. 


472 


Edward E. . 


533 


John F. 


506 


Peter J. 


468 


Matthew W. 


518 


Purrington . 


468 


Osco A. 


526 


Drew, Alonzo 


472 


Scott, S. 


467 


Ansel 


469 


AVilliam 


518 


Frederick C. 


596 


El'sworth, Rufus G. 46 


3, 634 


Hiram T. 


472 


Elwell, Tristram J. 


506 


Irving F. 


636 


Emerson, Elisha D. 


5S4 


Walter . 


584 


Henry R. 


601 


William H. . 


616 


Emery, Abner C. . 


581 


Drinkwater, Albion C. 


472 


Briggs H. 


621 


Duchane, E. L. T. 


517 


Carlton P. . 


633 


Dudley, David Y. . 


601 


Charles A. F. 40 


3, 470 


William F. . 


548 


George C. 


637 


Duley, Charles T. . 


567 


George E. 


472 


Dunan, John . 


518 


Horace B. 


649 


Dunbar, Edward . 


518 


John, Jr. 


473 


Dunham, George 11. 


503 


Nahum . 


. 473 


William B. . 


505 


Nathaniel S. 


'biil 


Dunn, Christopher C. . 


530 


Zebulon M. . 


633 


James T. W. 


472 


Emmons, Joseph P. 


.567 


John 


463 


Emory, George M. 


595 


John A. 


472 


Erskihe, John A. . 


491 


Dunning, Alonzo . 


M3 


Esancy, John F. . 


662 


A. M. . . . 


466 


Estabrooke, Edward M 


. 463 


Freeland 


506 


Thomas S. . 


5-J9 


Dunsmore, Rufus M. . 


636 


Estes, Chelsea L. . 


469 


Dunton, Guvanus H. . 


490 


Gustavus K. 


567 


Zeal or A. 


584 


Jeremiah A. 


564 


Durgin, Edwin G. 


601 


Llewellyn (i. 


. 465 


■John A. 


621 


Evans, Harrison S. 


545 


William M. . 


469 


John (i. 


548 


Dushane, Francis . 


651 


Lorenzo K. . 


54S 


Duston, George L. 


.567 


Stewart E. Co. F 


.W8 


Dutch, Alonzo 


518 


Stewart E. Co. M 


. 651 


Amos M. 


506 


Eveleth, Melvin \V. 


. ,543 


Dwelley, John C. . 


567 


Ewer, Charles 


651 


Dyer, Albert C. . 


621 






Charles . 


548 


Tales, Fenelon 'SI. 


. 4S7 


Jeremiah C. 


533 


John Leroy . 


506 


Robert F. . 


500 


Leonard K. . 


598 


Stover, G. (mis- 




Falkner, Alexander 


519 


printed Storer) 


621 


Farnham, Frederick L. 




Dykes, William R. 


584 


Jr. 


." 503 






James B. 


. 469 


Earle, Ebenezer . 


651 


Farnum, William H. 


. m:v 


Henry D. 


636 


Farr, Mansel W. . 


585 


Eastman, Charles . 


548 


Farrington, Byron H. 


506 



INDEX. 



723 



Farrinfjton, Henry L 
Farris, I'liiirlt's w". 

Waltci- S. 
FarwoU, \\ illiam S. 
Fassett, (icorjic 1,. 

(iorliaiii 1'. . t 

J<)hn(i. 
Faulkner, .l.ilm E. 
Faunee, John 
Feleli, Ivory If. . 
Felix, Andrew 
Fellows, Sanuic'l . 
Fenderson, (iilhert 

James \\. 

John H. 
Fessenden, Joshua A. 

Nathaniel 
Ferguson, Charles IK 
Ferrill, C. 
Feyler, William 
Field, Holla n . 

Hanson S. . 
Files, Josejili r. 
Fish, Austin A. 
Fisher, Albert G. B. 

Andrew 
Fisk, Amos 

George F. 
Fitzgerald, Uauiel S. 

John 

William H. H. 
Flaherty, John 
Fletcher, Joseph W. 

Stejihen R. . 

William E. . 
riinn, Juan F. 
Flint, Daniel D. . 

Levi C. . 

Tliomas 
Flovd, Henrv S. . 
Fogg, Albert R. . 

Benjamin F. 

Horace A. 
* Llevvellvn W. 

Moses H. 
Follett, Henry H. . 
Folsom, Benjannn F. 

Francis J. . 

Gorham A. . 

Henry H. . 

Henrv W. 

Oliver J. . - 
Ford, Charles W. . 

John 

John F. 

Llewellyn 
Forsythe, John G. 

Xelson S. 
Forrest, Thomas. . 
Foss, Benjamin R. 

Franklin B. . 

Jacob V. 

Silas S. . 

Yolnev H. 

William L. . 
Foster, Alfred 

Charles H. . 

Charles W. . 

Daniel M. 

George W. . 

James D. 

James M. 

John H. 

Joshua F. 

I'hineas, Jr. 

William E. . 



f){;7 

548 
548 
501 
(i47 
, 040 
U4(i 

r>:i;i 
(i;iT 

(Ml 

5U» 
533 
585 
581 
580 
4812 
507 

401 
401 

528 
.5(i7 
051 
0312 
473 
651 
401 
401 
G121 
.'•>48 
037 
548 
585 
507 
001 
533 
501 
051 
051 
585 
0121 
407 
014 
585 
585 

533 
037 
530 
034 
.533 
, 534 
Oil 
500 
048 
051 
585 
500 
534 
473 
585 
534 
534 
550 
.519 
051 
,580 
002 
,5S0 
037 
.502 
585 
047 
051 
513 
585 





PAr.F. 


I'AGS 


Fowles, George S. 


021 


Gevear, (icorge 


600 


Sanuiel (ndsprinted | 


(iibbs, Iteulicn 


500 


Fowler) 


549 


(iiliNon, Charles H. 


503 


Fowler, Sanniel H. 


001 


Gilliert, Arad E. . 


001 


Fov, William 


.'•)04 


Lllison . 


507 


Frank, Oliver B. . 


401 


.loscph D. . 


002 


Frasier, David 


540 


.losiah R. . 4(i4 


508 


Frazcr. Alexander. 


037 


W illiam W. . 404 


5(i8 


Free, Itolicrt . 


585 


Gilchrist. Alden . 


(iOl 


Freeman, Adelbert 


585 


Arthur . 


401 


I'errin 1'. 


500 


Rilev . 


401 


Freese, John W. . 


405 


Giles, Frederick M. 


508 


French, AlU'n D. . 


5;i4 


Gilkey, lOdward 


033 


Charles A. . 


473 


Gilley, Charles B. . 


519 


Evander L. . 


531 


Edward 


.500 


John . 


048 


John 


.514 


John S. 


051 


Gilman, Alexander B. . 


.5;54 


Friend, Adcllx^rt 1. 


037 


Amasa . 


051 


Albert 1'. 


507 


Charles B. . 


401 


Taylor B. 


540 


Daniel H. . 4(n 


580 


Frisbee, Randolph R. 


403 


Fairfield J. . 


5:54 


Frost, Columbus B. 


002 


Lewis 


5;j4 


Daniel . 


o;{7 


John M. 


,549 


Edward 


534 


.lohn \. 


037 


George D. 


473 


William B. . 


500 


(leorge W. 11. 


504 


Gilmore, Aldriuh . 


500 


Nathan I". . 


484 


Robert J. . 404 


, 001 


Sewell F. 


,500 


Gilpatrick, Charles 


519 


Wellington . 


585 


Jesse L. 


022 


Fuller, Alden A. . 


5.34 


Gipson, (ieorge W. 


001 


Alden W. 


582 


Given, Albert P. . 


534 


Edwin Y. 


507 


Gleason, Carlton T. 


508 


Elisha C. 


037 


Glidden, Charles . 


534 


Henry D. 


481 


Kelsey L. 


585 


James . 


473 


Lyman W. . 


037 


Samuel . 


459 


Goddard, Charles W. . 


534 


William F. . 


502 


John 


451 


Fultes, John . 


051 


John H. 


527 


FHirber, Frank M. 


403 


Goding, Abraham 


052 


Furbush, Charles D. 


473 


William H.H. . 


037 


Henry W. 


504 


Gonj-ea, Jock 


585 






Goo, Peter G. 


534 


Gage, Daniel W. . 


. 501 


Gooch, Orrin W. . 


401 


Gammon, George Q. 


. 032 


Goodale, Andrew J. 


601 


Walter . 


. 585 


Goodbehere, Joseph S. 


473 


Gallagher, John . 


. 021 


Goodhue, Harvey L. 


504 


Gardiner, Albert . 


. 530 


Stephen S. . 


017 


Charles E. 


. 473 


Goodnow, Jason S. 


582 


Gardner, Leslie B. 


. 519 


Goodrich, John H. 


001 


Garej', Lionel D. . 


. 037 


Goodridge, Leonard J. 


580 


Garland, Henry D. 


. 473 


Goodspeed, William .M. 


500 


Garnett, James L. 


. ,500 


Goodwin, Charles C. 


595 


John H. 


. 585 


Charles H. . 


549 


Garrett, Orrin L. . 


. 540 


C. L. 


530 


Garvin, Simeon 


507 


(JeorgeE. 


580 


Gatehell, Emery T. 40 


1,021 


James A. 


581 


George W . . 


. .507 


John W. 


549 


John R. 


. 540 


Levi A. 


473 


Josiah . 


. 014 


Llewellyn 


585 


Gates. Edwin S. 


. 58,'> 


Orrin L. 


58.5 


Frank . 


. 040 


Seth B. . 


508 


Oliver P. 


. 473 


Tristram . 403 


,037 


Gay, Charles . 


. 033 


Gordon, Charles . 


473 


Elijah . 


. .500 


Charles O. . 


031 


Gearnar, George . 


. 001 


Gore, Charles H. . 


,544 


Gearv, Charles B. . 


. Old 


Gould, Asa S. 


037 


'Cyrus M. 


. 048 


Charles . 


652 


Gerald, Alexander 


. 021 


Charles R. . 


473 


Dudley B. . 


. 501; 


Edward 1). . 


534 


(ieorgt> W. 


. 500 


Levi AV. 


637 


Samuel .M. . 


. 500 


Nathaniel 


037 


Gerrv, Samuel B. . 


. 519 


William 


001 


Getchell, Ammi T. 


. 491 


Gove, George A. . 


022 


George C. . 


. 022 


Moses E. 


582 


John 


. ,549 


Gowen, Benson 


491 


Joseph T. 


. 051 


Graffam, Joshua B. 


534 



724 




INDEX. 










PAGE 




PAGE 




1'A(;e 


Grafton, Edmand C. . 486 


Hall, Isaac A. 


484 


Hatch, Frederic C. 


564 


(ji'aut, Abuer I). 


. 473 


James (i. B. 


508 


Israel M. 


508 


Chiirles E. 


. 473 


James M. 


408 


Noah 


.534 


Charles L. 


. 022 


James R. 


534 


Phillips 


022 


Custavus 


. 549 


Marcellus W. 


040 


Hattin, Charles M. 


507 


.Idliii 1'. 


. 017 


Sullivan T. . 


652 


Haugh, Henry 


519 


Mailisou M. 


. 473 


William H. . 


002 


Hawes, Henry A. . 


485 


Royal . 


. 052 


Hallowell, Henry T. 


'544 


Washington . 


529 


Samuel . 


. 473 


Nathan T. . 


014 


Hawkes, Beniamin G. 


542 


William B. 


. 515 


Ham, Beniamin F. 


002 


Nathaniel S. 


549 


Graselle, Joseph 


. 508 


Hiram H. 


534 


Hayden, George W. 


474 


Graves, Augustus 


A. . 648 


Hamilton, Benjamin 


002 


Hayes, James 


534 


Gray, Francis 


. 037 


Charles E. . 


622 


Michael 


022 


George M. 


. 473 


Dimon . 


545 


William M. . 


503 


George W. 


. 473 


George F. 


542 


Hayford, Orlando A. 


568 


James J. 


. 529 


Ivory W. 


549 


Haynes, Frank G. 


485 


James S. 


. 473 


Josiah . 


491 


Horace M. . 


662 


Stephen 


. 408 


AVilliam 


652 


Haywood, William H. 


519 


Thomas C. 


. 519 


Hamlin, Henry A. 


568 


Hazeltine, Robert, band 463 


Wesley . 


. 514 


Hammon, Lyman . 


637 


Robert, Co. I 


602 


Greeley, David 


. 543 


Hammond, James C. 


470 


Hazelton, Asa B. . 


507 


Greenleaf D. 


. 052 


Hannaford, George O. 


597 


Hazen, John B. Co. F 


544 


Warren J . 


. 534 


Hanscom, Levi P. 


598 


John B. Co. M 


647 


Green, Alden A. 


. 403 


Loring L. 


549 


Head, John H. 


574 


Edwin H. 


. 580 


Sylvanus L. . 


549 


Heal, Luther L. . 


586 


Frank W. 


. 529 


Hanson, Albert W. 


613 


Robert A. . 


580 


Herman R. 


. 049 


Asa F. . 


640 


Heald, Charles 


635 


Llewellyn 


. 052 


Austin D. 


602 


Charles A. . 


652 


Oscar F. A. 


. 052 


Daniel P. 


506 


Edwin . 


549 


Greenlaw, August! 


IS . 500 


Elbridge M. 


633 


John A. 


526 


Greenleaf, Charles 


L. . 500 


Israel 


002 


Heath, Lorenzo J. 


535 


George W. 


. 534 


Hardgrave, George 


002 


Hemmingway, Joseph 


H. 


Gregory, Elvirous 


. 622 


Hardinbrook, Chartes \ 


V. 




662 


George W. 


. 652 




506 


Henley, Harmon T. 


544 


Grey, Abner K. 


. 519 


Hardison, Hiram P. 


534 


Herbert, Edward B. 


613 


John P. 


. 022 


Hartow, Hollis 


022 


James . 


529 


Griffin, Andrew 


. 457 


James H. 


582 


William M. . 


613 


Samuel E. 


. 519 


Orlando W. . 


502 


Herman, Christian S. 


535 


Thomas 


. 002 


Harmon, Frank R. 


501 


Herrin, James W. 


549 


Grindall, Melville 


. 519 


AVilliam L. . 


022 


Philander S. 


580 


William B. 


. 052 


Harper, Alonzo D. 


503 


Herring, John G. . 


647 


Gross, Arthur I. 


. 022 


Harrinian, Frederick A 


. 470 


Hersev, Henrv A. 


023 


JEdwin R. 


. 519 


James W. 


534 


Heske'th, Thomas . 


023 


Grover, Bovnton 


. 500 


Joseph N. 


515 


Hewitt, Ephraim . 


549 


Gullifer, JNIoses H. 


. 473 


William H. . 


586 


Hibbert, Baron S. 


474 


Gulliver, Thomas 1 


I. . 491 


Harrington, Orrin M. 


491 


Hicks, Benjamin C. 


535 


Gumty, William { 


mis- 


Hai-ris, Albert H. 


637 


Higgins, Albert H. 


052 


printed Gu 


itv) 473 


Delmer . 


408 


Charles J. 


507 


Guptill, Isaiah 


. 037 


Elisha De Wolf 


543 


Edwin M. 


519 


Lemuel H. 


. 491 


Gilbert N. . 


515 


George H. 


507 


Gurney, Freeman . 


r. . 508 


Hezekiah F. 


622 


James H. (mis- 




Isaac P. 


. 596 


Horatio W. . 


022 


printed James A 


.) 023 


Nathaniel 


. 491 


Isaac B. 


491 


Warren S. . 


507 


Samuel J. 


. 483 


Isaac S. 


549 


AVilliamN. . 


614 


Gums, L. B. . 


. 515 


James B. 


648 


Hight, Thomas 


454 






Jason F. 


037 


Hildreth, Charles A. 


504 


Hagan, John . 


. 622 


LeonaiKl A. . 


549 


Horace W. . 


502 


Haines, Albert 


. 534 


Samuel F. . 


652 


Hill, Charles E. . 


503 


Daniel W. . 


401, 529 


Stephen E. . 


052 


Edwin . 


550 


Dudley L. . 


. 501 


AVilliam 


541 


Jeremiah 


002 


Walter F. 


. 015 


Harrison, Charles F. 


508 


John F. 


595 


Hair, Sebina B. 


. 047 


Hart, Francis 


622 


Joseph C. Co. A . 


440 


Hale, George B. . 
Haley, David M. . 


. 637 


Henry . 


580 


Joseph C. Co. E . 


530 


. 470 


John E. 


586 


Lorenzo B. . 


528 


George W. . 


. 458 


Harvev, Charles C. 


580 


William H. . 


474 


Hall, Alden . 


. 502 


6eorge D. . 


597 


Hilton, Alfred L. . 


580 


Alto L. . 


. 58(> 


Ira B. . 


519 


Josei>h M. . 


543 


Amos R. 


. 580 


John F. 


653 


Hincklev. Frank K. 


519 


Dnnn M. 


. 529 


Haskell, Almore (mis- 




Hindle, David L. . 


037 


Daniel W. . 


. 579 


l)rinted Almon) 


637 


Hinds, Josiah 1). . 


002 


Edwin D. 


. 474 


Henri J. 


485 


Hinkley. William . 


582 


Eliiah E. 


. 530 


•Orriu S. . 40 


1, 405 


Hitcliiugs, Oliver . 


002 


Elijah G. 


. 052 


Haslett, Hugh 


507 


Hoben, .Marcellus . 


530 


George D. 


. 002 


Hassan, Albert W. 


549 


Hodgdon, Willi.am H. . 


491 


George W. . 


. 515 


Hastings, Simeon C. . 


580 


Hodges, Thomas B. 


474 


Henry C. 


. 478 


Hasty, Robert 


002 


William H. . 


535 





J'Al.I- 




/.v;;7;.v. 


PACK 




7L'o 

I'A<.I', 


Hodsdon, Moses M. 


(iOJ 


Hutcliins, Hcnjaniin F. 


586 


Jones, Cyrus T. 


. 62.3 


Hogan, .l:iiiies 


474 




George . 


623 


Eugene F. 


. 491 


.loliii 


(123 




Hanson, Jr. . 


530 


Ezra E. L. . 


038 


Holden, Sainiu'l M. 


487 




.Tolm A. 


586 


James, Jr. . 


474 


Siiiu'on A. . 


5M\ 




.loscph K. . 


5(;8 


John . 


535 


Holland, Henry 


r>Hr, 


Hut 


■liinsiin, Dennis 


474 


Riley L. 


509 


Hollis, Thomas 


g;{7 




Fred K. 


4li9 


Rodney 


5(19 


Holnian, Frceland L. . 


032 




Joscpli M. . 


602 


Rufus L. 


6:!8 


Rawson 


5(i4 


Hyson, Zebard F. . 


623 


Stallord B. . 


409 


Holmes, Horace . 


5(i2 








Jordan, Andrew J . 


500 


William L. . 


51') 


Ills] 


t>y, Horace C. . 


463 


Benjamin F. 


474 


Holt, Charles H. . 


507 


Ing; 


lis, lOniery G. 


652 


Charles W. . 


500 


Frederick . 


mr, 




Hiram B. 


638 


Edward . . 4( 


1 , 045 


William T. . 


54.'! 




Samuel . 


(i49 


lOlbridge G. . 


034 


Hohvny, Sumner A. 


580 


Inge 


rsoll, Augustus W. 


463 


Eleazer . 


474 


Holyolie, Horace 1'. 


543 


Ingi 


aham, Francis 


535 


Gustin . 


6,53 


Hooper, Charles H. 


623 


Irish, Daniel G. 


568 


Hiram C. 


.5,50 


Gilbert A. . 


G.52 


Irving, Ehiathan P. 


569 


Thomas D. . 


474 


Lawrence P. 


623 








Warren A. . 


519 


Lorenzo C. . 


a52 


Jart 


, Charles E. . 


468 


Judkins, Sylvanus 


587 


Hopkins, I). Oscar 


GG2 


Harrison J. 


543 


Jiunper, (i'eorgeE. 


5.59 


Elbridpe S. . 


634 


Jac), 


man, Charles G. 


569 


Junkins, Robert P. 463. 038 


Gustavus A. 


661 


Jackson, Albert F. 


652 






Honan, Peter 


586 




Albert M. . 


623 


Kalloch, Edward K. 


559 


Horn, Rufus A. 


535 




Charles . 


652 


Kame, John M. 461, 464. 6.53 


Horrie, Thomas L. 


535 




George W. . 


550 


Kane, James W. . 


6.5.3 


Horton, William . 


507 




Henry A. 


586 


Peter M. 


519 


Hovey, Emerson "VV. 


530 




JohuB. 


5.50 


Keen, Howard 


053 


Sila-s G. 


638 




Miles . 


474 


Keenan, George . 


507 


Howard, Albert 


602 




Moses T. 


550 


Keene, Seneca E. . 


535 


HoUis . 


602 




Samuel H. . 


546 


Seth H. 


5.'i5 


Horatio N. . 


&'52 




Svlvanus R. . 528 


. 5.59 


William C. . 


492 


James F. 


4C8 


Jacobs, Almon J. D. . 


617 


Keeting, George R. 


023 


Johnson, Jr. 


662 




William 


569 


Keiser, John S. 


550 


Lloyd . 


652 


Jellison, Benjamin W. 


602 


Kellan, Thomas F. 


653 


AVilliam 


535 


Jenkins, Alexander 


550 


Kellen, John, Jr. . 


603 


William H. . 


623 




Isaac N. 


662 


Kelley, Charles S. 


509 


Howe, George G. . 


602 




.Tames . 


550 


George M. 


569 


Nathaniel 


633 




.John 


569 


George S. 


545 


Williams. . 


513 


Jenn 


ings, Peter . 


003 


John 


623 


Howes, James F. . 


623 




Reuben B. . 


631 


Orlando 


6.53 


Llewellvn G. 


535 


Jerr 


s, Peter . 


474 


Kellogg, Charles F. 


638 


Sanmerw. . 


623 


Jewett, Charles 


653 


Marcellus R. 


663 


Sumner W. . 


568 




Edward E. . 


653 


Kelsey, John B. . 


569 


AVillianiO. . 


568 




Frank E. 


616 


Kemp, Charles E. 


492 


Hoxie, AVilliam H. 


503 




George F. 


611 


Kendall, Abiather R. 


581 


Hubbard, Charles P. . 


535 




Rufus E. 


,586 


Kendrick, Raljih . 


623 


Hum]>hrev, Ephraim B. 


474 




William H. . 


507 


Keneiscin, Itliiel S. 


570 


Timothy P. . 


568 


Johnson, Aaron . 


507 


Kennard, ^\ illiam K. 


550 


Hunnewell, David 


662 




Albert H. 


550 


Kennedy, William H. . 


570 


Hunt, .James L. 


638 




Albert R. 


.514 


Kenney, Charles B. 464, 617 


John 


.529 




Alonzo L. 


602 


Kilkenney, Benjamin 


638 


Hunter, Alvin 


550 




Alvin M. 


507 


Kimball, Albion P. 


492 


John M. 


530 




Charles K. . 


044 


Andrew J. Co. A . 


474 


Huntington, Daniel B. 


652 




Charles R. . 


615 


Andrew J. Co. B 


492 


James C. 


550 




Ebenezer S. . 


632 


Augustus W. 


587 


Huntoon, Peter . 


504 




Eldridge G. . 


603 


Charles . 


469 


Hunton, (ieorge E. 


558 




Eri A. . . . 


491 


Charles A. . 


003 


Huntress, Henry O. (mi« 


. 




George F. 


519 


Cyrus B. 


587 


Iirinted Henry). 


596 




Henrv . 


550 


George E. . 


587 


Hurd, Charles C. . 


550 




John'B. 


603 


George S. 


500 


Henry H. 


586 




John F. 


.550 


Hiram . 


603 


Henry J. 


662 




John H. 


509 


James . 


407 


James A. 


586 




Mariner S. . 


507 


AVilliam H. . 


(i38 


.Jethro H. 


491 




Rufus . 


603 


William W. . 


570 


Robert F. 


602 




Sanuiel M. . 


550 


King, Albert H. . 


603 


Samuel, Jr. . 


545 




Walter . 


544 


Alpheus 


474 


Wa-shington I. . 


579 




Wilder . 


623 


Hiram B. 


470 


Hussev, Charles . 


596 




William 


507 


Kingsbury, Alpheus R. 


034 


George W. . 


526 




William J. . 


662 


Kingsley, Charles E. . 


624 


James R. 


474 




William L. . 


550 


Ge"orge A. . 


024 


Huston, Albert N. 


519 




AVilliam P. . 


.550 


Kitchen, George . 


530 


Charles E. . 


602 


Johnston, Charles H. . 


6;!8 


Knapj), John P. . 


,5.35 


Hatchings, Charles 


519 




John E. 


623 


Kneeland, Alfred . 


.587 


F. W. J. 


535 


Jones, Austin L. . 


633 


Knight, Albert E. 


.530 


Newell S. 


519 




Charles D. . 


587 


Alfred AV. . 


49J 



726 



INDEX. 





PAGE 




PAGE 




PAGE 


Knight, Augustus H. 


. 570 


Leuzarder, Julius M. . 


528 


Luce, Charles B. . 


G38 


Cypi'ian M. . 


. 504 


Levensellar, .Samuel 


570 


Charles S. . 


520 


Cyrus E. 


. !).'!5 


Lewis, Almon 


551 


Henry A. 


536 


Edwin D. 


. .543 


Eben G. 


653 


Hezekiah 


529 


James M. 


. 0L>4 


Frank . 


474 


Joseph P. 


.544 


Simeon M. . 


. G03 


George E. 
LeviB. . 


G38 


William H. . 


475 


Thomas AV. . 


. G48 


587 


Luddon, Levi 


6.33 


Zehulon 


. 544 


Orrin F. 


570 


Lufkin, Andrew J. 


468 


Knowles, Adoniram J 


587 


Waterman T. 


648 


Charles E. 


475 


Ijeiijnmin P. 


. 514 


William N. . 


587 


Jason L. 


507 


Henry L. 


. 519 


Libby, Alvah M. . 


598 


OtisE. . 


475 


ilosea . 


. 502 


Anson O. 


474 


Lunt, Charles W. . 


638 


John 


. 545 


Benjamin F. 


508 


Joseph . 


507 


Knowlton, James L. 


. 570 


Eugene A. . 


535 


Parker G. 


508 


Samuel J. 


. 54G 


Granger A. . 


507 


Thomas 


502 


Knox, Charles O. . 


. 507 


Henry T. 


542 


Wilbur F. . 


559 


Kucking, Theodore 


. 474 


Horatio S. . 


501 


Lurvey, Lemuel R. 


520 


Kyle, Alexander . 


. 402 


John Q. A. (mis- 




Lwoney, Michael . 


624 






printed John 




Lynn, Frederick D. 


492 


Labelle, Lewis 


. 535 


G. A.) 


507 


Lyon, Henry F. 


502 


Labree, Horace 


. 474 


Madison 


570 


Lucian AV. . 


.587 


Ladd, John W. . 


. C()3 


Osman . 


475 


Lyons, Charles AV. 


.531 


Eaine, Columbus C. 


. 587 


Samuel O. (mis- 




Thomas G. . 


624 


Lake, Enoch H. 


. 474 


l)rinted Samuel I.) 469 






Lakeman, Frank . 


. 535 


Seth 


570 


IVIace, Edward A. . 


638 


Lakin, Corydon B. 


. COO 


Lincoln, J.ames W. 


492 


.Alack, Luther J. . 


475 


Lambert, Daniel . 


. 024 


Iiavmon<l 


535 


Aladdo.ks, Charles 


520 


Lampher, 'William A. 


. .550 


Linnell, Charles E. 


663 


Ma<ldox, James 


604 


Lanison, Edwin B. 


. 485 


Lippert, Charles . 


624 


Madigan, Dennis . 


492 


Lancaster, Richard E. 


474 


Liscomb, William S. 


.581 


Maffitt, James H. . 


546 


Zelotes . 


. 474 


Little, Henry 


560 


Magnire, James 


579 


Lane, David R. 


. 587 


Thaddeus . 457 


,612 


Mains, Ivory . 


53C 


George W. . 


. 570 


Littlefleld, Charles F. . 


603 


Maloou, Horton (mis- 




John 


. 507 


Dependence S. . 


603 


printed Harton) 


570 


Leander 


. .519 


James A. 


587 


William. Jr. . 


5(34 


Lee 


. 474 


Jonathan 


595 


Mangan, Michael . 


536 


Samuel W. . 


. 468 


Joshua M. 


624 


Mann, George AV. 


604 


Thomas 


. 033 


Oliver B. 


603 


James K. 


536 


Lang, Caleb N. 


. GIG 


Reuben O. . 


603 


Mansell, Geoi-ge F. 


475 


Charles 


. G24 


Llovd, J.anies 


612 


Ma:isur, John S. . 


531 


Robert . 


. G24 


Locke, William R. 


507 


AVarren 


463 


William 


. 024 


Lockhart, Jlobert 


507 


Manter, Benjamin A. . 


551 


Langpher, Daniel R. 


. 402 


Lombard, Jesse . 


624 


Marble, James S. . 


508 


Langworthy L. 


. 492 


William H. . 


587 


Marden, Alston R. 


508 


Lanelle, Virgil G. . 


. .535 


Long, Charles E. . 


6,53 


Rufiis R. 


402 


Lannon, John 


. 474 


Thomas J. . 464 


, 617 


AVayland 


663 


Lary, Charles S. . 


. 0()3 


Lord, Ambrose M. 


520 


INIariner, "Ambrose 


508 


Lash, John B. 


. 504 


Amos 


048 


Marks, Augustus . 


531 


Latham, Charles F. 


. 51G 


Augustus, Jr. 


475 


Marsh. Charles H. Co. H 


587 


Charles W. . 


. 470 


John F. 


603 


Charles H. Co L . 


638 


Lawrence, David . 


. 550 


John T. 


544 


John B. 


604 


Joseph H. 


. 515 


Loring, Jacob B. . 


481 


Marshal], Benjamin F. 


581 


Leach, Lyman 


. 603 


Loud, William M. 


612 


Marston, Charles L. 


562 


Silas 


. 520 


Lougee, Enoch W. 


545 


Edwin T. 


562 


Lear, .Joseph H. 


. 402 


James .S. 


6.53 


Hathorn 


638 


Leathers, Daniel . 


. 6.53 


John E. 


542 


Martin, Joseph H. 


.503 


Frank J. 


. .535 


Samuel . 


.545 


Thomas 


536 


John B. 


. 587 


William H. . 


551 


Mason, I'^ernando F. 


570 


Leavitt, Frank W. 


. 535 


Lovejoy, James W. 


GG3 


Jonas AV. . 


551 


Horace C. 


. 520 


Marcellus 1'. 


638 


Silas D. 


508 


Lee, .Joseph W. 


. 579 


Sanuiel B. M. 


559 


Matthews, Henry A. . 


570 


Leeman, Roscoe G. 


. 653 


Sanuiel C. . 


461 


William R. . 


.517 


Leigh ton, Benjamin F 




Lovell, Daniel K. . 


544 


Maxim, Henry 


G53 


Co. G 


. 570 


Lovering, .John 


463 


Maxwell, Isa.ae C. 


475 


Benjamin F. Co. 


H, 


Lowe, Franklin B. 


507 


Mayberry, Charles E. . 


508 




587 


Perley . 


.587 


George H. . 


581 


Cyrus . 


6G3 


Lowell, Albert 


544 


M.ayhew, Nathan . 


.541 


James W. 


. 570 


Benjamin P. 


604 


MaVnaril, .loseph B. 


536 


John W. 


485 


Chailes H. . 


648 


Mayo, Cliirord N. . 


4(i9 


layman P. 


516 


Daniel W. . 


.551 


Daniel T. 


580 


Nathaniel W. 


615 


Horace H. . 


469 


AVilli.am H. . 


570 


Lennon, William A. 


. .507 


Ijowlin, .Stephen . 


520 


McAllister, Amos . 


53G 


Lermond, Edward W. 


507 


Lubleau, l^eter 


624 


De AVitt C. . 


663 


Eidiraim 


492 


Lucas, Sanuiel 


570 


Josejih . 


492 


Le Sault, Batiste . 


535 


Willard, 2d . 


492 


AA'illiain 


.5.36 


l^eslie, Henry B. . 


.535 


Luce, Alonzo B. . 


563 


McCarthy, Richard 


624 



INDEX. 



727 



McCanslin, Franklin . 508 

William T. . . 508 

McClannint:, "Williams. niO 

IMcCluro, ICchvanl \\'. . {)"2 

(iustavns . . (>48 

McCobl), Austin . • 4**3 

Wilbur . . .484 

McCombs, JohnH. . 6U3 

McCorrison, (ioorf^c S. 402 

Jamos, Jr. . . SSI 

McCov, Andrew . . ^82 

Charles E. . . 520 

McCunlv, Kben H. . 40'^ 

Hush • • ■ ^'^^ 

Jolui . . • •'>3" 

Samuel K. . • 502 

McDaniel, Cornelius C. 

^McDonald, Albert 1.. 404 

Alexander . 

Christopher . 

George F. . 

John, Jr. 

MeDougall, Alexander 

:\IcI>ultie, Charles . 

3lcFarland, Ira A. 

Justin L. 

William O. . 

McFarlin, John 

McFec, John . 

McGafEev, Florian 

Otis 
McGee, Jolin . 
M(!Ginlev, Thomas 
McGoon,' Ephraim J. . 
IVIcGrath, William N. . 
MeGui re, Alfred U. 
]\lclntire, Oliver 11. 
Thornton W. 
Mclntyre, Charles A. . 

Henry S. 
McKeen, Ezra H. . 
McKeene, Silas 
McKennev, Albert S. . 
Cvrus W'. 
Daniel R. 
Joseph . 
Richard 
A\-illiamH. . 
McKenzie, John . 

William 
McKinnon, Alexander. 
McKusick, IJenjamin F 

John F. 
McLaughlin, Charles H 

William 
McLoud, John 
McMaster, Thomas J. . 
MeNear, Alfred 
McXrill, Dwio-ht . 
:\Ii'Nichol, Thomas 
Md'hail, Alfred E. 
Dunoan 
William H. ■ 
McKay, John . 
Mealier, John 
Mears, Parker 
Meeds, Daniel J. . 
Megguier, Elisha H. 
Melvin, Albert A. 
Ambrose 1'. . 
Edwin B. 
Merriam. Josejih . 
Leonard i'>. . 
Merriek, Stephen W. 
Merrifield, Charles N. 
Jacob C. 
James S. 



(iCi.T 

, 004 

(125 

G.34 

475 

571 

013 

530 

504 

492 

492 

620 

551 

653 

551 

587 

530 

587 

530 

487 

004 

588 1 

483 I 

500 I 

033 

530 

508 

003 

545 

004 

551 

530 

504 

475 

53() 

. 588 

595 

. 469 

625 

493 

588 

503 

.. 475 

, 520 

, 588 

. 588 

. 508 

. 571 

. 475 

. 024 

. 004 

. o:!8 

. 475 

. 034 

. 551 

. 516 

. 403 

. 004 

. 493 

. 598 

. 515 



Merrill, Albert*!. . 
Asa 

Charles C. 
Charles H. . 
Dennis II. 
Edward V. . 
Henry (). 
James W. 
John \. 
John IL 
Lewis 
Lenuiel (). 
Samuel H. 
Willard R. . 
William 
jSterrin, Orrin L. . 
Merritt, James H. 
jNlerrow, Francis K. 
William O. . 
Messer, Adelbert A 
George A. 
Willard L. . 
Meserve, James H. 
Miller, Alonzo D. . 
Charles H. . 
John 
Millett, Joseph C. 
Milliken, Loren H. 
Mills, Gustavus L. 
John S. 
Manfred 
Miner, John L. 
Mitchell, Edward R. . 
Everett . 
Henry L. 
John 

Nahuni W. . 
Moffitt, Eugene C. 
I ]\Iouk, ICugene 
I Montgomery, Joseph . 
William 
Monroe, Albert P. 
i Warren K. . 

Mooney, John 
Mooers, Josiah N. 
Moor, James . 
Moore, Albert 

Charles H. . 
Delmont 

Eber S. . .404 
Lewis G. 
Moses D. 
Nathan . 
Thomas 
Thomas B. . 
AVilliain H. . 
Wilson .1. 
Moores, Morris L. 

Murray . 
Morang, Calvin S. 

William 
Morev, George W. 
Morgan, Alonzo D. 
Averill C. 
Jacob O. 
Morgridge, Samuel T. 



024 
409 
588 
501 
(524 
513 
588 
624 
588 
544 
,544 
024 
400 
517 
(i53 
475 
530 
004 
638 
483 
485 
493 
5.30 
551 
510 
508 
588 
014 
531 
038 
6,53 
053 
551' 
603 
493 
571 
59() 
571 
551 I 
530 
513 
475 
004 
, 063 
, 038 
, 603 
, .536 
. 604 
. 604 
475 
520 
520 
551 
485 
530 
588 
516 
493 
604 
638 
653 
634 
604 
6,53 
663 



Morrison, George . 
Morrow, .Tohn 
Morse, .loliu . 

Thomas 11. . 

WilliaiM 15. . 

William 11. . 
Mosher, r.cnjamiu C. 

Isaac C. 

John M. 
Mosman, George G. 
Moulton, Albert . 

Charles E. . 

.lonathan R. 
Mounlfor<l, Vincent 
Mower, .lohn M. Co. A 

.John .M. Co. L. 

Thomas H. . 
Mulvey, .lohn 
Mulvin, Benjamin 
Munson, Laurel 
Murch, Alfred B. . 

Epliraim A. . 
Muchmore, William 
Murphy, Dennis . 

James A. 

Samuel H. 
Murray, Russell 

Thomas M. . 
Myrick, Edward E. 
John D. 
Joseph H. 



I'Ar.i: 

571 

508 
, 493 
508 
, 63S 
571 
, 580 
. 588 
. ,508 
. 638 
. 625 
. 604 
. 517 
. 460 
. 470 
. 638 
. 563 
. 551 
. 603 
. 529 
. 545 
. 520 
. 638 
. 588 
. 615 
. 605 
. 005 
. 605 
. 025 
. 611 
. 508 



Morrill, Benjamin C. 

Edward F. . 

Elijah . 

Emery . 

George . 

Ira . 

William 
Morris, .Tames W. 
Morrison, Aaron L. 

Angus . 



464 



, 604 
520 
.520 
5.3() 
493 
604 
5.36 
536 
663 
503 
604 



Nado, Henry C. 
Nash, David J. 
Jonathan 
Nason, Geoi'ge E. . 
Josiah, .Ir. . 
Samuel E. 
Neal, Franklin B. . 
James A. 
John O. 
John W\ 
Reuben S. 
Thomas J. . 
Thompson . 
Needham, Frank C. 
Nellis, William H. 
Nelson, Edward F. 
Neville, Mark 
Nevins, Justin S. . 
Newbegin, Danville 
Eugene . 
Sumner B. . 
Newbold, Andrew D. - 
Newell, Charles W. 
Nicholas, Frederick B. 
Nichols, Charles F. 

Oscar AV. 
Nicholson, William 
Nickerson, Eugene 
Hezekiah O. 
Moses 
Nason G. 
William H. H. . 
Niles, Timothy B. . 
Nobri-a, Mitchell R. . 
Nodstrom, Charles E. . 
Nolan, .Michael 
Norris, Richard 
North, Charles A. . 
Northrop, (ieorgc 

George .J. 
Norton, Charles A. 
Norwood, Frederick A. 
Henry W. . 401 
Noyes, Clarence . 
Fred K. 



5(54 
503 
016 
50:! 
508 
0(!3 
508 
605 
603 
502 
502 
502 
501 
571 
6.39 
530 



632 

598 

005 

017 

493 

005 

639 

571 

520 

625 

5.30 

,58S 

571 

603 

.551 

571 

.571 

5.3(i 

551 

032 

408 

503 

4,59 

(>25 

.508 

034 

493 

471 



728 



INDEX. 





PAGE 




PAGE 




PAGE 


Noyes, Joseph H. . 


. 508 


Patterson, Jeremiah F 


571 


Pinkham, Samuel . 


639 


Nu'te, Israel H. 


. 536 


Lycurgus 


508 


Wellington . 


639 


Nutt, .lames E. 


. 520 


Paul, Leander H. . 


063 


Piper, Nathaniel . 


571 


Nutter, Ivubert 


. 537 


Payson, Barak C. . 


508 


Pishon, George E. . 


563 


Samuel A. . 


. 605 


Peakes, .James B. . 


475 


Pitts, Isaac S. 


552 


Nutting, Chandler B 


. 588 


Joseph B. 


625 


Plummer, Alvin E. 


494 


Frank . 


. 502 


Peaks, AVilliam G. 


639 


Clement P. . 


494 


Jason S. 


. 520 


Peachey, John H. . 


654 


George E. 


654 






Pearson, Chester C. 


654 


George AV. . 


654 


Oakes, Coryclon J. 


. 520 


Pearsons, William R. 


493 


Jeremiah S. . 


552 


Evander 


. 469 


Pease, George L. . 


546 


Samuel . 


494 


George E. . 


464, 605 


Peavey, Darius W. 


475 


Pollard, Jonathan F. . 


516 


Oakman, Isaac 


. 653 


Hiram . 


475 


Kendall 


605 


O'Brien, Dennis . 


. 571 


Pendleton, Andrew F 


517 


Thomas J. 


571 


James . 


. 508 


Richard F. . 


475 


Pollister, Joseph M. . 


520 


Miehael 


. 475 


Silas P. . 


520 


Pomlow, Joseph . 


582 


AVilliam 


. 537 


Penly, (ieorge AV. 


654 


Poniroy, Rowland B. . 


582 


O'Connell, Redmond 


. 475 


Pennington, Frank A. 


520 


Pond, Arthur A. . 


571 


Odell, Solomon H. 


. 63!) 


Penny, Henry J. . 


571 


Poole, Solomon 


615 


Ohlsen, John . 


. 581 


Pentland, Robert . 


537 


Poor, James W. . 460. 481 


Olson, Charles J. . 


. 493 


Perkins, Alonzo . 


482 


Porter, Edward E. 


494 


O'Neil, John . , . 


. 653 


Barton G. . 


483 


John L. . 


605 


Orcutt, Rosalvo E. 


. 528 


Daniel . 


605 


Reuel W. 


654 


Ordway, Augustus L 


. 639 


Elliott . 


654 


Pottle, William F. (mis 




Benjamin 


. 663 


George . 


509 


printed Potter) 


494 


Caleb F. 


464, 582 


George E. 


598 


William M. . 


486 


George A. . 


. 653 


Hiram . 


625 


Potter, John . 


476 


Osborn, Benjamin A 


. 527 


Horace . 


476 


Powers, George E. 


494 


William A. . 


. 537 


Isaac T. 


551 


Pratt, Alonzo M. . 


639 


Osborne, Chai-les P. 


. 588 


John H. 


639 


Arba 


654 


James H. 


. 663 


John McC. . 


595 


Arston R. 


663 


Osgood, John N. . 


. 571 


Otis 


625 


Beniah W. . 


633 


Otis, Eugene H. . 


. 653 


Thomas 


663 


Charles H. . 


663 


George H. 


. 598 


Thomas H. . 


588 


Franklin E. . 


648 


Overlook, Rufus L. 


. 639 


AVilliam H. . 


605 


Joshua F. 


654 


Owen, Nathaniel L. 


464, 653 


Perry, Daviil S. 


520 


Nathaniel N. 


625 


Oxton, Franklin A. 


. 493 


Joseph E. 


508 


Oliver P. 


639 






Pettengill, Anson . 


493 


Pray, Alamber H. . 


509 


Packard, Cobbitt L. 


463, 616 


Peva, Freeman C. 


509 


Frank W. 


594 


Pacott, Frank 


. 551 


Nathan R. . 


509 


Harvey S. 


588 


Page, Christopher A. 


. 468 


Phelps, George W. 


552 


Isaac 


509 


Henry B. 


. 588 


M'illard H. . 


580 


J. H. . 


595 


John 


. 551 


Phenix, Charles B. 


493 


Preble, Melvin 


625 


Paine, Richard H. 


. 551 


Philbrick, Charles E. . 


494 


Prescott, Alpheus . 


605 


Painter, James W. 


. 639 


Philbrook, William J. . 


494 


Daniel C. 


476 


Palmer, Albion D. 


. 493 


Phillips, (Jeorge P. 


654 


Franklin 


647 


Charles C. 


. 633 


Russell . 


613 


James N. 


552 


Dennis W. . 


. 475 


Seth H. 


654 


Lewis 


521 


George D. . 


. 493 


Walstein 


541 


Preston, Robert . 


521 


Samuel W. . 


. 484 


Phillop, Thomas . 


663 


Price, William 


639 


Thomas H. . 


. 561 


Phipps, Charles L. 


625 


Priest, Alpheus M. 


521 


Parker, Aaron 


. 537 


Joseph W. . 


468 


Henry W. . 


588 


Albert S. 


. 520 


Pickard, Charles H. . 


494 


Prince, Albert F. . 


486 


Alexander M. 


. 459 


Jefferson 


571 


George . 


611 


Aurelius 


. 483 


John E. 


537 


George H. . 


663 


Frank W. . 


. 639 


Pickering, Charles W. 


476 


William B. . 


494 


Marcellus M. 


. 485 


Pierce, Albert R. . 


581 


Proctor, Edward E. 


476 


Samuel E. . 


. 508 


Alfred . . 463 


, 545 


George F. 


476 


Sanford G. . 


. 663 


Alphonso 


563 


George W. . 


476 


Parknian, Eli W. . 


. 660 


Frank W. . 


463 


J. Loren 


663 


Parks, Darius N. . 


. 625 


Gardiner 


529 


Pnllen, Charles H. 


663 


James . 


. 475 


George A. . 


520 


Pulsifer, Addison G. . 


572 


Parsons, John B. . 


. 571 


Isaac Y. 


468 


Eben J. 


562 


Partridge, Charles A. 


. 616 


Jacob H. 


625 


Thomas B. . 


521 


Frank A. 


. 605 


Stei>hen B. . 


625 


Punch, .John . 


516 


Pari"y, John B. 


. 605 


Pierson, William J. 


639 


Purington, Granville . 


509 


Patch, Henry L. . 


. 639 


Pike, Benjamin R. 


503 


Putnam, Black Hawk . 


526 


Patten, Alonzo 


. 493 


Pillsbury, Ellsworth C. 


639 


Charles C. . 


529 


Edward M. . 


. 457 


Evans S. 


644 


Pyle, Solomon 


605 


George . 


. 520 


Henry M. 


597 






George G. . 


. 654 


John M. 


494 


Quimby, William B. 


552 


Robert A. 


. 508 


Pinkham, Charles E. . 


588 


Quinn," Dennis 


625 


Stephen W. . 


. 508 


Daniel . 


588 


.lohn 


552 


Sumner A. . 


. 459 


Hiram B. 


494 


Michael G. . 


494 


Patterson, Aaron B. 


. 475 


James . 


639 


Sylvanus 


647 


Charles F. . 


. 493 


Moses S. 


503 


Quint, "Luther 


588 



INDEX. 



729 



Rackliff, James H 
Ragan, Janios. 

John W. 
RanisiU'U, Henry A 

I'anl U. . ■ 
Rand, (liarlcs K. 
Randall, (icoi^io 

Wancn (!. 
Rankins. Lucius 
Ray, .iDsluia 
Hayniond, Charles 
Reilnian, John 
Reed, Alvin L. Co. 

Alvin L., !).( 

Ambrose 

Charles M. 

Cyrus T. 

Edwin >r. 

Frederick 

(Teorge E. 

Hubert . 

Nathaniel, 2d 

Sanford J. 
Renter, John . 
Reeves, Forest 

iMiles 

Thomas S. 

William H. 
Reynolds, Henry G 

James E. 

James K. 

Multt)rd B. 
Rhines, Benjamin 
Rhodes, David W. 
Rice, James A. 

Thomas D. 
Rich, George H. 
Richards, Albert 

Henry B. 

Horatio M. 

Moses Y. 

Snrmandel 

William H. 
Richardson, Alex. 

Amos 

E. A. 

Isaac L. 

Isaiah O. 

Joseph . 

Moses M. 

Oscar 

Seth M. . 

Timothy 

William A. 

William M. 
Rickcr, Almon N. 

Franklin B. 

Henry D. 

James M. 

Milton F. 

Nathan L. 

William . 
Rider, Charles E. 
Ridley, Ambrose C 

Jerome, Jr. 

Luther . 
Ridlon, Albion L. 
Riley, George 
Ring, James C. 

Thomas 
Ripley, Fred A. 

Hosea P. 

James 

William K., 
Rivers, Joseph 

Parker T. 
Rivier, Alfred 



PAGE 


1 


A(iE 


634 


Roach, Patrick 


626 


537 


Robbius, Charles II. 


(;n6 


537 


Kduniu<l .\. . 


(;.'i4 


"528 


Kdward K. . 


482 


(!25 


John l{. 


4«7 


463 


Lncius C. 


572 


. 625 


Roberts, Albert .1. 


572 


. 521 


Calvin . 


606 


. 476 


Charles E. . 


,589 


. 588 


(Jcorge W. 


639 


476 


John C. . 


596 


. 654 


Nathaniel K. 


476 


. 635 


Seth 


(i54 


. 663 


Thoma?; I'. 


664 


. 552 


William .1. . 


606 


. 639 


Robertson, Richard, Jr. 


487 


. 561 


Robinson, Albert A. 


597 


. 509 


Anson J. 


.509 


• 663 


Charles E. . 


484 


. 572 


Charles H. . 


509 


. 537 


Elijah . 


6.54 


. .V21 


Francis E. 


572 


. 054 


FredC. . 


664 


. 589 


George 1). S. 


521 


. 654 


George E. 


509 


. 654 


James H. 


483 


. 654 


.John 


626 


. 646 


John F. . 


580 


. 639 


Leander 


515 


. 663 


Lewis G. 


494 


. 521 


Lucius M. 


560 


. 509 


Preston . 


649 


. 605 


Rodney W. . 


654 


. 589 


Samuel .J. . . 


606 


. 605 


Rodgers, William S. 


494 


. 552 


Rogers, Alfred 


494 


. 589 


Alphonso P. . 


537 


. 589 


Geoi-ge . 


654 


. 664 


George A. 


476 


. 572 


.John L. . 


626 


. 572 


John W. 


647 


. 494 


Noah 


654 


. 521 


Reuel H. 


639 


. 476 


Sherman H. . 


634 


. 537 


Thomas D. . 


606 


. 476 


Thomas H. . 


606 


. 521 


Washington I. 


494 


. 521 


Rolfe, Asa H. . 


552 


. 664 


Rollins, Charles H. 


664 


. 537 


George W. . 


521 


. 529 


John H. 


521 


. 476 


Rolliston, Robert . 


470 


. 494 


Rose, Joseph . 


494 


. 537 


Leonard L. . 


562 


. 485 


Seth G. . 


572 


. 469 


Ross, Allen R. M. . 


572 


. 606 


George H. 


485 


. 552 


Ivory 


626 


. 572 


Joseph . 


531 


. 633 


Joseph W. 


531 


. 476 


Rowe, Christopher C. . 


521 


. 516 


Eli W. . 


470 


. 664 


William 


006 


. 521 


Rowell, George A. 
CJeorge W. . 


640 


• 509 


664 


. 509 


Stephen P. . 


664 


. 664 


Royal, Andrew J. . 


552 


. 487 


Bailey T. 


572 


. 552 


George A. . 572 


, 606 


. 626 


George S. 


552 


. 486 


William F . 


552 


. 639 


Runnells, William F . 


495 


. 521 


Russell, Addison P. 




. 560 


457, 46 


7,500 


. 521 


Alonzo P. 


.572 


. 494 


Alvarado 


626 


. 664 


Amos E. 


521 



Russell, Benjamin !•". 

Charles A. . 

Cyrus M. 

(Jcorge A. 

George I). . 

George S. . 

Israel I. 

James H. 
Ryan, William 
Ryder, Benjamin F. 

Sabine, Charles A. 

(ieorge C. 

George W. . 
Sampson, Enoch . 

Osgood M. . 

Randall 
Sanborn, Benjamin F. 

Charles H. . 

Otis F. . 

Silas M. 

William N. . 
Sanford, Augustus 

Edward T. . 

Henry . 

Thomas J. 
Sargent, Charles A. 

Daniel F. 

Groves O. 

John A. 

Nathaniel F. 
Saimders, Daniel H. 

Francis E. 
Savage, Frank J. . 

Gardiner A. 

Henry D. 

James W. 
Sawyer, Alonzo J. 467 

Edwin H. 

Hudson . . 401 

James C. 

James F. 
Scammon, Charles H. . 
Scannell, Timothy 
Schouton, Antoine 
Scott, Hiram . 

Samuel . 

Sargent J. . 

Wesley K. 
Scribner, Charles L. 
Seavey, Asa W. 
Sedequest, J. Harvey . 
Sedgeley, Charles F. . 
Sennett, David 

John 

William P. . 
Severance, Ora F. 

Walter F. . 

William H. . 

Winfield S. . 
Sewall, George M. 

William 
Shacklord, EbedL. 461 
Shaw, Charles F. . 

Charles W. . 

Daniel W. 

Francis A. . 

James . 

Linus E. 

Prentice 

Nathan M. . 

William B. . 

William, Jr. 
Shay, George A. . 
Sheahan, John P. . 
Sheehan, James R. 
Shepherd, Albert D. 



552 
589 
530 
606 
521 
537 
559 
654 
495 

509 
648 
509 
,552 
495 
521 
529 
502 
606 
572 
509 
606 
558 
476 
612 
470 
660 
476 
495 
632 
515 
655 
646 
649 
634 
589 
,632 
521 
, 516 
521 
495 
537 
537 
531 
537 
626 
476 
476 
589 
606 
664 
495 
521 
521 
517 
572 
476 
476 
640 
633 
589 
,515 
509 
509 
552 
552 
509 
647 
552 
606 
509 
,522 
634 
026 
606 
562 



73U 




INDEA' 










PAGE 




I'AGE 




PAGE 


Sheplev, Orrin 


. (UO 


Smith, Winsor B. 


. 612 


Stetson, Orren R. . 


565 


Sheviiii, Patrick F 


. .509 


Snell, All)ion K. 


. 572 


Samuel K. Co. H . 


580 


Shields, Charles E 


. 529 


Alonzo H. 


. 573 


■ Samuel K. Co. K . 


614 


• Edward W. 


. 5,30 


Charles . 


. 509 


Stevens, Albert 


.522 


' Isaac, Co. B 


. 495 


Norman 


. 640 


Asa M. . 


477 


■^ Isaac, Co. E. 


. 537 


AValter E. 


. 573 


Charles A. . 


612 


Shorey, Edmund 


. G(H 


AValter S. 


. 632 


Charles H. of An- 




Grecnlnish 


. (ao 


Snow, George W. 


. 469 


dover . 


477 


^ . Henry P. 


. 655 


Oliver C. 


. .522 


Charles H. of Exe 




- ' Luther . 


. 626 


Orrin A. 


. 565 


ter . . . 


469 


- Samuel, Co. 


B. . 485 


AVilliam R. 


. 537 


Churchill S. . 


573 


Samuel, Co. K . G2(> 


Somes, Charles E. 


. 614 


Cyrus E. 


640 


Shuman, George M 


^. . 664 


Somers, Thomas 


. 573 


David, Co. C 


510 


Siegars, James . 


. 617 


Sothard, Theodore 


M. . 573 


David, Co. (r 


573 


Silver, John E. 


. 495 


Soule, Asbury E. 


. 495 


David M. 


510 


Simpson, George "N 


V. . 522 


George A. 


. 522 


Edwin F. 


477 


Hollis . 


. 522 


Horatio B. 


. .553 


George S. . 


495 


James M. 


. 6,32 


Lewis W. 


. 476 


Hiram M. 


632 


Sanford F. 


. 552 


Lorenzo A. 


. 495 


Horace . 


458 


Simmons, Charles 


B. . 655 


Southard, Belden 


. 649 


Jarvis C. . 457 


,542 


George L. 


. 661 


Leander P. 


. 655 


Wilbur J. . 


537 


Siprell, James E. 


. 537 


Sidney K. 


. 626 


William 


626 


Skillings, Albert C 


546 


Souther, Atwood C 


. 545 


Zoradus D. . 


495 


Charles AV. 


. 544 


Nathaniel 


. 553 


Steward, Phineas P. 


589 


Sleeper, Burnham 


C. . 495 


Sparrow, Rodney 


. 487 


Samuel . 


582 


Hiram B. 


. 545 


Spaulding, Albert 


. 660 


Stewart, Asa F. . 


495 


Small, Albert 


. 530 


Albion . 


. 476 


Daniel H. 


655 


Albert J. 


. 589 


Liberty B. 


. 573 


Ezra H. 


597 


Avery . 


. 486 


Spear, Edward 


. 607 


Gardner 


.5.53 


Clement P. 


. 495 


Johns. . 


. 6,55 


Moses . 


6.55 


David W. 


. 537 


Manasseh W 


. 522 


Samuel 


495 


George H. 


. 626 


Orra P. . 


. 487 


Sylvester 


477 


Horace M. 


. 606 


Paris 


. 495 


Stickney, Charles L. . 


.516 


Josejih . 


. 495 


Spein, Andrew D. 


. 495 


Stiles, John P. 


607 


Leonard C. 


. 572 


Spencer, Alvin B. 


. 598 


Stilphen, James E. 


626 


Levi G. . 


. 607 


Franklin 


. 509 


Stimpson, Albert W. . 


613 


Orrin 


. 562 


Jefferson 


. 655 


Stinchtteld, Frank H. . 


54() 


Simeon F. 


. 626 


Joseph C. 


. 553 


George B. 


538 


William 


. 530 


William 


. 626 


Stinson, Charles H. 


640 


William W. . 


. 562 


Spratt, Alton T). 


. 553 


Reuel B. 


613 


Smart, Frederick 


. 537 


Edward P. 


. 607 


Stockbridge, Joseph T. 


495 


Smiley, Charles C. 


. 543 


Pharon P. 


. 607 


Stockham, Charles M. . 


477 


Smith, Albert 


. 564 


Springer, Benjami 


n J. 582 


Stockman. George W. . 


655 


Ansel 


. 529 


Eugene . 


. 589 


Stock well, John M. 


573 


Austin G. . 


. 655 


Sproiile, Charles E 


. 495 


Stoddard, Augustine 0. 


607 


Benjamin S. 


. 572 


Spurling, Andrew 


B. . 513 


Stokes, Edward . 


496 


Charles, Co. i 


K . 476 


Stacy, John S. 


. 615 


Henry . 


496 


Charles, Co. ] 


\ . 589 


Stackpole, William 


463, 607 


Stone, Corydon 0. 


553 


Charles D. 


. 572 


Stanhope, Amasa 


. 469 


Leonard 


589 


Charles E. 


. 595 


James M. 


. 664 


Samuel B. 


640 


Charles H. 


. 452, 513 


William H. 


. 573 


William F. . 579 


,607 


Charles M. 


. 522 


Staples, Daniel L. 


. 546 


Stowe, Gardner L. 


522 


Clarence 


. 589 


Edwin . 


. 664 


Hartwell E. . 


522 


Edward E. 


. 655 


John W. 


. 469 


Nathan C. 


522 


Eleazer H. 


. 648 


Stephen M. 


. 634 


Stowell, David P. . 


456 


Eugene A. 


. ,509 


William 


. 626 


Stretch, John 


640 


Frank I. 


. 476 


Starbird, Herbert 


M. . 515 


Strout, Albion S. . 


655 


George H. 


. 509 


Isaac S. 


. 633 


Alfred C. 


483 


George M. 


. 495 


Rufus S. 


. 469 


Samuel, Jr. Co. I. 


607 


George W. 


. 582 


Starkey, Augustus 


H. . 573 


Samuel, Jr. D. C. 


()(i4 


Henry H. 


. 648 


Starr, John 


. 510 


Stuart, Charles F. 


477 


James . 


. 537 


John, 2d 


. 510 


George E. 


640 


James H. 


. ,545 


Stayner, James E. 


. 514 


Studley, Benjamin E. . 


664 


John 


. 522 


Steadman, Joseph 


C. . 495 


Sturgess, Charles E. . 


646 


Josiah H. 


. 655 


Stearns, George B 


. 607 


Sumraat, George J. 


578 


Laban . 


. 640 


John R. 


. 546 


Summers, Nicholas 


640 


Rufus A. 


. 607 


Minot C. 


. 664 


Sutherland, Benjamin . 


477 


Samuel C. 


. 594 


Steele, George W. 


. 664 


James W. 


531 


Sewall W. Co 


. E. 


John C. 


. 477 


Nathaniel 


573 




537, ,589 


William H. 


. 553 


Swaney, John 


522 


Sewall W. Co 


L . 640 


Stephens, Philip C 


. 477 


Sweenev, Daniel . 


522 


T. Jefferson 


. 664 


Stetson, Andrew B 


. 517 


Sweetland, William H. 


573 


Wendell T. 


. 553 


Benjamin F. 


. 562 


Sweetser, William H. . 


553 


W. Frank . 


. 522 


Charles W. 


. 531 


Swett, Justin L. . 


613 


William 


. 509 


David L. 


. 655 


Swift, AVilliam Franklin 510 


William E. . 


. 563 


.EphraimT. 


. 560 


Sylvester, Albert . 


589 


William S. . 


. 476 


Hezekiah 


. 573 


Albert L. 


640 



INDEX. 



731 



. (i40 

. ()55 

. 664 

. 496 

. 522 

. CGI 

AM, (Nil 

. (;07 

. (i45 

. ()55 

. 510 

. 615 

. 655 

. 627 

459 

465 

655 

529 

573 

627 

538 

640 

640 

647 



456, 



I'AC.E 

Svlvcstcr, Ansel T. . 664 

Charles H. . . 553 

Eilwaril A. . . 496 

Horace . . ■ ''>"3 

Joseph ^y. . ■ -177 

Levi W. . . 664 

AValter . . .553 

Taber, Charles B. . . 553 
Talpcv, Oliver C. . 
Tarbox, Charles H. 

Georfie . 
Tash, Charles I,. . 
Tate, Ilenrv I. 
Tatten, Joseiih AV. 
Taylor, Ansel (i. . 
Atwell A. . 
Constautine . 
Edward 
Ephralni II. . 
Frank . 
Winfield S. . 
Teafcue, Edwin C. . 
Temple, Levi . 
Milo.I. ■ 
Tet't, Benjamin F. 
Thaxter, Sidney W 
Thayer, Henry D. . 

John 1). 
Thing, George S. . 
Thomas, Abner 

Augustus G. 
Charles E. . 
John B. 
John J. . 
Lyman . 
Robert T. 
Thompson, Albert 
Benjamin F. 
Charles I). . 
George W. . 
Henry A. 
Howard M. . 
Jeremiah 
John 
John D. 
John P. 
John S. . 
Samuel A. 
William H. . 
Thoms, Charles A. 
Thorn, James H. . 

Samuel . 
Thorndike, Peter R. 
Tluulow, Henrv J. 
William H. . 
Thurston, Charles E. 
John R. 
Martin A. 
Thwing, Charles G. 
Tibbetts, Byron D. 
Cyrus 
Daniel M. 
George . 
John 
Luther . 
Silas F. . 
William B. . 
Tilden, Isaac W. . 
Tilton, Henry F. . 
Timmons, Charles E 
Tobie, Edward P. Jr. 

461, 528, 
Leroy H. 
Tobin, Horace K. . 
Tolman, John F. . 



655 

633 

640 

477 

510 

640 

553 

529 

484 

615 

655 

655 

477 

640 

632 

573 

477 

496 

649 

655 

573 

477 

589 

502 

607 

522 

553 

655 

563 

607 

589 

, 613 

522 

. 477 

. 522 

561 
573 
640 
470 



Toothaker, Jan\es M 

Levi 
Torsey, Sanuiel T. 
Tower, Gideon, Jr. 
Towle, I'^raneis K. 

William G. . 
Town, Francis L. . 
Townsend. Fred'k 1*. . 

William H. . 
Tozier, David 

Enuilus S. 
Tracey, (icorge 
Levi. Jr. 
Trafton, (Jeorge II., Jr. 
John H. 
Mark . 
Silas C. . 
Trask, Nathan E. . 
Thomas A. . 
Zelotes AV. . 
Trefetlien, John T. 
Triflit, Alfred C. . 
Trimble. William . 
Tripp, Edmund 

Nahum G . . 
True, Amrai M., Jr. 
Frank W. 
George W. . 
Trueworthy, Jeremiah . 
Tuck, Charles H. . 
Tucker, Benjamin F. 456 

George P. 
Tukesbury, George D. . 
Turner, Benjamin H. . 

John 
Turney, Nelson 
Tuttle, John C. 
I Tweedie, Thomas . 
I Twitchell, James P. 
Twombly, Stephen 
Tye, William B. 

Ulmer, Clarence D. 458, 522 
Matthias . . 538 



477 
544 
.510 
486 
516 
655 
(■49 
553 
664 
613 
5(i:i 
()55 
655 
597 
607 
640 
615 
477 
496 
656 
553 
664 
504 

607 
463 
553 
529 
4(i3 
627 
481 
627 
553 
582 
484 
627 
553 
496 
55.3 
553 
538 



Vance, Richard 
Varlev, John B. 
Varney, George A. 

Henry J. 

Horace . 

Joseph . 

Joseph S. 

Samuel S. 
Varnum, Joseph G. 
Vaughan, Zenas . 
Veazie, Abiezer 

Arthur . 

Frederick M. 
Vickery, Charles . 
Viles, William H. . 
Vinal, George 

Reuben . 

William A. . 
Virgin, Isaac (J. 
Vicfue, Levi 
Vose, Elisha . 

Lyman . 

Marcus A. 



Wadsworth, Francisco. .510 

Wakefield, George W. 510 

Walker, Albert R. • 613 

Alexander . . 656 

Charles . • .544 

Charles F. . . .590 
Charles H. . .664 



. 552 
. 5.54 
. 544 
. .590 
. 496 
. 656 
. 590 
, 556 
. 522 
631, 644 
. 496 
. 661 
. 477 
. 573 
. 477 
. 596 
. (>40 
. 596 
. .558 
. 656 
. 522 
. 530 
. 481 



PACK 

Walker Charles W. Co. 

A. . . . 477 
Charles W. Co. K. 614 

Freeland C. . . 6(H 

Ozro F. . . .614 

Llewellvn . . 496 

Thomas S. . . .522 

William B. . . 496 

William D. . . 477 

Wall, Andrew . . 627 

Wallace, Charles H. . 561 

(iiven B. . . 523 

Oscar C. . ■ 516 

Walton, Daniel O. . 477 

(ieorge B. . . 4iH! 

Ward, Alpheus H. . 523 

George W. . . 523 

John C. . . . 515 

Warren, Alanson M. . 646 

Benjamin . . 538 

Freedom . . 607 

.Tolin . . • C56 

John F. . . 538 

John M. . . 649 

Lewis . . • 656 

Washburn, Allen H. . 632 

Charles A. . . 574 

Waters, James . . 510 

Waterhouse, Eli S. . 598 

Watson, ICdwardE. . 523 

John T. . . 6.56 

Watts, Alfred Y. . . 613 

Webb, Albion P. . . 510 

Chandler J. . . 496 
Converse L., Jr. . 581 

John R. . . . 579 

Nathan B. . . 515 

Richard . . 467 

Webber, Charles H. . 554 

Harris G. . . 477 

Jeremiah D. . 523 

Leonard . . 596 

Thomas C. . . 594 

Webster, Daniel . . 590 

Elisha A. . . 554 

Justin . . .632 

Weeks, Daniel S. . . 627 

AVeiler, William . . 503 

Welch, Benjamin A. . 614 

Charles . . . 627 

Gilman . . . 510 

Henrv T. . . 531 

Isaiah . . •* 640 

James B. . . 477 

Welden, George E. . 496 

Wellinuton, George . 640 

Wells, Esau . . 464, 598 

Daniel J. . . 477 

JMarcellus . . 607 
Wentworth, Charles A. 656 

Charles M. . . 496 

Edwin . . . 496 

Etlielbert . . 554 

George . . . 496 

George A. . . 640 

Jesse . . .640 

Marcellus . . 554 

Nathaniel . . 554 

Orrin S. . . 545 

West, George AV. . . 538 

JohnW. . . 579 

Llewellyn J. . 656 

AVestgate, Barney . 616 

AVeston, George . . 631 
AVevmouth, Algernon . 477 

■ Charles D. . . 554 



•32 



INDEX. 



Wevmouth, Charles W. 607 
GeoiR-e A. . .554 
Seth H. . . . 056 
William H. . . 554 
Whalen, 3Iiehael . . 504 
Whaiff, John F. . . 649 
Wheeler, Edwin . . 608 
Levi W. . . 574 

Whitcoml), Francis Y. 554 
George D. . . 554 
Horace V. . .554 
Otis W. . . .543 
Ripley C. . . 554 
White, Austin B. . .545 
Freeman J. . . 646 
George W. . . 574 
Henry . . . 574 
Horace M. . . 528 
Lorenzo . . 542 
Robert H. . . 477 
William . . 510 
Whitehouse, Charles H. 510 
Whiteley, Richard E. . 470 
Whiteknact, George AV. 574 
John . . . . 574 
Whiting James C. . 648 
Whitman, William . 574 
Whitmore, Alfred H. . 529 
James . . . 656 
Otis . . .496 
Whitney, Charles H. . 590 
Edmund AV. . 640 

Frank W. . . 538 
Franklin P. . . 590 
George W. . . 529 
Henry C. . . 478 
Samuel . . . 478 
Thomas E. . . 478 
Warren L. . 456, 465 
Whittaker, Henry T. . 648 
Whittemore, Henry A. 561 
Victor . ." . 597 
Whitten, Charles . . 510 
David H. . . 554 
William . . 510 

Whittier, David H. . 581 
Wiggin, Nathan B. . 523 
Wilbur, Ruf us A. . . 531 
Wilder, Elijah C. . . 517 
Thomas C. . . 517 
Wilkes, Edward . . 627 



PAGE 

AVilla, Hiram S. . . 523 
Willey, Llewellyn L. . ,581 
Thomas K. . . 650 
William, John . . 664 
Williams, Gilbert . . 523 
Hiram . . . ,523 
James T. . . 523 
Josiah . . . 6.56 
Thomas M. . . 510 
Thomas P. . . 6.33 
Williamson, Henry . 574 
Willis, Gancello '. . 574 

Henry A. . .594 

William . . 523 
Williston, George, .fr. . 554 

Wilshier, Wallace W. 574, 582 

AVilson, Charles . 523 

Edward . . 5.54 

Frank B. . . 608 

Frederick A. . ,564 

George E. . . ,523 
Horace ... 554 

Joel . . .541 

Wing, Gorham A. . 564 

John G. . . 664 

Preston B. . . 468 

Wingate, Rufus H. . 656 

Winslow, Albert P. . 478 

Ezekiel . . . 490 

John W. . . 478 

William A. . .590 

Winter, William A. . .501 

AVissler, John . . 064 
Witham, Benjamin C. . 478 

Charles E. . . 627 

Charles W. . . 554 

Samuel . . 538 

William . . 0I8 

William H. . . 650 

Withee, George W. . 590 

Wixon, Atwell M. . 523 

Edward . . 523 

Wood, Benjamin S. . 503 

Calvin B. . . 640 

Frank H. . .647 

Frank M. . . 496 

Hiram . . .664 

James v. . . 608 

John . . .523 

John P. . . . 596 

Josiah L. . 470 



AVoodard, Israel R. D. . 496 

AVoodbury, Collins . 574 

AVoodman, Charles A. . 608 

James >I. . . e08 

Rui)ert W. . . 510 

SethE. . . .656 

Seward P. . . 497 

William F. . 597 

Woods. Edward R. . 617 

George \\. . . 5.54 

Woodsom, Jacob H. 464, 560 



AVoodward, Oliver J. 

AVilliam H. 
Woolfende, Joshua 
Worcester, Edward P 
Worthing, Arnold F. 
Wright, Alonzo T. 
George B. 
Horace . 
EzraR. . 
AA'yatt, George H 

Marcus P. 
AV^yman, Charles AV 

Clarence L. 

George AV. 

John E. 

John H. 

AA'illiam H. 
A'eaton, George B, 

AVard S. 
York, Charles 

Charles E. 

Cornelius 

George W. 

Rosalvo A. 
Young, Andrew J. 

Augustus 

Asa M. . 

Benjamin F. 

Edward M. 

George M. 

Hanson W. 

Havannah 

Henry . 

Josiah B. 

Sewell C. 

Stephen P. 

William 

AA'illiam A. 

AVilliam H. 



647 
627 
523 
478 
510 
641 
. 523 
. 510 
. 664 
. 523 
. 530 
. 554 
. 590 
. 664 
. 590 
. 580 
. 574 
. 538 
. 656 
. 497 
. 690 
. 574 
. 595 
. 641 
. 510 
. 478 
. 52? 
• 470 
. 617 
464, 564 
. 574 
. 590 
. 510 
. 497 
. 581 
. 590 
. 478 
. 590 
. 554 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS, 



Co 



Allen, Hiram W. 
Allen, Melvin J. 
Allen, Col. Sani'l H. 
Andrews, George P. 
Andrews, George 1'. 
Andrew, Gideon 
Andrews, Lieut. .lohn It. 
Andrews, Tristuni . 
Andrews, Tristuni, l:uri('r 
Avery, Sewell S. . . . 
Bagley, Le\i .... 
Banks, Charles 
Barber, Jesse .... 
Barlow, Willard W. 
Barrett, George H. M. . 
Bartlett, George A. 
Beal, George P. . . . 
Bell, Charles H. . . 
Bell, Charles H. . . Co 
Bell, Loring W. 
Benson, Capt. Andrew M. 
Benson, Lieut. Calvin B. 
Besse, George C. . 
Besse, AVm. G. ... 
Bibber, Capt. Andrew H. 
Biekford, Rev. Warren F. 
Bigelow, Levi E. . . . 
Bisbee, Hannibal, Jr. . 
Blanchard, Lieut. Henry F. 
Bodfish, Asst. Surg. Frank . 
Bodflsh, Asst. Surg. Frank . 
Bolton, Rev. Horace 
Boothby, Lieut-Col. Stephen 
Bowdeii, Nathaniel 
Bowman, Lieut. Martin T. V. 
Boyd, Capt. W. L. . . • . 
Brackett, Sergt. Jas. W. 
Bradman, Lieut. Wm. H. 
Brooks, Lieut. Jonathan K. . 
Brooks, Lieut. Jonathan K. . 
Brown, Augustus D. 
Brown, Major George M. 
Brown, Isaac H. . . . 
Bruce, John O. . . . 
Budge, Daniel .... 
Burton, Elbridge . 
■Cameron, George R. 
Carr, James P. . . . 
Carson, Capt. John P. . 
Cai'son, Capt. John P. . 
Carter Alvin A. . . . 
Carey, Capt. and Dr. George 
Case, Cyrus .... 
Chadbourne, Major Paul 
<'hanipiify. .Monzo D. . 
Chaimian, Edward K. . 
Chase, Capt. Charles C. . 
Cillev, Major J. P. . 
Cilley, GeneralJ.P. 



Co 


. H . 


L'41 


(\) 


H . 


585 


Co 


'd ! 


bUi 


. 1) 


nitd. 


441 


Co 


B . 


4X1 


Co 


H . 


241 


Co 


!■: . 


r,:ii 


Co 
Co 


K . 
L . 


531 
632 


Co 


Iv . 


220 


Co 


K . 


614 


Co 


M . 


42 


Co 


B . 


488 


Co 


C . 


504 


Co 


M . 


42 


Co 


I . 


225 


Co 


D . 


513 


D 


nitd. 


441 


Co 


D . 


513 


Co 


.C . 


173 


Co 


G . 


257 


Co 


K . 


625 


Co. 


K . 


625 


Co. 


F . 


545 


Co. 


B . 


289 
402 


Co! 


G ! 


561 


Co. 


G . 


;«7 

448 
206 


Co'. 


F ! 


289 
693 


Co. 


D ! 


513 

84 


Co! 


L ! 


448 


Co. 


B . 


320 


Co. 


M . 


25 


Co. 


C . 


173 

448 


Co! 


L ! 


215 
693 


Co! 


A ! 


465 


Co. 


B . 


481 


Co. 


A . 


30 


Co. 


B . 


488 


Co. 


C . 


504 


Co. 


K . 


625 


Co. 


L . 


215 


Co. 


L . 


199 


Co. 


B . 


488 


Co 


K . 


273 


Co. 


C . 


504 
693 


Co! 


c ! 


504 


Co. 


K . 


220 


Co. 


(r . 


320 
199 

358 



Cillev, General J. P. 
Cillej-, J. P. . 
Clark, Prentice M. 
Clark, Sidney W. . 
Cleary, Patrick 
Cleaveland, Elisha B. . 
Coakley, James W. 
Colbath, Lieut. Miles . 
Cole, Capt. Horace S. . 

(3 pictures) 
Cole, Capt. Horace S. 
Coleman, Lieut. Wm. P. 
Cook, Hiram T. 
Cook, 1st Sergt. Melville B. 
Copeland, Llewellyn 
Cowee, Bvt. 2d Lieut. Geori 
Crawford, John E. . . 
Cross, Lewis A. . . 
Crowell, Levi . 
Cummings, John G. 
Cummings, AVm. 
Cunningham, Edw. . . 
Cutler, Lieut. Frank 
Cv)i!icrs, Martin C. 
Daggett, Cajit. Levi H. . 
Daggett, Monroe . 
l>aily, James B. 
Dam, Albert C. 
Dam, Sgt. Maj., Albert C. 
Dam, Charles L. 
Davis, Daniel F. 
Davis, Rev. Daniel W. . 
Davis, IMcKoiuhee . 
Delano, Charles U. . 
Devereanx, Augustus R. 
Dinwiildic, Battle at 
Doikcndoll, James W. . 
Dorkendotr, William . 
Dodge, Rudolph L. 
Donnelly, James 
Douglas's, Jeremiah S. . 
Douty, Col. Calvin S. . 
Drake, John B. 
Drinkwater, Albion C. . 
Dunton, Guvanus H. 
Edgecoiub, Albert . 
Emery, Abiier C. 
Emery, Charles A. F. 
Emery, Charles A. F. . 
Estes, Gen. Llewellyn G. 
Farwell, Lieut. William S. 
Farwell, Lieut. William S. 
Ferguson, Charles H. . 
Fisher, Andrew 
Flag, Regimental . 
Folsom, Francis J. 
Folsom, Henry H. . 
For<l, Lieut. Charles W. 
Forge View 





PAGE 




. 448 




. 736 


. Co. A 


. 30 


. Co. A 


. 30 


. Co. E 


. 526 


. ( 'o. A 


. 465 


. Co. E 


. 531 


. Co. A 


. 19t) 


. Co. A 






. 199 


! Co.' A 


. 244 


. Co. 15 


. 481 


. Co. M 


. 42 


. Co. B 


. 280 


. Co. H 


. 241 


e Co. C 


. 173 


. Co. C 


. 504 


. Co. A 


. 30 


. Co. K 


. 112 


. Co. I 


. 594 


. Co. I 


. 594 


. Co. L 


. 215 


. Co. B 


. 199 


. Co. H 


. 241 


. Co. I 


. 448 


. Co. E 


. 441 


. Co. L 


. 632 


. Co. M 


. 42 




. 320 




. 736 


! Co.'f 


. a37 


. Co. I 


. 289 


. (^o. B 


. 488 


. Co. (i 


. 257 


. Co. D 


. 513 




. 392 


! Co. G 


. 257 


. Co. C 


. 173 




. 424 


! Co. E 


. 112 


. Co. M 


. 42 




. 126 


! Co. G 


. 257 




. 736 


! Co. i? 


. 225 


. Co. A 


. 465 




. 424 




. 402 




. 7:}6 




. 144 


! Co. c 


. 328 




. 72 


Co. I 


. 594 


. Co. M 


. 225 




. 693 


! Co. L 


. 215 


. Co. L 


. 215 


. Co. K 


. 102 




. 112 



733 



734 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Foster, Lieut. Phineas . 
Freeman, Perriii 1*. 
French, John . 
Fuller, Elijah C. . 
Fuller, Lieut. Henry I). 
Fuller, Lieut. Henry U. 
Fuller, Chaplain Samuel 
Fuller, William F. 
Furbush, Charles J). 
Gage, Daniel W. . 
Getchell, Hos. Stew. Emery T 
Gettshurg Monument . 
Gleason, Carlton I. 
Goddard, Lieut. John H. 
Goddard, Col. John 
Goodwin, George E. 
Goodwin, Llewellvn 
Gould, Asa S. 
Gove, George A. 
Grant, Abner 1). 
Grant, Augustus . 
Grant, Charles S. . 
Grant, John P. 
Hall, Edwin 1). 
Hall, Jlaj. Henry C. 
Hall, Ma J. Henry C. 
Hanscom, Rev. Loring L. 
Hanseom, Rev. Sylvanus L 
Harlow, James 
Harris, Lieut. William 
Haskell, Lieut. Orrin S. 
Hazeltine, Asa B. . 
Hazen, John B. 
Heald, Capt. John A. . 
Heal, Robert, . 
Herring, John G. . 
Hersey, Henry A. . 
Holvoke, Horace P. 
Howe, (apt. cV Dr. Wni. S. 
Hunton, Lieut, (ieorge E. 
Hussey, Cai)t. (ieorge W. 
Ingersoll, Augustus W. 
Ingersoll, Augustus W. 
Jackson, Lieut Sylvanus R. 
.Tewett, Frank E. . 
Jewett, Lieut. George F. 

2 pictures . 
Johnson, Lieut. Charles K. 
Jones, Riley L. 
Jordan, Lieut. Edward . 
Jumper, Lieut. George E. 
Kelley, Orlando 
Kenney, Charles B., bugler 

anil horse ... 
Kimball, 2d Lieut. George S 
Knight, Albert C. . 
Knight, James M. . 
Lang, Caleb N. . . . 
Leach, Silas . 
Lee, Lieut. Joseph W. . 
LeSaultf, Batiste . 
Libby, Lieut. Horatio S. 
Libby, Lieut. Horatio S. 
Little, Henry . 
Little, Lieut. Thaddeus 
Long, Thomas J. 
Loring, Capt. Jacob B. 
Loring, Capt. Jacob B. 

and horse . 
Loud, William M. . 
Lovejoy, Hos. Stew. Sam'l t 
Luce, Charles E. 
Luce, Hezekiah S. . 
Lufkin, Andrew J. 
Lunt, Wilbur F. . 
Lyons, Charles 
Lyons, Rev. Thomas G. 



Co. D 
Co. C 

Co. L 
Co. B 
Co. B 

Co. (> 
Co. A 
Co. G 



Co. G 
Co. E 

Co. H 
Co. H 
Co. L 
Co. K 
Co. A 
Co. F 
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644 

345 
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112 
264 
199 
257 
375 
402 
448 

280 
220 
206 
531 
531 
30 
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112 
289 



Maguire, Lieut. James 
Maloon, Win. . 
Maloon's Bugle 
Mansur, John S. 
Mansur, AVarren 
Mansur, "Warren, . 
Marston, Charles L. 
INIeLitvre. Charles A. 
Meed, Daniel J. 
Merriam, Leonard B. 
Merrill, Albert G. . 
Merrill, Chaplain Sam'l H. 
IMesst'r, (ieorge A. . 
Messer, Willard L. 
Miller, Alonzo 1>. . 
Mitchell, Henry L. 
Monson, Laurel 
Moore, Eber S. 
Moore, Thomas B. . 
Morrill, Wm. . 
;Moulton, Albert 
Mountfort, Lieut. Vincent 
Mugridge, Samuel T. 
Mvrick, Major John D. 
Nortlin>i>, Asst. Surg. Georj 
Norwood, Fre<lfri(.'k A. 
Ordway, Augustus L. . 
Ordwa'y, Augustus L. . 
Osborn, Lieut. Benjamin A 
Osborn, Lieut. Benj. A. 
Owen, Nathaniel L. 
Pacott, Frank . 
Parker, Aurelius . 
Parker, Dr. Alexander M. 
Parker, Marcellus IM. . 
Parkman, Lieut. Eli W. 
Patten, George G. . 
Patten, Dr. Sumner A. . 
Peaks, James B. . 
Peaks, Joseph B. . 
Pearce, E'rank W. . 
Pillsburv, Lieut. Evans S. 
Porter, Reuel W. . 
Poor, Lieut. James W. . 
Preble, Dr. Melvin . 
Prescott, Franklin 
Prince, Capt. George 
Pulsifer, Dr. Thomas B. 
Putnam, Capt. Black Hawk 
Rav, Joshua 
Rei?d, Cyrus T. ♦. 
Reed, George E. . . 
Ricker, Alnion N. . 
Riiker, :\Iilt(m F. . 
Robinson, Lucius ]\I. 
Russell, (apt. Addison P. 
Sanford, Tliomas J. 
Sawver, Rev. Hiulson . 
Shaekford, Ebed L. 
Sheahan, Dr. John P. . 
Shevlin, Patrick F. 
Skillings, Albert C. 
Small, David W. . 
Smith, (tCu. C. H. . 
Smith, Gen. C. H. . 
Smith. Winsor B. . 
Soulc. Horatio B. . 
Si)Ui-]ing, (Jen. Andrew B 
S]iur]iiiu', (ien. Andrew B 
Spear, (mva V. 
Stedman, .biseph C. 
Stetson, Andrew . 
Stevens, Surg. Horace . 
Stevens, Surg. Horace . 
Stevens, Lieut. Jarvis C. 
Stoddard, Dr. A. O. 
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Teft, Rev. Bon.iiuiun !■ - 
Thaxter, Maj. Sidney W 
Tlioiiias, ('hallos 1.. 
Thonnison, John . • 
Tobie,E.Uvai-.ir..H.stoi 
Tobie, Lieut. E( \vav( I . 
Tobie, Sergt. Edwanl i . 
Tobie, Edwaiil 1*. . 
Tobie, Leroy H. 
Towle, Frank U. 
Tower, Gideon 
True, Auinii M. 
nimer, (J. M. Clarence 
TTpperville, ■ • 
Varney, Henry J. • 
VauRhan, C'apt. Zenas 
AVallcer, Albert K. 
Walker, (niarles M. 



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. 300 
. 215 
. 481 
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. 585 

. 644 

. 014 

. 614 



■Ward, George A^.. 

Warren, Alanson M. 

Watts, Alfred Y. . 

AVebb, Nathan H. . 

Welch. Isaiah . ■ • 

Wentworth, Marcellus . 

Wlitclcr. Levi \\ . . 

WilUanis, James T. 

AVillianis, Thomas 1 . . 

Willis, Lieut. Henry A. 
I Willis, Lieut. Henry A. 
I Wilson, Capt. Joel . • 
I Wing, Rev. Preston B. . 
I Woodsum, J. Henry . 
i Woodward, William H. 
I Wyinan, John H. . 
' Yeaton, George B. . 
! Young, George M. . 



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. 112 
. 402 



CARD OF COMMITTEE 



PUBLISHING HISTORY. 



Just one year ago, under date of Sept. 1, 1886, your Committee issued a 
circular, saying, "Never has a general appeal for money for regimental 
purposes, or for the honor of the glorious old regiment, failed to receive 
a generous response. It is now the purpose and pledge of the Association 
to In-ing out Comrade Edward P. Tobie's history of the regiment in binding 
and print worthy of its merits." 

Our anticipations have been more than realized. With the contribution of 
one hundred dollars from Gen. Smith, a fund of five hundred and twenty- 
five dollars was raised at the Skowhegan reunion and immediately after. 
The history has been printed with new type, the use of which was restricted 
to this work till it was finished. Sixty-nine pages of pictures show you three 
hundred and seven faces of comrades and places. The cost of this part of 
the history amounts to some twenty-five hundred dollars. The plate of the 
Dinwiddle fight was presented by Comrade Wilbur F. Lvmt. Your Com- 
mittee have held four meetings in Boston, at which, besides the various 
contracts to be made, there were as many questions concerning what should 
not be done as what should be performed. 

One of these negative determinations was that no unpleasant thing should 
appear relating to the personal record of any comrade. It is also fair to add 
that the historian has given the entire labor of writing the history, and the 
work of proof-reading and supervising the publication, and the Committee 
have also given their time and paid their own exi:>enses. 

You placed us on this detail; with some soldierly pride we have tried to 
do our duty, and our report is — read and preserve the history. We hope 
there will be a surplus from the sale of the book, whereby a permanent 
fund will be assiired for the further benefit of the Association. 

J. P. ClLLEY. 

George M. Broavn. 
Edward P. Tobie. 
A. C. Drinkwater. 
C. A. F. Emery. 
C. F. Dam. 
S. W. Lane. 
John French. 
A. L. Ordway. 
N. L. Oaven. 
Boston, Sept. 1, 1887. 



Committee 

on 
History. 



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